[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 14-16 are based on a monologue about the teachers’ strike. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.{{/I}}What is the present position of the Parent Board regarding the strike
A. They want the teachers to resign.
B. They want the teachers to return to work.
C. They are very sympathetic toward the strike.
D. They are refusing to comment on the situation.

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Why did Susan and Michael interview children aged between 9 and 11
A. To find out whether they take music lessons in their spare time．
B. To find out whether they can name four different musical instruments．
C. To find out whether they enjoy playing musical instruments in school．
D. To find out whether they differ in their preference for musical instruments

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Questions are based on the following monologue.
Today, we discuss one way foreign students earn money while attending graduate school in the United States. They can work as teaching assistants.
Teaching assistants are known as T-A’s for short. They usually work about twenty hours each week. They are paid to help college professors teach large numbers of students in lower level classes. Generally, the professor gives a talk or lecture to all the students in a large class one or two times a week. The teaching assistant leads another, smaller, class each week. The teaching assistant gives tests and reads any homework or reports the students may be required to write. T-A’s also meet with individual students seeking help. They attend teaching meetings. And they help organize laboratory equipment if they are helping to teach a science class.
Most American colleges and universities must honor legal requirements when employing
A. They must agree to work 20 hours a week.
B. They must have no other source of money.
C. They must have good scores in their- specialty.
D. They must speak very good English.

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Which of the following about pick pocketing is NOT true
A. It is a fast increasing crime.
B. Its methods are improving.
C. Nobody is safe from a veteran pickpocket.
D. There are about 4, 000, 000 victims every year.

[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 14-16 are based on a monologue about the teachers’ strike. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.{{/I}}What seems to be the main issue in the dispute
A. Vacations.
B. Wages.
C. Overcrowded classrooms.
D. Paid sick leaves.

[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 17-20 are based on a monologue about the growth of Detroit, a large industrial city in America. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.{{/I}}How long is it possible to manufacture a car in Detroit
A. 96 hours,
B. 24 hours.
C. 48 hours.
D. 28 hours.