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In this section you will hear 10 statements. At the end of each statement, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 10 questions. You will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Now listen to the statements.

Question 1

What does the speaker mean?

A. You can fill in the spaces under the questions

B. I have three questions to ask you

C. You may ask questions if you like

D. Please tell me when you are free

Question 2

What does the statement imply

A. The game is temporarily delayed because of rain

B. There will be no game if it rains

C. There will be a game regardless of the weather

D. It rains every time there is a game

Question 3

What is Mary going to do?

A. She is going to play a match

B. She is going to watch a match

C. She is going to buy some tickets for the match

D. She is going to buy some matches

Question 4

What is the most probable relationship between Jim and Bob?

A. They are twins

B. They are classmates

C. They are friends

D. They are colleagues

Question 5

Where will the speaker stop on his way?

A. At a cigarette store

B. At a bus station

C. At a gas station

D. At Aunt Mary's

Question 6

How long did it take the speaker to write her paper?

A. More than an hour and a half.

B. Not more than half an hour

C. More than two hours

D. Less than an hour and a half

Question 7

What does the speaker think of his piano lessons?

A. They are entertaining

B. They are time-consuming

C. They are boring

D. They are rewarding

Question 8

What was the consequence of the accident?

A. Tom survived the accident

B. Tom was killed in the accident

C. Someone saved Tom's life

D. It did little damage to Tom's ca

Question 9

What does the speaker mean?

A. He had trouble getting along with the professor.

B. He regrets having taken up much of the professor's time

C. He knows that the professor has been busy

D. He knows that the professor has run into trouble

Question 10

Which subject does the speaker think is harder?

A. Political science

B. Economics

C. Both political science and economics

D. Neither political science nor economics.

In this section you will hear five short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer two questions. You will hear everything ONCE ONLY.

Questions 11 and 12 are based on conversation one.

Question 11

What prevents the man from taking the poets of 1960s class?

A. It's open only to poetry majors

B. It requires another class first

C. It's already full

D. He wants to have a rest

Question 12

What problem does the man have with the introductory poetry class?

A. The class meets during his working hours.

B. The class is too far away

C. He has another class at the same time.

D. He's already familiar with the material

Questions 13 and 14 are based on conversation two

Question 13

What does the woman say about the mechanic?

A. He only works on new cars

B. He has fixed her car before

C. He is one of her neighbors.

D. He will probably overcharge he

Question 14

What does the man offer to do?

A. Take the woman to her home

B. Test-drive the woman's car

C. Help the woman pay the mechanic's bill

D. Help the woman fix her car.

Questions 15 and 16 are based on conversation three

Question 15

As the conversation begins, what are the man and the woman doing?

A. Looking at some photographs

B. Selling cameras

C. Teaching a photography class

D. Repairing camera equipment

Question 16

What is the major advantage of the woman' s camera?

A. It focuses automatically

B. It has a lot of specialized lenses

C. It is easy to load

D. It advances the film automatically

Questions 17 and 18 are based on conversation four.

Question 17

What is the relationship between the speakers

A. They're classmates

B. They’re roommates.

C. They’re cousins

D. They're lab partners

Question 18

Why was the man worried at first?

A. He couldn't decide on a topic for his paper.

B. He thought his paper was late

C. He hadn’t heard from his family for a while

D. He thought the woman had been ill

Questions 19 and 20 are based on conversation five

Question 19

What is the woman’s main problem?

A. She lives so far away

B. She has no time to visit her parents

C. Her parents won't be back

D. She needs to work but also see her parents

Question 20

What did the woman's parents do in Central America?

A. Travel around the area

B. Volunteer their services

C. Teach in some schools

D. Visit relatives in the area.

In this section you will hear three items of news. At the end of each item, you will be given 30-40 seconds to answer 3 to 4 questions. You will hear everything TWICE.

Questions 21 through 23 are based on news item one.

Question 21

Where did the explosion take place?

