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SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： Sleep is very ancient. In the electroencephalographic sense we share it with all the primates and almost all the other mammals and birds: it may extend back as far as the reptiles.
There is some evidence that the two types of sleep, dreaming and dreamless, depend on the life-style. of the animal, and that predators are statistically much more likely to dream than prey, which are in turn much more likely to experience dreamless sleep. In dream sleep, the animal is powerfully immobilized and remarkably unresponsive to external stimuli. Dreamless sleep is much shallower, and we have all witnessed cats or dogs cocking their ears to a sound when apparently fast asleep. The fact that deep dream sleep is rare among prey today seems clearly to be a product of natural selection, and it makes sense that today, when sleep is highly evolved, the stupid animals are less frequently immobilized by deep sleep than the smart ones. But why should they sleep deeply at all？ Why should a state of such deep immobilization ever have evolved？ Perhaps one useful hint about the original function of sleep is to be found in the fact that dolphins and whales and aquatic mammals in general seem to sleep very little. There is, by and large, no place to hide in the ocean. Could it be that, rather than increasing an animal's vulnerability, the function of sleep is to decrease it？ Wilse Webb of the University of Florida and Ray Meddis of London University have suggested this to be the case. It is conceivable that animals who are too stupid to be quiet on their own initiative are, during periods of high risk, immobilized by the implacable arm of sleep. The point seems particularly clear for the young of predatory animals. This is an interesting notion and probably at least partly true.
What is the passage mainly concerned about？
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听力原文： In some large American city schools, as many as 20-40% of the students are absent each day. There are two major reasons for such absences: one is sickness, and the other is truancy. That is staying away from school without permission. Since school officials can't do much about the illness, they are concentrating on reducing the number of truancy. One of the most promising schemes has been tried in Florida. The pupils there with good attendance have been given free hamburgers, toys and T-shirts. Classes are told if they show improved rates of attendance, they can win additional gifts. At the same time, teachers are encouraged to inspire their students to come to school regularly. When those teachers are successful, they are also rewarded. "We've been punishing truancy for years, but that hasn't brought them back to school," one school principal said. Now we are trying the positive approach. Not only do you learn by showing up every day, but you earn. In San Francisco, the board of education has had a somewhat similar idea. Schools that show a decrease in deliberate destruction of property can receive the amount of money that would be spent on repairs and replacements. For example, 12,000 dollars had been set 'aside for a school's property damages every year. Since repair expenses of damaged property required only 4,000 dollars, the remaining 8,000 dollars was turned over to the student activity fund. "Our democracy operates on hope and encouragement," said the school board member. "Why not provide some positive goals for students and teachers to aim at？"
In American city schools, how many students are absent on a dally basis？
Whose performance do father and daughter agree upon in the movie？
听力原文：W: Russ, it's good to see you.
M: Good morning, Vera. Nice to see you.
W: So the job market is good, ha？ M: It's very good. Employers planned to hire about 14% more grads this year than last, a very good time to be an accounting major, engineering major, finance major, but really the demand is across the board. It's the best job market we've seen in 4 or 5 years.
W: And what do you attribute this hiring surge to？
M: Ah, largely a reflection of the economic conditions. Corporate growth of course has been good, corporate profits arc strong, so companies feel more comfortable hiring. As you know, the entry-level market is most sensitive to the economic conditions.
W: Right.
M: Conditions are good; hiring is on the up.
W: What about, what about starting salaries？ Are they higher this year than years past？
M: Those are very good as well. You, ah, there are up about 6 percent more this year than last with the average starting salary at a whopping 46,000 dollars. And you can do better than that, if you're engineering major or looking at potentially 50 -55 thousand dollars to start, perhaps even the signing bonuses are making a comeback as well.
W: Hmm. You've got some advice, er, for college grads as they're looking for a job. The first thing you say is do not rely on the Internet. Why？
M: Don't rely ,on the Internet as your only job searching strategy. It's fine if it's a component of the strategy, but should not be your only strategy, because only about 20 percent of the jobs are advertised in any public medium and only about 5 percent of the job seekers actually end up getting a job through an advertisement. So your best job searching tool, networking, word of mouth, getting the "no word" out there.
W: Yeah, that's a good point.
Which of the following major is NOT popular in the job market？
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： Foreign observer teams seem unanimous that Nigeria's election has fallen short of the Democratic minimum, but they are waiting till more results are declared before they announce their full conclusions. European Union observers say they witnessed widespread violence, intimidation, ballot-box stuffing and serious shortages of election material. The Commonwealth groups spoke diplomatically about shortcomings. Even the West African group Ecowas in which Nigeria has a powerful voice said the vote was neither free nor fair.
Nigeria's election was ______ according to most foreign observers.
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