y wounded in a mine explosion.
D） He was fined for speeding.
9. A） Wait for a taxi. C） Go on a trip.
B） Buy some food. D） Book train tickets.
10. A） It's not as hard as expected.
B） It's too tough for some students.
C） It's much more difficult than people think.
D） It's believed to be the hardest optional course.
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 choice marked A）， B）， C） and D）。 Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced： "Get up！ You're going with me to cut grass." I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. Still that first day was really hard. From sunrise to sunset， my father， my younger brother and I cut and trimmed very large yards in a well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhausted but I felt food. I had put in a hard day's labor and had earned six dollars. One day my father spotted some weeds I had missed cutting and pulled me aside. "Get that section again，" he said firmly. "Don't let me have to tell you to do the job right the first time." In every job I have held，from cutting lawns to washing dishes to working a machine in a construction site， I have learnt something that help me in my next job. If you look hard enough， you can learn from any job you do.
11. How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass？
12.What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves？
13.What did the speaker want to tell us in this passage？
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A） Anxious and worried. C） Nervous and confused.
B） Proud and excited. D） Inspired and confident.
12. A） His father scolded him severely. C） His father made him do the cutting again.
B） His father took back the six dollars. D） His father cut the leaves himself.
13. A） One can benefit a lot from working with his father.
B） Manual labourers shouldn't be looked down upon.
C） One should always do his job earnestly.
D） Teenagers tend to be careless.
Passage Two
I live in a small village in the country. My wife and I run the village shop. We have a very peaceful life. "Boring "， some might say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village and have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies too， gardening， fishing， and walking in the countryside. I love the outdoor life. It wasn't always like this though. I used to have a really stress job， working till late in the office every evening and often bringing work home at the weekend. The advertising world is very competitive and when I look back， I can't imagine how I stayed it. I had no private life at all， no time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife left me .She complained that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what was really important to me. I talked things through with her and decided to get back together again and started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol， and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid looking back since the past life seemed a horrible dream.
14. What did the speaker use to do for a living？
15. What do we know about the speaker's life in the past？
16. What made the speaker change his life style？
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A） He ran a village shop. C） He worked in an advertising agency.
B） He worked on a farm. D） He was a gardener.
15. A） It was stressful. C） It was peaceful.
B） It was colorful. D） It was boring.
16. A） His desire to start Iris own business. C） The decline in his health.
B） The crisis in his family life. D） His dream of living in the countryside.
Passage Three
"Where is the university" is the question many visitors to Cambridge asked， but no one could point them in any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of thirty-one self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls， libraries， laboratories， museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet the minimum entrance requirements set by the university. Undergraduates usually live and study in their colleges where they are taught in ver
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