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 1 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) They lay great emphasis on hard work. C) They require high academic degrees.

B) They name 150 star engineers each year. D) They have people with a very high IQ.

17. A) Long years of job training. C) Distinctive academic qualifications.

B) High emotional intelligence. D) Devotion to the advance of science.

18. A) Good interpersonal relationships. C) Sophisticated equipment.

B) Rich working experience. D) High motivation.

Passage Two

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A) A diary. C) A history textbook.

B) A fairy tale. D) A biography.

20. A) He was a sports fan. C) He disliked school.

B) He loved adventures. D) He liked hair-raising stories.

21. A) Encourage people to undertake adventures.

B) Publicize his colorful and unique life stories.

C) Raise people’s environmental awareness.

D) Attract people to America’s national parks.

Passage Three

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A) The first infected victim. C) The doctor who first identified it.

B) A coastal village in Africa. D) A river running through the Congo.

23. A) They exhibit similar symptoms.

B) They can be treated with the same drug.

C) They have almost the same mortality rate.

D) They have both disappeared for good.

24. A) By inhaling air polluted with the virus.

B) By contacting contaminated body fluids.

C) By drinking water from the Congo River.

D) By eating food grown in Sudan and Zaire.

25. A) More strains will evolve from the Ebola virus.

B) Scientists will eventually find cures for Ebola.

C) Another Ebola epidemic may erupt sooner or later.

D) Once infected, one will become immune to Ebola.

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.

The ideal companion machine would not only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also be programmed to behave in an agreeable manner. Those (26) __________ that make interaction with other people enjoyable would be simulated as closely as possible, and the machine would appear to be (27)__________, stimulating, and easygoing. Its informal conversational style would make interaction comfortable, and yet the machine would remain slightly (28) __________ and therefore interesting. In its first (29)__________ it might be somewhat hesitant and unassuming, but as it came to know the user it would progress to a more (30)__________ style. The machine would not be a passive (31)__________ but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the (32)__________ in developing or changing the topic and would have a (33)__________ of its own.

The machine would convey presence. We have all seen how a computer’s use of personal names often fascinates people and leads them to treat the machine as if it were almost human. Such features are easily written into the software. By introducing (34) __________ forcefulness and humor, the machine could be presented as a vivid and unique character.

Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it simulated the (35) __________ that occur when one person is getting to know another. At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy.

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