( )12. The reason why most people talk online is to improve their language skills and learn more about something new.

60. 回家的感觉真好，可以吃到妈妈亲手做的家乡菜。

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16. Experiments of this kind ____ in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War.

Section BDirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Conversation 16. 

24. ____ five minutes earlier, you could have seen them off.

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30. ____ time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only 3 fingers and a thumb.

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（  ）55. Those who were just making ends meet before find themselves without the ability to pay for their necessities in the economic crisis.

Section CDirections: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. After the passage, there are five statements. The passage will be spoken three times. You are required to decide whether the sentences are True or False. Mark A ( for TRUE ) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; mark B ( for FALSE ) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now the passage will begin.( ) 11. Two thirds of the countries of the world are very rich, and one third are very poor.

59. 如今很少有人买CD了，因为可以很方便地从网上下载流行歌曲。