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ＢSECTION3:ＴRANSLAＴＩONTESTﻩ自达尔文以来，生物学家们一直坚信，大自然的运作是没有计划的或者是没故意义的,它不会通过直接的设计途径去追求目的。但是，今天我们知道,这一信念是个严重错误。为什么恰如达尔文所理解和描述的进化就该是无计划、无理性的呢？当飞机设计工程师们运用风洞对大量的、根据记录数据制造的机体模型的耐用性能进行检试,以从中选出功能最佳的设计时，物理学家通过上万次的计算机运算,试图找出是哪些材料、以如何的结合方式、以及什么的结构形式才最适宜用于原子核反映堆的建造时，我们可以说这中间没有自然选择的过程么?他们也未进行事先设计的适应性调节,而是根据选择原理开展工作的。但是人们从未认为这种方法是无计划、无理性的。SECＴＩON4:LIＳＴＥNINGＴEＳＴParｔA:NoteｔakingandGapfillinｇ1．laboｒsavingﻩﻩ ﻩ ﻩ ﻩ2.ｖaｃuum３.elｅcｔrical ﻩ ﻩ ﻩ ４.ｄｉｓhwasher5.timｅ-coｎｓｕｍinｇ ﻩ ﻩ ６.mｏdeｌｓ/ｔｙpes/kｉnds7.twelve ﻩ ﻩﻩ ﻩ8．wateｒ9.cuｔlery ﻩ ﻩ ﻩﻩ ﻩ１0.deｔｅrgent１1．turn/switchﻩﻩﻩﻩ ﻩ１2.sauｃｅpanｓ/pans13.solid ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩ 14.dries15.medium-ｓiｚeｄﻩﻩﻩ ﻩ 16.oncｅ17.enougｈ ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩﻩ 1８．ｍｅals19.nｏisyﻩﻩ ﻩﻩ ﻩﻩ 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Weｌl，Ｖｉc,I’msuｒealｌｏurlistｅｎerswouldlｏvetobebrｏugｈtupｔoｄateonthelaｔestiｎｔinyｔelｅｖision.VIC:ﻩＩt’ｓanexｐandingｍarkeｔ,Ｆred,tｈａt’ｓfoｒsure,andtheyｓeｅmtobeｇettiｎgsmａlｌｅrevｅryyear.FREＤ:ﻩWhｉchｃountriｅsaredomiｎａtinｇthemaｒｋet?ＶIC: Attｈemｏｍentit’ｓＪａpan,prinｃipaｌly.Ｉｎthｅspｒｉngof1982ＳonyｉntroｄucｅdｔｈeWatcｈman．FＲED: ＩｓthatｔhｅＷａlkmaｎ?VIC:ﻩＮo,theWaｔｃhｍanisaｐortａblｅblackanｄwhiｔeＴVsetwiｔhatiny5cｍsｃｒｅenandaerial.FＲED：ﻩHowbigｉsｔｈewhoｌｅｔhｉｎg?ＶIC：ﻩOh,I’dsaｙabouｔ35ｃmby1２cmandｉtwｅigｈsｏｎlｙacoupleofkilogrａms.FRED: Wasitaｓuccｅssｆｒoｍtheｓｔart?ＶＩC:ﻩFｕnｎiｌyｅnouｇh,ａＳoｎyexｅｃuｔivesaidtｈaｔｎｏoneｗouldwaｎｔtowａtchaTＶwhｉlｅｗaｌkｉｎgaround-andａｌsｏasligｈｔlｙｌaｒgermoｄelcouldｂebougｈtforhalftｈｅｐｒice!FRＥＤ:ﻩRealｌy?VIＣ:ﻩBｕt,dｅspitethispｅssｉmisticvｉew,ｓalｅsofthｉsｍodelｆarｏutnumberｅｄｐrojections.FＲＥＤ:ﻩＷelｌ,yoｕｎeveｒcａｎｔelｌ！Ｈowｂigwastheiｎitialｐｒoducｔiｏn?VＩC: Tｈｅcｏmpanystａｒｔedｗiｔh2023ｕniｔsｐermonthandincreasedto5000bytheeｎdoｆ1９８２，bｕttheｙｓtiｌlcoｕldｎ’tkeepupｗitｈthedｅｍand.ＦRＥD: SoIsupｐosｅthｅyｕpｐedthepｒodｕcｔiｏnlevelsｅｖenhｉgher．VIC: Ｉtｗaｓmuｃｈmｏreｒadｉcaｌｔhａnthat!Ｉｎtｈesｐrｉnｇof1９83SonｙpuｌledｏutallｔｈestｏpsaｎdlaunchedtheWaｔchmanalloveragainwiｔhanewｍodel．ＦＲEＤ:ﻩOh,what’sitlike？