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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

As crime Skyrockets in many communities, people are finally beginning to look for long-lasting, effective answers to stem the tide of juvenile crime. Reaching the youth who have committed a crime before they become hardened criminals is an essential step in reversing the crime trend. One possible solution may be the establishment of teen court.

Teen court is known as a sentencing court for youths who have committed an offence. Teen courts primarily deal with first-time offenders. After arrest, the young offender must plead guilty to the charge in juvenile court. With the juvenile court’s permission, the offender agrees to be sentenced and abide by the decision of a peer jury of the same age. Another essential component to teen court is that as part of the sentence, the offender must sit in on one or more future peer juries to determine a sentence for other offenders. For example, a county teen court in Illinois gives young offenders a chance to clear their arrests from their permanent record by performing community service or other duties ordered by the court. Teen court is not a trial court. All teens admit their guilt and agree to accept a sentence given to them by a jury of their peers. A judge is present to oversee the proceeding of the court.

The teen court alleviates the strain on the regular court system and has been implemented in 426 communities since the first teen court opened in Odessa, Texas. Beside giving the offender a second chance, it gives the youth a chance to participate in the judicial process.

The purpose of the teen court, aside from sentencing youth offenders, is to educate and motivate both the offenders and the teen volunteers while simultaneously promoting better communication between defendants, the community, and the police. By offering this alternative system, teen court allows those teens who have made a bad decision an opportunity to recognize their mistake and learn from it. At the same time those teens learn a respect for themselves, the police, the community, and the legal system.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

1. Statements

1. The summer job we advertised is still available. If you are interested, why don’t you come over to our office this afternoon for an interview?

2. Because of his hard work, David is to be transf erred to the general manager’s office next week, he is sure to get a rise in pay.

3. If you are asking for someone to translate this document, I think the new secretary, who is bilingual, can do the job hand over fist.

4. Seafood prices had come down. The shrimp had been 3 dollars a pound last week. By this Monday, it was only two dollars, so I bought 4 pounds.

5. Advanced business system training program, such as the MBA courses, may be very costly, but their record of job placement is excellent.

6. We firmly believe that an agent for marketing your products in Shanghai would be of considerable benefit to both of us.

7. Sorry to say, Mr. Smith, we don’t accept travelers’ checks or cash, so you’ll have to get a money order to pay for your insurance.

8. The balance in your bank account is 200,000 dollars only and so this check in the amount of 300,000 dollars has to be returned.

9. When this target is attained, we shall be glad to discuss with you a long-term agreement on a more cooperative basis.

10. The survey report, which was recently submitted by the international investment department, caused controversy within the board of directors.

2. Talks and Conversations

Questions 11-14

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W: Hello, Mike. Did you enjoy the weekend in Paris?

M: Yes, it was great, mom. Look, I bought you back some wine and here are some cigarettes for dad.

W: Thank you, dear. That’s lovely. But you needn’t have gone to that expense.

M: Well, I don’t often buy you presents, but I don’t often go to Paris, either.

W: But you had been to London and Edinburgh, hadn’t you? Anyway, tell me about your trip. What did you do with yourself?

M: Well, we had a quite good flight, and we got to the hotel at about seven o’clock. We had a super dinner. Then Clive, Tim and I went to a night club.

W: Didn’t anyone else go with you?

M: No, no one else wanted to come. All the others were too tired. Then on Saturday morning, we did some shopping and of course, we watched the international rugby match in the afternoon. The match was drawn, but England was lucky not to lose.

W: Where else did you go? Didn’t you look around the Louvre?

M: Yes, but it was a lightening visit and we went up the Eiffel Tower, too, of course. But we d idn’t have time for much else. We were told we were not to be late for check in at the airport, and we had to rush like mad. When we got there, though, we found we needn’t have hurried, because takeoff had been delayed for an hour.

W: What else did you buy, then?

M: Let me see. A few souvenirs. Some postcards. A bottle of perfume for Janet. Nothing much else, because I ran out of money. By the way, can you lend me a couple of pounds until next week, mom?

W: So that’s the price of my French wine, is it?

Questions 15-18

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We may think that amusement parks are designed and set up only for children or teenagers. As far as I can tell, adults can also find delights in visiting and on most occasions are eager to enjoy the amusement parks. Adults visit amusement parks for several reasons. For one thing, an amusement park is a place where it is acceptable to pig out on junk food. At the park, everyone, including the adults, is drinking soda and eating popcorn, ice-cream or hotdogs. No one seems to be on a diet. And so buying all the junk food you can buy in an amusement park is a guilt-free experience. Another reason people visit amusement parks is to prove themselves. They want to visit the park that has the newest, scariest and most frightening ride in order to say that they went on the parachute drop, the 7-storey elevator, the water shoot or the death slide. They think that going on a scary and frightening ride is a way to feel courageous and adventurous without taking too much of a risk. A final reason that people visit amusement parks is to escape from their everyday pressures. When people are poised at the top of a gigantic roller-coaster, they are not thinking of their bills, work or personal problems. A scary and frightening ride from a high place ca n empty an adult’s mind of all worries, except making it to the bottom safe and sound. Adults at an amusement park may claim that they’ve come for their children, but they are there for themselves as well.

Questions 19-22

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W: I wonder if you can help me, I’ve been so busy sightseeing these days and I haven’t had time to do any shopping. And now it’s almost the end of my tour and I’m leaving tomorrow. I need to buy and take presents for my family members.

