因1ess与题意相反，所以A正确
84. B. 本题考查动词的 搭配，本句子的意思为，调查结果也表明，读者不仅在志趣相投 的人中找朋友，也在种族、宗教背景不同的人中找朋友。其他搭配不成立。
85. B. 本题考查动词的搭配辨析。emerge ?from 指从??中出现， arise?form.指由?? 引起。故B正确。
86. A. 本题考查上下文逻辑关系，not ?but Part VI. Translation (5 minutes)
87. More students will enter into colleges and universities this year (thanks to the continu- ing expansion of college enrolment/enrollment).
88. Straddling the wide River Neva, the city (is made up of almost 50 islands connected by some 310 bridges).
89. Why is it that people of the English-speaking world (take for granted that people of the rest of the world should speak English/take it for granted that people of the rest of the world should speak English)?
90. What we are doing is to bridge the gap between the scientists and the market, (converting their research achievements into commercial products).
91. We have been told that (under no circumstances/in no cases may we) use the telephone in the office for personal affairs. Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A:
11. W: Thomas is very good at music.
M: Yes, he used to like piano and harmonica, but now he prefers guitar. Q: What does Thomas enjoy playing?
12. W: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the post office?
M: Sorry, I’m a stranger here myself. Why don’t you ask the policeman over there? Q: What did the man suggest to the woman?
13. M: Ruth bought a computer the other day, but she found it was broken down and she can’t work on it.
W: And she made the store replace it for her. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
14. M: Did you go to the concert?
W: Well, I had intended to, but I changed my mind at the last minute and stayed at home to watch TV instead.
Q: What did the woman do last night?
15. M: How about having a meal before we go to the dance party? W: What a good idea! Q: What will they do next?
16. W: Stop for a minute. I’d like to look at this vasein the window.
M: Why not go inside and see if we can get some drawings to decorate our room? Q: Where are they standing?
17. M: How about going to the cinema with me tonight, Jane?
W: I’d really love to, but my parents expect me at home before 9:00 and we’ll leave to meet my aunt at 11:00 at the airport. Q: Why didn’t Jane accept the man’s invitation?
18. W: I don’t think Li Jiang is one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever been to. M: Me, either.
Q: What does the man mean?
Now you will hear two long conversations.
Conversation one M: English department, Steven speaking.
W:
Hello, Professor Webster. This is Clarie calling. I live two doors down from
your teaching assistant, Lori Williams. Lori asked me to call you because she has lost her voice and can’t talk to you herself. M: Lost her voice? That’s too bad. Is there anything I can do for her?
W:
Well, she has a class this afternoon from two thirty to four, and she won’t
be able to make it. But she doesn’t want to cancel it either. M: Does she want me to try to find somebody else to teach it?
W:
No, not exactly. What she wants to do is to get someone to go in for her,
just to pass back the midterm exam. She’s already marked them, and they’re on the desk in her office. The whole thing won’t takemore than…eh, ten minutes or so. M:
Two thirty, you say? Well, I’m free then, and I am going to be on campus
anyway, so I could do it for her. Where’s her class? W:
Building 11, Room 210. Will you need her office key to get the exams? I
could bring it to you. M:
Well, actually, that won’t be necessary. We have a master key in the English
De- partment, so I can get into her office.. W: Thank you, Professor Webster. M: My pleasure.
W:
Lori doesn’t have another class to teach until Thursday, and hopefully she
will be able to talk by then. She’ll call you as soon as she can. Oh, and …eh…I almost for- got… M: Yes?
W:
Could you put the next assignment on the board too? They should finish
the com- position at the end of Unit Eight and that’s due at the next class. M:
OK. No trouble at all. Thanks for the news about Lori and tell her not to
worry about this.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? 20. Why does Clarie make a phone call? 21. What does she want the Professor to do? 22.
When will Lori have another class to teach?
Conversation two W: I saw on TV last night that an old lady was knocked over by a vehicle. M: Was she seriously injured?