ＶIC:ﻩWeｌｌ,it’ｓ20ｐercｅntsｍａllerandｔhｅpriｃeiｓ２５percentleｓs…FＲED： Ｍmmm．VIＣ:ﻩ…andtｈeｃompoｎeｎtｓwｅｒedｅｓignedfromsｃｒａｔｃh.FRED: Ａndwhａtaｂoutprｏductioｎｌevels？VIC: Theyquａdruｐleｄto20,0０0uniｔｓamｏnthjusｔfoｒtheJａpaneseｍarket!FRED:ﻩＷow！TｈeＷatchmanｃｅｒtainlyｓeｅmｓtoｈavｅtａｋeｎoff.VIC： Indeｅdithａs.ＦRED:ﻩAnｄIbelieｖetｈeｒeweｒｅotherJapaｎeｓecoｍｐａnieｓａsweｌl.VＩC： Ｙeｓ.Attｈeendof1982Hａｔtori－that’sH—A—Ｔ—Ｔ—O—R—I—youkｎｏw,theｍakersofSeｉkowaｔｃhes—well,thｅyunveiｌedanｅｖensmallｅｒＴＶ,ａroｕnd3cm,ｗhｉchｉsｂuiltintoａwrist-watｃh．FRED： Incredible!VIＣ: Itcertaiｎlyis.Therｅstofthesetiscarrｉｅdsepａrateｌｙｉnyoｕrpｏｃkｅtａｎdit’sａｂoutｔhesizｅｏfapacｋeｔｏfｋingsiｚecigａｒeｔteｓ.FＲED： Andhowdoesitwork？VＩC:ﻩIｔhasaliquiｄｃｒｙsｔalｄispｌａysｃreeｎ.TheTVrecｅiverａnｄｂatｔｅryｐａckfｉｏyoｕrpoｃkｅｔ,andthey’reｃｏnnectedbｙaｃｏrdtothｅwaｔch.FREＤ:ﻩIsthereaheaｄｐｈonｅ?VIC: Oh,ｙｅs,tｈat’ｓｐｌugｇｅdintｏtheｒeceiｖｅｒaｓwelｌ.ＦRＥD:ﻩSeeｍsabitcｏmplｉcａteｄ,ｔｈatoｎe,withalltｈewireｓanｄｂitsanｄpieces.VIC:ﻩＹes，ｉtdoeｓ.FRED:ﻩＡnyotｈｅrＪapａnesemｏdels?VIC:ﻩＹes,Cａsｉo—that’ｓC—A—Ｓ—Ｉ—O.Ｔheirlateｓtｉsacalculatｏr-sizｅdTVabouｔoｎe-thirdthebulkｏｆthｅWａｔｃｈmanandwith1983ｐｒoductiｏnfiｇuresof2０23uniｔsamontｈ.FRＥD： Iseｅ.VＩC： Anｄ,accordingｔoaｓpｏkｅｓman,theyhopeｔomaｔchｔheiｒcalｃulａtｏrsales,ｗhichaｒeａbout25milｌｉｏｎｕｎiｔsperyeaｒ．FREＤ:ﻩＶeryimpreｓｓｉｖe.AndnoｄoubｔotherJaｐpanｉeｓwillｊumｐoｎｔｈebａndwaｇoｎ.VＩC: Moｓtlｉkely.ＦREＤ:ﻩNow,couldｙoutelluｓabouｔｏtｈｅrcountriｅsmakinｇtheseｔｉｎyTVｓ?VIC: Ofcoｕrse．FroｍSincｌairｉｎEnglandthere’ｓoneｓｉmilarinsizetotｈeＣaｓio，andtheirpｒoduｃtiｏnlｅveｌｓwere1miｌｌiｏｎfor１983.FRＥD:ﻩObviｏuslyｔｈey’replannｉngonbａcｋiｎgawinner！VIC:ﻩHｏwrightyouａｒe.Arepｒeｓentativeｓａidｔｈeyｅxpeｃtamass-marketreｓpoｎsｅ,noｔjｕｓtaｓanｏvelｔyitem.ＦREＤ:ﻩＡndjustwhicｈmaｒｋeｔａretheｍanuｆａcturersａｉmｉnｇａt?VIＣ: Mainlythecoｍmuｔeｒsｗhospenｄhourｓgｏinｇtｏandfroｍworｋ.TｈｅsｅtinｙＴVswillpｒoｖiderｅlｉefｆromｔhemonotｏnouｓｔrainanｄｂusｒidｅｓ.ＦREＤ：ﻩＷｅll,Ｖic,thａnkｓfoｒkeeｐingusinｔｏuchｗｉthｔhisextｒｅｍelypoｐulargａdget.VIC： Ｍypleasure,aｎdhapｐyｖiｅwｉngtoallofyｏuｗithｔｈoseweeTVs.QueｓtｉonNo.１.Whatisbeingdiscusseｄintｈetaｌk?QｕestionNo.２.Whenwasｔｈisproｄuｃｔrecomｍendedtoｔｈeｐublic?QuesｔｉoｎＮo.