M: I’m glad to be of any help, although I’m new at this job I’m afraid. I’m American and I’ve only been working with the travel agency for 3 months.

W: Well, I must buy a warm jumper for my mother so that she can wear it in winter back at home. My sister likes perfume but not expensive ones. And then some wine or aftershave for my brother.

M: Can we stop for a moment and I’ll tell you where you can get some of those things. Have you got your map there? Well there’s a Scorch Wale shop here on the left hand side as you go dow n Regent Street from the hotel you are staying. They have all kinds of jumpers and tartan skirts and …

W: Oh, that’s what I want for myself. I love those skirts. And do they sell socks too, you know, socks for a woman, I mean.

M: I’m not sure, but there is a sock shop on the opposite side of road in fact. Now, as to your perfume…

W: No. I’ve changed my mind. I think of a book for sister and a record for my brother. Can I get those near Piccadilly, too?

M: Oh, yes. There is big record shop in the Circus it self. You’d find a good selection of books at Harcher’s. That’s a little way along the Piccadilly, the street, not the Circus. On the south side, that is, about there on the map.

W: Ah, I see. Well, that’s about everything then, what a lot of shopping. After that, we’ll need a nice cup of English tea.

M: I can tell you where you can go for that, if you go along the Piccadilly, past Harchers’, you will find a very good tea shop called Reshow on the same side of the street. Funny that one of the best tea shop in London has a French name.

Questions 23-26

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What is marketing? Some people hold the mistaken idea that marketing is little more than selling. But marketing is more than just a business activity. In fact, it’s something everyone does quite often, acting as either the customer or the marketer. Consider a few of the activities we take for granted, like riding a bus, shopping for clothes, reading a newspaper or watching television. All of these rely on marketing. It’s hard to imagine contemporary l ife without marketing. You are on the customer side of marketing when you shop at the supermarket, pay your tuition or go to a movie. You are on the marketer side of the transaction when you advertise for a roommate, convince friends to lend you their bicycle or interview for a job. In the last two examples, you are marketing yourself and your credibility. Job applicants use resumes as marketing tools to gain interviews with potential employers. And then use the interviews to demonstrate what desirable products they are. Similarly, models and actors use photographs to market themselves. Artists and writers supply samples of their work. Even in the commercial round, companies aren’t the only marketers and goods aren’t the only item marketed. Football teams ma rket themselves when they give team photos and other premiums to their fans. And non-profit groups market what they do, the medical research or political action, when they solicit contributions of time and money or try to influence people’s behaviors.

In 1985, the American Marketing Association redesigned marketing as the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives. This definition encompasses all the diverse activities of marketing and highlights the central marketing functions-the exchange process.

Questions 27-30

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W: I’m not surprised that factory workers wa nt shorter hours. How would you like to beat panels or turn screws hours after hours everyday.

M: I wouldn’t. I’d get bored. And I think only of my weekly wage packet.

W: So naturally, our workers are always on strike. They are bored and they want more money to spend in spare time.

M: No. what worries me is that there are far too many unnecessary disagreements between workers, trade unions and management. We haven’t yet learned to work together as a team.

W: Is that why so many of our industries are dying?

M: What do you mean so many of our industries and what do you mean by dying?

W: That’s the word you used the other day about coal mining and cotton textile industry

M: What do people get so upset about these industries. I suppose it’s because it use d to be our pride and strength. Well, they aren’t any more as far as I’m concerned, the sooner the people realize it, the better. Then all the money, labor and technical skill wasted on them could be put into the spending of other industries like electronics, motor cars, IT industry, and even some tertiary industry like tourism.

W: What about industries in other European countries? Haven’t they got the same sort of problems?

M: Yes, but they had more practice at fighting for markets. That’s why I’m in fa vor of Britain being a member of Euro Zone. Industries inside of the Euro Zone are forced to take notice of their competitors.

W: Then, you don’t feel too hopeless about the future?

M: Of course, I don’t. We are very inventive and innovative people and w e have plenty of skilled and professional workers. Besides, we still have our reputation for honesty and fair dealing in business.

W: How nice to hear you boast, Charlie. The English think it’s in bad taste to boast, don’t they? When foreigners ask you how are things, and you answer “not bad”. How they are to know “not bad” often means “first class, thank you”.

Part C: Listening and Translation

1. Sentence Translation

(1) People are now ordering and purchasing virtually anything over the internet. Books, compact discs and even stocks are available from websites that seem to spring up almost daily.

(2) It was supposed to be a short briefing but it lasted 3 hours. We were all exhausted when we stepped out of the conference room, all except the chairperson.

(3) I have sought to give our nation a new kind of government, smaller, more modern and more effective, always putting people first, always focusing on the future.

(4) Thanks to the continuing boom and technology shares on the stock market, this year, the richest have added 5 billion more to their wealth.

(5) According to a recent survey, about 65% of Britain couples get married in a church, most people who die get a Christian funeral, but less than 20% go regularly to church.

2. Passage Translation

(1) If you are born into an American family ranking in the top ten of income, chances are 1 in 3 that you’ll stay there. If you’re born into a family of bottom tens, however, chances are much rarer that you’ll ever reac h the top. So much for equality of opportunity, in America as elsewhere in the world, the rich always get richer, and the poor can hardly get by. The widening up gap between the rich and the poor is everyone’s problem and everyone’s responsibility..

