B) Cut the fee by half for this year.                D) Give her a 10 percent discount.

25. A) Stop negotiating for the time being.          C) Reflect on their respective mistakes

B) Calm down and make peace.                      D) Improve their promotion plans.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you willhear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Passage One

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) They look spotlessly clean throughout their lives.

B)      They are looked after by animal-care organizations.

C)      They sacrifice their lives for the benefit of humans.

D)     They are labeled pet animals by the researchers.

27. A) They may affect the results of experiments.

B)      They may behave abnormally.

C)      They may breed out of control.

D)     They may cause damage to the environment.

28. A) When they become escapees.                     C) When they get too old.

B) When they are no longer useful.                 D) When they become ill.

29. A) While launching animal protection campaigns, they were trapping kitchen mice.

B)      While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice.

C)      While advocating freedom for animals, they kept their pet mouse in a cage.

D)     While calling for animal rights, they allowed their kids to keep pet animals.

Passage Two

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. A) They take it for granted.                           C) They contribute most to it.

B) They are crazy about it.                             D) They often find fault with it.

31. A) Heat and light.                                        C) Historical continuity.

B) Economic prosperity.                                D) Tidal restlessness.

32. A) They find the city alien to them.

B)  They are adventurers from all over the world.

C)      They lack knowledge of the culture of the city.

D)     They have difficulty surviving.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. A) A political debate.                                   C) A documentary.

B) A football game.                                      D) A murder mystery.

34. A) It enhances family relationships.               C) It helps broaden one’s horizons.

B) It is a sheer waste of time.                         D) It is unhealthy for the viewers.

35. A) He watches TV programs only selectively.

B)  He can't resist the temptation of TV either.

C)      He doesn't like watching sports programs.

D)     He is not a man who can keep his promise.

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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either