３.Ｗhichofthefolloｗiｎgｃoｍｐａniesfiｒｓtintrodｕcｅｄthｉsprｏduct?QuestioｎNo．4.Whｉchgroupofｐeoplearemoｓtlｉｋelytoｆormtｈemainmａrkｅtforｔｈisｐｒoｄuct?QｕeｓｔiｏnＮo.5.Ａｃｃｏrdiｎgtoｔhetａlｋ,whichofthefｏｌlowinｇistｒueaboｕtitsmarｋet?Ｑuesｔions6~10ａrebaseｄonｔｈefolｌoｗingｃｏnversａtion.Male:ﻩＨoｗmaｎydｉfｆeｒenｔcoｕntｒiｅsdoyouｔhinkyou’vebeento？Female: ＯnceIｍadeａcouｎtofhoｗmanycｏuｎｔrieｓＩ’dhitｃhhｉkedthrougｈａnｄｉｔcａｍetotweｎtyeｉghｔ.SｏｉfyouaｄｄoｎａfewmorefｏrthoｓewhereＩhaven’tｈitched，Iｉmagｉｎeｉtcｏmesｔｏａｂoutfoｒtybynow.Ｍａle: Aboutｆｏrty！Ａｎdarethereａnｙofthesetｈａtyｏｕfｅeｌyoｕrｅalｌｙwoｕｌdliｋetogｏbackｔｏ?Female:ﻩＴwothaｔIcouldactuａllyliveinIｔhｉnk．ＯnewouldbethｅwｅstｃoａstofCanadaｂeｃauseＩthiｎktｈathａｄeveｒythingtｏｏｆfer.Iｔwａsriｃhculｔurally,iｔwaｓveｒyｂrｉgｈt，itｈadaｖｅｒyｐleａsaｎtclimaｔe,ｓlightlyimpｒoveｄonBrｉtａｉｎ.IthadｔhｅＲockyMoｕntainsbｅhｉnd,lｏaｄsｏfcｏastline,um，alotｇoｉｎgonbothdayandnight,ａlａrｇeｕnivｅｒsitｙ,andｉtwasｊｕstnearAmeｒiｃａiｆｙoufelｔlikecrｏssingtｈeboｒdｅｒ.TheｏthｅｒpｌaceIlｉｋed,buｔmoreforaholｉday，ｗasＳarｄｉniａ，whicｈIfoundｗasoneｏfｔhｅquiｅtｅｓt,mｏｓtｕnspoiltpａrtsoｆEuｒopｅthａtI’veｓeeｎ.Ｍalｅ: Whａtｉsｉtabｏingthatmakesyｏuｗanｔtｏkeepdｏｉnｇit?Feｍａle:ﻩItｈinkit’stheonetimeｗhenIfeelｃompleｔelyａliｖeeveｒｙminuteoｆtheday.ＩalsoｆeelＩhaｖeａｔremendoｕsａmountofexｐeriencetoｂrinｇｂａｃkeｖerytimeI’vetｒaveled,tｈｅre’sｓomｕchtosｈａrewｉthotheｒpeople.IｆｅelI’vｅｇot,ｓortoｆ，twoｈundreｄpercentofmｅtogivｅｏnceIcoｍeｂack.BｕtwｈeｎI’mａctｕallydｏingit,yｏｕ’ｒefrｅefromalltheｂｏuｎdsｏfroｕtine,ｙｏu’reｆreefromｔｈeａｓsuｍpｔioｎspeｏplｅmaｋeaｂｏｕtｙoｕ.You’refｒeeｆｒomtｈｅinhｉbitonsthaｔcauseｙoｕnotｔofullybeｙoｕｒsｅlfａndeｎjoｙyouｒｓelfbecauｓeofwhatpｅoｐlemighttｈiｎkaｎdｓooｎ.Ｍale:ﻩButitｃanalsｏbealiｔtlｅbiｔdangｅｒousatｔiｍeｓｔoo，can’tit？Feｍａlｅ: Iｔcａnｃｅrｔａinｌybｅdanｇerousifyoｕ’redoingitalｏne.ＩａvｏidtrａvｅｌｉngalonewｈeneｖerIcaｎ．ImoｓtｌygowithpeopleＩkｎowverｙwelｌanｄtｈiｓiｓpartｏftheｔraｖelerdiscoverｉｎgthｅperｓoｎyoｕ’retｒavelingｗｉｔhａnddiscovｅriｎgｔheｄｉfferencesintasteaｎdｔhesｉmｉlaritieｓｉnｔasｔe.Bｕt,umthemostｄangeroussitｕationIfoｕndmyｓelfinwａsｎearｌｙbeiｎgknifedhereinDevon，inTｌｆracombe.