In this section you will hear a recorded short passage．The passage is
printed in the test paper,but with some words or phrases missing．The passage
will be read three times．The third reading is for you to check your writing．Now
the passage will begin．
Life on land probably (11) about 430
million years ago，though it has existed in the water for perhaps
(12) 3,000 million years．When we think of the first life
on land，we probably think of some (13) animals
coming out of the oceans，but (14) ，no animals
could have been living if plants had not been on land first．Plants had to be on
land before animals arrived．They (15) the first
land animals with food necessary to live．since they the plants are the only form
of life that is able to get and store energy．