[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
What is the tendency of the settlement for the smoking issue
A. It will be settled in the laboratory.
B. It has been settled.
C. It will be settled in the courtroom.
D. It will be settled in both the courtroom and the laboratory.

[单项选择] Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.


What is the main topic of the passage
A. Indoor sports.
B. Cultural expectations,
C. Conversation skills.
D. Japanese psychology.

[单项选择]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
During parties, the speaker used to
A. enjoy the wine and delicious foods.
B. pretend to be lonely.
C. sit alone and wait someone to talk to him.
D. talk to the interesting looking peopl

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
What is the focus of the passage
A. Food engineering.
B. Water using of plants.
C. Photosynthesis of plants.
D. Carbon dioxide and plants.

[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
With the global economy now taking more executives to far-away places like Beijing and Mumbai, jet lag is becoming a bigger problem, leading sleep researchers to work harder than ever to find suitable remedies.
Trips to the other side of the globe make adjusting a traveler’s body clock a more lasting process. Jet lag experts say they believe it takes one day for each time zone away from home, up to a maximum of six or seven days, to get fully in sync (同步) with local time.
There is no easy remedy. One problem in developing solutions is all the variation in travelers’ ability to handle jet lag. Sleep researchers have found that people who have dealt with sleep loss over long periods—on night shifts, for example can tolerate jet lag better than most. And older travelers also tend to get harder hit than the young by jet lag. About eight million corporate travelers made overseas trips last year, most of whom were

[单项选择]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.

Why was the speed limit first reduced to 55 miles-per-hour
A. The older people wanted it.
B. The voters decided on it.
C. It was decided that speeds above that were not safe.
D. The US had a fuel crisis.