32.　 According to the passage, ______.

　　　 A. 　 man is distinguished from animals in that he eats meat raw

　　　 B.　　 catch-it-eat-it was man’s earliest civilized way to eat food

　　　 C. 　 most people don’t like the idea of eating living food.

　　　 D.　　 before man discovered ways to boil or burn food, they ate it raw

31.　 Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A.　　 Eat it – while it’s still alive

B.　　　　 Living food – a way to more hormones

C.　　　　 Eat it raw or cooked – it’s up to you

D. 　 Dead or alive – food on the shelves

30.　 After reading the book, ______.

A. everybody will be happy with being themselves

B. people will be surprised at the conclusion of the book

C. left-handers will be glad because they’re more gifted

D. right-handers will be glad because they’re more normal

TEXT B

　　　 Cooking – it sets us apart from the animals. We’ve moved on from the catch-it-eat-it custom and developed a more civilized way to consume nosh. We burn it, boil it and do everything we can to make sure it’s dead before putting it in our mouths.

　　　 None of us wants to put something alive and kicking down our throats. Nobody, that is, except proponents of living food. According to them, dead food has been robbed of vast amounts of goodness and is nowhere near as nutritious as food that’s ‘alive’.

　　　 Now, before we get carried away, these guys aren’t suggesting you eat beef that is still mooing (although they do claim you’d get more nutritional value if you did). No, the thrust of their argument is that we should consume more living vegetables.

　　　 There is a huge difference between raw food and living food, says Michael Bedar from the Tree of Life, an organization leading the way in what it calls spiritual nutrition. “Being fresh off the tree or vine is one part of living food,” he says. “It is still growing. Also, sprouted food (for example, Brussels sprouts) germinated(发芽) in water, is living up to the moment it is eaten.”

　　　 Nuts and seeds count, too. If you put them in the ground, they’ll start growing, so they are clearly alive. But what’s the benefit and what makes all this food so much more valuable than the rest? It’s a matter of rotting – a process that eradicates a host of goodies from your food and one that starts much earlier than you’d think.

　　　 Vegetables that were not picked on the day are considered raw rather than living. Sprouts and sauerkraut (white cabbage fermented in its own juice) are exceptions. Leaf vegetables – lettuce, cabbage and spinach – will be the least alive. These were cut from the root when picked and started dying immediately. Fruit is different, however. It stays alive and thus keeps its nutritional value longer than vegetables, in order to be able to disperse its seeds. This is a result of evolutionary necessity.

‘University studies have shown that 32 minutes after being taken from the ground, a lettuce’s nutritional value decreases by half,’ says Brian Clement, a leading living foodie and director of the Hippocrates Health Institute. ‘Living food is far more abundant in hormones, oxygen, phytochemicals (disease-fighting compounds occurring naturally in plants) and enzymes, all of which have huge health benefits.’

　　　 So fresher food is better for you – hardly much controversy(争论) there. It’s when the living foodies start talking about biophoton fields and food energetics that doubtful eyebrows start to creep up.

29.　 Which statement is INCORRECT according to the passage?

A. Parents in some countries tend to discourage left-handedness.

B. Scientists failed to find out why most people are right-handed.

C. Other creatures might also be right-hand dominant.

D. Palmistry and graphology helped the writer a lot in solving the mystery.

28.　 The purpose of the book is to ______.

A. collect all the scientific and superstitious findings about left-handedness

B. explain the biological and social implication of left-handedness

C. find out why most people are right handed

D. prove that left-handers are superior to right-handers

27.　 The writer of this passage feels close with the left-handers even if they are strangers because ______.

A. he is exploring the characteristics of left-handers

B. they all suffer the trouble of being left-handed

C. he is himself left-handed

D. he shows pity on the left-handers

26.　 Where would you most probably find this passage?

　　　 A. 　 In a scientific report.　　　　　　　　　 B. 　 In a dictionary.

C. 　 In a travelogue.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 　 In a newspaper.

12. A. On a tourist bus.　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 B. At Victoria Park.

　　 C. On a mountain.　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 D. Beside a lake.

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

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a monolugue and a piece of news, which will be read twice. After you hear each, 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 18 are based on the following monologue.

Blanks 19 through 22 are based on the following news.

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 each 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.

When my interest shifted from space to the sea, I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends, yet I can understand their feelings. (23)________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

a sudden switch of interest to the depth of the sea seems peculiar.To explain, I’d like to share my reasons behind this unusual change of mind. The first reason I give is an economic one. Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight. (24)__________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

On the other hand, the diving suit and a set of basic tools needed for diving can be bought for 120 dollars. My second argument is more philosophical. The ocean, surprisingly enough, has many things in common with space. (25)___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________. For example, the first space suits were closely modelled on deep-sea diving suits. Furthermore, the feelings and the emotions experienced by a man beneath the sea will be much like those experienced by a man beyond the atmosphere.　　　　

SECTION II 　READING (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

　　　 Being left-handed, I feel an immediate, if slight, fellowship with any stranger whom I identify as left-handed. We are in a minority of about one tenth of the world’s population. Though I cannot claim to have been much inconvenienced by my left-handedness, let alone persecuted for it, there are countries where children who show a preference for using their left hand are cajoled or forced by adults into using their right.

　　　 The author of the book ‘Left-handedness? It’s a right mystery’, who is himself left-handed, decided to explore the biological and social meaning of left-handedness. Why does Man have a dominant hand at all? Is left-handedness inherited, or is it environmental? Why is left-handedness everywhere regarded as – well, sinister (evil in appearance)?

　　　 Readers should not be disappointed by the author’s weak attempts to be funny: he writes much better when he is simply relaying the scientific issues without his own explanation. In addition to the opinions of scientists, he seeks those of practitioners of fringe(边缘) activities such as palmistry(手相术) and graphology, and takes part in a left-handed golf game in Japan. These leave him none the wiser.

　　　 Even the scientists who study the question have not found the answer to why Man should show such marked right-sided dominance. Moreover, it is not yet certain whether Man is the only creature to do so.

　　　 One hypothesis is that left-handers differ genetically from right-handers. They have a slight tendency to certain mental illnesses and more of them suffer from physical or mental disability. But larger numbers of them are highly intelligent or especially gifted, so mankind needs a certain number, though, perhaps, not too many of them.

　　　 It is hardly surprising that there are no conclusive answers to a scientific question so complex. Left-handers will emerge from reading this with confirmation of what they always secretly believed: left-handers are superior to right-handers; while right-handers will appear glad that they belong to the majority.

10.　 　A. A school teacher.　　　　　　

B. A bus driver.

　　 C. A kind presenter.　　　　　　　　

　　　 D. A tour guide.

11　　 A. To explore a new place. 　　　　　　 　　　

　　　 B. To take some pictures.

　　 C. To do some sightseeing.　　　　　

　　　 D. To watch beautiful birds.

9. 　 A. Regular delivery service.　　　　　　　　

　　　 B. Overnight express service.

　　　 C. Same-day delivery service.　　　　　

　　　 D. Priority delivery service.

Questions 10 to 12 are based on the following monologue.