【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 y.B) The restaurant atmosphere. D) The food price.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 choices 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 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Its protection is often neglected by children. B) It cannot be fully restored once damaged. C) There are many false notions about it. D) There are various ways to protect it.27. A) It may make the wearer feel tired. B) It will gradually weaken the eyes of adults. C) It can lead to the loss of vision in children. D) It can permanently change the eye structure.28. A) It can never be done even with high technology. B) It is the best way to restore damaged eyesight. C) It is a major achievement in eye surgery. D) It can only be partly acplished now.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) They think they should follow the current trend. B) Nursing homes are wellequipped and convenient. C) Adult daycare centers are easily accessible. D) They have jobs and other mitments.30. A) They don39。t want to use up all their life savings.B) They fear they will regret it afterwards.C) They would like to spend more time with them.D) They don39。t want to see their husbands poorly treated.31. A) Provide professional standard care. C) Be frank and seek help from others.B) Be affectionate and cooperative. D) Make full use of munity facilities.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Health and safety conditions in the workplace. B) Rights and responsibilities of pany employees.C) Common plaints made by office workers.D) Conflicts between labor and management.33. A) Replace its outdated equipment.B) Improve the welfare of affected workers.C) Follow government regulations strictly.D) Provide extra health pensation.34. A) They requested to transfer to a safer department.B) They quit work to protect their unborn babies.C) They sought help from union representatives.D) They wanted to work shorter hours.35. A) To show how they love winter sports.B) To attract the attention from the media.C) To protest against the poor working conditions.D) To protect themselves against the cold weather.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。Contrary to the old warning that time waits for no one, time slows down when you are on the move. It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts (宇航員) someday may (36) _____ so long in space that they would return to an Earth of the (37) _____ future. If you could move at the speed of light, your time would stand still. If you could move faster than light, your time would move (38) _____.Although no form of matter yet (39) _____ moves as fast as or faster than light, (40) _____ experiments have already confirmed that accelerated (41) _____ causes a traveler39。s time to be stretched. Albert Einstein (42) _____ this in 1905, when he (43) _____ the concept of relative time as part of his Special Theory of Relativity. A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter (44) ____________________________________.An obsession (沉迷) with time – saving, gaining, wasting, losing, and mastering it – (45) ____________________________________. Humanity also has been obsessed with trying to capture the meaning of time. Einstein (46) ____________________________________. Thus, time and time39。s relativity are measurable by any hourglass, alarm clock, or an atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday.While elderly people __47__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a(n) __48__ effect on their brain39。s performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research.Sean Drummond, a. psychiatrist (心理醫(yī)生) at the University of California, San Diego, said older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping __49__ straight through the night.More sleep in old age, however, is __50__ with better health, and most older people would feel better and more __51__ if they slept for longer periods, he said.“The ability to sleep in one chunk (整塊時間) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to __52__ well does not change,” Dr Drummond told