Ｂutapａｒtfｒomｔhat,ＩwasonａtraininHungａｒｙwheｒｅtherewaｓamｕrdｅｒｉnthelｏo,andwewｅrekeptfor10ｈouｒｓｗhilｅｔheｙiｎvestｉgａtedwhｙsoｍｅｂoｄyhａｄbeenｓtabbeｄｉnthｅｌoo.I’ｖｅaｌｓoslept,vｏlunｔaｒiｌｙ,inaprisoｎｉnNorwayaｎdａnoｔhｅrpｒisｏｎinＧerｍany.Uｍandｉnｏｎeoftheｍweｗｅreｌｏckｅｄinａndｈeaｒdtheotｈeｒpｒisonｅｒsshｏuｔｉngａndbangｉｎｇonthedoｏｒsandthａtfeltquｉtefrｉgｈtenｉng．ＵmＩmanａgｅｄtogｅｔrigｈoｔhｅcenｔerｏfｔheＭidｄleEastｗaｒthroughｎochｏiｃｅofmyown．Ｔhｅｙwouldn’tletusｏｕtoftｈｅｐlaｎｅandwewｅｒecaｕgｈttｈroｕgｈoutthewｈｏlewarinｔheｃountryandcouｌｄn’tｇｅｔarouｎdａｔａll.Thatｆelｔaｓｉｆyouwereｌiviｎgonaknifeｅdｇｅ；wｅwerelyｉngｔherｅcｏｎtempｌａtinｇquiｔeｃoollywhethｅr,ifyouweｒelivｉnｇonakniｆｅeｄge;wewｅreｌｙingtheｒecontemplatｉｎgqｕitｅcoolｌｙwheｔher,ifｔheｒｅwasａnairraid,ｗｅshouｌｄａcｔuallygointothｅshelteroraｌｌowoursｅlvestｏbekｉlleｄoｎtｈｅspoｔ.And,erｔherearecｅrtａinlyｒisksａndIｔhinkｍoresowhｅnyoudotｒａｖelalonｅ，sｏItryandaｖoidｉt．QuestｉｏnNo.6.Howｍanyｃoｕntｒｉesｈasthewomanｂeeｎto？QueｓtionNo.7．Wｈichplacedｏeｓthｅwｏmanseeｍｔｏlikemｏｓt？QueｓtionNo．8.Cｏnsideringthatｔraｖeｌingcanbｅｄangeroｕｓattimｅs,ｗhaｔdoesｔｈewomando?ＱuｅsｔionNo.9.Whichoｆthefoｌｌowinｇiｓｔｒｕeaboｕｔｔｈewoｍan？ＱuｅsｔiｏnＮo.10.Whyｄｏestｈｅwomaｎwanttokｅeｐｔrａｖeｌing？Questions1１~15ａｒｅbaseｄonｔhｅｆｏllowingnｅｗｓ.Hｅreiｓａsummaｒyoｆthenewｓ．“Nogeｎeｒaｌｅlectionyet”sａysｔhePrimeＭinｉｓｔer.FiveｐeoplｅdieinanｅａrthquakeｉnｃentralItaly.Anｄｏne-fourthmｉllionpoｕｎｄsiｓｓｔｏｌenfromaseｃurityvan．Andoｎｅ－fourｔｈmiｌlｉonpoundｓisstｏlenfromasecurｉtyvan.InaspeｅcｈiｎｔhecitｙofLondonｌaｓtnight,thePrｉｍeMinisterannoｕｎceｄthａttｈerewilｌbeｎogeｎerａleｌectｉｏnintheｎearfuturｅ.Ｔalkｏｆａquｉckｅlcｔionwaspureｓpecｕｌａｔioｎ,shesaｉｄ.Agｅneralｅlectｉｏnｗoｕldｂeｈｅlｄwhenitwasｉnｔheｂestiｎterｅstｓｏfthenatioｎtodoso.IｎｃentrａlItaly，severalsmａlltｏwnsａndviｌlａgesaｒｅｓtillｃutoffｂyavａlaｎchｅsfollowingtｈeeaｒthｑuakedurｉｎgthenightwhichkilｌedｆivepeｏpｌe．ItwascentralItａly’sｓtｒonｇｅsｔｅａrthqｕakｅforsｅvｅralｙeaｒsａndhundreｄsoｆpeoplehａvebeenmadeｈomeless.IｎRｏmｅ，aｓwelｌaｓｉｎＦlorｅnｃｅ,NａｐｌesaｎdPerｕｇｉa,ｇaｓｐipeswerebｒoｋｅｎ,windｏｗｓｓhａttｅrｅｄandelectriccablesｔｈrｏwnonｔｏtｈestreｅts.Thievesgotawaｙwitｈａlmｏsｔone-fourｔhmilｌiｏｎｐouｎdsaｆｔerｓｅｃurityvanwasambushedincentralLonｄｏnearlｙthisｍoｒnｉｎg.TｈｅsｅｃuritｙvaｎwasrammedｂyalorryasitwasｔakiｎgａshortcｕtｔｈroughanarｒowstrｅetｏffPiccaｄｉllｙ.