31. It can be known from the passage that Who's Who _____.

A. is a very useful book telling us how to succeed

B. is a book providing us with the information about the family life of some famous people

C. is a book providing us with the names and brief biographies of the top successful people

D. is a book from which we can find out the names of different peoples in the world

30. It can be inferred from the passage that the longer an eel is the __________ . 　 A. more beneficial it will be to science 　 B. more powerful will be its electrical charge 　 C. easier it will be to find 　 D. tougher it will be to eat

Text B

Is there a "success personality"? Some winning combination of qualities that leads almost inevitably to achievement? If so, exactly what is that secret success formula, and can anyone develop it?

At the Gallop Organization we recently focused in depth on success, probing the attitudes of 1500 prominent people selected at random from Who's Who in America. Our research finds out a number of qualities that occur regularly among top achievers. Here is one of the most important, that is common sense.

Common sense is the most prevailing quality possessed by our respondents. Seventy-nine percent award themselves a top score in this quality. And 61 percent say that common sense was very important in contributing to their success.

To most, common sense means the ability to present sound, practical judgments on everyday affairs. To do this, one has to sweep aside extra ideas and get right to the core of what matters. A Texas oil and gas businessman puts it this way: "The key ability for success is simplifying. In conduction of meeting and dealing with industry reducing a complex problem to the simplest term is highly important."

Is common sense a quality a person is born with, or can you do something to increase it? The oil man's answer is that common sense can definitely be developed. He attributes his to learning how to debate in school. Another way to increase your store of common sense is to observe it in others, learning from their and your own mistakes.

Besides common sense, there are many other factors that influence success: knowing your field, self-reliance, intelligence, the ability to get things done, leadership, creativity, relationships with others, and of course, luck. But common sense stands out. If you develop these qualities, you'll succeed. And you might even find yourself listed in Who's Who someday.

29. How many volts of electricity can an electric eel emit? 　 A. 1,000.　　 　　　　 B. 800　　　　　　　　 C. 200.　　　　　　　　 D. 120.

28. Why does the author mention electric eels? 　 A. To warn the reader to stay away from them. 　 B. To compare their voltage to that used in houses. 　 C. To give an example of a living electrical generator. 　 D. To describe a new source of electrical power.

27. The author mentions all of the following as results of a blackout EXCEPT______ . 　 A. refrigerated food item may go bad 　 B. traffic lights do not work 　 C. people must rely on candlelight 　 D. elevators and escalators do not function

26. What is the main idea of the passage ? 　 A. Biology and electricity appear to be closely related. 　 B. Electric eels are potentially dangerous. 　 C. People would be at a loss without electricity. 　 D. Scientists still have much to discover about electricity.

12. A. He was not disappointed at all because he was accustomed to it.

　 B. He couldn’t hide his disappointment.

C. He felt disappointed but smiled and then moved to the other side.

　 D. He smiled and started to uses his power of persuasion.

Part B Listening for Information (10 items, 2points for each item)

　　 　Directions In this part of the test, you will hear one monologue. The monologue will be read twice. After you hear the monologue, you are required to fill in the

numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 　Blanks 13 through 22 are based on the following monologue.

Part C Dictation (3 items, 16 points)

　　 Directions In this part of the test, you are required to write out the missing parts of the passage. You'll hear the passage read three times. The first reading is for you to understand the meaning. In the second reading, there will be a pause after the sentence to be dictated. One minute is given for you to write down each sentence. The third reading is for you to check your work. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. The Chinese first made paper about 2,000 years ago. China still has pieces of paper which were made as long ago as that. (23)______________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________ it was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. (24) ________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

New paper-making machines are very big, and they make paper very fast.　　　

(25)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

　SECTION ⅡREADING (40 points)

　　 Part A Reading Comprehension (15 items, 2 points for each item)

　　 Directions In this part of the test, you will read three passages. For each passage there are five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you've just read. Blacken the letter corresponding to your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Text A

The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radios, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.

Yet people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for millions of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity.

All living cells sent out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends out pulses that can be measured and recorded on the surface of the body. When the pulses are recorded, they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain waves of electricity, which can be recorded in an electroencephalogram, The electric currents generated by most living cells are extremely small-often so small that sensitive instruments are needed to record them. But in some animals, certain muscled cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large numbers of these cells are linked together, the effect can be astonishing.

The electric eel is an amazing living storage battery. It can send a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it lives. (An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four-fifths of all the cells in the electric eel's body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it can deliver corresponds roughly to the length of its body.

11. A. They knew they could buy better-quality appliances elsewhere.

B. They were bored with the owner’s long stores.

C. They wanted to compare prices at other stores.

D. They thought the store could not meet their needs.

10. A. Family furniture. 　　　　　　　

B. Sport apparatus. 　　

C. General appliances. 　　　　　

D. Things for newly-weds.

9. A. He will sing and dance in the show. 　　　　　　

B. He often gets up on a stage.

C. He sings pop songs for money.　

D. He doesn’t like singing in the church.

Questions 10-12 are based on the following conversation.