Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.
19. A) They spent more money in promoting their political candidates.
B) They attracted more members and focused on candidates’ characters.
C) They had more influence over the selection of political candidates.
D) They received more money from sponsors as campaign funds.
20. A) It made politics seem more intimate to citizens.
B) It provided detailed information about a candidate’s behaviour.
C) It allowed news coverage of political candidates.
D) It placed political issues within a historical context.
21. A) Politicians dislike explaining their own positions on specific issues to citizens.
B )Politicians make claims without providing arguments for the claims.
C)Politicians enjoy explaining issues and arguing with competitors.
D) Politicians take stronger positions on political issues than in the past.
22. A) They can obtain more television coverage for themselves.
B)They can create more time to discuss political issues.
C) They can spend more time talking to citizens in person.
D)They can engage in debates with their opponents.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
23. A) They are not based on a representative sampling.
B) They are used only on television broadcasting.
C) They are not carefully worded and organized.
D)They reflect political opinions from the public.
24. A) A large number of respondents taking part in the survey.
B)Carefully worded and understandable questions.
C) An interviewer’s ability to understand respondents’ feelings.
D) A sociologist who is able to interpret the results.
25. A)Live interviews cost less money and energy.
B)Live interviews can obtain more information.
C)Live interviews are easier to carry out.
D)Live interviews minimize the influence of the researcher.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select
one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the
passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in
the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in
the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
As it is, sleep is so undervalued that getting by on fewer hours has become a badge
of honor. Plus, we live in a culture that __26__ to the late-nighter, from 24-hour grocery
stores to online shopping sites that never close. It’s no surprise, then, that more than half
of American adults don’t get the 7 to 9 hours of shut-eye every night as __27__ by sleep
experts.
Whether or not we can catch up on sleep—on the weekend, say —is a hotly __28__
topic among sleep researchers. The latest evidence suggests that while it isn’t __29__ , it
might help. When Liu, the UCLA sleep researcher and professor of medicine, brought
__30__ sleep-restricted people into the lab for a weekend of sleep during which they
logged about 10 hours per night, they showed __31__ in the ability of insulin(胰岛素) to
process blood sugar. That suggests that catch-up sleep may undo some but not all of the
damage that sleep __32__ causes, which is encouraging given how many adults don’t get
the hours they need each night. Still, Liu isn’t __33__ to endorse the habit of sleeping less
and making up for it later.