W:
I think so. But she had been lying there helplessly for some time before the
police arrived at the scene. The driver drove off and passers-by pretended not to see her. M:
That’s incredible. How could they be so cold-hearted? W:
Horrible,
isn’t it? Some people are so mean. M: Suppose you had been one of the passers-by, what would you have done? W:
I would have rushed her to a hospital and notified her family as soon as
possible. M:
So would I. It’s only right to offer a helping hand to those in need. Don’t
you think so? W:
Absolutely. I wish everyone in our society would be more caring.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23.
What’s the passage mainly about?
24. What’s the problem of the old lady?
25.
What should we do suppose we had been on the spot according to the
conversa- tion? Section B Passage One
While traveling abroad, Mr. Jackson Frank ran short of money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for $ 500. “Send the money by telegram,” he wrote, “to the Fisher Bank in P…”.
After a week he began calling at the Fisher Bank. He showed his passport. “Noth- ing has come for you,” he was told. This went on for two weeks, and Mr. Frank got very worried. He sent a telegram to his brother, asking where the money was. There was no reply, and no money arrived for him.
In the fourth week, Mr. Frank was arrested for failing to pay his hotel bill. His passport was taken from him. He tried to explain the problem, but no one believed him. He was sent to prison for sixty days.
When he came out, he went immediately to the Fisher Bank. The clerk he spoke to was a new man. “Have you received $500 for me? ” he asked. “My name is Jackson Frank.”
The clerk checked his books. “Yes, Mr. Jackson, it’s here. It came by telegram—let me see—oh, more than two months ago. We wondered where you were.” He showed Mr. Frank the order.
The order read: “ Pay Mr. Frank Jackson the sum of $500….” “But my name is Jackson Frank, not Frank Jackson.”
“Oh, that’s all right, sir. It was in our books under the letter ‘J’, but it’s your mon- ey.” The clerk laughed. “ A human mistake, sir! We’re all human beings, aren’t we? And so we all make mistakes. A family name like Frank sounds strange to me.” Mr. Frank was silent. He really wanted to hit somebody. At last he said, “A human mistake—is that what you call it? I think some humans need kicking.” Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. Why didn’t Jackson just go to his brother and get some money? 27. What did Jackson begin to do a week after he had written to his brother? 28. Why was Jackson arrested and sent to prison?
29. Why did the clerks put his name under the wrong letter? Passage Two
Children are curious about the world around them. For example, they want to know how their hearts beat. They want to know why the ocean water tastes salty. As children grow up, they become curious about different kinds of things. When they are babies, they are interested in the parts of their bodies and in the smiles of their mothers. Then they become interested in the physical world around them: the plants, the animals, and the sky. Later, they become interested in the things that people have made: wheels, bicycles, cars. And when they are adults, their curiosity continues. Some- times this curiosity leads to a career in science. Scientists spend their lives trying to find out about the world. Those who work with the earth sciences study the earth, the oceans, and the skies. Other scientists who study living things work with the biological sciences. A third group of scientists study the physical sciences, e.g. physics and chemistry.
These scientists have already discovered a lot about our world. For example, they can tell us why your heart beats fast when you run. They say that when you are quiet, your heart normally beats sixty-five or seventy-five times a minute. Your
heart is a pump that pumps blood to all parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen and nutrition. When you run, your muscles work very hard and use the nutrition that the blood carries to them. The muscles need oxygen, too. So your brain sends a signal to the heart. The signal means that the muscles need more nutrition and oxygen. Then the heart beats fast and sends blood quickly to the muscles. It may beat 90 to 140 times a minute.
Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, “Why does the ocean water taste salty?” scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get saltier every year.” Scientists are not sureabout the answer to this question.
We know a lot about our world, but there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? 31. What do your muscles need when you run? 32. Why are people always curious? Passage Three
What do you do if you are hit in the mouth and one of your teeth is knocked out? A dentist may be able to put the tooth back in for you, but you have to get to the dentistfirst. In the meantime, you have to store the tooth so that it will stay healthy.