Ｔｈreeｍaskedmeｎthenｔhreａteｎｅdtheｄrｉｖerａnｄhisassistantwｉｔhsｈoｔｇｕnsaｎdfｏｒceｄｏnｅofthemtｏunlocｋthｅｖan.Theｔhieveｓmａdeｔｈeｉresｃapeinacarparkeｄneaｒby.ThiscaｒwaｓｌatｅrfoｕndａｂandonedｉnsoutｈLondoｎ.Thedrｉverofthevａnandhisassistantwerｅbaｄｌｙsｈakｅnbuｔnotｓeriouslyhｕrt.HｏspitａｌｗaitinglistsinthesouthwestofEnｇlandhavegoneupbyaqｕarterinｔｈｅlastfivｅyears.Wｈilethenumberofｄｏctoｒｓ，nursesandotherstaｆfhaveｉｎcrｅaｓed，thedemandｏnｔｈesｅrvicｅｈasｇroｗnｅｖeｎfaｓｔｅr.ＱuｅstionNo．１1. WｈａtdoｅsthePrimeMiniｓｔersａyａboutthegenerａlelecｔiｏｎ？QueｓtｉonNo．１2.ﻩＷhathappｅneｄｉncentｒalＩtaly?QｕｅsｔionNo.1３.ﻩＷherｅdidtheraidoｎaｓecuｒiｔｙｖａnｔakeplacｅ?ＱuestionNｏ．14. Abｏuｔhowmucｈｍonｅywasstolenfrｏｍｔheｓecurityvan?QuestｉｏnNo.15． Whiｃhｏftｈefoｌlｏｗingstatemｅntsistrueaboutthehoｓpｉtalsinｓｏｕtｈ-westeｒnEnｇlandＱuｅsｔｉｏns16~２0ａｒｅｂａsｅdoｎthefolｌｏwingtalｋ.Thefiguresforbｕｒglarieｓhaｖｅrisｅnａlarminglｙoverｔhｅlasｔfｅｗｙｅａrsandareｎｏwquiteaｐpallｉｎg.Letmequｏｔｅｙｏｕaｆewstａｔiｓticsaｂｏutｂｒeａｋ-iｎｓ.AhouｓｅisburｇledinBriｔainnｏwabｏutｅvｅryｔwominuｔes，andoverｔhepaｓｔｔhrｅｅｙeａrｓthenuｍbeｒｏfｂuｒｇlaｒiｅｓｒeｐoｒtedtotｈeｐｏliｃeｈasrisenbyapｐrｏximately50，00０towellover４00,０００tｈisyeａｒ.Theinsuｒancecompａnieｓｒepｏrttｈatｌastｙeａralonｅｈｏuseholdbuｒｇlarylｏssesroseby２7perｃentoveｒtheｐｒｅviｏｕsyeａｒto138.2ｍilｌiｏn,andsevｅralcｏmpａｎieｓａrerｅfusingtopｒovidｅburglaｒycｏverinwhaｔwｅmightcaｌｌhigh-riｓkarｅａs.Tｈｅreaｒe,nｅｖｅrthｅleｓｓ,haｌfaｄｏｚenｍeaｓｕresｗhiｃhcaｎbetａkｅｎagaiｎstｂurglarｉes,whichIwilｌbriｅｆlyｏｕtlｉnefｏryou．Itｒeaｌｌyonlyreqｕiｒeｓsomｅbasiｃcoｍmonｓenseandaｓmallｏuｔｌａy,cｏmbｉnedwithａlittleknｏwledgeofｔｈewaｙaｂｕrｇlartｈiｎksaｎdｏperaｔｅs.Youhaｖeｔoputyoｕrsｅlｆinhisposiｔion，ｒealｌy.Ｍostburglarsａｒｅopｐorｔunistｓlookｉngfｏrａneaｓyｂｒｅaｋ-ｉn,sodon’tｍaｋethiｎgssiｍpleｆoｒthem.Don’tadvertｉseｔhefactyｏu’ｒeｏｕｔoraway,orbecarｅlessaｂoutsｅcuｒity.Ｅvenｉｆyou’rejｕstpopｐiｎgoｕtfｏraquarｔerｏｆanｈour,don’tleａvｅｄoｏrsａｎｄｗindowsoｐenorｕｎlｏckeｄ．Abｕｒｇlaryｃantakeｌｅssｔｈａntenmiｎｕｔes.Ｔhistｉmeelementleadｓmetomysecondmａinｐoiｎt,ｔｈatwheｒeahouseishardｔooandwilltaｋealongｔiｍｅtｏｄosｏbeｃauseyou’vefittedgoｏｄlockｓandboltsonyourｅxtｅrｉｏrdoorｓanｄwindowsｏrｅvenburgｌaralarms，tｈechancｅｓaｒeｔhattheburｇlａｒｗiｌlmoｖeｏｎtosomｅwherｅeasier.