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[11:51.49]Section B
[11:54.34]Directions: In this section,
[11:58.60]you will hear 3 short passages.
[12:01.56]At the end of each passage,
[12:03.64]you will hear some questions.
[12:05.50]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[12:09.76]After you hear a question,
[12:11.84]you must choose the best answer from the four choices
[12:15.67]marked A), B), C) and D).
[12:19.83]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[12:24.20]with a single line through the centre.
[12:35.88]Passage One
[12:40.39]Jane Brown’s been married for 12 years.
[12:42.91]She has 3 children and lives in
[12:45.65]the suburb outside Columbus, Ohio.
[12:48.49]When her youngest child reached school age,
[12:51.78]Jane decided to go back to work.
[12:54.84]She thought that she should contribute to
[12:56.70]the household finances. Her salary could
[12:59.65]make the difference between the financial struggle
[13:01.96]and a secure financial situation for her family.
[13:05.57]Jane also felt bored and frustrated in her role
[13:09.73]as a homemaker and wanted to be more involved in life
[13:13.12]outside her home.Jane was worried about
[13:17.06]her children’s adjustment to this new situation.
[13:19.80]But she arranged for them to go stay
[13:22.52]with a woman nearby after school each afternoon.
[13:25.48]They seem to be happy with the arrangement.
[13:29.20]The problem seems to be between Jane and her husband, Bill.
[13:33.69]When Jane was at home all day,
[13:36.75]she was able to clean the house, go grocery shopping,
[13:40.47]wash the clothes, take care of the children
[13:43.54]and cook two or three meals each day.
[13:46.49]She was very busy, of course,
[13:49.66]but she succeeded in getting everything done.
[13:52.40]Now these same things need to be done.
[13:55.68]But Jane has only evenings and early mornings to do them.
[13:59.73]Both Jane and Bill are tired
[14:02.68]when they arrive home at 6 p.m.
[14:04.87]Bill’s accustomed to sitting down
[14:08.37]and reading the paper or watching TV
[14:10.45]until dinner is ready. This is exactly
[14:14.06]what Jane feels like doing.
[14:15.81]But someone has to fix dinner
[14:17.77]and Bill expects that to be Jane.
[14:20.29]Jane’s becoming very angry at Bill’s attitude.
[14:24.45]She feels that they should share the household jobs.
[14:28.27]But Bill feels that everything
[14:30.47]should be the same as it was before
[14:32.77]Jane went back to work.
[14:35.17]Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage
[14:40.09]you have just heard.
[14:42.07]26. Why did Jane want to go back to work?
[15:01.37]27. How did Jane spend her days before she went back to work?
[15:23.85]28. What problem arose when Jane went back to work?
[15:45.23]29. What does the story try to tell us?
[16:04.31]Passage Two
[16:05.71]The Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
[16:09.21]is a program designed to reduce the impact of
[16:13.14]natural disasters throughout the world.
[16:15.66]With support from United Nations,
[16:18.50]countries will be encouraged to
[16:20.59]share information about disaster reduction,
[16:23.76]for instance, information about
[16:25.95]how to plan for and cope with hurricanes,
[16:29.23]earthquakes and other natural disasters.
[16:31.97]One of the most important things
[16:34.26]the program plans to do is to remind us of
[16:37.65]what we can do to protect ourselves.
[16:40.71]For example, we can pack a suitcase with flashlights,
[16:44.32]a radio, food, drinking water and some tools.
[16:48.48]This safety kit may help us survive a disaster
[16:51.88]until help arrives. Besides,
[16:55.48]the program will encourage governments to
[16:58.22]establish building standards,
[17:00.30]emergency response plans and training programs.
[17:03.36]These measures can help to limit the destruction
[17:06.76]by natural disasters.
[17:09.38]The comparatively mild effects of
[17:11.68]the northern California earthquake in 1989,
[17:14.52]are good evidence that we do have the technology
[17:17.81]to prevent vast destruction.
[17:20.32]The recent disasters, on the other hand,
[17:22.95]prove that people will suffer if we don’t use that
[17:26.23]technology. When a highway collapsed in
[17:29.07]northern California, people were killed in their cars.
[17:32.13]The highway was not built according to
[17:35.53]today’s strict standards to resist earthquakes.
[17:39.36]Individuals and governments have to be farsighted.
[17:43.52]We should take extra time
[17:45.70]and spend extra money to build disaster safety
[17:49.20]into our lives. Although such a program can’t hold back
[17:53.14]the winds or stop earthquakes,
[17:55.22]it can save people’s lives and homes.
[17:59.49]Questions 30 to 32 are based on
[18:04.85]the passage you have just heard.
[18:09.11]30. What is the purpose of the program
[18:12.51]mentioned in this passage?
[18:30.72]31. What can we learn from the northern
[18:34.00]California earthquake in 1989?
[18:53.20]32. Why did the highway in northern California collapse?
[19:01.96]Passage Three
[19:04.47]Living at the foot of one of the world’s
[19:07.53]most active volcanoes might not appeal to
[19:10.49]you at all. But believe it or not,
[19:13.00]the area surrounding Mount Etna in Italy
[19:16.29]is packed with people. In fact,
[19:19.24]it is the most densely-populated region
[19:22.09]on the whole island of Sicily.
[19:24.38]The reason is that rich volcanic soil
[19:27.77]makes the land fantastic for farming.
[19:30.73]By growing and selling a variety of crops,
[19:34.56]local people earn a good living. For them,
[19:38.06]the economic benefit they reap surpasses
[19:41.56]the risk of dying or losing property in
[19:44.73]one of the volcano’s frequent eruptions.
[19:47.24]People everywhere make decisions
[19:50.42]about risky situations this way,
[19:53.05]that is, by comparing the risks and the benefits.
[19:56.65]According to the experts,
[19:59.17]the size of the risk depends on
[20:01.36]both its probability and seriousness.
[20:04.42]Let’s take Mount Etna for example.
[20:07.92]It does erupt frequently.
[20:10.55]But those eruptions are usually minor.
[20:13.29]So the overall risk for people living nearby
[20:17.25]is relatively small. But suppose Mount Etna
[20:21.62]erupted everyday or imagine that each eruption
[20:26.09]there killed thousands of people.
[20:28.39]If that were the case,
[20:30.58]the risk would be much larger.
[20:32.87]Indeed, the risk would be too large
[20:35.94]for many people to live with.
[20:38.01]And they would have to move away.
[20:39.99]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[20:46.98]33. How do people make decisions about risky situations?
[21:09.64]34. What do we know about Mount Etna from the passage?
[21:29.89]35. What will people living near Mount Etna do
[21:34.06]in the face of its eruptions?
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