Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

You should not fear spiders because of their poison. Of all the spiders in North America, only one kind is very【B1】______ and most would not bite even if they were【B2】______ . They much prefer to run away or to drop to the ground on a【B3】______ of silk. Even so, when a spider runs directly toward a person, it gives the【B4】______ that it is about to attack. Actually, it cannot see the person in its way. The spider is too【B5】______ to see things at a distance. It only wants to go where it wouldn't be【B6】______ .

In the United States only one kind of spider is responsible for the frightening【B7】______ of the rest. It is the Black Widow (黑寡妇), So called because the female, which is larger than the male, often eats her【B8】______ after love.

【B9】______ . She constructs a loose, irregular web under a pile of rowans or near the foundations of buildings where she is seldom disturbed.

She is not an attacking spider and many people have proven this by letting her crawl over their hands.【B10】______ . In spite of the stories you may have heard, it is rare for a person to be bitten by a Black Widow and even more unusual for the bite to prove fatal.【B11】______ .

【B1】