(2) T he credit card industry is only about 50 years’ old. Some credit cards have offered real convenience. Those accepting credit cards include hospitals for open-heart surgery and the federal government for income taxes. Instead of saving for a washing machine or computer, some people merely charge them. They do not realize that it may cost them more to charge than

to pay cash. Because of the easy access to credit, many Americans today are over their heads in debt.

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

If you find you spend more than you make, there are only two things to do: decrease your spending or increase your income. It's often easiest to decrease expenditures, because your expenses tend to be more under your control. There are as many ways to save money as there are people looking to save it. For example, you may pool your resources with friends, or make major purchases only during sales, or even live more simply.

But keep in mind that saving money should not necessarily be an end in itself. Don't spend hours thinking of ways to save a dime, and don't get upset about situations where you are forced to spend money. The goal is to bring your budget into balance, not to become a tightwad who keeps track of every penny and feels that spending money is a personal failure. It is important to remember that budgets may be brought into balance not only by decreasing expenditures, but also by increasing income the most direct way to increase income is to get a part-time job if you don't already have one.

Many students work during college. Although working adds to the time pressure you will face, it does not mean that your grades will necessarily suffer. In fact, many students who work do better in school than those who don't work, because those with jobs need to be more disciplined and focused.

Considering part-time work is often a better strategy for dealing with budget shortfalls, than taking out a loan. Because student loans are relatively simple to get, it's easy to use them as a crutch. Loans can be of help in an emergency or if you couldn't afford to attend a college without them. If you do take out a loan, remind yourself: one day soon you'll have to pay it back, with interest.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

1. Statements

1. As far as I know, the Beachside hotel is one of the favorite hotels for many businesspeople, as it is always ready to offer the best conference facilities.

2. The department is very selective in recruiting its new staff members. Only college graduates between 25 and 30 are eligible.

3. As a rule, new scientific theories are seldom accepted immediately so we should be prepared for rejections and turn-downs.

4. If there had been more cooperation between the two sides, the project would have been finished according to the schedule.

5. The chairman of the committee found it hard to believe that no one at the meeting seconded his proposal to open a new branch downtown.)

6. Our prices are lower than those of any of our competitors by 5 to 10 %. Besides, we have our products right here for immediate delivery.

7. If someone had told me 20 years ago that I’d be the guest of honor at Shanghai movie festival Show, I doubt I’d h ave believed it.

8. Don’t you think it would be wise for us to review how much we’ve invested so far? I am afraid we are unable to carry on with the project.

9. We can not match our rival company’s financial background so we will have to beat them on professional expertise and hard work.

10. Less than 10 years after the birth of world-wide web, some 260 million people are on line around the world and the internet population is expected to be over 500 million by the time of its 10-year anniversary.

2. Talks and Conversations

Questions 11-14

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W: Hello, Jimmy, nice to meet you!

M: Hi, Sandy, can I have a word with you? Just a couple of minutes.

W: Sure. What’s up? This morning I saw you in the telephone booth making a phone call. You looked a bit serious and worried.

M: Well, I got to use your advice Sandy; you know the science project that we have to finish by next Friday?

W: Yes, it put a little bit of pressure on all of us.

M: Well, I’m having trouble finding out information yet. I have been to the college library, but I couldn’t find any books there.

W: Neither did I! But I asked my friend to borrow some from the main library of Hurl University. They have a good selection.

M: Lucky you! Would you mind if I borrow one of them for a few days?

W: Yes, sure. I have nearly finished with them. If you drop in sometime tomorrow afternoon, I think I can let you have all of them, provided of course, that you return them before next Wednesday, or my friend will be fined by the university library for those over-due books.

M: That would be great! Thanks a lot! I’ll see you tomorrow afternoon then. Bye-bye!

W: OK, see you tomorrow afternoon, bye!

Questions 15-18

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In some ways, children should be treated as mature people. For one thing, adults should not use baby talk with children, using real words with children helps them develop their language skills more quickly. In most cases, children admire their parents or their elders, and they want to

understand and communicate with adults in the way adults do among themselves. Baby talk with children often makes them feel patronized, frustrated, and confused. So , animals should be called “cows” or “dogs”, not “mu-mews” and “bow-ows”. Second, parents should be consistent when discipline their children. F or example, If a parent tells a child “You can not have desert unless you put away your toys”, it is important that the parent follow through on the warning. By being consistent, parents will teach children responsibility and give them a stable center around which to grow. Finally and most important, children should be encouraged to join in such off class activities as the boy scouts, the children’s band and the teen-court. In doing so, parents will thus be helping their children prepare for the complex decisions that they will have to deal with in later life.

Questions 19-22

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W: Well, good morning, Jack. I haven’t seen you for a long time.

M: I have been feeling pretty well until just last few days.

W: What seems to be the trouble now?

M: I fee l run down, tired, I’ve been having headaches almost every day, and I’m not getting as much sleep as I usually do.

W: Have you been eating properly? Eating the right kind of food is important for your health, you know.

M: Well, I haven’t been eating too well, I guess. I usually only have enough time to grab a sandwich and a cup of coffee for lunch.

W: And what about dinner?

M: Sometimes I’m too tired to eat anything at all.