Ｔhｅｒeareplentyofthese，Ｉcanassｕｒｅｙou．Milkbｏtｔlesｌｅｆtonthedoorｓtep,papersｂythefrontｄoｏr,ｇaｒagｅdｏorswidｅoｐen,curｔainｓｄｒawｎｉntｈeｄａｙｔimeorundrawnａｔnightarealｌｉndｉcatｉons.Forcoｍpａraｔivｅlylｉttleｙoｕcａnbuyｇｒaｍmedtime-swｉｔｃhthaｔ’llturｎonａnｄoffaliｇhtaｔａpｐrｏprｉatetｉmｅs．Noｔaｌｌbｕrｇｌarｉesｈappｅnwhiｌeyｏuareout,ofcｏurse.Yoｕshｏｕldａｌwaysbewaｒyoｆｃａllersaｔｔhｅdoorwhｏsay，forexａmple，tｈatthey’ｖeｃoｍｅｔoｒeaｄｔhegasｍetｅr;alwayscｈeckthｅircrｅdeｎｔｉals,anｄifiｎdoubｔdon’tｌettｈemin.Ｉt’salsoagoｏｄiｄeatokeｅpａrｅcordofｓeｒialnumberｓoneｌｅcｔrｉcalｅｑuｉpmenｔ,ｒaｄｉos,TVsａｎdsoon,oreｖｅnｔｏtakepｈｏｔoｇraphsofvalｕabｌejewelｒy,antiquｅsorｐictuｒeｓ．ＱueｓtionＮo.16.Hoｗｍａnyｂｕrglａrieｓhａvebeｅnrｅpoｒtｅdthｉsyｅar?QuestionNo.1７.Hoｗdoesｔheinsｕranceiｎduｓｔｒｙreaｃｔtotheｒiseofbｕrｇlaries？QｕestionNo．18.Ｗhichdoｅｓｔheiｎsuranceindusｔryrｅａctｔｏｔheriｓｅｏfburｇlａries?QuestionNｏ.19.Whicｈoftｈefolｌｏwingｓtatemｅntsistrue,aｃcordingｔothｅpａssaｇe?ＱuｅsｔｉonNo．２0.Whatmｉghｔｂethebｅstｔitleｆortｈisｐassagｅ?SＥCTIＯN4:LＩSTEＮINGTESＴPａrtＡ:Note-taｋiｎgandGap－ｆiｌlingDｉｒections:Ｉnthisｐartofｔhetest,youwillｈearaｓhoｒttａｌk.Yoｕwiｌlheartheｔaｌｋonlyｏnce.Whileｌisteｎingtotheｔaｌk,youmaｙtakenoｔesontheimporｔantpoｉｎｔssothａｔｙoucanhaveｅｎoughinｆormａtionｔocoｍｐleteａgａp-fillingｔaskonasｅparatｅaｎsweｒboｏklet.YouａｒerequiｒｅdtowriteＯNEwｏｒdorfigureonｌyineａcｈblaｎk．Yｏuwiｌlnotgｅtｙouraｎｓwｅrboｏkletuｎtｉｌaftｅｒyouｈaveｌistenedtotｈetaｌｋ.Nowlisｔentothetａlkcarefullｙ.Ovｅrtheｌastｆiftｙyearshousｅworkｈasbeeｎｍadｅconsｉdeｒａblyｅasierｂytｈeｉnveｎtiｏnofanｉncreasｉngｎｕmberｏflabｏｒ-saｖingdeviｃｅsaｎdappliaｎｃes,mｏstlyｅlｅｃtriｃａｌ，wｈichhａvedraｓｔiｃallycｕｔdｏwｎtheａｍｏuntoftimeaｎdｅfｆortpｒeviouslyneededtodothｅeverｙdayhousehoｌdcｈores.Formａnyｙeaｒｓnowtｈｅrehavebeeｎvａcuumｃlｅａneｒs,eｌｅcｔriciｒons，waｓhingmachinｅｓandflooｒ-ｐoｌisｈers；ｎowｗｅｈaｖeelｅctricpｏtato-ｐeeleｒｓandeｖｅｎeｌｅcｔriccaｒvingkｎiｖes.Weｃanbuycookersｔhatwｉｌｌswitｃhｔhemsｅlvｅsｏnaｎdpｒoduceａｍeａlｔhaｔisｒeaｄytoeatthｅｍiｎuteｗegetｂackhoｍｅ．Ifwehaveoｎeoftｈoseeｌeｃtｒｉcpop-ｕptoasters,wecaｎｍaketoastattheｂrｅａkｆａｓttaｂleitsｅｌf．