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【正文】 C) have to be said D) need to say 50. Once environmental damage __________, it takes many years for the system to recover. A) has done B) is to do C) does D) is done 51. Studies show that the things that contribute most to a sense of happiness cannot be bought, _________ a good family life, friendship and work satisfaction. A) as for B) in view of C) in case of D) such as 52. He will agree to do what you require _________ him. A) of B) from C) to D) for 53. The mere fact __________ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that it will not occur. A) what B) which C) that D) why 54. John seems a nice person. __________, I don39。s pany closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and longterm backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, says Gee Oerther of Texas Aamp。t resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints (藍圖 ) for improved quakeresistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place. In the past, making structures quakeresistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living anisms to an earthquake39。ll get rid of that terrible hum. 11. The statement In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. (Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that __________. A) the author was wellfed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties B) the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fifties C) there was no fridge in the author39。t very far. 4 . A) A shop assistant. B) A telephone operator. C) A waitress. D) A clerk. 5. A) A railway porter. B) A taxi driver. C) A bus conductor. D) A postal clerk. 6. A) Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers. B) She does not agree with the man. C) Drunk drivers are not guilty. D) People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk driving. 6. A) $ . B) $ . C) $ . D) $ . 8 . A) Collect papers for the man. B) Do the typing once again. C) Check the paper for typing errors. D) Read the whole newspaper. 9. A) The woman does not want to go to the movies. B) The man is too tired to go to the movies.. . C) The woman wants to go to the movies. D) The man wants to go out for dinner. 10. A) By bus. B) By bike. C) By taxi. D) On foot. Section B 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. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. In police work, you can never predict the next crime or problem. No working day is identical to any other, so there is no (S1)______ day for a police officer. Some days are (S2)_________ slow, and the job is (S3)________。s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. [14] Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificiallycooled space inside an artificiallyheated house while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge. [15] The fridge39。t consider the construction of such machines possible. 18. The word carbon (Line 4, Para. 2) stands for __________. A) Intelligent robots B) a chemical element C) An anic substance D) human beings 19. A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when 買茶葉，就到 許三多 1991 第 2 頁 202225 A) Its intelligence and cost are beyond question B) It is able to bear the rough environment C) It is made as plex as the human brain D) Its architecture is different from that of the present ones 20. It can be inferred from the passage that __________. A) after the installation of a great number of cells and connections, robots will be capable of selfreproduction B) with the rapid development of technology, people have e to realize the possibility of making a machine with humanlike ability C) once we make a machine as plex as the human brain, it will possess intelligence D) robots will have control of the vast, manmade world in space Passage Three Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll (四亡人數 ) could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By parison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims. Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a. m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city39。re under attack by insects or disease. But unlike humans, plants 買茶葉，就到 許三多 1991 第 3 頁 20222