A. At the AL Khar hospital

B. At a recruitment center for the new Iraqi army

C. At a camp of the American army.

D. At headquarters of the US army in Baghdad

Question 22

What was the consequence of the explosion?

A. More than 50 American soldiers died

B. More than 30 American soldiers were injured, but no one died

C. More than 20 Iraqi policemen died

D. A number of Iraqi people were killed or injured

Question 23

What happened earlier?

A. A similar bomb went off in the same place

B. A similar bomb went off in another place in Baghdad

C. An American official was murdered in Baghdad

D. An ambulance was bombed by a white car

Questions 24 through 26 are based on news item two

Question 24

What is the international panel made up of?

A. Scientists

B. Politicians

C. Professors

D. State leaders

Question 25

What is the goal of the panel?

A. Improving relations among the countries.

B. Improving living standard of people in Europe

C. Improving education in developing countries

D. Improving the science and technology capabilities in developing countries

Question 26

Where is the Council based?

A. In America

B. At the UN Headquarters.

C. In Asia

D. In Europe

Questions 27 through 30 are based on news item three

Question 27

What has been criticized?

A. Plans to kill up to half a million deer.

B. Plans to sell the British deer to other countries

C. Plans to control population in Britain

D. Plans to forbid eating deer.

Question 28

Who has criticized the plan?

A. The Nature Conservation Minister.

B. A wildlife charity.

C. Ben Bradshaw

D. Richard Wells

Question 29

Why does the government want to carry out such a plan?

A. The charity needs more venison as donation to the poor.

B. The government wants make money by selling deer

C. The number of deer is out of control

D. The government wants to extend the shooting season

Question 30

How many deer are there in Britain?

A. An estimated one million

B. An estimated one and a half million

C. An estimated half a million

D. An estimated three million

In this section you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will be given 30-40 seconds to answer the questions. You will hear everything TWICE.

Questions 31 through 33 are based on passage one.

Question 31

Why might people not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion?

A. Because they wouldn't be happy with a life without love

B. Because they would not be able to tell the texture of objects.

C. Because they would do things that hurt each other’s feelings

D. Because they would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them

Question 32

What causes the possibility of people's learning activities?

A. They enjoy being rewarded for doing the right thing

B. They know what is vital to the progress of society

C. They believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay alive

D. They benefit from providing help and support to one another

Question 33

What of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. The economic foundation of society is dependent on the categorization of our emotional experiences.

B. The economic foundation of society is dependent on the pleasure people enjoy from making money

C. The economic foundation of society is dependent on the ability to make money

D. The economic foundation of society is dependent on the capacity to help others

Questions 34 through 36 are based on passage two

Question 34

Which of the following statements is true?

A. A passenger by air will take greater risk of being killed than a man crossing a busy road

B. A passenger by air will take less risk of being killed than a man crossing a busy street

C. A passenger by air will have to pay more attention to the insurance company than a mountain climber

D. A motorist should pay the highest price to the insurance company

Question 35

What will the insurance company do if accidents happen nine times out of ten?

A Charge a lower price

B Give a much higher price

C Not provide its insurance service

D Quote the highest price

Question 36

How will an airline pay its premium if it has an accident-free record?

A. The insurance company will not charge any premium from the airline

B. It will pay less premium

C. It will pay a larger premium

D. It will pay the same premium as the other companies

Questions 37 through 40 are based on passage three

Question 37

What may be the most suitable title for the passage

A. Vocabulary Building

B. Language Study

C Conscious Reading

D. Attentive Reading

Question 38

How many suggestions are given for developing a large vocabulary?

A. One

B. Two

C. Four

D. Five

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT true?

A. We learn much of our vocabulary list without conscious effort

B. Keeping a personal vocabulary list is a good way to enlarge one's vocabulary

C. Listening to people talking is of little help to one's vocabulary building

D. All the suggestions given also apply to foreign language study

Question 40

Whom is the passage most probably delivered to?

A. Children

B. The old

C. People with poor memory

D. Language learners