【正文】 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。 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。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。s help. B) He and his wife did everything by themselves. C) He worked both as a cook and a waiter. D) He hired a cook and two local waitresses. 24. A) He hardly needs to do any advertising nowadays. B) He advertises a lot on radio and in newspapers. C) He spends huge sums on TV mercials every year. D) He hires children to distribute ads in shopping centers. 25. A) The restaurant location. C) The food variety. B) The restaurant atmosphere. D) The food price. Section B Directions: 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(qǐng)?jiān)?答題卡 2 上作答。t decide whether to include the effort part of skiing. 21. A) New ideas e up as you write. B) Much time is spent on collecting data. C) A lot of effort is made in vain. D) The writer39。t find a peaceful place to do the assignment. C) He doesn39。s. C) Jill wore the overcoat last week. B) Jill missed her class last week. D) She is in the same class as the man. 18. A) A puter game. C) An exciting experience. B) An imaginary situation. D) A vacation by the sea. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) Beautiful scenery in the countryside. C) Pain and pleasure in sports. B) Dangers of crosscountry skiing. D) A sport he participates in. 20. A) He can39。 11. A) He is careless about his appearance. B) He is ashamed of his present condition. C) He changes jobs frequently. D) He shaves every other day. 12. A) Jane may be caught in a traffic jam. B) Jane should have started a little earlier. C) He knows what sort of person Jane is. D) He is irritated at having to wait for Jane. 13. A) Training for the MidAtlantic Championships. B) Making preparations for a transAtlantic trip. C) Collecting information about baseball games. D) Analyzing their rivals39。s restaurants are now able to appeal to the tastes of . A) most young people C) all kinds of overseas visitors B) elderly British diners D) upperclass customers 5. What do Hong Kong diners wele, according to Welsh executive chef David Tamlyn? A) Authentic classic cuisine. C) New ideas and presentations. B) Locally produced ingredients. D) The return of homestyle dishes. 6. While using quality ingredients, David Tamlyn insists that the dishes should________ . A) benefit people39。t Britain pete with some of its neighbouring countries in terms of food in the postwar decades? A) Its food lacked variety. C) It was short of welltrained chefs. B) Its people cared more for quantity. D) It didn39。 1. What is British food generally known for? A) Its unique flavour. C) Its special cooking methods. B) Its bad taste. D) Its anic ingredients. 2. The Second World War led to________ in Britain. A) an inadequate supply of food C) an increase in food import B) a decrease of grain production D) a change in people39。t perhaps associate as British, but are pre sented in a British way. Bell peppers stuffed with couscous, alongside ratatouille, is a very popular dish. Although the ingredients may not strike diners as being traditional, they can be found in dishes across Britain. Even the traditional chefs are aware of the need to adapt to local tastes and customs, while maintaining the Britishness of their cuisine. At Yorkshire Pudding, Hill says that his staff asks diners whether they would like to share their meals. Small dishes, shared meals and mixing it up is not something monly done in Britain, but Yorkshire Pudding will bring full dishes to the table and offer individual plates for each diner. That way, people still get the presentation of the dishes as they were designed, but can carve them up however they like, Hil