Mａｓhedpotaｔoｅscａnbｅｑuicｋlyandefｆortlｅｓslyｍadewitｈａｍixer,ｗhichusuａlｌyｈａsaｖaｒｉetyofaｔｔachｍentsthateｎabｌｅyoutomaｋeａlｌsｏｒｔｓofothermｏreexotiｃthｉngslikeｆresｈorangejuｉｃｅｏrrｅalmａｙonｎaise.Andａtumblｅ-dｒiercansaveｙoufrｏmｔhefｒｕstraｔioｎｏfhａngｉngouｔｔhewaｓhｉngoｎlｙtｏhａｖetｏｂｒingitiｎaｇaｉｎtenｍiｎuｔｅｓlaterｗｈeｎaｍenaciｎｇsｔorm-cｌouｄlｏoｍsoｖer.Pｒobａblｙｔhｅmoｓtimportaｎtｐieceｏｆelectrｉcａleｑｕipmenｔtobecoｍewidelｙusedｉｎｔhelasｔtwentyyearsisthedｉshwaｓhｅr.Washingupbyhandｉsnotｏnlyａtime-ｃonｓumｉngtask(iｔcantakelongerｔｈaneａtingtheｍeａlitｓeｌf),butaｌｓｏanexｔｒemeｌyｂoriｎｇone，particuｌarlywhenyoｕａrｅonｙoｕrown,anｄｉtaｌsoｒuinsyouｒhanｄｓ．Dishwasherscomeinaｒanｇｅｏｆｄiffｅreｎｔsｉzesandmodelstｏｓuityouｒpｕｒse，tｈｅｓizeofyoｕrfamily,andtｈelayｏutofyourkｉtcheｎ．Tｈeｙcａnbeｓtｏoｄupoｎｔhefｌooｒoronaworktｏp,ortheycanbemountｅｄonawaｌl.Andtheｉｒcapacityrangesfｒomsｉxtoｔwelveplacｅ-ｓeｔtｉngs.Iｆyoubｕyone，itisworｔhｈaviｎgitｐlumbeｄintothｅmainswaｔｅrｓuppｌｙtosavｅyoufromhａviｎgtｏconｎecｔrubbｅrpiｐestoyourtａpsｅａchｔiｍeyoｕuｓeit.Ａllyoｕhaｖeｔoｄｏisｌoadtｈedirtｙｄiｓhes,ｇlasｓesaｎdcutlｅryiｎｔotｈeｒａcksｉnｓiｄetheｍａchiｎe,pｏuｒｉnsomespeciaｌdeteｒｇｅntpowｄer,closｅthedooraｎdswitchitoｎ；itdｏestherestbyitseｌfｗhiｌｅyougetｏnanddoｍｏrｅinteｒeｓtingthｉngs.Ofcoｕrsｅ，mostdｉsｈｗasｈeｒscａn’ｔaccomｍodateｌargesaucepanandｆryingpaｎs,andyoudｏhavetoscraｐeallscrapｓofsｏlｉdfｏodfrｏｍｔｈedishesｂeforeyoｕputtｈemintoavoｉｄbｌｏckiｎgtｈefilterｓ，buttｈｅmachinewiｌｌwａsｈａlmoｓｔeｖｅrythinｇelseａｎdｇeｔｒidofeveｎthemｏsｔstubbｏrnegｇａnｄｌistickstaiｎs.Whenthewashingcｙcleiｓoveｒ，themachinedriｅｓtheplａtｅｓandglasｓeｓwiｔｈｉtsｏwnheaｔ,anｄiｎdeｅdtｈeycaｎbeleftinｓideunｔｉｌtheｙarenｅｅdeｄforｔhｅnextmeal.Ifyｏｕbｕｙａmediｕm-sizeddiｓｈwasher,yｏuprobａbｌｙwｏｎ’ｔneｅdｔowashupｍｏreｔhanoncｅａｄay.Ｔhｅｄraｗbａckoｆtｈis,ofｃｏursｅ,isthａtyouhaｖｅｔohａｖeenoughｄisheｓ，cutleｒy，etc.tolaｓtthrｅeorfｏurmeals.Ｓoitｃaｎhａｐｐｅnｔｈatpeoｐｌewhobuyaｄishwaｓｈeｒhavetoｂｕyｎｅwchinaａndglasses,ｅitherbｅcaｕｓeｔheyhaven’ｔｇｏtｅnougｈorbｅcaｕsetheonｅsthｅy’veｇoｔdon’tfｉttｈemachｉne.Tｈｉｓextｒaｅxｐｅｎｓｅmａｙnoｔonlybenｅcesｓarｙ,ｂｕtaｌsodesirablｅ，forｏnehastｏremeｍbｅrthaｔｄishwasherscanｂｅautｅnoｉsy.Thiｓmeaｎsthａtmaｎypeoｐｌeｐreferonlyｔｏｕｓethｅｉrmacｈineonceaday,preferaｂlｙlasｔｔｈingatnight,whenyoucａｎｊustshｕtｔhｅｋｉｔｃｈeｎdooｒoniｔaｎdgotｏbed.PaｒtＢ:LｉｓtｅninganｄTrａnsｌatｉonⅠ.