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Section I Listening Comprehension
(30 minutes)
Directions：
This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English.You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them.There are three parts in this section，Part A，Part B and Part C.
Remember，while you are doing the test，you should first put down your answers in your test booklet，NOT on the ANSWER SHEET.At the end of the listening comprehension section，you will have 5 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1.
If you have any questions，you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started.
Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A
You will hear a talk.As you listen，answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or False.You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE.
You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1～l0.
1.Americans moved a lot because they wanted to have more living space.TRUE/FALSE
2.From the talk we call infer that people who tend to move first were young.TRUE/FALSE
3.The movement of Americans began around the l910s.TRUE/FALSE
4.Most of the fortune hunters found life in the city easier.TRUE/FALSE
5.In the l950s，people began moving out of cities into suburbs.TRUE/FALSE
6.The suburban people probably began to have money problems in the early 1970s.TRUE/FALSE
7.Driving costs increased the most during the late l970s in the U.S.TRUE/FALSE
8.Taxes in suburban areas remained unchanged.TRUE/FALZE
9.To solve money problems，some people decided to move back to cities.TRUE/FALSE
10.The speaker’s tone in the talk is quite subjective.TRUE/FALSE
You now have 20 seconds to check your answers to Questions 1～10.
That is the end of Part A.
Part B
You will hear 3 talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A，B，C or D.You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE.
Questions 11～13 are based On the following talk.You now have l5 seconds to read Questions 11～13.
11.How old is Ryan?
[A]Twenty.two years old.
[B]Three years old.
[C]Three months old.
[D]Twenty—two months old.
12.Where was the operation carried out?
[A]Manchester. [B]Dalton.
[C]Washington. [D]New York.
13.What are Ryan’s chances of making a complete recovery?
[A]50～60 percent.
[B]30～40 percent.
[C]40～50 percent.
[D]40～60 percent.
You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions 11～13.
Questions l4～16 are based on the following talk.You now have l5 seconds to read Questions l4～16.
14.How has Brazil reduced its population growth?
[A]By educating its citizens.
[B]By developing TV programs.
[C]By careful family planning.
[D]By chance.
15.How did soap operas help in lowering Brazil’s birth rate?
[A]They keep people sitting long hours watching TV.
[B]They have gradually changed people’s way of life.
[C]People are drawn to their attractive package.
[D]They popularize birth control measures.
16.What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
[A]The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.
[B]The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth contr01.
[C]Consumption pattern and reproduction pattern are contradictory.
[D]A country’s production is limited by its population growth.
You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions l4～16.
Questions 17—20 are based on the following talk.You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17～20.
17.What kind of chances are children in America today denied?
[A]To learn how to face death.
[B]To attend to patients.
[C]To visit dying patients.
[D]To have access to a hospital.
18.For what purpose were those five hundred critically ill patients investigated?
[A]Observing how they reacted to the crisis of death.
[B]Helping them and their families overcome the fear of death.
[C]Finding out their attitude towards the approach of death.
[D]Learning how to best help them and their families.
19.What does the need of a dying patient for company show?
[A]His desire for communication with other people.
[B]His fear of approaching death.
[C]His pessimistic attitude towards his condition.
[D]His reluctance to part with his family.
20.What may be concluded from the talk?
[A]Dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death.
[B]Most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need.
[C]Dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition.
[D]Most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable.
You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to Questions l 7～20.
That is the end of Part B.
Part C
You will hear a talk.As you listen.you must answer Questions 21～30 by writing No MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right.You will hear the talk TWICE.
You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 21～30.
21.When did the astronauts land on the moon?
22.What did the speaker like to do when she was a child?
23.Where did her interest and desire come from?
24.What did she want to be when she was a child?
25.When did she discover resistance?
26.What was she told not to do when she applied to college?
27.What was she not allowed to do when she entered college?
28.Why did her confidence in her ability and the desire to study science decrease during her college years?
29.What was the trouble when she got her first job?
30.Why is it that there are not more scientists in the field according to the speaker?
You now have l00 seconds to check your answers to Questions 21～30.
That is the end of Part C.You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET l.
That is the end of Listening Comprehension.
Section II Use of English
(15 minutes)
Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word.
Write your.answers on ANSWER SHEET l.
If you are buying a property in France，whether for a permanent or a holiday home，it is important to open a French bank account.Although it is possible to exist on traveller’s cheques，Eurocheques and credit cards(31) ___by British banks，the(32) ___for these(33) ___can be expensive.
The simplest way to pay regular(34) ___，such as electricity，gas or telephone，(35) ___when you are not in residence，is by direct debit(a sum withdrawn from an account)from your French account.To (36) ___a current account，you will need to(37) ___your passport and birth(38) ___and to provide your address in the United Kingdom.You will be issued with a cheque book within weeks of opening the account.In France it is illegal to be overdrawn.All accounts must be operated(39) ___credit.However，there are no (40) ___ charges.
Note that cheques(41) ___longer to clear in France than in Britain，and call only be stopped(42) ___stolen or lost.
The easiest way to(43) ___money from a British bank account to a French(44) ___is by bank transfer.You simply provide your British bank with the name，address and(45) ___0f your French bank ac—count.The procedure takes about a week and(46) ___between￡5 and￡413 for each transaction，(47) ___on your British bank。
(48) ___.you can transfer money(49) ___a French bank in London.You can also send a sterling cheque(allow at least l2(1ays for the cheque to be cleared)，Eurocheques or traveller’s(50) ___.
Finally.it is a good idea to make a friend of your French bank manager.His help call prove invaluable.
Section m Reading Comprehension
(50 minutes)
Part A
Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A，B，C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text l
51.The passage mainly deals with___.
[A]innovations in the United States’ higher education in the late l800s