The simplest thing to do is to put the tooth back into your mouth, or you could put it in milk. Frank Courts, a dentist at the University of Florida, worked with other researchers to find the safest way of keeping knocked-out teeth. He tried putting teeth into milk, into water, and into cell-culture medium. He also tried just drying the teeth in the open air. He used teeth that had to be removed from people’s mouths for various reasons. The teeth were put into one of the solutions or stored in the air for one hour. Then cells from the root of the teeth were scraped off the teeth. Dr. Courts and the others then studied how healthy these cells were. The cell-culture medium worked best to keep a knocked-out tooth healthy outside the mouth. However, few people keep cell-culture medium handy at home or in school. The next best thing was milk. But Dr. Courts said that the best thing of all was to wash the tooth and put it right back into its socket in the mouth. For some people, though, this is just too painful or upsetting. So milk will do, until you get your tooth (and your mouth) to a dentist.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. What is the passage mainly about?
34. What is the best way to store a knocked-out tooth healthily outside the mouth?
35. What did Dr Courts test on? Section C: Compound Dictation Immigration: New York
New Yorkers like to call their city “the capital of the world”. The results of a new (36) population survey show that even if the name is perhaps a little too (37) ambitious, the city (38) definitely may claim to be the world in (39) miniature. Two out of every five New Yorkers were born outside the United States. That (40)
figure is based on the results of a citywide (41) survey of more than 15 thousand (42) households conducted by the United States Census Bureau. Andrew Beveridge, a sociologist who analyzed the data, says the foreign-born population in New York has increased (43)dramatically during the last 10 years.
In 1990, the census (44) estimates show about 28 percent immigrants in New York City, and in the 1999 surveyyou get about 40 percent immigrants. If you look at it with respect to households headed by immigrants, it is actually 44 percent.(45) New York’s immigrant population is highly diverse. For example, the city’s borough of Queens is considered the most diverse county in the United States. (46) People representing 167 nationalities live there, speaking 116 languages. However, Mr. Beveridge says, there are several groups that dominate immigration to the city such as Dominicans (387,000), Russians (229,000), Chinese (192,000) and Mexicans (133,000). Key to Model Test (3) Part I. Writing Sample Writing:
Diligence Is the Key to Success All people dream of being successful in what they are doing. Some of them think talent plays a critical role in people’s success while others argue they obtain their success because they have good luck. In fact there is more than one way to success. But we can see almost all successful people have one thing in common—they all have made great efforts to make their dreams come true.
There is an old saying that success belongs to those people who are well- prepared, which means if one wants to be successful, he must work hard. To put it in a different way, in spite of good luck, one cannot actually succeed if he doesn’t make efforts. An artistic talent will not turn into a great artist if he doesn’t practices every day. A scientific genius will not become a scientist if he doesn’t spend much time and energy observing and experimenting with things around him. All these have proved that diligence, instead of luckor talent, is the key to success.
As for me, I strongly contend that success depends on diligence. No pains, no gains. If we want to succeed, the only way for us is to work hard. Remember, diligence is the key to success.
Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1. N.『解析』由第一段第三句可以看出题干为错误命题。 2. Y. 『解析』由第二段第三句可以看出题干为正确命题。 3. N. 『解析』由第四段第一句可以看出题干为错误命题。 4. N. 『解析』由第五段倒数第二句可以看出题干为错误命题。 5. Y. 『解析』由第四个小标题可以看出题干为正确命题。 6. NG. 『解析』文中作者问提及。 7. Y. 『解析』概括全文可得知答案。
8. the patient’s positive attitude 『解析』见第三段最后一句。 9. have difficulty in breathing. 『解析』见第六段倒数第四句。 10. psychology 『解析』见文中最后一句。 Part III. Listening Comprehension 11-18 B D C A D C B A 19-22 B A C C 23-25 B D D
26-28 C C C 29-31 B A B 32-35 B C C A
36. entertainment 37. regular 38. whether 39. weekends
40.
