17. A) Some time after five. B) Some time after four.
C) A few minutes before four. D) A few minutes before six.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just beard.
18. A) People in Venice don't like walking.
B) The buildings there float on water.
C) Cars are seldom used in Venice.
D) Boat rides there are expensive.
19. A) About four hundred. B) About seven hundred.
C) Twenty. D) One hundred and twenty.
20. A) The boats can't pass under the bridges.
B) The islands will be disconnected.
C) While passing under the bridges, people in the boats have to lower their heads.
D) The bridges will be damaged.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Lecturing as a method of teaching is so frequently under attack today from educational psychologists and by students that some justification is needed to keep it. Critics believe that is
results in passive methods of learning which tend to be less effective than those which fully engage the learner. They also maintain that students have no opportunity to ask questions and must all receive the same content at the same pace, that they are exposed only to one teacher' s
interpretation of subject matter which will certainly be limited and that, anyway, few lectures rise above dullness. Nevertheless, in a number of inquiries this pessimistic evaluation of lecturing as a
teaching method proves not to be general among students although they do fairly often comment
on poor lecturing techniques.
Students praise lectures which are clear and orderly outlines in which basic principles are
emphasised but dislike too numberous digressions(離題) or lectures which consist in part of the
contents of a textbook. Students of science subjects consider that a lecture is a good way to in-
traduce a new subject, putting it in its value as a period of discussion of problems and possible
solutions with their lecturer. They do not look for inspiration(靈感) -this is more commenly
mentioned by teachers - but arts students look for originality in lectures. Medical and dental
students who have reports on teaching methods, or specifically on lecturing, suggest that there
should be fewer lectures or that, at the least, more would be unpopular.
21. The passage states that
A) few students dislike lecturing as a teaching method
B) lecturing is a good method of teaching
C) lecturing as a teaching method proves to be uninspiring
D) most students like lectures because they can fully engage the learner
22. According to the critics,
A) lectures can't make students active in their studies
B) some lecturers' knowledge of their subjects limited
C) most lectures are similar in content
D) few lectures are dull
23. According to this passage, students dislike lectures which
A) introduce mat la[ not included in the texbook
B) present many problems for discussion
C) always wander from the subject
D) stress the main points
24. Lecturing as a teaching method is less appreciated by
A) dental teachers B) medical students
C) arts lecturers D) science learners
25. According to the author, the evaluation of lecturing as a teaching method by educational
psychologists is
A) defonsive B) conservative C) realistic D) negative
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
From the moment that an animal is born it has to make decisions. It has to decide which of
the things around it are for eating, and which are to be avoided when to attack and when to run
away. The animal is, in effect, playing a complicated and potentially very dangerous game with
its environment, discomfort or destruction.
C) A few minutes before four. D) A few minutes before six.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just beard.
18. A) People in Venice don't like walking.
B) The buildings there float on water.
C) Cars are seldom used in Venice.
D) Boat rides there are expensive.
19. A) About four hundred. B) About seven hundred.
C) Twenty. D) One hundred and twenty.
20. A) The boats can't pass under the bridges.
B) The islands will be disconnected.
C) While passing under the bridges, people in the boats have to lower their heads.
D) The bridges will be damaged.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Lecturing as a method of teaching is so frequently under attack today from educational psychologists and by students that some justification is needed to keep it. Critics believe that is
results in passive methods of learning which tend to be less effective than those which fully engage the learner. They also maintain that students have no opportunity to ask questions and must all receive the same content at the same pace, that they are exposed only to one teacher' s
interpretation of subject matter which will certainly be limited and that, anyway, few lectures rise above dullness. Nevertheless, in a number of inquiries this pessimistic evaluation of lecturing as a
teaching method proves not to be general among students although they do fairly often comment
on poor lecturing techniques.
Students praise lectures which are clear and orderly outlines in which basic principles are
emphasised but dislike too numberous digressions(離題) or lectures which consist in part of the
contents of a textbook. Students of science subjects consider that a lecture is a good way to in-
traduce a new subject, putting it in its value as a period of discussion of problems and possible
solutions with their lecturer. They do not look for inspiration(靈感) -this is more commenly
mentioned by teachers - but arts students look for originality in lectures. Medical and dental
students who have reports on teaching methods, or specifically on lecturing, suggest that there
should be fewer lectures or that, at the least, more would be unpopular.
21. The passage states that
A) few students dislike lecturing as a teaching method
B) lecturing is a good method of teaching
C) lecturing as a teaching method proves to be uninspiring
D) most students like lectures because they can fully engage the learner
22. According to the critics,
A) lectures can't make students active in their studies
B) some lecturers' knowledge of their subjects limited
C) most lectures are similar in content
D) few lectures are dull
23. According to this passage, students dislike lectures which
A) introduce mat la[ not included in the texbook
B) present many problems for discussion
C) always wander from the subject
D) stress the main points
24. Lecturing as a teaching method is less appreciated by
A) dental teachers B) medical students
C) arts lecturers D) science learners
25. According to the author, the evaluation of lecturing as a teaching method by educational
psychologists is
A) defonsive B) conservative C) realistic D) negative
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
From the moment that an animal is born it has to make decisions. It has to decide which of
the things around it are for eating, and which are to be avoided when to attack and when to run
away. The animal is, in effect, playing a complicated and potentially very dangerous game with
its environment, discomfort or destruction.