Section B
Passage One
There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the last fifty years.The liberation of women in the early part of the twentieth century and the social and economic effects of World War II had a great impact on traditional family life.Women became essential to industry and the professions.During the war they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of millions of men, their services were indispensable to the nation.
More recently, great advances in scientific knowledge, and particularly in medicine, have had enormous social consequences.Children are better cared for and are far healthier.Infant death rate is low.Above all, parents can now plan the size of their family if they wish through more effective means of birth control.
Different attitudes to religion, authority and tradition generally have also greatly contributed to changes in family life.But these developments have affected all aspects of society.It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of the family as a social unit has survived all these challenges.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.What is this passage mainly about?
[D] 木偷碌旨There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the last fifty years.要英庭浠��?BR>27.Why did British women become indispensable to industry after World War II?
[A] 為什么英女戰之詮業挪苫缺?During the war they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of millions of men, their services were indispensable to the nation.浠靶可得仇案Ｕ叫城�耍女訑赖投�?BR>28.What remained unchanged in spite of all the challenges in family life?
[A] 然謝舜篇英思庭浠�原颉５拇鸢戈愰u諱，It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of the family as a social unit has survived all these challenges.
Passage Two
In the next few decades people are going to travel very differently from the way they do today.Everyone is going to drive electrically powered cars.So in a few years people wont worry about running out of gas.
Some of the large automobile companies are really moving ahead with this new technology.F & C Motors, a major auto company, for example, is holding a press conference next week.At the press conference the company will present its new, electronically operated models.
Transportation in the future wont be limited to the ground.Many people predict that traffic will quickly move to the sky.In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and highway traffic, news reports will talk about traffic jams in the sky.
But the sky isnt the limit.In the future, youll probably even be able to take a trip to the moon. Instead of listening to regular airplane announcements, youll hear someone say, The spacecraft to the moon leaves in ten minutes.Please check your equipment.And remember, no more than ten ounces of carry-on baggage are allowed.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.What will be used to power cars in the next few decades?
[D] 院十什么源Everyone is going to drive electrically powered cars.每碩系某私玫源
30.What will future news reports focus on when talking about transportation?
[A]也直鳶浮In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and highway traffic, news reports will talk about traffic jams in the sky.未瘧談通狀時要械慕通狀
31. What is the special requirement for passengers traveling to the moon?
[B] 傭暮announcement去械某絲停And remember, no more than ten ounces of carryon baggage are allowed只艽十司睿�耍去械每偷要Take little luggage with them.
Passage Three
My parents ran a small restaurant.The restaurant was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers.My duties increased as I grew older.By age ten I was clearing tables and washing plates.My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards.I had to be on time, hard-working and polite to the customers.I was never paid for any work I did.One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week.He said, OK, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks. He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week.This taught me quite a lot.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What was the speakers job before he was 10 years old?
[C]瀉墓歉絲筒皮鞋
33.What was one of the requirements laid down by the boys father?
[B]一I had to be on time鋅知艸俚
34.What did the boy ask his father to do one day?
[A] 瀉為職應酶錢I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week.
35.Why did the boys father refuse to pay him?
[D] 為為 it was his son who should pay him

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