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[14:27.36]Section B
[14:32.32]Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[14:37.91]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[14:41.94]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[14:46.97]After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
[14:51.14]from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
[14:55.31]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[14:59.57]with a single line through the centre.
[15:01.80]Passage One
[15:04.21]Waterscooters are water vehicles that look very much like motorcycles.
[15:10.93]Nowadays,speedy colorful waterscooters are gaining in popularity.
[15:16.11]They can travel anywhere a small boat can
[15:19.32]and are typically popular with young people.
[15:21.99]The rising popularity of the craft has raised
[15:25.34]the question of waterscooter regulation. In this case,
[15:29.02]the argument for strict regulation is compelling.
[15:32.41]Waterscooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation.
[15:37.85]For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key.
[15:42.44]While they were floating on a rubber boat along the shore,
[15:45.82]a waterscooter crashed into them and killed them.
[15:49.09]Also, waterscooter operators have been killed
[15:52.61]or seriously injured in collisions with other watercraft.
[15:55.94]Others have been stranded at sea
[15:58.78]when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore.
[16:02.25]Many waterscooter operators are inexperienced
[16:05.91]and ignorant of navigational rules,
[16:08.39]which increases the potential for accidents.
[16:11.29]The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem,
[16:16.09]providing more watervehicles to compete for the same space.
[16:20.39]Crowded water ways are simply an open invitation to disaster.
[16:25.64]In addition to the inherent operational hazards of waterscooters,
[16:30.46]they are proving to be an environmental nuisance.
[16:33.81]Beach residents complain of the noise of the scooters.
[16:37.29]The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed concern
[16:42.64]that the scooters are frightening away an endangered species of whale
[16:46.41]that migrates to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations,
[16:50.55]such as minimum operating age, restricted operating areas
[16:55.18]and compulsory classes in water safety, are essential.
[16:59.33]Without such regulations, tragedies involving waterscooters
[17:03.84]are sure to multiply, which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.
[17:09.43]Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[17:15.17]26. What does the speaker say about waterscooters?
[17:32.50]27. What is mentioned as one of the causes of water accidents?
[17:52.43]28. In what way are waterscooters said to be an environmental nuisance?
[18:13.77]29. What does the speaker propose to ensure
[18:22.31]the safety of beaches for recreation?
[18:35.61]Passage Two
[18:40.32]It seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America.
[18:44.17]The friend next door from whom you borrowed four eggs
[18:48.44]or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers.
[18:52.95]Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness
[18:56.84]are impractical or silly, and it may be just as well
[19:01.29]that our relations with our neighbors are changing.
[19:03.92]The saying in the Bible "Love Thy Neighbor" was probably
[19:08.18]a poor translation of what must have originally been
[19:12.44]"Respect Thy Neighbor". Love can't be called up on order.
[19:16.87]Fewer than half the people in the United States
[19:20.28]live in the same house they lived in five years ago,
[19:23.85]so there's no reason to love the people who live next door to you,
[19:28.52]just because they happened to wander into a real estate office
[19:32.68]that listed the place next door to yours.
[19:35.51]The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with,
[19:39.10]is proximity, and unless something more develops,
[19:43.31]that isn't reason enough to be best friends.
[19:46.88]It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small
[19:51.54]that your neighbors will be your choice as friends,
[19:55.09]or that you will be theirs, either.
[19:57.90]The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance.
[20:02.95]You say hello, you small-talk if you see them in the yard,
[20:07.43]you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other
[20:11.88]in an emergency. The driveway or the fence between you
[20:16.36]is not really a cold shoulder, but a clear boundary.
[20:20.70]We all like clearly defined boundaries for ourselves.
[20:26.84]Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[20:31.41]30. What does the speaker say about the relations
[20:37.28]among neighbors nowadays?
[20:49.98]31. Why does the speaker say it may be difficult
[20:57.77]for people to love their neighbors?
[21:10.33]32. What should neighbors do in the speaker's opinion?
[21:29.83]Passage Three
[21:34.62]Articles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio
[21:39.85]and television reflect the concern of many Americans
[21:43.27]about the increasing dropout rate in our junior and senior high schools.
[21:47.88]Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer
[21:52.63]have a workforce to fill the many jobs
[21:55.10]that require properly educated personnel.
[21:57.80]The high student dropout rate is not a recent development.
[22:02.12]Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting dropout rates
[22:07.30]between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain
[22:11.81]that dropouts remain the single greatest problem in their schools.
[22:15.63]Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students
[22:21.01]with problems in order to give them more attention
[22:23.67]before they become failures. Since the dropout problem
[22:27.35]doesn't start in senior high school,
[22:29.58]special programs in junior high school focus on students
[22:33.39]who show promise but have a record of truancy, that is,
[22:37.49]staying away from school without permission.
[22:39.99]Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed
[22:43.79]in classes with teachers who have had success
[22:46.55]in working with similar young people.
[22:48.52]Strategies to motivate students in high school include
[22:53.19]rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month,
[22:57.94]or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets
[23:02.40]formally given only to athletes. No one working with these students
[23:07.01]claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors,
[23:11.03]teachers and administrators are in the frontlines
[23:14.73]of what seems at times to be a losing battle.
[23:17.58]Actually, this problem should be everyone's concern,
[23:21.27]since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.
[23:25.98]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[23:32.94]33. Why are many Americans concerned with the increasing
[23:39.01]dropout rate in school?
[23:51.23]34. What do we learn about the student dropout problem in America?
[24:11.64]35. What is mentioned as one of the strategies
[24:19.62]used to motivate students?
| 重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
| fence | [fens] | |||
| survive | [sə'vaiv] | 联想记忆 | ||
| imply | [im'plai] | 联想记忆 | ||
| frightening | ['fraitniŋ] | |||
| intentionally | [in'tenʃənli] | |||
| conference | ['kɔnfərəns] | 联想记忆 | ||
| species | ['spi:ʃiz] | |||
| guidance | ['gaidəns] | |||
| shoulder | ['ʃəuldə] | |||
| foundation | [faun'deiʃən] | 联想记忆 |
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