bsp; [ B ] Argentina.
[C] Brussels. [D] Germany.
21. Why did Ms. Mann go to Argentina three years ago?
[A] She went to see her grandparents. [B] She went for pleasure.
[ C] She wrote political reports for the BBC. [ D] She wrote economic stories for the BBC.
You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to questions 19 -21.
Questions 22 - 25 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read the questions 22 -25.
22. When do Spanish people usually go to bed?
[A] After midnight. [B] Before midnight.
[C] At 10:00 p.m. [D] At2:30 in the night.
23. When do Spanish people often go for a walk?
[A] In the morning. [B] In the afternoon.
[ C] In the evening. [ D ] After midnight.
24. Which of the following is very popular in Spain?
[A] Eating in a restaurant. [B] Watching a film.
[C] Going to a disco in the afternoon. [D] Going to church.
25. Why do many families go to the country in the summer?
[A] There are traffic problems in the city. [B] They don't like to go to church.
[C] They often go away for holidays. [D] They have a house there.
You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to questions 22 -25.
Now you have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to the ANSWER SHEET 1.
That is the end of the listening comprehension section.
Section Ⅱ Use of English (15 minutes)
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text
One afternoon in January 1989, Suzan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son, David, were walk-
ing hard 26 an icy parking lot (停车场) , 27 Suzan' s cane (手杖) slid on the ice. She
28 face-first into the mud. David 29 to his mother's side.
"Are you all right, Morn?" 30 , Suzan pulled herself up. "I'm okay, honey," she said.
It had been nearly two years since Suzan had trouble walking. She was falling more 31
now. Every inch of ice was a 32 danger for her. " I wish I could do 33 , " the boy thought.
David, too, was having 34 of his own. The boy had a speech defect (缺陷). At school he 35 asked questions or read aloud.
One day David ' s teacher announced a 36 assignment. " Each of you is going to come up
with an invention," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA!" a national competition to encourage creativity in 37 .
An idea hit David one evening. 38 only his mother ' s cane didn ' t slip on the ice, he thought. "That' s it!" David realized.
"What if I fixed your cane to a nail stretched out of the bottom?" he asked his mother.
39 the sharp end would scratch floors," Suzan said.
"No, Morn. I could make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand 40 the button and the nail returns back up.
Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father, Jeff, 41 as Suzan used it to walk 50 feet across the 42 . "It works!" she said.
In July 1989, David was declared national winner at the annual " INVENT AMERICA! " ceremony in Washington D. C.
As David began to make 43 appearances, he was forced to communicate more clearly. Today, David is nearly 44 of his speech defect, and his cane is waiting to be widely used.
45 the boy who once had trouble talking now hopes to start making canes for people who have trouble walking.
26. [A] at [B] in &nbs
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