y small groups. Lectures and laboratory and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings. There are over 10，000 undergraduates and 3，500 post-graduates， about 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching， research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the 20th century， more than 60 university members have won Nobel Prizes. University has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library， which， as a copyright library， is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881， but it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees.
17.Why is it difficult for visitors to locate Cambridge University？
18. What does the passage tell us about the colleges of Cambridge University？
19. What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University？
20. What does the passage tell about women students in Cambridge University？
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A） Because there are no signs to direct them.
B） Because no tour guides are available.
C） Because all the buildings in the city look alike.
D） Because the university is everywhere in the city.
18. A） They set their own exams. C） They award their own degrees.
B） They select their own students. D） They organize their own laboratory work.
19. A） Most of them have a long history.
B） Many of them are specialized libraries.
C） They house more books than any other university library.
D） They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.
20. A） Very few of them are engaged in research.
B） They were not awarded degrees until 1948.
C） They have outnumbered male students.
D） They were not treated equally until 1881.
Part II Reading Comprehension （35 minutes）
Directions： There are 4 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.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
On average， American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school， eight hours more that they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet （芭蕾舞）。 Involvement in sports， in particular， rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997： boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports； girls log hall that time. All in all， however， children's leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%
"Children are affected by the same time crunch （危机） that affects their parents，" says Sandra Hofferth， who headed the recent study of children's timetable. A chief reason， she says， is that more mothers are working outside the home. （Nevertheless， children in both double-income and "male breadwinner" households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents.19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast， children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.）
All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. "Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself，" says T. Berry Brazelton， professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers， but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.
The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing "free time" watching television. But that， believe it or not， was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If they're spending less time in front of the TV set， however， kids aren't replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books， the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let's face it， who's got the time？
21. By mentioning "the same time crunch" （Line 1， Para. 2） Sandra Hofferth means
A） children have little time to play with their parents
B） children are not taken good care of by their working parents
C） both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time
D） both parents and children have trouble managing their time
22. According to the author， the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is
A） quite convincing C） totally groundless
B） partially true D） rather confusing
23. According to the author a
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