W: That’s not good. It’s necessary to have a well-balanced diet. Have you been taking vitamin pills?

M: I don’t like to take any medicine at all without talking it over with the doctor first.

W: That’s very sensible of you. How are things going at work?

M: Oh, pretty well. I’ve been promoted. So I have a lot of new responsibilities. We’ve had a lot of urgent projects, so it’s been necessary for me to work late almost every night.

W: Working late and worrying aren’t very good for you. It’s important for you to eat properly and to get enough sleep.

M: But what can I do? I can’t just quit my job.

W: No, you can’t do that. First of all, you should take a multiple-vitamin pill with minerals, and you have to be careful about eating. It’s important to take the time to eat three good meals a day, and it’s even more impo rtant for you to get some exercise. Getting some exercise will help you to sleep better.

M: Yes, I suppose so. I have been thinking about taking up jogging. Maybe I’ll try to do that this weekend.

Questions 23-26

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Listening is one of the first things we learn to do, and one of the things we do most. The average person spends 9% of his daily communication time writing, 16% reading, 30% speaking and 45% listening. Students spend most of their school time listening, up to 60% according to some studies. Yet despite its importance, we usually take our ability to listen for granted. As we’ve already said, though, listening isn’t easy. In the first place, we’re surrounded by noise: the sound of traffic, the roar of jets overhead, even the start tick on the telephone line, which makes any listening job a challenge. In the second place, we often don’t seem to remember even when we do listen, by the time a speaker has finished a ten minutes’ speech, the average person has alrea dy forgotten half of what was said. Within 48 hours, another fifty percent has been forgotten. In other words, we quickly forget nearly all of what we hear. Unfortunately, the cost of poor listening is high. Poor listening may keep you from doing well on an exam, but it can cost all of us much more. One of the greatest tragedies in the history of sea travel occurred on the night of April 14th, 1912, when the crew of the TITANIC refused to listen to repeated warnings of iceberg, Even after the ship struck an iceberg and was obviously sinking, some of the passengers ignored the captain’s orders to get into the lifeboats.

Questions 27-30

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M: I was young once myself, you know. I know what it’s like to be young.

W: But you don’t know what it’s like to grow up in our world, Mr. Perkins.

M: I grew up during the war, young lady.

W: Exactly. You had a brave new world to fight for, didn’t you? But what have we got to look forward to? Pollution and population explosion, if we are not destroyed first by the H bomb.

M: But you’ll survive like all the generations before us. Progress is just moving a little bit faster. That’s all.

W: Really, Mr. Perkins? Progress, as you call it, can change things completely in a few years these days. You know that perfectly w ell. Can’t you pointless how pointless your business world must seem to young people like me?

M: In any event, we have to go on living, Ann. And living means working. The young will realize that one day. They’ll learn. They’ll grow up.

W: You think we sh ould grow up to be like you, don’t you, Mr. Perkins? I know you do. I know you’ll laugh at us when we talk about universal love and understanding between people. When people demonstrate about what is happening in other countries, you’ll say, what right hav e they to interfere, it’s none of their business. But it is our business, Mr. Perkins. We are all responsible for one another these days, whatever our race, or color, or nationality.

M: I agree, Ann. But so many of your so-called international demonstrations only make misunderstanding worse. A lot of you are so sure you got the answer to everything. You won’t accept any guidance at all from older people.

W: But it’s very difficult for older people to give proper guidance when, as people ofte n say, they had no experience of being young today. It’s no use their saying I never behaved like that when I was young. They didn’t have the same kind of problems. That’s what the generation gap is all about.

M: Well, I don’t think the generation gap in this country is as great as you make out. In fact, I suspect many young people go to their parents for advice just as often as they go to friends of their own age.

W: You know, Mr. Perkins, I am almost frightened of getting older. Will I be talking like this to my children one day?

Part C: Listening and Translation

1. Sentence Translation

(1) University lecturers may give up some of their free time every week to talk to local residents about anything from health care to financial investment.

(2) As for this type of camera, there may be cheaper ones on the market, but when you look at

the quality and the design you’ll agree our price is the most favorable.

(3) People with high self-confidence are generally happier and better able to cope with adverse condition. High self-confidence makes people feel that they are productive members of society. (4) Globally 140 million people are suffering from alcohol drinking. Drinking alcohol takes a heavy toll on peoples’ lives with countless traffic accidents. Now the situation is worsening.

(5) On the whole, women tend to work for longer hours, less pay and less enjoyment. Study showed that women earned 74 cents for every one dollar a man earns.

2. Passage Translation

(1) As for your travel, first, it’s vital to arrange travel insurance for your trip. If you lose your baggage or if you need medical attention during the trip, your travel insurance will help to meet the costs. Second, it’s not a good idea to travel with large amounts of cash. Only carry the amount y ou’ll need for day to day expenses, such as taxis, bus fare and food. Traveler’s checks are a far safer way of carrying money around because you can get a refund if they are stolen. (2) Some people are inconsiderate drivers. In the city they often stop right in the middle of the street while looking for a certain home or landmark. Other drivers will suddenly slow down at cross road to make a right or left turn. Still others never wait for their turns in bottleneck situations, where the cars in two lanes must merge alternatively into one. Perhaps the most inconsiderate drivers are those who throw trash out their windows, which spoils the pleasure of driving as well as the environment.

