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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 statement mean?

A. Australia benefited a great deal from the rain

B. There is too much water in a lot of places of Australia due to the rain

C. It rained slightly and had little influence on the Australian people

D. It seldom rains in Australia

Question 2

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. The meeting started punctually at 10 a.m.

B. The meeting lasted until 10 this morning

C. The meeting ended at 10 a.m.

D. The meeting was to open at 10.

Question 3

What would the speaker probably do?

A. He would certainly visit his friends during the vacation

B. He would probably go to the travel agency for information

C. He would make a hotel reservation immediately

D. He would like to stay at home during the vacation

Question 4

What does the speaker mean?

A. She prefers monuments to museums

B. She prefers museums to monuments

C. She shows interest in neither

D. She expresses the same interest in both

Question 5

What does the statement imply?

A. Too many people may spoil a good place

B. The more people who know about it, the better.

C. It is an ugly place in every way

D. Everyone knows that it is a paradise forever.

Question 6

What did John do in New York?

A. He had an appointment with his former teacher

B. He spent his vacation with his former teacher.

C. He met his former teacher by chance

D. He hit his former teacher while driving

Question 7

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Christine caught the early train on time

B. Christine failed to catch the early train

C. Christine arrived 3 minutes earlier.

D. Christine had only 3 minutes to get there

Question 8

What actually happened?

A. The speaker paid them $20

B. The speaker was charged $40

C. The speaker was charged $2

D. The speaker was offered free repairs

Question 9

What happened to the speaker?

A. He failed to arrive at the airport due to the strike.

B. He spent two hours getting to the airport as usual.

C. He spent two extra hours on the way to the airport

D. Taxi drivers prevented him from going to the airport

Question 10

What does the speaker mean?

A. She didn’t water the plants because it rained

B. It rained before she watered the plants

C. It rained until she watered the plants

D. It rained just as she began to water the plants

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 are the two speakers talking about?

A. The benefits of strong business competition

B. A proposal to lower the cost of production

C. Complaints about the expense of modernization

D. Suggestions concerning new business strategies

Question 12

What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?

A. It cost much more than it's worth

B. It should be brought up-to-date

C. It calls for immediate repairs

D. It can still be used for a long time

Questions 13 and 14 are based on conversation two.

Question 13

Why does the woman like watching film better

A. Because the film is more real

B. Because the film takes less time

C. Because the film can give people much more insight into the characters

D. Because the film provides better understanding of what the characters think

Question 14

Why does the man prefer to read the book instead of watching the film?

A. Because the book is more real

B. Because the book takes less time

C. Because the book can help people get the atmosphere better

D. Because the book provides good understanding

Questions 15 and 16 are based on conversation three.

Question 15

What are the speakers talking about?

A. How to become a well-known company.

B. The reasons for sponsorship

C. How to pay fewer taxes

D. How to sponsor sports event

Question 16

What does the woman mean?

A. It's obvious that sponsorship can save money.

B. The company can avoid paying taxes if it can sponsor sports events

C. The company can also promote itself by claiming expenditures on sponsorship

D. The company cannot get known unless it sponsors big events

Questions 17 and 18 are based on conversation four.

Question 17

How many brothers and sisters does Pancho have?

A.11

B.12

C.13

D.14

Question 18

What does Pancho's mother do?

A. She owns a beauty salon

B. She runs a small family store

C. She works at a bread shop

D. She is a full-time housewife.

Questions 19 and 20 are based on conversation five

Question 19

What law did the driver break in the school zone?

A. He didn’t yield to children crossing the road

B. He parked illegally near the school

C. He exceeded the speed limit

D. He drove into the school, which is against the school rules

Question 20

What does the woman tell the man about his driver's license?

A. The license is no longer valid

B. The driver is using someone else’s license

C. The license is only good for 6 more months

D. The license is a fake one

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 the questions. You will hear everything TWICE.

Questions 21 through 23 are based on news item one.

