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PART II DICTATION [15 MIN.] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four... |
PART II DICTATION [15 MIN.]
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN.)
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.
SECTION A STATEMENT
In this section you will hear nine statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.
1. What does the speaker imply? A. It takes longer time for us to finish the job. B. It takes shorter time for us to finish the job. C. Sue spends as long as we on the job. D. All but Sue is able to finish the job.
2. The speaker suggests that A. Michael has never been cooperative. B. Michael is very ready to cooperate with us now. C. Michael has always been cooperative. D. we don’t like to cooperate with Michael.
3. The speaker suggests that A. more words can make her happier. B. more words can only make her more angry. C. she needs some help to make a fire. D. she often loses her temper for no reason at all.
4. What does the speaker mean? A. Pet used to get up early and go to bed late. B. Pet doesn’t like getting up and going to bed early. C. Pet enjoys getting up early and going to bed late. D. Pet is not accustomed to life at school.
5. What does the speaker say about Joe? A. In our class, Joe is the most diligent one. B. Whether Joe is hard-working is hard to say. C. Joe likes to raise questions in class. D. All but Joe in our class are studying very hard.
6. What does the speaker mean? A. I didn’t expect to get money for travel. B. I had imagined to get more money than I get now. C. I am disappointed at the travel allowance. D. I get more money than I had thought.
7. What does the speaker mean? A. We’ll go for a picnic in any case. B. We’ll go picnicking if it is fine. C. We’ll go picnicking in the rain. D. The weather will not affect our plan.
8. What does the speaker say? A. The pianists played only two compositions. B. The pianists played more than planned because the audience asked. C. The audience asked the pianist to stop playing. D. The pianist asked the audience to play with him.
9. What does the speaker mean? A. The bad living conditions are due to the poor city. B. The poorly planned construction is responsible for the living conditions. C. The living conditions are bad because the city is too big. D. Small cities have better living conditions than the larger ones.
SECTION B CONVERSATION
In this section, you will hear seven short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following seven questions.
Now listen to the conversations.
10. How does the woman respond to the man? A. She blamed him. B. She complained about the car. C. She comforted him. D. She offered to help the man.
11. What does the man think of Billy? A. Billy is honest but not diligent. B. Billy is reliable but not honest. C. Billy is both honest and diligent. D. Billy is diligent but not reliable.
12. Why is it hard to understand John? A. He talks too fast. B. He seldom talks. C. He likes to use big words. D. He doesn’t speak in a direct way.
13. What does the man mean? A. They need more shopping centers. B. Shopping centers are very common. C. The old houses should be kept. D. New houses should be built.
14. Nancy is likely to order ______ for supper. A. fish. B. snake. C. fried chicken. D. pork.
15. The conversation probably takes place _____. A. in a library. B. in a bookstore. C. in the classroom. D. in a department store.
16. When is the project supposed to be finished? A. In two weeks’ time. B. Next term. C. By the end of the term. D. Right now.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 17, 18 and 19 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 30 seconds to answer each of the following three questions.
Now listen to the news.
17. Japan’s demand for imports last month _____. A. continued to increase. B. continued to decrease. C. unchanged. D. jumped.
18. Japan’s January trade surplus _____. A. has jumped more than 40% since last year. B. has jumped about 40% since last January. C. was 5.3 billion dollars. D. was 25 million dollars.
19. Japan’ s trading partners’ attitude towards its growing trade surplus can be described as _____. A. angry B. indifferent. C. overjoyed. D. worried.
Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.
Now listen to the news.
20. The rebellion has lasted _____. A. since Thursday. B. seven days. C. a month. D. since yesterday.
21. The rebels have done all except _____. A. destroyed two electricity towers. B. contacted a city newspaper. C. threatened to take action in the capital. D. strengthened security at the airport.
Questions 22 and 23 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer each of the following two questions.
Now listen to the news.
22. The U.S and the EC officials now are _____. A. negotiating where to meet again. B. busy fixing the date to hold talks. C. doing their best to solve their differences. D. arriving at a local trade agreement.
23. The U.S. and the EC should reach a new world trade agreement _____. A. in three weeks’ time. B. this week. C. next Wednesday. D. in a couple of days.
Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.
Now listen to the news.
24. The kidnapping took place _____. A. on Sunday. B. last month C. when the van was found. D. before seven foreigners were killed.
25. The French citizens were probably kidnapped by _____. A. seven foreigners. B. some captives. C. Moslem extremists. D. Algerian police.
KEY TO PART III
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. B 9.B 10. C 11. C 12. D 13. B 14.C 15. B 16.C 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. B 21. D 22.C 23. A 24. B 25. C
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