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Part A: Spot Dictation

In the early 1970’s, Citibank of New York City became one of the first financial institutions to

install ATM’s on a large scale. Since then, the popularity of automated teller machines has increased dramatically. At the time, the bank hoped simply to reduce their operating costs by replacing human tellers with machines. Little did they suspect that the cash machines would become so successful. However, as more banks added round-the-clock automated service through ATM’s, the machines mushroomed all over the world.

To use an ATM, all you need is a plastic card issued by your bank. Your bank may also offer ATM service through a credit card, such as MasterCard or Visa. To begin a transaction, you need to insert the card into an ATM and punch in a personal identification number on the machine’s keypad. The personal ID number may consist of four or six digits and can prevent anyone from using the card.

The ATM next flashes instructions on its display screen for carrying out transaction. To get cash, for example, you are instructed to press buttons that indicate whether the money should be withdrawn form a checking or a savings account and the the amount to be withdrawn. This request is then displayed on the screen. After you press a button to verify that the information is correct, the ATM goes to work on the request.

How safe, you may ask, is banking by ATM? The personal ID number is meant to prevent anyone, no matter who you are, from using a cash card without authorization. If you enter the wrong ID number for a card, a message on the screen will ask you to try again. As another precaution against card theft, the bank generally limits the amount that may be withdrawn by cash card in a single day, say, to $200.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

1. Statements

1. Up to now, none of the candidates who applied for the position has the required credentials. We’d better let our ad in the Help-Wanted Section run for more weeks.

2. Originally Florence was only asked to make some introductory remarks, but she ended up giving a speech herself when the speaker came down with the flu.

3. You know what? I’ve got to finish that evaluation report for the board meeting next week. A

10-page report within the week! There goes my social life this weekend.

4. The director is kind of busy now and has no time to read over your proposal. How about dropping in tomorrow morning to see if I have something definite?

5. We don’t have enough information for our financial plan, but it is due tomorrow. So I’m afraid we’ll just have to make do with what we have got..

6. Americans use a variety of strategies to avoid silence. They keep on talking, especially during business negotiations. Because they think that silence makes a bad impression.

7. We have enjoyed a relationship with China for more than half a century. But I do not believe there has ever been a more exciting time to do business here.

8. I’v e already mentioned to the director about the signing of the agreement three times this month. Each time he said he was ready, but nothing happens.

9. We are a new and growing firm in the area. And we’re willing to do our best to attract customers away from our competitors with more favorable terms.

10. Compared to a meat-centered diet, meatless meals can easily supply all the essential nutrients our body requires, and cost only 20 to 30% as much.

2. Talks and Conversations

Questions 11-14

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M: By the way, Christina, when is Nancy going to leave for New York?

W: She is already gone. She left last Friday.

M: The office won’t seem the same without her. But we certainly gave her a great farewell party. W: Yes, but was it really a surprise?

M: Well, I th ink so. Didn’t you ask everyone not to say anything about the party?

W: Of course I did. But I think somebody gave the surprise away.

M: Who would do anything like that?

W: Mrs. Sampson might. You know she can’t keep a secret. And she and Nancy are such go od friends.

M: Didn’t you warn her to be careful about what she said?

W: I told her not to say a word.

M: Well, surprise or not, I’m sure Nancy had a good time. She was smiling and laughing all evening.

W: And crying a little too. She asked everyone to come and visit her in New York.

M: And everyone was asking her to write or to call, or best of all, to come back.

W: We’re all going to miss her. Just about everybody in the office working for Nancy in the correspondence section.

M: Yes, and she is a true friend and always tries to help everyone.

W: It won’t be too long before I see her again. I’m going to New York next month. And she invited me to stay with her.

M: That’ll be wonderful. Anyway, she’s still working with the same company. So I’m sure we’ll get to talk to each other on the phone pretty often.

uestions 15-18

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American businessmen frequently use social situations to make business deals. One of the best examples of this practice is the business lunch. Therefore, knowing how to conduct yourself at business lunch is often just as important as the business discussion.

For formal business lunches, it is wise to phone at least 1 day ahead to reserve a table. After you have been seated and given a menu, your waiter will come and ask if you would like to order anything to drink. Nowadays, it is quite acceptable to order a mineral water, a soda, or fruit juice, apart from wine or a mixed drink. After he has taken your beverage order, your waiter will leave you to make your food selection from the menu you have been given. It is the host’s responsibility to discover whether or not his guests have any special dietary restrictions. If, however, a host does not do that, a guest should not announce his dietary practices to everyone at the table. Instead, he should discreetly ask the waiter about the ingredients of any dish in question. He should also have in mind a second dish he might order, just in case. Usually, the host will allow his guests to order first. Occasionally, a host may collect orders ahead of time and place them himself.

Napkins should be placed on your lap, and used periodically to wipe the corners of your mouth, especially when you are eating soup, salad with dressing, or an entrée in a sauce. When you finish the meal, the napkin is then placed on the table beside the plate.

Questions 19-22

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M: Good evening, Madam. What can I do for you?

W: The name is McDonald. We’ve booked two double rooms for a week.

M: Let me see. I’m afraid there’s been a mistake, Madam. Look, you’ve booked for next week.

W: Oh, lord. I shouldn’t have let my mom do the booking for us. Haven’t you any room free at all? M: At this time of the year? In august, Madam? I’m terribly sorry, but the whole town’s booked out. I’m afraid you won’t find a room anywhere.