Question 21

Why does the United States bolster its missile defense system?

A. To counter the growing threat from North Korea

B. To counter the growing threat from Syria

C. To counter the growing threat from China

D. To counter the growing threat from Iraq

Question 22

How many additional interceptors will be deployed?

A.40

B.20

C.10.

D.14.

Question 23

Where will the additional interceptors be deployed?

A. In Iran

B. In Alaska

C. In Japan

D. In South Korea

Questions 24 through 26 are based on news item two

Question 24

Why didn't people guess that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack?

A. Because she was very young

B. Because she often exercised

C. Because she was not overweight although she smoked

D. Because she was not overweight and didn’t smoke

Question 25

Where is the percentage of deaths from cardiovascular disease higher?

A. In high-income countries

B. In low and middle-income countries

C. In African countries

D. In America

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT the correct prevention of heart disease and stroke?

A. To lose weight

B. To stop smoking

C. To keep in touch with a doctor

D. Not to exercise

Questions 27 through 30 are based on news item three

Question 27

What do the Syrian rebels want the United States to do?

A. To deny President Assad's forces weapons

B. To give them weapons.

C. To send troops into Syria

D. To give them more money.

Question 28

What is the concern of Israel?

A. The weapons given to the Syrian rebels will be used to attack Americans

B. Syria will no longer be an ally of Israel

C. Israel will no longer be an ally of America

D. The calm along the Israeli-Syrian border will be broken

Question 29

How will America help the Syrian rebels?

A. To assassinate Syrian president

B. To provide weapons

C. To provide direct assistance.

D. To push Israel's nuclear program more quickly

Question 30

Why don't the Syrian rebels think they can end the war soon?

A. Because they lack money

B. Because their weapons don' t match those of President Assad

C. Because they lack food

D. Because they can't get any help from America.

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

Which of the following is mentioned as an example to show rivers as a means of transport?

A. The Tiber

B. The Menam

C. The Yellow River

D. The Nile

Question 32

What does water mean to man as the most precious gift?

A. Life and wealth

B. Energy and amusement

C. Health and nourishment

D. Strength and electric power

Question 33

What does it mean by saying”water is also a source of energy and power”?

A Man uses water to cook meals, wash clothes and transport goods

B Water helps man to maintain good health and strength

C Man constructs dams across rivers to drive generators and produce electric power

D Man uses fresh water for nourishment and takes up water sports for amusement

Questions 34 through 36 are based on passage two

Question 34

According to the passage, how was disease controled?

A. All the employees were made immune

B. The living quarters were cleaned

C. The germs were all destroyed

D. The mosquitoes were killed

Question 35

What was the result of Colonel Gorgas' sanitation efforts?

A. Only one out of ten was a malaria victim in 1906

B. Eight out of ten was malaria victims by 1913

C. The death rate of American employees was fewer than two out of one thousand

D. The swamps were drained and the grass was cut and the garbage was destroyed

Question 36

How did the efforts of the Americans compare to those of the French?

A. The death rate of American employees was higher than that of the French

B. The french and the American had about the same death rate from the disease

C. The Americans had a thousand more deaths than the French

D. The French had more deaths per one thousand than the Americans

Questions 37 through 40 are based on passage three

Question 37

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The adder is the only poisonous snake in Britain

B. In Scotland there are no other snakes except the adder.

C. Sometimes snake bites could be very dangerous to people

D. People's attempts at emergency treatment are utterly unnecessary

Question 38

What do we know about Britain snakes from the passage?

A. They are afraid of human beings

B. They are all poisonous including the adder

C. They are dangerous except the adder

D. They are friendly towards human beings

Question 39

When will the adder not attack you?

A. When you try to catch it

B. When you are away from it

C. When you happen to step on it

D. When you try to pick it up

Question 40

What will happen if an adder hears you coming?

A. It will attack you immediately

B. It will disappear very quickly

C. It will wait to frighten you

D. It will move out of the way.