Section B
Passage One
It is a great privilege for me to be invited to speak at the tenth year reunion of State University’s graduating class. When you arrived on campus today, after a decade, you were probably impressed by two changes at State: one, the absence of University of Tower, the first building constructed on the campus, and a historic landmark for many years; and two, the disappearance of parking lots on main campus.
Two years ago University Tower was inspected and found to be unsafe. In spite of efforts to restore it, it was necessary to level the building. A bell tower was constructed on the same site, built for the most part using the good brick that was saved from the original building. The original bells were also preserved. As for the parking lots, they have been replaced by grass, trees, and pedestrian walkways. Parking is now located in parking garages on the North and West sides of the campus.
Two more subtle changes have occurred within the past decade. One is the creation and expansion of the Division of Continuing Education for the Community, including a Saturday and summer enrichment program for children, and an afternoon and evening special interest program for adult. The other is the addition of the student population of many young people from abroad, especially students from Japan, Latin America, and the Middle East. Most international students are enrolled in the College of Engineering and the College of Business.
And so, State is a different place, but like University Tower, it is built of the same brick. We are still committed to the same age old ideals “quality education for our citizens”, but we have extended our commitment beyond the borders of our state and nation to encompass the citizens and nations of the world. Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the occasion for the man’s speech?
【解析】选[B]。由短文首句It is great privilege for me to be invited to speak at the tenth year reunion of State University’s graduating class可知，男士的演讲是在一次毕业十年后的班级聚会上发表的，选项[B]正确。
27. In what aspect does State University remain the same?
【解析】选[C]。文中的We are still committed to the same age old ideals “quality education for our citizens”表明，State University多年来恪守的理念(为国民提供素质教育)没有变，选项[C]为本题答案。
28. Why was University Tower torn down?
【解析】选[B]。根据文中提到的Two years ago University Tower was inspected and found to be unsafe可知，University Tower之所以被拆倒是因为它被发现很不安全，正确选项为[B]。
29. What is the main idea of the man’s speech?
【解析】选[C]。短文前半部分主要讲述校园内大的变化：University Tower的重建;停车场挪位，代之的是草场、树木和人行道。接下来介绍了学校的一些小的变化：社区继续教育机构的创建和扩大;国外留学生数量日益增多。最后的And so, State is a different place, but like University Tower, it is built of the same brick. We are still committed to the same age old ideals “quality education for our citizens是全文的主题句，说话人意在强调：虽然校园里发生了一些变化，但State University多年来恪守的理念没有变，选项[C]正确。
Passage Two
One of the most popular literary figures in American literature is a woman who spent almost half of her long life in China, a country on a continent thousands of miles from the Unite States. In her lifetime she earned this country’s most highly acclaimed literary award, the Pulitzer Prize, and also the most prestigious form of literary recognition in the world, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pearl S. Buck was almost a household word throughout much of her lifetime because of her productive literary output, which consisted of some eighty-five published works, including several dozen novels, six collections of short stories, fourteen books for children and more than a dozen works of nonfiction. When she was eighty years old, some twenty-five volumes were awaiting publication. Many of those books were set in China, the land in which she spent so much of her life. Her books and her life served as a bridge between the cultures of the East and the West. As the product of those two cultures she became as she described herself, “mentally double-sided”. Her unique background made her into an unusually interesting and versatile human being. As we examine the life of Pearl Buck, we cannot help but be aware that we are in fact meeting three separate people: a wife and mother, an internationally famous writer and a humanitarian and a charitable person. One cannot really get to know Pearl Buck without learning about each of the three. Though honored in her lifetime with the William Dean Howell Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in addition to the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, Pearl Buck as a total human being, not only a famous author, is a fascinating subject of study. Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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