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[18:10.02]Passage Two
[18:12.32]During a 1995 roof collapse,
[18:15.70]a firefighter named Donald Herbert was left brain damaged.
[18:20.19]For ten years, he was unable to speak.
[18:23.80]Then, one Saturday morning, he did something
[18:27.63]that shocked his family and doctors. He started speaking.
[18:32.12]“I want to talk to my wife.”
[18:35.51]Donald Herbert said out of the blue.
[18:38.03]Staff members of the nursing home
[18:41.53]where he has lived for more than seven years,
[18:44.04]raced to get Linda Herbert on the telephone.
[18:46.78]“It was the first of many conversations
[18:50.72]the 44-year-old patient had with his family
[18:54.00]and friends during the 14-hour stretch” Herbert’s uncle,
[18:57.61]Simon Menka, said. “How long have I been away?”
[19:01.55]Herbert asked. “We told him almost ten years,”
[19:06.14]the uncle said, “he thought it was only three months.”
[19:09.86]Herbert was fighting a house fire December 29,
[19:14.02]1995 when the roof collapsed, burying him underneath.
[19:19.60]After going without air for several minutes,
[19:23.32]Herbert was unconscious for two and a half months
[19:26.71]and has undergone therapy ever since.
[19:29.89]News accounts in the days and years after his injury,
[19:34.59]described Herbert as blind and with little if any memory.
[19:39.95]A video shows him receiving physical therapy
[19:44.10]but apparently unable to communicate and with
[19:47.50]little awareness of his surroundings.
[19:50.12]Menka declined to discuss his nephew’s current condition
[19:53.73]or whether the apparent progress was continuing.
[19:56.69]“The family was seeking privacy while doctors evaluated Herbert”,
[20:02.38]he said. As word of Herbert’s progress spread,
[20:06.75]visitors streamed into the nursing home.
[20:09.49]“He’s resting comfortably,” the uncle told them.
[20:12.88]Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[20:19.77]29. What happened to Herbert ten years ago?
[20:42.69]30. What surprised Donald Herbert’s family and doctors one Saturday?
[21:05.46]31. How long did Herbert remain unconscious?
[21:26.79]32. How did Herbert’s family react to the public attention?
[21:49.77]Passage Three
[21:51.41]Almost all states in America have a state fair.
[21:56.66]They last for one, two or three weeks.
[22:01.37]The Indiana state fair is one of the largest
[22:05.63]and oldest state fairs in the United States.
[22:08.91]It is held every summer. It started in 1852.
[22:14.60]Its goals were to educate, share ideas,
[22:19.63]and present Indiana’s best products.
[22:23.02]The cost of a single ticket to enter the fair was 20 cents.
[22:28.05]During the early 1930s, officials of the fair ruled that
[22:34.06]the people could attend by paying with something
[22:37.01]other than money. For example,
[22:39.97]farmers brought a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket.
[22:44.56]With the passage of time,
[22:47.08]the fair has grown and changed a lot,
[22:50.25]but it’s still one of Indiana’s most celebrated events.
[22:54.41]People from all over Indiana and from many other states
[22:59.22]attend the fair. They can do many things at the fair.
[23:03.48]They can watch the judging of the price cows, pigs,
[23:08.07]and other animals; they can see sheep getting their wool cut,
[23:13.43]and they can learn how that wool is made into clothing;
[23:17.37]they can watch cows giving birth. In fact,
[23:21.53]people can learn about the animals
[23:23.82]they would never see except at the fair.
[23:26.12]The fair provides a chance for the farming community to show
[23:30.71]its skills and farm products. For example,
[23:34.86]visitors might see the world’s largest apple,
[23:38.59]or the tallest sunflower plant. Today,
[23:43.50]children and adults at the fair
[23:46.02]can play new computer games,
[23:48.10]or attend more traditional games of skill.
[23:51.05]They can watch performances put on by famous entertainers.
[23:55.64]Experts say such fairs are important,
[24:00.13]because people need to remember that
[24:02.65]they’re connected to the earth and its products,
[24:06.14]and they depend on animals for many things.
[24:10.41]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[24:16.21]33. What were the main goals of
[24:22.00]the Indiana’s state fair when it started?
[24:40.61]34. How did some farmers gain entrance to
[24:45.31]the fair in the early 1930s?
[25:02.60]35. Why are state fairs important events in America?
[25:25.70]Section C
[25:28.98]Directions: In this section,
[25:33.13]you will hear a passage three times.
[25:36.52]When the passage is read for the first time,
[25:39.59]you should listen carefully for its general idea.
[25:43.09]When the passage is read for the second time,
[25:47.02]you are required to fill in the blanks
[25:49.65]numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words
[25:55.45]you have just heard. For blanks numbered
[25:58.29]from 44 to 46 you are required to
[26:02.55]fill in the missing information. For these blanks,
[26:07.26]you can either use the exact words you have just heard
[26:10.97]or write down the main points in your own words.
[26:15.02]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,
[26:19.39]you should check what you have written.
[26:22.57]Now listen to the passage.
[26:27.48]Students’ pressure sometimes comes from their parents.