families
41. beginning 42. controlled
43. networks
44. Each network has news features, .dramatic presentations, comedies and sports events.
45. The more popular a program, the higher the network can charge a company for commercials during the program.
46. Cable television companies sell television programming directly to the public. Part IV. Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth) Section A
47. 『解析』D。此处应填入一个动名词，选项中符合要求的有securing, presenting , catching, improving和declaring。 从语境上看，上文提到找工作应遵循一个过程，即 认识自己的能力，搭配可以找到的空职，最后在用人者面前展示自己的才干，故应选 择presenting。
48. 『解析』N。此处应填入一个动词，选项中符合要求的有investigate, declare和de- velop。 从句意看，本句意思是“找工作者必须首先认真估量自己的能力”，因而选择 assess, 表示“评估，估量”。
49. 『解析』O。此处缺少一个形容词，选项中符合要求的有essential, available和academ- ic。 从语境上看，本句指评估的一个部分是学科成绩，故应选academic。
50. 『解析』 I。此处应填入一个后置定语，选项中符合要求的只有avaliable。 从语境上 看，此句指第二步应考察可供选择的工作机会。
51. 『解析』L。此处应填入一个动词原形，符合要求的只有develop, 从句意看，总体工 作条件应该是有利于将来的发展的。
52. 『解析』J。从语境看，所填词应为名词，此句意为毕业生应研究工作空职和报纸上 的信息或是联系朋友或是亲戚了解工作信息，故这里应填入vacancies。
53. 『解析』H)。此处应填入一个动词过去分词，选项中符合要求的只有involved,这里 指已经在某一职业工作的朋友或亲戚。
54. 『解析』F。此处应填入一个形容词做表语。从句意看，好的个人表现是找到好工作 的关键。
55. 『解析』B。此处应填入一个副词correctly与并列，从句意看，本句表达“认真，准 确”的意思，故选择carefully。
56. 『解析』A。此处应填入一个动名词，本句表达“找到好工作的秘诀是做有能力，有技 能，有决心的人”，故选择securing。 Section B Passage One
57. 『解析』D。事实细节题。由文章第二段第一句可知，B项为正确答案。 58. 『解析』C。语义理解题。由文章末句可知C为正确选项。
59. 『解析』D。推理判断题。从文章第四段可以看出设计新的工资系统时应考虑两方面 的问题，故答案为D。
60. 『解析』B。是非判断题。从文章最后一段可以看出不同的工作表现应予以不同的工 资，B为正确答案。 Passage Two
61. 『解析』C。推理判断题。整篇文章都在讲怎样成功采用一种新的工资系统，故C为 正确答案。
62. 『解析』D。文章第一段的第四句说到了大气层屏蔽了大量的外来射线，所以答案应 该是A。
63. 『解析』A。从原文的最后一段可知到现在为止还没有报告显示阿波罗号受到辐射损 害，但毕竟它登月的时间短。人类能否长时间接受辐射照射还是
个未知数。所以说防太空辐射不是容易的事情。
64. 『解析』A。从文章中我们得知，到现在为止还没有报告显示阿波罗号受到辐射损 害，所以B，C,D选项均与文章意思相悖，只有A相对正确。 65. 『解析』D。A，C，D选项内容在文章中均没有明确肯定，只有B对应了原文的第二 段的第四句话——问题在于很难发现辐射对人的损伤，当事人当时可能感觉良好，但是他的遗传细胞可能受到损伤，将会影响到他的孩子，甚至后代。
66. 『解析』B。此文主要是谈辐射的危害大以及防辐射的一些措施。B最准确。 Part V. Cloze
67. [C] 该句大意为：美国广泛运用测慌仪来测试一个人是否在说谎，固定搭配，wheth- er?or not。
68. [A] 该句大意为：测慌仪操作员宣称测慌仪能够通过探测相应情绪压力而产生的生理 变化来确定人是否有罪，此处为定语从句修饰测慌仪操作员，意为操作测慌仪的人。
69. [B] 根据文意，所用的方法是询问一些引导性的问题，此处为后置定语，应选择ad- opted，表示被采纳使用的方法。
70. [D] 根据文意，这些仪器设备已经获得了广泛认可，上文提到测慌仪均为复数，故排 除B,C选项，此处指代这些，应选择Such。 71. [B] 根据文意，这里表示测慌仪，选择lie。
72. [A] 固定搭配题，后文提到a scale, 可知这里的搭配应为on。
73. [C] 固定搭配题，a matter of 表示是?的问题，此处意为在英国，是否应以同样的规 模采用测慌仪仍然存在不同的看法。 74. [C] 此处应为介词，表示除了，应选择apart from。
75. [B] 根据文意，问题在于，除了许多操作人员不合格之外，测验本身也无法避免误 差。
76. [A] 固定搭配，by no means, 表示无论如何都不。 77. [A] 根据文意，测慌仪低估了人们的想象力和创造力。
78. [B] 根据文意，想想那些本应无所畏惧的清白无辜的人们，此处应选择innocent。 79. [C] 参见78。
80. [D] 根据前文，本应无所畏惧的清白的人们对于海关官员的询问表现的面红耳赤，结 结巴巴，可以看出此处指因为恐惧而升高的皮肤电波并不足以说明一个人有罪。
81. [A] 固定搭配，depend on/upon, 表示根据。
82. [B] 根据前文，皮肤电波是否升高取决于被试者是害怕被发现还是害怕被误判为有 罪。
83. [D] 从后文可以看出此处意为一个真正有罪的人。 84. [A] 此处表示从前的经验，应选择 past。
85. [B] 本句意为，另一方面，一个真正有罪的人，如果对于这类测试有经验而准备，可 以通过预测出关键问题或在回答中性问题时有意夸大反应程度，就可能歪曲测试结 果。 86. [C] 参见85。 Part VI. Translation
