B) Get rid of empty dreams. D) Attempt something impossible.
17. A) By finding sufficient support for implementation.
B) By taking into account their own ability to change.
C) By constantly keeping in mind their ultimate goals.
D) By making detailed plans and carrying them out.
18. A) To show people how to get their lives back to normal.
B) To show how difficult it is for people to lose weight.
C) To remind people to check the calories on food bags.
D) To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) Michael’s parents got divorced. C) Karen’s mother died in a car accident.
B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson. D) A truck driver lost his life in a collision.
20. A) He ran a red light and collided with a truck. C) He was killed instantly in a burning car.
B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl. D) He got married to Karen’s mother.
21. A) The reported hero turned to be his father. C) Such misfortune should have fallen on him.
B) He did not understand his father till too late. D) It reminded him of his miserable childhood.
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) Germany. B) Japan. C) The US. D) The UK.
23. A) By doing odd jobs at weekends. C)By putting in more hours each week.
B) By working long hours every day. D)By taking shorter vacations each year.
24. A) To combat competition and raise productivity. C)Tohelp them maintain their living standard.
B) To provide them with more job opportunities. D)To prevent them from holding a second job.
25. A) Change their jobs. C) Reduce their working hours.
B) Earn more money. D) Strengthen the government’s role.
Section C
Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read forthe third time, you
should check what you have written.
Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are
there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are 26 to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or
moral 27 any physician. We provide health teaching, assess physical as well as emotional problems, 28
patient-related services, and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the
patient. If, in any circumstance, we feel that a physician’s order is inappropriate or unsafe, we have a legal 29
to question that order or refuse to carry it out.
Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the
profession. The emotional and 30 stress, however, that occurs due to odd working hours is a 31 reason for a
lot of the career dissatisfaction. It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or
five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, 32 our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from
everything except job-related friends and activities.
The quality of nursing care is 33 dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are now staffed by new
graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of 34 related services
have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand changes 35 . But if trends continue as predicted, they
will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new, inexperienced, and sometimes inadequately
trained nurses.
PartⅢ 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 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know
they need to save, but how much? And what exactly are they saving for—to spend more time 36 the grandkids,
go traveling, or start another career? It turns out that husbands and wives may have 37 different ideas
about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc.
found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 38 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in