Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
About 70 miles north-east of Vancouver is one of Canada’s most beautiful tourist regions. Visitors
come to enjoy fishing, skiing or the splendid mountain scenery. Over 20 years ago, Kirsty Bourne,
a successful businesswoman, came here and founded Paradise Ridge, a cabin park.
She said, “I wanted to live somewhere where everybody knows everybody else and all your prob-
lems are shared.” Paradise Ridge is now home to 25 families. Each family owns their own small
cabin, but they share ownership of the park and the common facilities. This is a real,living com-
munity, and residents aren’t allowed to use their cabins as a holiday home.
The heart of the Paradise Ridge community is a large house. Shared meals take place 3 times a
week and once a month there is a meeting when important decisions are made. Families can sell
their homes if they want to leave, but the whole community must vote on new families before they
are allowed to join.
“Keeping the community together is hard work,” says Kirsty. “Everybody has to take responsibil-
ity for the day-to-day running of the community.But it seems that there is no shortage of the fami-
lies who want to join. There are 75 on the waiting list.”
11. How many families are living in the Paradise Ridge now?
12. What is special about Paradise Ridge?
13. What is the passage mainly about?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
It’s 3 p.m.,time for news from the World of Medicine.
Does sitting make you sad? Australian researchers found that middle-aged women who sat for
over 7 hours a day were 47 percent more likely to show signs of depression than those who sat for
4 hours or fewer. Those who engaged in no physical activity were 26 percent more likely to have
symptoms of depression 3 years later than those who exercised regularly. Sitting for long periods
has also been linked to heart disease.
How can you detect a liar through text message? Watch for a delayed response. When college
students were asked to tell a lie during an interview with a computer, they took 10 percent longer
on average to send the message, and they did more editing than usual.
Can marriage beat cancer? Married people were 20 percent less likely to die from the disease
than those who were unmarried, according to a Harvard study of more than 730,000 people. They
were also more likely to get the disease detected at an earlier stage and receive proper treatment. A
husband or wife can urge you to seek medical help and support you during tough chemical ther-
apy, radiation, and other treatments.
14. Who were most likely to suffer from depression according to Australian researchers?
15. How did students behave when they told a lie during an interview with a computer?
16 What is the third piece of news mainly about?
Section C
Directions: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read
twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the
information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: Excuse me, I’m Linda Lee from the Airport Research Division. May I ask you a few questions
about the environment andfacilities here?
M: OK.
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