87. Last year the advertising rate ( roseby 15%/increasedby 15%). 88. You (cannot be too careful) when you drive a car.
89. A (solution to the problem) is expected to be found before long.
90. Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, (no matter what we may have done during the day/ no matter what we might have
done during the day).
91. In an era of social reform, people’s state of mind tends to (keep pace with the rapid changes of society). Section A:
11. W: I heard that you are planning a trip for this summer, Jack. Are you going to Europe?
M: I hope to tour Egypt if I finish my degree in time and saveenough money. Q: What does Jackplan to do this summer? 12. M: Stop for a while. A display in the window!
W: I see some books are on sale. Let’s go inside and see if we can find something on art. Q: Where are they?
13. M: How about going to a nice restaurant for lunch with me and a movie after that, Su- san?
W: I’d loveto, but I haven’t packed yet, and my train leaves at 6:00 P.M. Q: Why didn’t Susan accept the invitation?
14. M: I have to stay up typing my paper tonight, but I’m afraid the sound would make my roommate hard to sleep.
W: There’s a room in the basement. You can take your typewriter down there and no one will hear it.
Q: What will the man probably do to avoid disturbing his roommate?
15. W: George, I’d like you to meet May. She is a chemistry teacher working in a college.
M: It will be nice to meet her. I believe we even work for the same school although in a different department.
Q: What do George and May have in common?
16. M: Do you know if the bus station has a timetable for buses to London? W: They may not, but I know you can catch a bus that leaves for London every day at 9:00 A. M.
Q: What does the man want to find out?
17. W: I’d like to exchange this T-shirt for one a size smaller.
M: Yes, of course. Pick out another one. I’ll put this one back. Q: Why did the woman return the T-shirt?
18. M: I hope Bob’s getting fired taught him a lesson.
W: At least he learned that it pays to be rude to the boss. Q: Why was Bob fired?
Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one M: Hey, have you heard? Robert is retiring.
W: Oh, really? Well, maybe you’ll be made athletic director?
M:
Oh, I hope not. Whoever they choose is fine as long as it’s not me. I’m the
wrong person for that job! W: Why do you say that? I mean, what kind of person does it take? M: Someone with a more easygoing personality.
W: Oh, come on. You seem like someone who could handle anything.
M:
Me? You’ve got to be kidding. That job would make me much too nervous.
Be- sides, I’m happy with things the way they are. I consider teaching tennis a chal- lenge. It’s a chance to get people interested in sports. W:
So you really don’t want it?
