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[10:57.63]Questions 28 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[11:03.24]28. Why did the smartly dressed man come to the jewelry shop one day?
[11:22.96]29. Which of the following was of no importance to the man?
[11:42.84]30. What did the old lady take to the jewelry shop?
[12:01.38]31. How much did the shop lose in the deal?
[12:20.75]Passage Three
[12:22.60]In Britain you're allowed to drive a car when you're seventeen.
[12:26.18]You have to get a special two year driving licence before you can start.
[12:30.19]When you're learning,
[12:31.03]someone with a full licence always has to be in the car with you
[12:34.65]because you aren't allowed to drive the car on the road alone.
[12:38.40]You don't have to go to a driving school—a friend can teach you.
[12:42.01]The person with you isn't allowed to take money for the lesson
[12:45.47]unless he's got a teacher's licence.
[12:48.23]Before you're allowed to have a full licence,
[12:50.86]you have to take a driving test.
[12:52.85]You can take a test in your own car,
[12:55.19]but it has to be fit for the road.
[12:57.15]In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour
[13:00.63]and then answer a few questions.
[13:02.83]If you don't pass the test,
[13:04.36]you're allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to.
[13:08.29]In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons!
[13:14.59]When you've passed your test, you don't have to take it again,
[13:17.69]and you're allowed to go on driving as long as you like, if you are healthy.
[13:20.77]Britain's oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
[13:27.25]Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children.
[13:31.87]Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a licence.
[13:35.91]But they didn't have to take a test until 1935.
[13:39.55]In the early days of car driving,
[13:41.51]before 1878,cars weren't allowed to go faster than four miles an hour,
[13:46.70]and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
[13:50.48]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[13:55.80]32. Which of the following is NOT necessary for a young man who wants to drive alone?
[14:16.83]33. What must a person do in the driving test?
[14:35.59]34. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
[14:54.52]35. What is this passage mainly about?
[15:12.98]Section C
[15:14.71]Music which is original is individual and personal.
[15:18.77]That is to say, it can be identified as belonging to a particular composer.
[15:23.59]It has particular qualities, or a style,
[15:26.32]which are not copied from one another.
[15:28.62]If you can recognize the style of a composer,
[15:31.21]you will probably be able to tell that a certain composition
[15:34.50]belongs to him or her even though you have never heard it before.
[15:38.52]A basket maker has the skill of weaving
[15:40.90]and interweaving his materials to create colorful patterns,
[15:44.77]and an expert carpenter has the skill of joining together different shapes
[15:49.07]and sizes of wood to make a beautiful piece of furniture.
[15:52.97]These skills may be referred to as workmanship.
[15:56.42]Similarly, in music a composer organizes his melodies
[16:00.47]and rhythms and combines sounds to create harmony.
[16:04.20]A composer may be capable of thinking up very good tunes,
[16:08.15]yet if tunes are poorly organized, that is, if the workmanship is poor,
[16:12.24]the final result will not be up to standard.
[16:15.31]Good music expresses feelings in a way that is suitable to those feelings.
[16:20.55]These may be joy, sorrow, fear, love, anger, or whatever.
[16:25.47]Bad music, on the other hand, may confuse unrelated feelings,
[16:29.39]it may not express any important feeling at all,
[16:32.22]or it may exaggerate some feelings and make them vulgar, that is, cheap and ugly.
[16:37.52]Good music will stand the test of time.
[16:39.99]It will not go out of fashion but will continue to be enjoyed
[16:42.81]and respected long after it is first introduced.
[16:46.86]It will gain a kind of permanent status
[16:49.36]while bad music will disappear and be forgotten quickly.
[16:55.22]Music which is original is individual and personal.
[16:59.56]That is to say, it can be identified as belonging to a particular composer.
[17:05.26]It has particular qualities, or a style,
[17:09.03]which are not copied from one another.
[17:11.59]If you can recognize the style of a composer,
[17:15.02]you will probably be able to tell that a certain composition
[17:18.48]belongs to him or her even though you have never heard it before.
[17:22.43]A basket maker has the skill of weaving
[17:24.85]and interweaving his materials to create colorful patterns,
[17:28.73]and an expert carpenter has the skill of joining together different shapes
[17:33.76]and sizes of wood to make a beautiful piece of furniture.
[17:38.07]These skills may be referred to as workmanship.
[17:41.49]Similarly, in music a composer organizes his melodies
[17:46.57]and rhythms and combines sounds to create harmony.
[17:50.69]A composer may be capable of thinking up very good tunes,
[17:54.66]yet if tunes are poorly organized, that is, if the workmanship is poor,
[17:59.31]the final result will not be up to standard.
[18:52.44]Good music expresses feelings in a way that is suitable to those feelings.
[18:57.28]These may be joy, sorrow, fear, love, anger, or whatever.
[19:02.48]Bad music, on the other hand, may confuse unrelated feelings,
[19:06.67]it may not express any important feeling at all,
[19:09.76]or it may exaggerate some feelings and make them vulgar, that is, cheap and ugly.
[20:05.32]Good music will stand the test of time.
[20:07.65]It will not go out of fashion but will continue to be enjoyed
[20:10.59]and respected long after it is first introduced.
[20:14.20]It will gain a kind of permanent status
[20:16.63]while bad music will disappear and be forgotten quickly.
[21:10.99]Music which is original is individual and personal.
[21:14.90]That is to say, it can be identified as belonging to a particular composer.
[21:19.70]It has particular qualities, or a style,
[21:22.43]which are not copied from one another.
[21:24.72]If you can recognize the style of a composer,
[21:27.21]you will probably be able to tell that a certain composition
[21:30.58]belongs to him or her even though you have never heard it before.
[21:34.61]A basket maker has the skill of weaving
[21:36.95]and interweaving his materials to create colorful patterns,
[21:40.89]and an expert carpenter has the skill of joining together different shapes
[21:45.17]and sizes of wood to make a beautiful piece of furniture.
[21:49.01]These skills may be referred to as workmanship.
[21:52.49]Similarly, in music a composer organizes his melodies
[21:56.79]and rhythms and combines sounds to create harmony.
[22:00.26]A composer may be capable of thinking up very good tunes,
[22:04.09]yet if tunes are poorly organized, that is, if the workmanship is poor,
[22:08.33]the final result will not be up to standard.
[22:11.18]Good music expresses feelings in a way that is suitable to those feelings.
[22:16.66]These may be joy, sorrow, fear, love, anger, or whatever.
[22:21.54]Bad music, on the other hand, may confuse unrelated feelings,
[22:25.19]it may not express any important feeling at all,
[22:28.34]or it may exaggerate some feelings and make them vulgar, that is, cheap and ugly.
[22:33.61]Good music will stand the test of time.
[22:36.09]It will not go out of fashion but will continue to be enjoyed
[22:39.01]and respected long after it is first introduced.
[22:42.99]It will gain a kind of permanent status
[22:45.50]while bad music will disappear and be forgotten quickly.
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