W: Not even a bed and breakfast place?

M: You might possibly find a farm if you went inland.

W: We want to be by the sea because of the children. They especially like to build sand castles. M: Then I don’t know what to suggest. There’s a caravan park two miles along the coast. But I’m sure it’s full. Or there’s a Butlan’s holiday camp.

W: No, thank you. We want some peace and quiet. Is there anywhere we can get a meal? We want to have our supper.

M: At this hour, it’s already night o’clock. You could try the next town. The restaurants will be closed, but there are one or two snack bars.

W: We’ve been twelve hours on the road. There were queues five miles long in places. The children are dead tired.

M: Well, I’m sure we can do something for the children. They can sleep on the sofas in the lounge. But I’m afraid, I can’t help you and your husband.

W: Oh, don’t worry about us. We can sleep in the car. Cheer up dear. The drive home won’t be so bad. There won’t be nearly s o much traffic going back to London.

Questions 23-26

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Have you ever heard of bungee jumping. It is a rather thrilling and breath-taking sport of leaping from a high place with a rubber band tied around some part of one’s body. The places you jump from can be a bridge, crane, tower, or even a cliff.

As we already know, the modern day bungee was started in England by Oxford Dangerous Sports Club. It was later commercialized most successfully in New Zealand, although the name of the sport was changed into “bungy”, instead of “bungee”. Now it becomes more and more popular in other European countries, as well as in the United States and Japan, in particular, among young people who are looking for thrill and excitement.

There are several ways to jump. The most common ways to attach yourself to the rubber band are by using a body harness, or a leg harness, that is, to tie the rubber band to your body, or to

tie the rubber band to your legs only. If you’re jumping with just a body harness, you are afforded quite a bit of freedom to move around. Your arms and legs are free to move around. The rubber band will be attached to a point close to your belly. As you jump, you can do many flips on the way down. If you’re jumping with a leg harness, either one of your legs or both of your legs, will

be tied to the rubber band. The leg harness can really give you the feeling of flying. And it is especially favored for watcher touchdowns, and swallow dives. You take a light slip away from

the platform of a high place. Your arms stretched out wide, and soar like a bird down towards the earth.

One more thing, if you intend to try bungee jumping, most countries require that you be over the age of 18, and join a bungee jumping club, or be properly and duly instructed for the sport. Questions 27-30

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M: Patricia, You are now a third year college student at the end of your second term. What are you doing recently?

W: I’m doing comparative literature. At the moment, I’m comparing English, French an d Russian novels. We write papers on our work. And then about 10 of us meet with our professor and read them and discuss them.

M: Is this what you call the seminar system in the universities?

W: Yes. And it works, because we get on well with our professors and lecturers. Some of them are much older than us. And they don’t mind at all if we disagree with them.

M: You are lucky. When I was a college student, we had classes. But we hardly ever ask questions or discussed anything. It was partly our fault. We were a dull lot, but so were the professors. They didn’t seem to be able to do anything but lecture. Besides, the course itself was so out of date, so were the textbooks. I think students ought to have a say in planning and

changing their programs of study.

W: Things have changed a lot since then. Many universities nowadays are experimenting with new ideas and new subjects.

M: I can remember worrying about examinations all day long, especially during this time of the year. At that time, everything depended on how well a student does in his finals at the end of his academic year. The uncertainties were surely a great strain on us.

W: Well. We don’t. find so great a strain now. We have final exams though. But we also get marks for the work we do during our three years at university. These marks will count with degree. Then we will play an important part in deciding whether we get first, second or third class honors. M: I said you are lucky. You surely are.

Part C: Listening and Translation

1. Sentence Translation

(1) If the price of fuel continues to be increasing as a result of global oil shortage, countries all over the world, including the oil-producing ones, will suffer.

(2) Physical fitness is the result of many factors, good medical care, proper nutrition, adequate rest and relaxation, and sensible personal habits, plus one very essential factor, regular physical exercise.

(3) The university says it doesn’t ha ve enough money to offer the courses we want to take. Meanwhile, it announces it can afford 2.5 million dollars to build a new gymnasium. I really can’t figure it out.

(4) The world is growing smaller each day. Globalization, information revolution, and communication have made our planet earth more closely-knit for the people who live on it.

(5) To be successful, managers of international companies cannot just sit back and wait for things to happen. Rather, they should be active in their approach to challenges and opportunities.

2. Passage Translation

(1) Nowadays, more and more young couples prefer not to have a child immediately after their marriage. What explains this trend toward delayed childbearing? First, the increasing divorce rate is making many newly-weds think twice about starting a family right away. Second, many young couples want to be more financially secure before having a baby. Finally, more married women prefer to devote time to their career. They think that being pregnant and caring for a child will make them less competitive in today’s rapidly changing world.

(2) In continuing education, courses for adults may be vocational or recreational. That is, they may be related to a person’s job, or taken purely for interest and pleasure. In Britain today, there are several million fulltime and part-time students at further education colleges and evening institutes, their ages ranging between 16 and 80. Some of them take specialist courses in their particular skill and work for a diploma. Others just go back to school and study general subjects like English, math, and history.

