Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. [A] The advantages of an economy based on farming.

[B] Reason that farmers continued using river transportation.

[C] The role of cotton in the United States economy.

[D] Improved methods of transporting farm crops.

12. [A] The new technology used to build roads.

[B] The ability to transport goods over land.

[C] The trade in grain and cotton.

[D] The linking of smaller local roads into one long road.

13. [A] They reduced charges for transporting farm products.

[B] They required payment from vehicles that used their roads.

[C] They made repairs to older roads.

[D] They installed streetlights on roads connecting major cities.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. [A] To look back to the early days of computers.

[B] To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.

[C] To encourage necessary investment in computers.

[D] To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.

15. [A] Use them for business purposes only.

[B] Check all their answers.

[C] Substitute them for basic thinking.

[D] Be reasonably skeptical about them.

16. [A] A computer used exclusively by one company for its own problems.

[B] A person\'s storage of knowledge and the ability to process the computer.

[C] The most up-to-date in-house computer a company can buy.

[D] A computer from the post-war era which is very reliable.

17. [A] Computer science courses in high schools.

[B] Business men and women who use pocket calculators.

[C] Maintenance checks on computers.

[D] Companies which depend exclusively on computers for decision-making.