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Conversation Two
M: Holly, is it possible to borrow your notes? I’ll return them tomorrow.
W: Sorry, but I usually go to the cafeteria and review them. Say, how about copying them over in the library?
M: OK. I think I’ve got enough coins for the machines.
W: No problem. But I don’t understand why you need my notes, Carter; you haven’t missed any classes.
M: Weekday mornings, I’m a cashier at a coffee shop downtown. After work, I come directly to school!
W: Wow, you’re probably exhausted!
M: That’s exactly why I want to borrow your notes. I’ve been nodding off during class, so my notes aren’t very good.
W: Well, here’s Professor Labelle. How are you feeling?
M: I’m usually awake at the beginning. But after thirty minutes into class, I’m having trouble keeping my eyes open.
W: Listen, I need someone to study with, and you need someone to keep you awake; want to be study partners?
M: Yeah, I’d sure appreciate it.
W: OK, let’s start today at the library. We’re going there anyway, and I don’t have to go to the cafeteria.
M: Sounds good. Oh, no, it looks like he’s brought along some more of his slides; elbow me if I start drifting off.
W: I’m afraid I won’t be very helpful. His slides make me sleepy too!
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. Why does the man ask the woman for her notes?
24. Where does the man work?
25. What does the woman propose to the man?
Section B
Passage One
Did you ever have someone’s name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not try to recall it. Do something else for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met this person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall prepares the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to Work to dig up a dim memory. Forcing yourself to recall almost never helps because it doesn’t loosen your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful in examinations. They read over the questions before trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones of which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking place; work is being done on the more difficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers to the more difficult ones will usually begin to come into consciousness. It is often just a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What’s the passage about?
27. According to the passage, what kind of order do students usually follow when they answer questions in exams?
28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
Passage Two
The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents, and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. Sometimes two or more brothers with their wives and children were part of this large family group. But family structure is changing throughout the world. Nowadays, many families consist of only one father, one mother, and children. It is becoming the main family structure everywhere.
The new family structure offers married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in these families, men and women usually make an equal number of decisions about family lives.
In the past, wives usually have to pay for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters and grandparents and aunts helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important positions.
But now, wives do not often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage too: women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from these families often have to live alone. Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women worked inside. Housework and childcare were a full time job, and there was no time for anything else. Now women work outside and have more freedom than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full-time jobs, and they have not much free time.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. Who used to live together in an extended family?
30. What advantages do families nowadays offer women?
31. What are the disadvantages of families nowadays for women?
32. Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and families nowadays?
Passage Three
Thunderstorms are the least dangerous and least violent of all the storms. Almost everyone has experienced a thunderstorm with its heavy rains, high winds, lightning and accompanying thunder. This type of storm can release a great deal of energy. A single thunderstorm can release energy to the atmosphere equivalent to a hydrogen bomb. There are some 50,000 thunderstorms that occur on earth daily. This would make the daily energy released into the atmosphere equal to billions of tons of TNT.
Certain conditions must exist for thunderstorms to develop. First, the air must contain a great deal of water vapor. Second, there must be a rapidly rising air current. Thunderstorms may produce lightning and thunder. Lightning is a result of the rapidly rising air. The temperature produced by lightning is nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This tremendous amount of heat causes the air to expand suddenly. This causes sound waves to be produced in the air which are heard as a crashing or loud noise called thunder.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. How much energy can be released by a single thunderstorm?
34. What are the two conditions that must exist for thunderstorms to develop?
35. What is the temperature produced by lightning?
Section C
A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a (36)costly investment. The College Board (37)estimates that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States increased 10 percent this past school year. That was less than the (38)13 percent increase the year before, but still much higher than the (39)inflation rate. Public colleges and universities still cost a lot less than private ones.
Financial aid often helps. But financial (40)advisers tell parents to start college (41)savings plans when their child is still very young.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia (42)offer what are called 5-20-9 plans. These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in 1996. States use private investment companies to (43)operate most programs.
Every state has its own rules governing 5-20-9 plans. Some of the plans are free of state taxes. And all are free of federal taxes. (44) However, the government could start to tax withdrawals in 2011 if Congress does not change the law.
(45)5-20-9 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain. Families must decide how aggressively they want to put money into stocks, bonds or other investments.
(46)Another kind of 5-20-9 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’s education long before their child starts college. This kind of savings program is called a prepaid tuition plan.
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