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Part A: Spot Dictation

British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution, and you’ll know where the trend goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease, and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar and a reviving jolt

Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be a long tradition of a typical British family. If you’re invited to an English home at five o’clock in the morning, you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily smiling hostess, or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are disturbed in your sweetest morning sleep, you must not say: “Go away! You deserve to be shot!” On the contrary, you have to declare with your best 5o’clock smile, “Thank you very much! I do adore a cup of tea, especially in the morning!” If they leave you alone with the liquid, you may pour it down the wash basin.

Then, you have tea for a breakfast. Then, you have tea at 11 o’clock in the morning. Then, after lunch. Then, you have tea for tea. Then, after supper. And again, at 11 o’clock at night. You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances. If it is hot. If it is cold. If you are exhausted. If you are nervous. If you are watching TV. Before you go out. If you have just returned home. If you feel like it. If you do not feel like it. If you have had no tea for some time. If you have just had a cup. You definitely must not follow my example. I sleep at 5 o’clock i n the morning. I have coffee for breakfast. I drink innumerable cups of black coffee during the day. I have the most unusual drinks even at tea time.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

1. STATEMENTS

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

1. I used to watch a lot of TV, but now I can’t stand it. Too many commercials made me sick. They are everywhere in every program and every channel.

2. The flight was due at 7:30 but it was delayed one and a half hours, so I have to put off our meeting until 10:00.

3. As to this agreement, no questions come to my mind right now, but I’d like to read it through again before signing it.

4. To the chairperson’s surprise, better than half of the committee was absent, which accounted for her decision to call off the meeting this morning.

5. Grocery stores and supermarkets in the inner city and the suburbs may sometimes be run by the same company, but there are often differences in prices for the same product.

6. Getting their children into college used to be the goal of millions of Americans. Nowadays, with the increasing costs of higher education, it has become an even bigger challenge.

7. Because of the unfavorable economic situation, many liberal arts graduates will have difficulty in finding employment unless they are willing to accept work outside their major interests.

8. Good business negotiators ask a lot of questions to check understanding and they often restate what other persons have said.

9. To avoid misunderstanding and legal problems in the future, spoken promises are usually not enough for such an important business transaction.

10. I really appreciate what you said and I believe you have a lot more to say on that topic. Let’s explore the subject over lunch one of these days.

2. Talks and Conversations

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation:

W: In Britain, there are four main types of secondary school, aren’t there?

M: Ah, basically, yes. There’re grammar schools, vocational or technical schools and secondary modern schools and then there are comprehensive schools. In England, however, secondary schools are sometimes divided into 3 main types (Question 11): Comprehensive schools which are open to all children; grammar schools which are selective and require an entrance examination; and then single-sex high schools.

W: I must say I find your educational system rather complicated. And to make matters worse, you call your private schools public schools.

M: Well, I suppose it is all rather confusing especially in England and Wales. The term public school is used for non-profit-making independent schools (Question 12), and the term private schools for those that are run to make a profit. But like so many other things in Britain, our educational system is deeply rooted in tradition and yet it’s changing all the time.

W: Really? In what ways is it changing?

M: Well, in nearly every way. For instance, there is a very strong movement now towards comprehensive schools. (Question 13)Will all children go for their secondary education no matter what their ability or background? There are already many of these state schools and many children are no longer tested by examination to be placed in schools according to academic

ability. And then again public schools will probably become part of the state’s system someday. (Question 14)

W: But will the wealthy always be in a privileged position? They are always able to send their children to the best private schools in the country.

M: Not necessarily. If independent schools join the state’s system and we do away with the idea of grammar schools for the clever. Then every child should have an equal opportunity to do well and go on to higher education. (Question 14)

Question 11: According to the conversation, how many types of secondary schools are there in Britain?

Question12: What is a public schools in England and Wales?

Question13. Which of the following reflects the way in which the British secondary education is changing?

Question14. According to the man, what is the benefit if independent schools join the state system?

Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following talk.

People often use the phrase the dictionary. There are many different kinds of dictionaries. Some general and some specialized. General dictionaries are all-purpose dictionaries that contain a broad range of words and common usage(Question 15). The first general dictionary that you used was probably a school dictionary.(Question 16) These dictionaries contain relatively few words and emphasize common words that you are most likely to encounter in your school years. Later, most people acquire a college dictionary. There dictionaries have more than 150, 000 entries with detailed definitions that are sufficient for most college students as well as general users. They also separately list abbreviations, biographical and geographical names, foreign words and phrases and tables of measures. The Random House Websters College Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary are well-known college dictionaries. For scholars or researchers, an abridged dictionary provides as many as 500, 000 entries that have detailed definitions and extensive word histories. You will find these dictionaries primarily in libraries and they often spend several volumes. Specialized dictionaries such as the drinking water dictionary or dictionary of legal terms are also very useful for scholars or researchers. (Question 18)

Question 15

What is an all-purpose dictionary?

Question 16

Which dictionary are you most likely to use in your university days?

Question 17

Which of the following is true about the college dictionary?

Question 18

According to the talk, what dictionary is especially useful for scholars and researchers?

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following conversation:

Man: Hi, Helen. Any phone call for me while I’m away?

Woman: No, Bill. What did you get from your lunch-break shopping?

Man: I’ve got this new pullover, but I’m not sure if it really suits me. What do you think of it, Helen?

Woman: Well, it’s very nice as far as I can see, but put it on first. Then I’ll tell you if it suits you. No hurry. We still have about half an hour to go before our office time.

