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[10:37.63]Section B
[10:38.50]Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[10:43.64]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[10:47.36]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[10:51.51]After you hear a question,
[10:53.37]you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
[11:00.37]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
[11:06.83]Passage One
[11:08.14]Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman.
[11:14.05]A man goes shopping because he needs something.
[11:17.55]His purpose is settled and decided in advance.
[11:20.72]He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it;
[11:25.09]the price is a secondary consideration.
[11:27.82]All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want.
[11:32.86]If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it,
[11:37.12]and the business of trying it on proceeds at once.
[11:40.51]All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes,
[11:45.99]with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.
[11:49.26]How does a woman go about buying clothes?
[11:52.00]In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way.
[11:55.71]Her shopping is not often based on need.
[11:59.22]She has never fully made up her mind what she wants,
[12:02.39]and she may begin her shopping with the assumption that
[12:05.78]“I just want to have a look around.”
[12:08.19]She will try on many dresses.
[12:10.38]She is determined to find something that everyone thinks suits her.
[12:14.09]Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes.
[12:18.35]They are always looking for the unexpected bargains.
[12:21.42]Faced with a roomful of dresses,
[12:23.71]a woman may spend hours choosing the dresses she wants to try on.
[12:27.55]It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one.
[12:32.35]Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
[12:36.30]Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[12:41.54]16. What is the topic discussed in the passage?
[13:02.55]17. What does a man usually do when he buys clothes?
[13:22.37]18. Which of the following most particularly interests women?
[13:41.90]19. How do women feel about shopping?
[14:03.40]Passage Two
[14:05.48]America is a nation of sports fans. They learn sports as part of their education.
[14:11.93]They learn two or more ball games, such as football or basketball.
[14:16.30]At high school, they choose groups of boys or girls to make teams.
[14:21.12]They choose those who are best at that sport.
[14:24.18]These teams compete against teams from other schools.
[14:28.45]In many schools students also learn wrestling,
[14:32.38]running, tennis, golf and swimming.
[14:35.34]They have teams for some of these sports, too.
[14:38.62]The games between schools are often very exciting.
[14:42.66]Other students, the ones not on the team, love to watch them.
[14:47.26]They let everyone know this by shouting and cheering when their team plays well.
[14:52.28]Such sports play a very important role in building the students' team spirit,
[14:58.41]which could be very useful in their future career.
[15:01.36]There is a special club of girls and boys, mostly girls,
[15:06.17]who jump up and down and shout for their football team.
[15:09.46]They call themselves cheerleaders, because they lead everyone in shouts and cheers.
[15:15.14]They wear clothes of a special color—the color of their school's team.
[15:20.51]The football players wear that color, too.
[15:23.24]Each school has a team color and a team name.
[15:26.74]Cheerleaders call out the team name in their cheers.
[15:30.52]They practice many hours to learn the special jumping and cheering moves.
[15:35.77]Cheerleading is almost a sport itself,
[15:39.15]and it is very enjoyable to both the players and the audience,
[15:43.20]who really need a moment to relax.
[15:45.39]Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[15:51.08]20. Why is America a nation of sports fans?
[16:12.09]21. What does the speaker think of the games between schools?
[16:32.74]22. What can be learned about cheerleaders?
[16:51.15]Passage Three
[16:52.83]Pat O'Burke was a poor Irishman with a large family to support, and one morning,
[16:58.95]waking up very early from cold and hunger,
[17:02.02]he decided to go shooting in a wood near his cottage.
[17:05.95]The wood belonged to Lord Northwood, a rich gentleman,
[17:10.33]and Pat had no right to go there,
[17:13.06]but in it there were swarms of rabbits and flocks of birds that were good to eat,
[17:18.75]and Pat determined to take the risk. Suddenly he saw the owner,
[17:24.11]with a group of friends, coming towards him in the wood.
[17:27.72]There was a look of anger on Lord Northwood's face as he caught sight of the gun in Pat's hands.
[17:34.50]Pat's heart sank with fear, but he saw there was no hope of escape,
[17:39.75]so he walked boldly up to the company and said to Lord Northwood,
[17:44.88]“Good morning, sir; and what has brought you out so early this morning?”
[17:49.48]Lord Northwood, rather surprised,
[17:53.20]said he and his friends were taking a little exercise to get an appetite for their breakfast.
[17:58.45]Then, looking at Pat with suspicion, he said,
[18:02.50]“But why are you out so early in the morning?” “Well, sir,” said Pat,
[18:07.85]“I just came out to see if I could get a breakfast for my appetite.”
[18:12.56]The whole crowd burst into laughter at Pat's ready wit,
[18:17.04]and with a smile Lord Northwood walked on with the group of friends, all amused,
[18:22.73]leaving Pat to try his luck with the rabbits.
[18:26.12]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[18:31.59]23. What is Pat's purpose to go to a wood one morning?
[18:52.52]24. Why was Lord Northwood surprised?
[19:11.60]25. What did Lord Northwood do in the end?
