unit 1

section a
1. [a]$15.99 [b]$5.99 [c]$10.00 [d]$25.99

2. [a] she went blind in childhood.

[b] she went blind at the age of 16.
[c] few people know that she is blind.
[d] she gets up early every morning.

3. [a] he drove her to the airport.

[b] he told her to drive to the airport by anot
her route.
[c] he bought her a map of the airport.
[d] he made clear the route to the airport for
the woman on a map.

4. [a] the man has caught a cold.

[b] the woman has caught a cold
[c] it's cold outside.
[d] the man takes a cold attitude towards the
woman.

5. [a]secretary and boss

[b] teacher and student
[c] doctor and patient
[d] booking office clerk and customer.

6. [a] buy three good pairs

[b] buy three cheap pairs
[c] buy one good pair
[d] buy one cheap pair

7. [a] she has been eliminated.

[b] she belongs to the last few candidates' c
hosen
[c] she is writing some essays in order to be
employed.
[d] she has already been taken on.

8. [a] they were in a car accident with only his

wife injured.
[b] they were in a car accident with neither o
f them injured
[c] they were in a car accident with only john
injured
[d] they were both injured in a car accident.

questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversatio

n you have just heard.
9. [a] they're classmates.
[b] they're roommates.
[c] they're cousins.
[d] they're lab partners.
10. [a] because he couldn't decide on a topic f
or his paper.
[b] because he thought his paper was late.
[c] because he hadn't heard from his family
in a while.
[d] because he thought the woman had bee
n ill.
11. [a] to find their way back to the nest.
[b] to locate plant fibers.
[c] to identify kinds of honey.
[d] to identify relatives.
12. [a] dull
[b] different
[c] funny
[d] no feeling.
question 13 to 15 are based on the conversatio
n you have just heard.
13. [a] because the library assistant thinks he
has an overdue book
[b] because the books he needs have been c
hecked out by someone else.
[c] because the library assistant is unable to
locate the book that he needs.
[d] because a blibrary notice was sent to hi
m at his previous address.
14. [a] the man has mistakenly receive someo
ne else's books.
[b] the man changed his major from art to b
ussiness.
[c] the man recently moved off campus.
[d] there are two students named robert sm
ith.
15. [a] see if he is related to any of the studen
ts.
[b] apply for a job as a library assistant.
[c] use his middle name.
[d] use a different library.

section b
passage one
question 16 to 18 are based on the passage yo
u have just heard.
16. [a] short, tiring and often dangerous.
[b] long, tiring but not dangerous.
[c] short but dangerous.
[d] long, weary and often dangerous.
17. [a] for pleasure and excitement.
[b] for new places where their herds could f
eed.
[c] for animals.
[d] for tree trunks.
18. [a] bicycles, cars, trains and ships.
[b] bicycles, cars, trains and planes.
[c] cars, trains, ships and planes.
[d] feries, cars trains and planes.

passage two
questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage y
ou have just heard.
19. [a] climbed the trees along the coast.
[b] played on the sands by the sea with oth
er children.
[c] went boating by the sea.
[d] made trains or cars out of the sand.
20. [a] went fishing.
[b] climbed the mountains.
[c] walked in the country.
[d] played cards.
21. [a] sandcastles.
[b] sweets and warm sands.
[c] the sun, the warm sand, and the sound of
waves.
[d] wine.

passage three
question 22 to 25 are based on the passage yo
u have just heard.
22. [a] the invention of primitive weapons and
language.
[b] the invention of language and the discov
ery of fire.
[c] the invention of primitive weapons and t
he discovery of fire.
[d] the invention of primitive weapons and t
he development of human brain.
23. [a] the professional instruction.
[b] the human brain.
[c] cries.
[d] signals.
24. [a] picture language preceded oral langua
ge.
[b] oral language preceded picture languag
e.
[c] they developed side by side.
[d] picture language is more important than
oral language.
25. [a] its origin is not obscure.
[b] it's possible for apes to speak human lan
guage, but an intensive professional insturncio
n is necessary.
[c] there are people who doubt that it bega
n very gradually.
[d] it has been the most important single fa
ctor in the development of man.

section c
in the 18th century french economists (26)_______
___the excessive regulation of business by the govern
ment. their motto was laisser faire. laisser faire mean
s let the people do as they choose. in the economic s
ense, this meant that while the govenment should be
responsible for things like maintaining peace and pro
tecting (27)_________rights, it should not (28)_________
with private business. it shouldn't create regulations
that might(29) ___________business growth, nor shoul
d it be responsible for providing (30)__________to help.
 in other words, governments should take a hands-off
(31) _________to business.
for a while in the united states, laisser faire was a
popular (32) _____________. but things quickly change
d. after the civil war, (33)___________rarely opposed t
he government's generous support of business owner
s. (34)_______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
__.their regulations kept tariffs high and that helpe pr
otect american industrialists against foreign competit
ion. (35)_____________________________________________
__________________________. it was generally assumed
that because business owners did not have a lot of e
xternal restrictions placed on them by the governme
nt, they could pursue their own interests, and this wa
s what made them so successful. (36)_______________
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