[00:00.00]Part Two.Passages.Listen to the passage carefully
[00:08.44]and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
[00:13.14]Listening Passage 1
[00:16.43]In the earliest stages of human development,
[00:21.13]people were content with very simple forms of shelter.
[00:27.14]They used the natural materials around them for food and shelter
[00:33.33]As a result,they had no more need of money than animals have.
[00:40.15]When people became more civilized,
[00:44.54]they began to want better shelter,food,clothing,and tools.
[00:51.15]Since they could not provide these
[00:55.14]by the work of their own unskilled hands,
[01:00.06]they had to turn to skilled people.
[01:04.44]At first they got what they needed by a simple process of exchange
[01:12.05]Exchange became complicated when more goods
[01:17.84]with no fixed exchange value came on the market.
[01:24.04]Sometimes people had nothing to exchange until their own goods were ready
[01:30.62]Thus,the question of a different from of payment arose.
[01:36.91]Question 1)When were people content with very simple forms of shelter?
[01:44.99]Question 2)What did they use natural materials for?
[01:52.77]Question 3)As civilization advanced,
[02:10.27]how did they get better shelter,food,clothing,and tools?
[02:16.67]Question 4)When did exchange become complicated?
[02:35.38]Question 5)What is the passage about?
[02:50.48]Listening Passage 2
[03:02.96]As researchers learn more about how children's intelligence develops
[03:09.47]they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents.
[03:15.16]The power of the school has been replaced by the home.
[03:21.06]To begin with,all the factors that are part of intelligence
[03:27.07]-the child's understanding of language,learning patterns,curiosity
[03:33.86]-are established well before the child enters school at the age of six
[03:39.95]study after study has shown that even after school begins,
[03:45.54]children's achievements have been far more influenced
[03:50.53]by parents than by teachers.
[03:54.61]This is particularly true about learning that is language-related
[04:00.90]In view of their power,it's sad to see so many parents
[04:07.09]not making the most of their child's intelligence.
[04:11.69]Until recently parents had been intimidated by educators
[04:17.88]who asked them not to educate their children.
[04:22.16]Many teachers now realize that children
[04:26.76]cannot be educated only at school,
[04:31.07]and parents are being asked to contribute both
[04:36.38]before and after the child enters school.
[04:40.87]Question 6)What increasingly surprised the researchers
[04:47.87]in children's intelligence development?
[04:52.57]Question 7)Which of the following factors is not part of intelligence?
[05:01.58]Question 8)
[05:05.97]Who influences children's achievements most after school begins?
[05:27.78]Question 9)What do many teachers realize now?
[05:35.28]Question 10)What is the best title for the passage?