SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. What does the man intend to do
A. To organize a sports team.
B. To join a sports team.
C. To go to a fitness center.
D. To set up a company of his own.
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TEXT G Nathaniel Bacon was a man determined to protect his property against Indian raids. He encouraged other Piedmont farmers to do likewise. After Governor Berkeley of Virginia had refused to help them, Bacon and his friends banded together and destroyed a group of attackers in April of 1676. Governor Berkeley declared them traitors, and they assembled a group of some 500 people and marched on Jamestown, the capital, to insist on the governor’s assistance. Berkeley later ordered them al arrested. Because of this, the farmers burned Jamestown and took control of the government. The governor fled. The fight, which was known as Bacon’s Rebellion, lasted almost a year. Bacon contracted malaria and died in October of 1676, leaving the farmers at the mercy of Governor Berkeley. Twenty-three of them were hanged at his request. Approximately how long were Bacon and the Farmers able to fight off the governor
A. less than 1 year
B. 5 years
C. 10 years
D. 23 years
Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some (26) --football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering. Those who have a passion (27) climbing high and difficult mountains are often (28) with astonishment.Why are men and women willing to (29) cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains This astonishment is caused, however, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity (30) men give their leisure. Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, (31) there are for such games as golf and football. There are, (32) , rules of a different kind which would be dangerous to (33) , but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering (34) to many people. Those who climb mountains are (35) to use their own methods. If we compare mountaineering and other more (36) sports,we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a ’team game’. We should be mistaken (37) this. There are, it is true, no ’matches’ between ’teams’ of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face (38) by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is (39) team work. The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of (40) . His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A. luxurious
B. attractive
C. painful
D. noticeable
TEXT B1 BEIJING, China (CNN Thursday, May 13, 2004) - A Beijing court has sentenced a U.S.-based Chinese dissident to five years in prison after convicting him of espionage and illegal border crossing, his lawyer said.2 yang Jianli has already been imprisoned in Beijing for more than two years.3 He will not receive credit for time served, according to his U.S.-based attorney Jared Genser. Yang, a Chinese scholar living in the Boston area with permanent U.S. residency, was arrested in April 2002 on charges of using a friend’s passport to enter China and traveling with a fake identity card for a week to observe labor unrest in northeastern China.4 Genser said the spying charge was related to a small foundation that Yang ran from his home from 1992 to 1993.5 The Chinese government charged that he received $400 in funding from a person in Taiwan who had ties a political party there.6 The court has five days to deliver the verdict personally to Yang or a family member, and Yang will have another 10 days to appeal.7 He was indicted last July in Beijing after spending more than a year in jail, and a secretive three-hour trial was held a month later.8 No verdict was released after the brief trial and no observers were allowed in the courtroom because the case reportedly involved state secrets, Yang’s attorney, Mo Shaoping, said at the time.9 U.S. embassy officials had sought to attend the trial without success, Mo said.10 According to Genser, a verdict in the case was due by December of last year - the deadline under Chinese law. In March, Yang staged a three-day protest from prison because of the delay.11 Yang operates the Boston-based Foundation for China in the 21st Century and has been blacklisted by Chinese authorities since 1989 for his participation in pro-democracy demonstrations.12 The U.S. Senate last summer condemned Yang’s lengthy detention and called for his immediate and unconditional release. The author’s attitude towards Beijing court is ______.
A. objective
B. appreciative
C. critical
D. sarcastic
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. What does the man need from the library
A research study written by his professor.
B. Demographic information about people living in Europe.
C. Information on research methods in demographics.
D. A specific geography reference book.