SECTION B PASSAGES
In this section you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
11. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
A. Communications. B. Computers.
C. Telecommunications. D. Glass-fiber Technology.
12. Which is NOT mentioned as a way of telecommunications?
A. Telephones are linked to home computers.
B. Television sets are connected to home computers.
C. Home computers are tied to radio stations.
D. Home computers are connected to telegraph.
13. Why is it possible to send large amounts of information at great speed?
A. The invention of glass-fiber technology.
B. Economic links among nations.
C. The popularity of home computers.
D. The appearance of the cable television.
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
14. What is true about the Red Cross?
A. It is an international organization set up in the U. S.
B. Every country has at least one Red Cross agency.
C. It has only one name though it used to have several names.
D. It provides a lot of services for people in different countries.
15. Who first had the idea of forming the Red Cross?
A. Mogen David. B. Jean Dunant.
C. Clara Barton. D. A person who needed help.
16. What led to the idea of forming the Red Cross?
A. War. B. Providing services.
C. Natural disasters. D. Providing blood.
17. The American Red Cross provides all the following services EXCEPT_______.
A. providing first aid
B. providing blood
C. caring for those who are in need
D. demonstrating water safety
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
18. Why was the speed limit set at 55 miles per hour in the first place?
A. The older people wanted it.
B. The voters decided on it.
C. Speeds above 55 were not safe.
D. The U.S. had a fuel crisis.
19. Who is mostly likely to want a higher speed limit?
A. Most Americans. B. All young Americans.
C. All American Westerners. D. Professional truck drivers.
20. What evidence do people from the West give to show that a higher speed limit is safe?
A. The long empty roads between the cities.
B. The modern turbo-charged engine.
C. The current policies of Germany and Australia.
D. The benefits for economy.