Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by somequestions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based onthe following passage.

Communicationstechnologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The firststudy to compare honesty across a range of communication media has found thatpeople are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are inemails. The fact that emails are automatically recorded-and can come back tohaunt (困扰) you-appearsto be the key to the finding.

JeffHancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students tokeep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number ofconversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, andconfessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number oflies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 per centof emails, 21 per cent of instant messages, 27 percent of face-to-faceinteractions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls.

His results, to bepresented at the conference on human computer interaction in Vienna, Austria,in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected e-mailers to be thebiggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, thedetachment (非直接接触) of e-mailing wouldmake it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-faceexchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication.

But Hancock says it isalso crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, andwhether occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they knowthe communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This iswhy fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.

People are also morelikely to lie in real time-in an instant message to phone call, say-than ifthey have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies arespontaneous (脱口而出的) responses to anunexpected demand, such as: "Do you like my dress?"

Hancock hopes hisresearch will help companies work out the best ways for their employees tocommunicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales whereemployees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But, given his result, workassessment, where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.

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57.Hancock's study focuses on_______ .

A) the consequences of lying invarious communications media
B) the success of communicationstechnologies in conveying ideas
C) people's preference inselecting communications technologies
D) people's honesty levels acrossa range of communications media

58.Hancock's research finding surprised those who believed that_______.

A) people are less likely to liein instant messages
B) people are unlikely to lie inface-to-face interactions
C) people are most likely to liein e-mail communication
D) People are twice as likely tolie in phone conversations

59.According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth throughcertain media of communication?

A) They are afraid of leavingbehind traces of their lies.
B) They believe that honesty isthe best policy.
C) They tend to be relaxed whenusing those media.
D) They are most practised atthose forms of communication.

60.According to Hancock, the telephone is a preferable medium for promoting salesbecause_______.

A) salesmen can talk directly totheir customers
B) salesmen may feel lessrestrained to exaggerate
C) salesmen can impress customersas being trustworthy
D) salesmen may pass on instantmessages effectively

61.It can be inferred from the passage that_______.

A) honesty should be encouragedin interpersonal communications
B) more employers will use e-mailsto communicate with their employees
C) suitable media should bechosen for different communication purposes
D) email is now the dominantmedium of communication within a company

Passage Two

Questions 62 to 66 are based onthe following passage.

In acountry that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood, who should beallowed to come, work and live here? In the wake of the Sept.11 attacks thesequestions have never seemed more pressing.

On Dec.11,2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, Federal and localauthorities in 14 states staged "Operation Safe Travel" -raids on airports toarrest employees with false identification (身份证明). In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests. Butthose captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrantsfrom Central or South America. Authoritiessaid the undocumented workers' illegal status made them open to blackmail (讹诈) by terrorists. Manyimmigrants in Salt Lake Citywere angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treatedlike disposable goods.

Mayor Anderson saidthose feelings were justified to a certain extent. "We're saying we want you towork in these places, and we're going to look the other way in terms of whatour laws are, and then when it's convenient for us, or when we can try to makea point in terms of national security, especially after Sept.11, then you'redisposable. There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrongreasons," Andersonsaid.

If Sept.11 had neverhappened the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have goneon quietly living in America,probably indefinitely. Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben & Jerry's ice creamshop at the airport, had been working 10 years with the same false SocialSecurity card when she was arrested in the December airport raid. Now she andher family are living under the threat of deportation (驱逐出境). Castro's case is currentlywaiting to be settled. While she awaits the outcome, the government has grantedher permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben Jerry's.

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62.According to the author, the United States claims to be a nation_______.

A) composed of people havingdifferent values
B) encouragingindividual pursuits
C) sharing common interests
D) foundedon shared ideals

63.How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about "Operation Safe Travel"?

A) Guilty.
B) Offended.
C) Disappointed.
D)Discouraged.

64.Undocumented workers became the target of "Operation Safe Travel" because______.

A) evidence was found that theywere potential terrorists
B) most of them worked atairports under threat of terrorist attacks
C) terrorists might takeadvantage of their illegal status
D) they were reportedly helpinghide terrorists around the airport

65.By saying "we're going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are" (Line2, Para.3), Mayor Alderson means"_______".

A) we will turn a blind eye toyour illegal status
B) we will examine the laws in adifferent way
C) there are other ways ofenforcing the law
D) the existing laws must not beignored

66.What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph?

A) She will be deported sooner orlater.
B) She is allowed to studypermanently.
C) Her case has been dropped
D) Her fate remains uncertain.