Question 20 & 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.
　
Now listen to the news.
　
20. We can know from the news that ____
A. Gerry Adams was denied a visa by the administration.
B. private talks have been going on very smoothly.
C. the administration trusts the IRA and Adams.
D. there has been no change in their relationship.
正确答案是

21. Official contact between the U.S. and the IRA can be kept if ____
A. Gerry Adams is allowed into the country.
B. the IRA takes action to cease fire.
C. they hold more private discussion.
D. the U.S. changes its attitude.
正确答案是
　
Question 22 & 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.
　
Now listen to the news.
　
22. To whom were the letter bombs intended to send? ____
A. The Danish Police.
B. Six Swedish people.
C. A Danish woman.
D. Three right-wingers.
正确答案是

23. What can be inferred from the news? ____
A. There has been an internal struggle among right-wingers.
B. These letter bombs were all made in Sweden.
C. There has been no injury during the raids.
D. The Letter bombs have caused great damage.
正确答案是
　
Questions 24 & 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.
　
Now listen to the news.
　
24. The accident took place ____
A. in Alaska.
B. in South America.
C. at Bicester.
D. in the army camp.
正确答案是

25. What does Mark Trevillyan do? ____
A. A scientist.
B. A chemist.
C. A dentist.
D. A student.
正确答案是
　
PART II CLOZE [15 min.]

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank.
　
In the morning it starts to rain. It was the first rain of the new year and it (26)____, in an extremely violent manner, the beginning of the rainy season. The drops which fell were large, and they fell straight down, for (27)____ tropical rains never degenerate into slanting drizzle, the familiar (28)____ of a rainy day in so many other parts of the world. The rain fell heavily, it fell continuously and it saturated everything which lay (29)____ its way.
During the rain most people kept to their homes. But a few walked about, (30)____ to the wetness of their clothes and determined to (31)____ as usual. And, for those who wished to keep dry however much it cost them, there were always (32)____ taxis. They splashed by along the road, with the windscreen wipers revealing only (33)____ glimpses of the drivers peering faces. (34)____, when the rain had started, the drivers had had only the big puddles to miss, but later on, then the drains had overflowed and the whole road swam with water all dangerous pits and (35)____ had been hidden, and the faces peering through the windscreens peered even more anxiously than before. But often the faces inside the taxi ceased to (36)____ to look out at all, for water had splashed up to the electrical system, and the engine stopped just as surly and abruptly as it would have done, (37)____ the car actually (38)____ into out of the drains it had so (39)____ missed only a few moments (40)____.

(26)
A. exhibited
B. marked
C. showed
D. identified
正确答案是

(27)
A. brutal
B. intense
C. wild
D. fierce
正确答案是

(28)
A. pattern
B. style
C. model
D. norm
正确答案是

(29)
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. over
正确答案是

(30)
A. resigning
B. to resign
C. resigned
D. having resigned
正确答案是

(31)
A. carry on
B. keep on
C. continue
D. go on
正确答案是

(32)
A./
B. the
C. many
D. some
正确答案是

(33)
A. fragmentary
B. sudden
C. partial
D. scattered
正确答案是

(34)
A. Initially
B. Originally
C. Formerly
D. Firstly
正确答案是

(35)
A. destructions
B. frustrations
C. constructions
D. obstructions
正确答案是

(36)
A. disturb
B. intend
C. bother
D. worry
正确答案是

(37)
A. was
B. were
C. had
D. has
正确答案是

(38)
A. skidded
B. swerved
C. slipped
D. glided
正确答案是

(39)
A. closely
B. nearly
C. almost
D. narrowly
正确答案是

(40)
A. ahead
B. before
C. ago
D. beforehand
正确答案是