M: No, I really don’t. I just can’t imagine myself managing a staff and worrying about finances. I don’t handle pressure too well. W:
You know, that’s not the impression I have of you at all. That’s how I’d
describe myself.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What is the man’s job? 20. Who is Robert?
21. Why don’t the man want the job?
22.
What can be the relationship between the man and the woman?
Conversation two M: Hello, Take a seat, Miss Millard. Now, what can I do for you?
W:
It’s about my headaches, doctor. I get really bad headaches quite regularly
and they’re sometimes so bad. I’m actually sick. And I can’t eat for a couple of days when I’m feeling like that. M:
About how often do these headaches come? W: About once every two
months, I think. M: Do bright lights affect you or irritate you when these attacks come? W:
Yes, as a matter of fact, they do. I forgot about that. I really can’t stand
bright lights at all when the headache is at its worst. M: Do you takeanything, any pills? W: Yes, but they don’t help.
M:
Mm. Your symptoms seem to point to miraine. As you probably know,
there’s no direct or permanent cure for it but we can relieve the pain while you are having the attacks. For instance, I can arrange for you to have an injection when you get the headaches. In the meantime I can give you some painkillers which should help. Anyway, see how you get on with these and if they don’t seem to help, come back and see me again.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What does the patient mainly complain about? 24. What does the doctor say about the illness? 25.
What would the patient do to deal with her illness?
Section B Passage One
Among all the malignancies, lung cancer is the biggest killer: more than 100,000 Americans a year die of the disease. Giving up smoking is one of the obvious ways to reduce the risk, but another answer may lie in the kitchen. According to a new report, even heavy smokers may be protected from developing lung cancer by a simple dietary measure: a daily portion of carrots, spinach or any other vegetable or fruit containing a form of vitamin A called carotene.
Since 1957, a team of American researchers has monitored the dietary habits and medical histories of 2,000 middle-aged men. Other studies of animals and humans have suggested that vitamin A offers some protection against lung cancer. The correlation seemed logical, since Vitamin A is essential for the growth of the tissue that lines the airways of the lungs.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. How many Americans die of lung cancer each year? 27. What is carotene?
28. What can you infer from the passage? Passage Two
The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids. They have stood for
nearly 5000 years, and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet. There are over eighty of them scattered along the banks of the Nile, some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids. The most famous of these are the‘Step’ pyramid and the ‘Bent’ pyramid Some of the pyramids still look much as they must have been done when they were built thousands of years ago.Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often, for stone to use in mod- ern buildings. The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids, and their very shape has made them less likely to fall into ruin. These are good reasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last forever.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. How old are the pyramids?
30. What is true about some of the pyramids? 31. Why do the pyramids remain well preserved? Passage Three
Now and again I have had horrible dreams, but not enough of them to make me lose my delight in dreams. To begin with, I like the idea of dreaming, of going to bed and lying still and then, by some queer magic, wandering into another kind of existence. As a child I could never understand why grown-ups took dreaming so calmly when they could make such a fuss about any holiday. This still puzzles me. I am puzzled by people who say they never dream and appear to have no interest in the subject. It is much more astonishing than if they said they never went out for a walk. Most people—or at least more Western Europeans—do not seem to accept dreaming as part of their lives. They appear to see it as an irritating little habit, like sneezing or yawning. I have never under- stood this. My dream life does not seem as important as my waking life, if only because there is far less of it, but to me it is important.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. What is the speaker’s attitude to dreams?
33. What does the speaker feel when people say that they do not dream? 34. According to the speaker, what is most Western Europeans’ attitude to dreams?
35. How does the speaker compare his dream life and waking life? Section C: Compound Dictation
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 informa- tion. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in you own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
The most common form of (36) entertainment in the U.S. is television. Nearly everyone watches television at some (37) regular time in their daily lives, (38) whether in the morning, at night or on (39) weekends. Most (40) families have color televisions and many have more than one set.
Since its (41) beginning, the television industry in the U.S. has been (42) con- trolled by three companies. Those companies have formed networks of television