2015-12-19-35.mp3: Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A) She enjoys teaching languages B) She can speak several languages. C) She was trained to be an interpreter. D) She was born with a talent for languages 20. A) They acquire an immunity to culture shock. B) They would like to live abroad permanently C) They want to learn as many foreign languages as possible D) They have an intense interest in cross-cultural interactions 21. A) She became an expert in horse racing B) She got a chance to visit several European countries C) She was able to translate for a German sports judge D) She learned to appreciate classical music 22. A) Taste the beef and give her comment. B) Take part in a cooking competition. C) Teach vocabulary for food in English D) Give cooking lessons on Western food Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23. A) He had only a third-grade education. B) He once threatened to kill his teacher C) He grew up in a poor single-parent family D) He often helped his mother do housework 24. A) Careless B) Stupid C) Brave D) Active 25. A) Write two book reports a week B) Keep a diary C) Help with housework D) Watch educational TV programs only. Section C 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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written 注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。 When you look up at the night sky, what do you see ? There are other (26)________ bodies out there besides the moon and stars. One of the most (27)____________ of these is a come( 彗星 ) Comets were formed around the same time the Earth was formed. They are (28) __________ ice and other frozen liquids and gases. (29) ________ these “dirty snowballs" begin to orbit the sun, just as the planets do. As a comet gets closer to the sun, some gases in it begin to unfreeze.They (30)_________ dust particles from the comet to form a huge cloud. As the comet gets even nearer to the sun, a solar wind blows the cloud behind the comet, thus forming its tail. The tail and the (31) __________ fuzzy( 模糊的 ) atmosphere around a comet are (32) ______________ that can help identify this (33) _______________ in the night sky. In any given year, about a dozen known comets come close to the sun in their orbits. The average person can't see them all, of course. Usually there is only one or two a year bright enough to be seen with the(34) ______________ eye. Comet Hale-Bopp, discovered in 1995, was an unusually bright comet. Its orbit brought it (35)_____________ close to the Earth, within 122 million miles of it. But Hale-Bopp came a long way on its eathly visit. It won't be back for another four thousandd years or so.