B) How to use a washer. D) How to use a tape recorder.
6. A) They should put the meeting to an end.
B) They should hold another meeting to discuss the matter.
C) She would like to discuss another item.
D) She wants to discuss the issue again later.
7. A) He believes the Browns have done a sensible thing.
B) He doesn’t think the Browns should move to another place.
C) He doesn’t think the Browns’ investment is a wise move.
D) He believes it is better for the Browns to invest later.
8. A) He may convert it and use it as a restaurant.
B) He may pull it down and build a new restaurant.
C) He may rent it out for use as a restaurant.
D) He may sell it to the owner of a restaurant.
9. A) She doesn’t like the way the professor lectures.
B) She’s having a hard time following the professor’s lectures.
C) She is not interested in the course.
D) She’s having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments.
10. A) He never keeps his promises. C) He has changed his mind.
B) He is crazy about parties. D) He is not sociable.
Section B Compound Dictation 注意： 听力理解的 B 节 ( Section B ) 为复合式听写 ( Compound Dictation ) ，题目在试卷二上。现在请取出试卷二。
Part II
Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:
There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist (免疫学家) Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current by turning a wheel in their enclosure, while the other half could not. The rats in the two groups were paired so that each time one rat turned the wheel it protected both itself and its helpless partner from the shock. Laudenslager found that the immune response was depressed below normal in the helpless rats but not in those that could turn off the electricity. What he has demonstrated, he believes, is that lack of control over an event, not the experience itself, is what weakens the immune system.
