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 I with a single line through the centre.

Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard．
16．A． There were no planets without moons．
B． There was no air or water on Jupiter．
C． Life was not possible in outer space．
D． The mystery of life could not be resolved．
17．A．It has a number of active volcanoes．
B． It has an atmosphere like the earth's．
C． It has a large ocean under its surface．
D． It has deep caves several miles long．
18．A．Light is not an essential element o it．
B． Life can form in very hot temperatures．
C．Every form of life undergoes evolution．
D． Oxygen is not needed for some life forms．

Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard．
19． A． Whether they should take the child home．
B． What Dr． Meyer's instructions exactly were．
C． Who should take care of the child at home．
D． When the child would completely recover．
20． A. She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt．
B. She makes them write down all her instructions．
C． She has them act out what they are to do at home．
D．She asks them to repeat what they are supposed to do．
21． A． It lacks the stability of the printed word．
B． It contains many grammatical errors．
C． It is heavily dependent on the context．
D． It facilitates interpersonal communication．

Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard．
22． A． Job security．
B． Good labour relations．
C． Challenging work．
D．Attractive wages and benefits．
23． A． Many tedious jobs continue to be done manually．
B． More and more tmskilled workers will lose jobs．
C. Computers will change the nature of many jobs．
D． Boring jobs will gradually be made enjoyable．
24．A． Offer them chances of promotion．
B． Improve their working conditions．
C. Encourage them to compete with each other．
D． Give them responsibilities as part of a team．
25． A．They will not bring real benefits to the staff．
B． They concern a small number of people only．
C.They are arbitrarily set by the administrators．
D． They are beyond the control of ordinary workers．

Section C
Directions: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 with the exact words you have just heard.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.

　　In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways． These methods can be (26)__________into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process．
Factual writing provides (27)__________an author, composer, or artist or on a type of music,literature, or art． Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (28)__________cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style of music which you might read in a music (29)__________course． This kind of writing provides a context for your study of the humanities．
　　As its name (30)__________ , descriptive writing simply describes, or provides (31)__________． a piece of music, art, or literature． For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the (32)__________ a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the reader's mind by calling up specific details of the work． Descriptive writing in the (33) __________, particularly in literature, is often (34)__________critical writing．
　　Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result． It tells the reader how to do something． For example, explaining the technique used to shoot a film． This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an artist created a certain effect is important．
Authors may actually use more than one type of (35)__________in a given piece of informational writing．

Section A
1．A2．B3．A 4．B5．D6．C7．D 8．A9．C10．B
11．C12．A13．D14．B15．D

Section B
16．C17．C18．A19．B20．D21．A22．C23．A24．D25．B

Section C
26． c1assified 27． background information on 28． a1bum29． appreciation
30． imp1ies31． an image of 32． instruments33． humanities
34． mixed with35． technique