1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where is school attendance required in the USA?

A．In the whole country.

B．In most states.

C．In a couple of states.

2. At what levels are programs of technical courses offered?

A．Levels 1 and 2.

B．Levels 2 and 3.

C．Levels 3 and 4.

3. What would be most probably talked about in the next paragraph?

A．Undergraduate education.

B．Post-graduate education.

C．Pre-school education.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Education policy in the USA.

B．The four levels of education in the USA.

C．The purpose of education in the USA.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How many days do Japanese students go to school each week?

A．Four days.

B．Five days.

C．Six days.

2. What does the speaker think of the classroom atmosphere in the US?

A．Informal.

B．Too serious.

C．Formal.

3. What does the speaker think Japanese schools should have?

A．Art classes.

B．Sports classes.

C．Discussion classes.

4. Which country does the speaker come from?

A．Japan.

B．America.

C．China.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下对话。1.

A．Because arts require more time to graduate than scientific subjects.

B．Because they find arts less interesting than scientific fields.

C．Because they want to major in scientific fields and make money easily.

D．Because scientific subjects are more practical and useful than arts.

2.

A．Students will lack the basic knowledge to succeed in higher education.

B．Alternative energy will not be found by future generations.

C．Students will be creative in problem-solving.

D．Students can only view the world in “black and white” terms and become less creative.

3.

A．People with great creativity will be more inspired and open to problem-solving methods.

B．Students will succeed more easily in higher education.

C．People will make a difference to the world with arts.

D．People will have a better chance at prosperity and happiness.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．3%.	B．15%.
C．About 18%.	D．Over 30%.

2.

A．British senior managers.	B．Patients in mental hospital.
C．Prime ministers.	D．American presidents.

3.

A．Factors of affecting people’s success.

B．Importance of keeping emotional health.

C．Encouraging children to have ambitions.

D．Relationships between hardship and success.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What was children’s education like in the past?

A．Children liked to sit in the classroom for hours.

B．Children had to memorize all sorts of things.

C．Children could think and learn by themselves.

2. What do we learn from the passage?

A．Children today like staying in school.

B．Some children today hate to get out of the classroom.

C．Children should be encouraged to learn by themselves.

3. Why can’t some of the children find jobs?

A．They are too young to do so.

B．Their parents won’t allow them to do so.

C．The teachers won’t help them do so.

4. Why do some of the children hate school?

A．Because their teacher didn’t like them.

B．Because their parents made them go there.

C．Because schools were prisons at that time.