【正文】 y with the chickens.（ A） Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 5 / 298 14. A) They are kept in open prisons. B) They are allowed out of the prison grounds. C) They are ordered to do cooking and cleaning. D) They are a small portion of the prison population.（ D） 15. A) Some of their prisoners are allowed to study or work outside prisons. B) Most of their prisoners are expected to work. C) Their prisoners are often sent to special centers for skill training. D) Their prisoners are allowed freedom to visit their families.（ A） 16. A) They are encouraged to do maintenance for the training centre. B) Most of them get paid for their work. C) They have to cook their own meals. D) They can choose to do munity work.（ B） Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) Because they have a driving license. B) Because they have received special training. C) Because the traffic conditions in London are good. D) Because the traffic system of the city is not very plex.（ B） 18. A) Two to four months. 6 / 298 B) About three weeks. C) At least half a year. D) Two years or more.（ D） 19. A) Government officers are hard to please. B) The learner has to go through several tough tests. C) The learner usually fails several times before he passes it. D) The driving test usually last tow months.（ B） 20. A) They don‘t want their present bosses to know what they‘re doing. B) They want to earn money from both jobs. C) They cannot earn money as taxi drivers yet. D) They look forward to further promotion.（ C） Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage one Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the nottoodistant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, 7 / 298 however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future. The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should bee smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollutionfree than present types. Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic congestion (擁擠 ). One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system. When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable (可伸縮的 ) arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will bee electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central puter. The puter will then monitor all of the car‘s movements. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The puter will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for the buzzer (蜂鳴器 ) that will warn him of his ing exit. It is estimated that an automated highway will be able to handle 10,000 vehicles per hour, pared with the 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles that can be carried by a presentday highway. 21. One significant improvement in the future car will probably be ________. A) its power source B) its driving system 8 / 298 C) its monitoring system D) its seating capacity（ A） 22. What is the author‘s main concern? A) How to render automobiles pollutionfree. B) How to make smaller and safer automobiles. C) How to solve the problem of traffic jams. D) How to develop an automated subway system.（ C） 23. What provides autos with electric power in an automated highway system? A) A rail. B) An engine. C) A retractable arm. D) A puter controller.（ A） 24. In an automated highway system, all the driver needs to do is ________. A) keep in the right lane B) wait to arrive at his destination C) keep in constant touch with the puter center D) inform the system of his destination by phone（ D） 25. What is the author‘s attitude toward the future of autos? A) Enthusiastic. 9 / 298 B) Pessimistic. C) Optimistic. D) Cautious.（ C） Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small doglike animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them. Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of pursuing a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox they kill it or a hunter shoots it. People who take part in hunting think of as a sport。 they wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers, and follow strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy. It is estimated that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposed to fox hunting, because they think it is brutal (殘酷的 ), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation (沖突 ) betwe