【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 close watch on the weather. D) Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A) B) C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard.26. A) His father caught a serious disease. B) His mother passed away. C) His mother left him to marry a rich businessman. D) His father took to drinking.27. A) He disliked being disciplined. B) He was expelled by the university. C) He couldn39。t pay his gambling debts. D) He enjoyed working for a magazine.28. A) His poems are heavily influenced by French writers. B) His stories are mainly set in the State of Virginia. C) His work is difficult to read. D) His language is not refined.29. A) He grieved to death over the loss of his wife. B) He mitted suicide for unknown reasons. C) He was shot dead at the age of 40. D) He died of heavy drinking.Passage Two Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. A) Women. B) Prisoners. C) Manual workers. D) School age children.31. A) He taught his students how to pronounce the letters first. B) He matched the letters with the sounds familiar to the learners. C) He showed the learners how to bine the letters into simple words. D) He divided the letters into groups according to the way they are written.32. A) It Can help people to bee literate within a short time. B) It was originally designed for teaching the English language. C) It enables the learners to master a language within three months. D) It is effective in teaching any alphabetical language to Brazilians.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) The crop39。s blooming period is delayed. B) The roots of crops are cut off. C) The topsoil is seriously damaged. D)The growth of weeds is accelerated.34. A) It39。s a new way of applying chemical fertilizer.B) It39。s an improved method of harvesting crops. C) It39。s a creative technique for saving labor. D) It39。s a farming process limiting the use of ploughs.35. A) In areas with few weeds and unwanted plants. B) In areas with a severe shortage of water. C) In areas lacking in chemical fertilizer. D) In areas dependent on imported food.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researchers learned that 4dayoldscould understand (36)______ and subtraction. Now, British research (37)______Graham Schafer has discovered that infant scan learn words for unmon things long before they can speak. He found that 9monthold infants could be taught, through repeated showandtell, to (38)_________the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that(39)________in some ways the received (40)______that, apart from learning to (41)________things mon to theirdaily lives, children don39。t begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. It39。s no (42) ________hat children learn words, but the words they tend to know are words linked to (43)________situations in the home, explains Schafer. 44)______________________________________ ____________________________________________with an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliar setting. Figuring out how humans acquire language may shed light on why some children learn to read and write later than others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. (45)_______ _____________________________________________________________________. Language is a test case for human cognitive development, says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note: (46)_______________________________________________________________________________. This is not about advancing development, he says. It39。s justabout what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought.Part IV Reading Comprehension（Reading in Depth） (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or inplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.I39。ve heard from and talked to many people who described how Mother Nature simplified their lives for them. They39。d lost their home and many or all of their possessions through fires, floods, earthquakes, or some other disaster. Losing everything you own under such circumstances can be distressing, but the people I39。ve heard from all saw their loss, ultimately, as a blessing. The fire saved us the agony of deciding what to keep and what to get rid of, one woman wrote. And once all those things were no longer there, she and her husband saw how they had weighed them down and plicated their lives. There was so much stuff we never use