Man: I tried on about a dozen. This one isn’t what I wanted really.

Woman: Why did you buy it then?

Man: The salesman sold it to me before I realized what had happened. He just never stopped talking and he told some story about the latest fashion and special reductions. Before I could say anything, he’d wrapped it up and taken my money.

Woman: Well, it doesn’t look too bad. But haven’t you put it on inside out and back to front? Man: Inside out and back to front? Well, I can’t tell the back from the front with these high-neck pullovers. I really wanted one with a V-neck.

Woman: It’s a good thing it’s got sleeves at the top or you’d have put it on upside down now as well. Still, I think it suits you quite well.

Man: I went out to get a blue pullover with a V-neck, short sleeves and a pattern and I came back with a white one with a high neck, long sleeves and no pattern.

Woman: You must be too easy to take in. You’ve got to learn to stand up to these high pressure salesmen. They’ll sell you all sorts of things you don’t want if you don’t watch out.

Man: Next time, I’ll send my wife. She’ll probably sell something to the salesman.

Q19: What has the man just done during his lunch break?

Q20: Which of the following is not a salesman’s strategy for selling a product?

Q21: How had the man put on his pullover according to the woman?

Q22: What did the man originally want to buy when he went shopping?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.

Questions 23-26

We may engage ourselves with music as a creator, that is a composer, or as a recreator, that is a performer, but most of us engaged ourselves with music as a receiver(Question 23).

That is a listener. As a listener, we respond to music with different levels of receptivity. We may

be very causal and careless about the way we hear music, paying almost no attention to it. Elevator or telephone music, for example, is not meant to be listened to intently. We have all used music as background sound to create a pleasant atmosphere for our own quiet thought. On the other hand, especially when we are on the road, an easy listening station can create a dream-like haze and we may deliberately turn out the music so as to concentrate on the driving(Question 24). However, there are other times when music is the center of our focus. And we give it our full attention. This could be in a church, at a special event or at a concert(Question 25). But how are we supposed to listen and what are we supposed to listen for. Basically, there are two ways to experience music. Some people let the sounds wash over them like a sauna bath and a emotional flood. This is the sensuous level. Over listeners respond on a perceptive or analytical level, paying attention to various aspects of the music as they unfold. They listen for musical events. The first level of attending to music is purely emotive. The second analytical. Ideally, we learn to listen more perceptively in order to increase the emotional impact. As a result, the second way of perceptive or analytical listening reveals the expressive power of the music composition so that we can enjoy it more fully (Question 26).

Question 23

What role do most of us play when we engage ourselves in listening to music?

Question 24

Why do we sometimes deliberately turn out the music when we are on the road?

Question 25

According to the talk, where is music likely to become the center of our focus?

Question 26

How can we enjoy the music composition more fully?

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation:

W: Chris, when you are only in the fourth grade, you decided to dedicate your life to studying dinosaurs. Many forth-graders are fascinated with dinosaurs, but they grow up to be police officers, doctors or lawyers. What inspired you at such an early age to choose the study of dinosaurs as your life career.

M: Actually it was a magazine, the September 7th, 1963 issue of Life magazine with dinosaurs on the cover. (Question 27) I still have the magazine today. I was visiting my grandfather’s house and this magazine was sitting on the porch table. I opened it up and found not just fantastic pictures of dinosaurs, early reptiles and sea monster, but an article entitled the Pageant of Life. It was the story of how evolution works. It was wonderful. What got me was not just that dinosaurs were near and grotesque but that they were part of a much bigger history, a Greek historical story. So in the fourth grade, in 1964 I announced to my parents that I spend the rest of my life studying dinosaurs. And my parents nodded their h eads and said “That’s nice dear. It’s a stage. You’ll grow out of it.”

W: But you didn’t grow out of that stage, did you?

M: NO, I often wonder why most people cannot maintain their first love with nature, with dinosaurs or elephants or whales. You tak e any kids to a zoo or museums, and they’ll be captivated by what they see. But that captivation dies away in high school, why? Think part of is that the adult world tells kids, “Hey, to like zoos or museums is childish thing. (Question 28)You shouldn’t like them. Be interested in dating and cars or making money.” So they have lost their sense of wonder at nature. Nevertheless, you’ll find a lot of adults enjoying taking their kids to museums to look at dinosaurs.

W: You’re involved with many aspects of ed ucation and educational programs, and you lecture to groups of students all over the country. What are the most common questions the students ask you?

M: They often ask about the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. They ask “Is there any possibility of their still being a living dinosaur? (Question 29)No, for the following reason. You could hide one monster in Lock Ness. It’s a deep enough lake. But you could not hide a breeding population of monsters. If you want to preserve a species, you need a minimum of 500 so that they can breed every generation and can have enough diversity in their genes so that they can keep on going. You can’t hide 500 or 600 monsters because there’ll always be death. (Question 30) Dead animals float to the surface of lakes or swamps, they get washed up onshore. And someone is going to find them.

Part C: Listening and Translation

1. Sentence Translation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

Now let us begin Part C with sentence translation:

Sentence No. 1: We had a great time yesterday. We went to the Darling Harbor where we had lunch, and then we drove around Sydney and saw a bit of the city.

Sentence No. 2: Most experts on investment are very optimistic about China’s economy next year, which is predicted to have a growth rate of over 8%.