单选题Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

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单选题{{I}} Questions 15 ～ 17 are based on the monologue on bicycling.{{/I}}

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单选题 {{B}} Bernal{{/B}} Well, there are a lot of different views on this, but I think it is probably wrong to imagine that there was some golden age in the past when everything was perfect. It all depends, of course, on what you measure and how you measure it. Some people might be surprised that there has not been an obvious and dramatic increase in the standard of education, given the vast amounts of money spent in this area by successive governments in recent years. Unfortunately, most improvements in education are intangible.{{B}} Carlos{{/B}} Many people talk about how to improve education and a lot suggest raising the salaries of teachers and professors. Of course, this is very important to education. However, increasing the salary of teachers is just one way to improve education. It will not work without the cooperation of the other determinants, such as student's interest in gaining knowledge and in reading. Even if the teachers are devoted, it won't make any difference if the students are not willing to learn.{{B}} Stevens{{/B}} Well, if you asked me, it's all these modern methods that is the problem. In the old days you sat in rows at desks and you did as you were told. You knew what you had to do and you follow the way as the teachers instructed and you kept quiet. Nowadays, my god, the noise in most schools is deafening especially in primary schools. As far as I am concerned the children wander around—do whatever they would like to. The teacher just sits there or wanders around with them, talking to them. Informal teaching they call it. Discovery methods sounds more like a recipe for discovering disaster to me.{{B}} Ingersoll{{/B}} The criticism that what students learn today is not adapted to present-day society is utterly wrong because education can never be seen only in terms of how useful the subjects are when students leave school. We ought to evaluate education in terms of how much the students enjoy those subjects and how much they mean to those students. Instead of being trained to be utilitarian, students should be encouraged to do things for their own sake, and study what they are interested in.{{B}} Jessica{{/B}} I think it's a great shame people don't learn anything today. I mean, good heavens, when you think of all the millions of pounds the Government have spent on education—new schools, more teachers, new equipment. And yet still you find people who can't read properly, can't even write their names and don't know what two and two is without a calculator. I think it's downright disgraceful. Think of the time when we were young, we went to school to learn and did as the teachers told and respected our teachers. Nowadays we get long-haired kids who aren't interested in anything. No wonder they don't learn anything.{{I}} Now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements.{{/I}}{{B}} Statements{{/B}} A. The modern methods of teaching should be responsible for the deafening noise in primary schools. B. It's shameful of some people not to learn anything with provided conditions. C. We should evaluate education from the students' aspect, how much they enjoy is what counts most. D. Raising salary of teachers and professors is the only way to improve education. E. Students' own willingness to learn really matters in terms of education. F. There is no improvement in education. G. Most of the improvements in the standard of education are intangible.

单选题 Nowadays, a standard for measuring power has changed. These changes foretell a new standard for measuring power. No longer will a nation's political influence be based solely on the strength of its military forces. Of course, military effectiveness will remain a primary measure of power. But political influence is also closely tied to industrial competitiveness. It's often said that without its military the Soviet Union would really be a third-world nation. The new standard of power and influence that is evolving now places more emphasis on the ability of a country to compete effectively in the economic markets of the world. America must recognize this new course of events. Our success in shaping world events over the past 40 years has been the direct result of our ability to adapt technology and to take advantage of the capabilities of our people for the purpose of maintaining peace. Our industrial prowess (威力) over most of this period was unchallenged. It is ironic (有讽刺性的) that it is just this prowess that has enabled other countries to prosper and in turn to threaten our industrial leadership. The competitiveness of America's industrial base is an issue bigger than the department of defense and is going to require the efforts of the major institutional forces in our society, government, industry, and education. That is not to say that the defense department will not be a strong force in the process. But we simply cannot be, nor should we be, looked upon by others as the savior (救星) of American industry.

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单选题As I left home after breakfast, I trembled. I was gloomy at the thought that for me this Sunday morning was not the reading of the Sunday papers to cups of tea. I had to sell ice-cream in winter because I had to pay the school fees which was due next month. The first day was long and lonely. I had to learn to manage my heavy vehicle — the ice-cream cabinet was at the back -- on the icy roads and at the same time try to remember my route and stopping places. Until the late afternoon I had very few customers. During the next two weeks I was twice caught in heavy snowstorms; in both cases in late afternoon when dusk was falling. The first time, fortunately, I had with me an experienced senior inspector who showed me how to get up a hill in deep snow. He skillfully drove the vehicle to an acute angle to the pavement and used the angle for the rear wheels to push against. We gradually went up the hill — even if rather hard. The second time I found myself stuck in a valley from which all roads led steeply, and I finished up with the vehicle at an angle on the wrong side of the road. Trying my "angle-pushing" method of hill climbing, I heard a faint tapping on the closed window on the side — the normal serving side. I went across and opened the window. A voice said firmly: "Four six-penny ices, please." I stared in surprise. A queue extended backwards across the road, its tail lost to view in the driving snow. My customers, adults as well as children, had seen me from their houses and had come out, still in sweaters and slippers, with no extra protection against the snow. That afternoon I did more trade stuck there than when I stopped at the proper stopping places. A former driver, one of my customers, told me another sales theory in bad weather. He said rain or snow kept them from their usual Sunday afternoon walk to their nearest shop; ice-cream available outside homes was an admirable and easy substitute.

单选题 Questions 22 ～ 25 are based on the following monologue on smoking.

单选题Nowadays, where people have a close contact with animals is at the zoo instead of in the wild. Most (26) visitors to zoos are convinced, as they walk from cage to (27) , that the actions of the animals are no more than a funny (28) put on only for their (29) . However, the optimistic view of the contented, playful, caged animal could be (30) the truth. Recent research at London Zoo has (31) that many (32) animals are in fact facing a survival problem as severe (33) that of their cousins in the wild — a struggle to survive, simply, (34) the boredom of their environment. Well-fed, well-housed, and well-protected from its natural enemies, the zoo animal is bored, sometimes literally to (35) . The extraordinary length to (36) some animals go to overcome this problem, and the surprising behavior patterns which (37) as a result, were clearly described by Dr. Morris at a conference of "The Biology of Survival". (38) he and other speakers pointed out, the problem of (39) in a boring and restricted environment is not limited to the animal cage. (40) the obvious examples of human prisoners or the astronaut, the number of situations (41) human beings have to face boredom and restrictions for stretches is growing rather than (42) . More to the point, many of the (43) in which animals (44) to these conditions have striking analogies in many forms of mental or neurotic behavior in humans: the doctor could (45) learn from them.

单选题Questions 18-21 are based on a conversation at a bookstore．