ＳenｔenceTraｎslａtionＤiｒeｃtioｎｓ:Ｉntｈiｓｐartofthetｅst,yｏuwiｌlheaｒ5Eｎｇｌｉshｓenｔences.Youwｉlｌheartｈｅsｅnｔencesonlyonce.Ａｆteryouhaveｈeａrｄeaｃｈsenteｎce，trａｎslａteｉtiｎtｏChiｎeｓｅandwrｉtｅｙourｖersioninｔheｃorｒespondingｓpaceinｙouranswerｂookｌeｔ.Nｏwleｔ’ｓｂeｇinPaｒｔbwiｔhSentenceTraｎｓlａtiｏｎ.SentenceNo.1．Thisistｈemｏsｔsｅrioushurricanetohavehｉtthereｇionthiｓcｅntｕry,butsofartherehａvebｅennorepoｒｔsofdａmａgeoriｎｊｕriｅs．SeｎtenｃｅNo.2.I’vejustｇoｔacallfromMichaeｌｉnｔheHong-Koｎｇofficeａnｄhenｅedsｔhelateｓtsaｌesfｉgures,sｏcoｕｌdyoｕfaxthemtoｈimｆirｓtthingtｏmorｒｏwmorniｎg?ＳｅnｔｅnｃeＮo.3. Ifyｏuｍakeanａppointｍentandseeustoｗaｒdstheendｏｆthewｅek,ｗe’llｂeaｂｌetｏlｅtｙouｋnowourdecisｉon.SｅｎteｎｃeNo.４. TｈeＵSeｃonomｙisgoｉngｔoｅnjoｙｓteａｄygｒowthfortherｅmaiｎderoftheyearwｉthｕnemploymenｔratelowerｅdａｎdｉnｆlaｔionkepｔunderconｔroｌ.ＳentenｃeNｏ．５．ﻩThepreｓｉdentｓaｉdthaｔhisgoｖeｒnmeｎtisｅnｃouragiｎgitsbｉgenterpriseｓtoiｎvｅsｔinthiscounｔry,esｐｅcｉalｌyinthesｏuｔh－ｅasｔerncｏaｓｔalareａ.Ⅱ.ＰassageTransｌaｔionＤirections：Ｉnthiｓpartofthetest,youｗilｌhｅar2Ｅngｌiｓhｐassages.Youwｉｌlｈearｔhｅpaｓｓageoｎlyonce．Afｔerｙouｈａvｅｈeardeacｈpａssａｇe,tｒaｎslａｔｅitiｎtoＣhｉnｅseandwｒiteyourversioninｔheｃorreｓpｏndｉngspaceinyoｕraｎswerｂｏokｌeｔ．Youmaytａkenoｔesｗhileyouａrelisteniｎｇ.Nowｌeｔ’sｂegｉnPassagｅTraｎslaｔionwｉｔｈthｅｆirｓtpassａge.Pａssagｅ１:ＴheｔouriｓtｓeasoniｎLｏndon，whichuｓedtobemainlｙｉntheｓuｍmｅｒmonｔhs,isnoｗａlltｈeyeaｒrounｄ.Ａround15milｌｉonpｅｏplevｉsiｔBｒｉtaiｎeacｈｙear,ａndmｏｓtofthesｅviｓiｔoｒsspendatleaｓtafewdａysinＬondｏn．BｕtLondｏnｉsmoretｈantｈｉs．IｔiｓｔhｅｃｅnｔereｒｎｍeｎtａndｔｈehomｅoｆtheQuｅen.ＩtisalsothefinanciaｌcenterofBritaｉn.Passaｇe2：Cａnａdaｉshugecouｎtｒy,secoｎdinsｉzeonlytoRｕssｉa.Ｙetiｔhaｓonｌy26mｉllionpeopｌｅ，whicｈｉslｅssｔｈanｈalfthepopulatｉonoｆtheUｎｉtｅｄKingdom．Aｔhiｒdｏfthecountryｉsｃoｖｅｒedbyｆorestａndthereareａlsoｖastgｒａsslａndsanｄcoｕntlｅsslａkesandriｖｅrs．Thｅreａregｒeatvarｉationsinclｉｍatｅ.WｉｎterｓａrｅextｒemelycoldｅxcｅｐtinVancouver,whichhasamilｄerclimateowiｎｇtoitｓlocatio