24.Why did the woman come home so soon?
【解析】D女士这么快就回来是因为她有论文要写，从她的话中可得出结论I have a paper I need to work on, and I just couldn’t do any serious studying at the beach，她有作业要写。
25.Why did the woman have to stop playing in the volleyball game?
【解析】BYou know I never realized how hard it is to run on sand. I couldn’t even get through a whole game before I had to sit down.在沙滩上跑步很难，我甚至无法玩下整个比赛，由此可见，沙滩上打排球很累人，所以正确答案是：She was too tired to continue.
Section B
Passage One
Mr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called “Worldnews”. Mostly it had summaries of important week events from around the world. But it always included one or two stories about interesting people. Mr. Foster put these in because he believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two other magazines. One was called “Enterprise”. It is for business people. And the other was called “Action”, for sportsmen. Like “World news”, they always have two or three stories about interesting people. Five years ago. Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. This one was named “Faces and Places”. From the very beginning, it was a big success.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.Why did Mr. Foster add stories about interesting people to the magazine “World news”?
【解析】CMr. Foster put these in because he believed all people like to read about other people.他认为人们更容易从他人的故事中学到些道理。
27.Which magazine is a sportsman most likely to buy?
【解析】C本题文中直接可见答案。And the other was called “Action”, for sportsmen.因此可见，运动员最可能买的杂志是Action。
28.What is Mr. Foster’s profession?
【解析】D福斯特先生是个出版商。He is a publisher.
Passage Two
The period of engagement is the time between the marriage proposal and the wedding ceremony. Two people agree to marry when they decide to spend their lives together. The man usually gives the woman a diamond engagement ring? That tradition is said to have started when an Austrian man gave a diamond ring to the woman he wanted to marry. The diamond represented beauty. He placed it on the third finger of her left hand. He chose that finger because it was thought that a blood vessel in that finger went directly to the heart. Today, we know that this is not true. Yet the tradition continues.
Americans generally are engaged for a period of about one year if they are planning a wedding ceremony and party. During the time, friends of the bride may hold a party at which women friends and family members give the bride gifts that she will need as a wife. These could include cooking equipment or new clothing.
Friends of the man who is getting married may have a bachelor party for him. This usually takes place the night before the wedding. Only men are invited to the bachelor party.
During the marriage ceremony, the bride and her wouldbe husband usually exchange gold rings that represent the idea that their union will continue forever. The wife often wears both the wedding ring and engagement ring on the same finger. The husband wears his ring on the third finger of his left hand.
Many people say the purpose of the engagement period is to permit enough time to plan the wedding .But the main purpose is to let enough time pass so the two people are sure they want to marry each other. Either person may decide to break the engagement. If this happens, the woman usually returns the ring to the man; they also return any wedding gifts they have received.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.What was the diamond ring said to represent?
【解析】A本题可在文中直接听出答案。The diamond represented beauty.钻石戒指代表美丽。
30.Why did the Austrian man place the diamond ring on the third finger of the left hand of his wouldbe wife?
【解析】C他将戒指戴在未婚妻的左手第三个手指上是因为他认为，这个手指的血管是直接通到心脏的。He chose that finger because it was thought that a blood vessel in that finger went directly to the heart.因此可见，正确答案为It was through that a blood vessel in that finger led directly to the heart.
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