Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?

　　【答案】D) They take it for granted.

　　31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?

　　【答案】A) Tidal restlessness.

　　32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?

　　【答案】B) They are adventurers from all over the world.

　　Passage Three

　　“If you asked me television is unhealthy”, I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room.“While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat, your complexion is fading, and your eyesight is being ruined.”

　　“Shh~”Walter put his finger to his lips, “This is an intriguing murder mystery.”

　　“Really?” I replied.

　　“But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box. And people are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of the declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system.”

　　“Ah ha, I can’t see your point.” Walter said softly. “But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about the murder that was committed one hundred years ago.”

　　Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument.

　　“As I see it,” I explained, “not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality from nature, from the other people, from life itself! I was confident in my ability to persuade.

　　After a short silence, my roommate said, “Anyway, I’ve been planning to watch the football game. I am going to change the channel.”

　　“Don’t touch that dial!” I shouted, “I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!”

　　I am not sure I got my point to cross.

　　【材料评析】

　　这是一篇很有趣的记叙文。讲述了作者和室友的一段关于看电视问题的对话。

　　作者一直在强调看电视如何如何不好，并且列举出了一大堆的原因：会让身体变胖，面色枯黄，视力下降，并且会让孩子们的创造能力，交际能力下降。但是他的室友一直没有接他的话，一直专心于看自己的电视节目。

　　文章最幽默的是，最后一个情节，当室友说要换台的时候，作者立刻不愿意了，真是非常地讽刺，原来作者自己也是离不开电视机，受不了电视节目的诱惑的。

　　这篇文章难度比较低，生词几乎没有，大家只要看懂情节，基本上所有问题也可以回答出来，需要仔细认真，在听听力的时候虚拟场景。

　　Questions 33- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?

　　【答案】D) A murder mystery

　　34. What does the speaker say about watching television?

　　【答案】C)It is unhealthy for the viewers.

　　35. What can we say about the speaker?

　　【答案】B) He can’t resist the temptation of T.V. either.

　　Section C Compound Dictation

　　In the past, one of the biggest disadvantages of machines has been their inability to work on a micro scale. For example, doctors did not have devices allowing them to go inside the human body to （36）