Part III 　Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

11. [A] Buy a train ticket from a friend. [B] Go to visit her parents-in-law.

[C] Recheck the doors and windows. [D] Bring some presents to her parents.

12. [A] He is not a qualified teacher.

[B] He has already been married.

[C] He does not feel like going to the dinner.

[D] He does not know when the dinner begins.

13. [A] She sings better than her daughter.

[B] She doesn’t like her daughter singing.

[C] She herself doesn’t have a good voice.

[D] She didn’t expect her daughter to sing so well.

14. [A] He disagrees with the woman. [B] He agrees with the woman.

[C] He holds a neutral attitude. [D] He has no comment.

15. [A] Traveling by train. [B] Preparing for a trip.

[C] Making a shopping list. [D] Shopping in a supermarket.

16. [A] He is very shy and quiet.

[B] He rarely means what he says.

[C] He rarely says a thing about his brother Bill.

[D] He has an open character and is very talkative.

17. [A] The beaches are dirty. [B] The air is contaminated.

[C] People there are exhausted. [D] It’s too windy for swimming.

18. [A] The man may be a sexist.

[B] The woman is a homemaker.

[C] The woman is unhappy with her husband’s work.

[D] The man is running a bread-manufacturing factory.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. [A] It is closing down some factories in the US.

[B] It no longer offers high-paying jobs.

[C] The number of its employees is doubled after the restructuring.

[D] It is manufacturing as many cars as before.

20. [A] Over 87,000 workers will lose their jobs in auto companies.

[B] Many people will have to say bye-bye to their high salaries.

[C] The employees’ laid-off has a great impact on the American business.

[D] America can no longer take a lead in world economy.

21. [A] They produced more cars than American manufacturers.

[B] They reduced car-production in America.

[C] They gave up more market share to the natives.

[D] They took over plants and manufacturing capacity.

22. [A] It is a serious threat to its competitors.

[B] It is not powerful enough to affect the world market.

[C] The cars’ quality is good enough to have their own branding.

[D] None of the Chinese cars meet the standard in the US.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. [A] To prove women’s diligence.

[B] To seek gender equality on campus.

[C] To improve transportation and accommodation.

[D] To put pressure on male students.

24. [A] To give an example of inequality.

[B] To show the positive side of equality.

[C] To show an example of the role model.

[D] To emphasize that women are superior to men.

25. [A] He was surely under huge pressure.

[B] The cafeteria was not one of his greatest achievements.

[C] He did almost nothing significant.

[D] He was the greatest leader of the students’ union.

Section B

Passage One

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. [A] To indicate how dependent the child is.

[B] To show work time creeps into family life.

[C] To show the microwave is of poor quality.

[D] To indicate family issues affect work hours.

27. [A] Be less satisfied with their work.

[B] Be less satisfied with their family life.

[C] Be angry with their troublesome children.

[D] Be unwilling to get married at an early age.

28. [A] Refuse to use cell phones.

[B] Encourage women to stay at home.

[C] Separate work hours from family time.

[D] Ignore coming calls during family time.

29. [A] Spillover makes the line between work and home unclear.

[B] Cell phones seem to be convenient to families.

[C] Cell phones affect men as much as women.

[D] We can do nothing to solve the problem.

Passage Two

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. [A] Nancy set up “Dress for Success” to make money.

[B] Nancy’s office gathers used clothes from women.

[C] Nancy’s grandfather lent her the money to set up the office.

[D] Low-income women can get jobs at “Dress for Success”.

31. [A] Because they like the design of the dresses.

[B] Because they like to wear different clothes.

[C] Because they prefer buying clothes at a low price.

[D] Because they need to look smart when looking for a job.

32. [A] That she got a lot of good ideas from Nancy.

[B] That she is working happily at her present job.

[C] That clothes from Nancy’s office helped to get her a job.

[D] That “Dress for Success” has a good business relation with her firm.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. [A] Mainly because she felt nervous on the stage.

[B] Mainly because she lost her interest in that role.

[C] Mainly because she preferred the role of the narrator.

[D] Mainly because she had difficulty memorizing her words.

34. [A] To remove the dandelions.

[B] To enjoy the garden scene.

[C] To have a talk with her daughter.

[D] To help her daughter with the play.

35. [A] Everybody has some unforgettable memory.

[B] Everybody should learn to play different roles.

[C] Everybody has his or her own value in the world.

[D] Everybody can find his or her own way to success.

Section C

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring. And they are less likely to fall (36) _______ ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. The scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research made such (37) _______ by using census data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia. They found that the month of birth was related to life (38) _______ over the age of 50. (39) _______ differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and infections occurring at different times of the year could both have an impact on the health of a new-born baby and could (40) _______ its life expectancy in older age. “A mother giving birth in spring spends the last (41) _______ of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer,” said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who carried out the research. “When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby (42) _______ food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are (43) _______ to infections of the digestive system.” (44) _____________________________________________________________. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was similar. (45) _____________________________________________________________. The study focused on people born at the beginning of the 20th century. “(46) _____________________________________________________________,” Doblhammer said.