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liked the organ and the piano, in the church.Not any early music was church music. Some people likedto drink and dance. Many drink places opened with fiddle(violin) music and European songs entertained the people.American farmer soon left the east coast to begin newfarms further west. The farms were big and far depart. Therewere not many towns or churches. Religious leaders, they calledpreachers, rided horses around the country and brought religionto the farm people.To bring the country people together in large group, thesepreachers held the “camp meetings”. These religious meetingsheld in big tents. Sometimes thousands of people went to hearthe preachers. Camp meetings often went on several days.Popular religion songs were sung and the music was very lively. People clapped their hands and tapped their feet to the music. The first camp meeting was held in 1800 and they are still held today. Many pop stars, for example Elvis Presley, first learned to sing and to love music at these meetings.21____________22____________23____________24____________25____________26____________27____________28____________29____________30____________31____________32____________33____________34____________35____________36____________37____________38____________39____________40____________Section B: Cloze41 42 43 44 4546 47 48 49 5051 52 53 54 5556 57 58 59 60Score_____________ Marker____________III. Reading Comprehension61 62 63 64 6566 67 68 69 7071 72 73 74 7576 77 78 79 8081 82 83 84 85Score____________ Marker___________IV. 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Writing______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ TAPESCRIPT OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION(woman) Graduation Proficiency TestFor Self-Taught Undergraduate StudentsGuangdong(Sample)(man) Part One: Listening ComprehensionIn this part of the test, you will hear two conversations and two monologues. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions following them. For each question, four choices are given. Choose the best answer and mark your choice on the ANSWER SHEET. You have approximately 20 minutes to do this part. Stop writing when you hear the words End OF PART ONE.Now listen to the first conversation.(woman) Conversation One.You will hear a conversation between a man and a woman. Listen to it carefully and answer questions 1-5. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(man) Ow! That hurts!(woman) What happened? Did you cut yourself?(man) Yes –on the edge of this paper. How can such a little cut hurt so much? I’m not even bleeding, but my finger really hurts.(woman) You know, I read something about that. It turns out that a little cut on a finger can hurt a lot more than a big cut somewhere else.(man) Why? That doesn’t make any sense.(woman) Actually, it does. There are more nerve endings in your hands than almost anywhere else in the body, and it’s the nerve endings that allow you to feel pain.(man) I guess that’s true.(woman) Also, a little cut like yours won’t damage the nerve endings, just irritate them. If they were damaged, you’d feel less pain, but the wound could be more serious.(man) So I suppose I should be happy my finger hurts so much, right?(woman) Right. Now go get yourself a bandage.(man) Why? You just told me it’s not serious.(woman) It’s not, but it does seem to be bothering you. Putting a bandage over the cut will keep the skin from drying and will help keep the skin together. If the skin stays together, the nerve endings won’t be exposed, and the cut will hurt less.(A 75-second interval)(woman) Now listen to the second conversation.Conversation Two.You will hear a conversation between a man and a woman. Listen to it carefully and answer questions 6-10. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(man) Hi, Lynn, I saw you at registration yesterday. I sailed right through but you were standing in a long line.(woman) Yeah, I waited an hour to sign up for a distance-learning course.(man) Distance learning? Never heard of it.(woman) Well, it’s new this semester –it’s only open to psychology majors. But I bet it’ll catch on elsewhere. Yesterday over a hundred students signed up.(man) Well, what is it?(woman) It’s an experimental course. I registered for child psychology. All I’ve got to do is watch a twelve-week series of televised lessons. The department shows them several different times a day and in several different locations.(man) Don’t you ever have to meet with your professor?(woman) Yeah, after each part of the series I have to talk to her and the other students on the phone, you know, about our ideas. Then we’ll meet on campus three times for reviews and exams. (man) It sounds pretty nontraditional to me, but I guess it makes sense, considering how many students have jobs. It must really help with their schedules –not to mention how it’ll cut down on traffic.(woman) You know, last year my department did a survey and they found out that 80 percent of all psychology majors were employed. That’s why they came up with the program. Look, I’ll be working three days a week next semester, and it was either cut back on my classes or try this out.(man) The only thing is ... doesn’t it seem impersonal, though? I mean, I’d miss having class discussions and hearing what other people think.(woman) Well, I guess that’s why phone contact’s important. Anyway, it’s an experiment. Maybe I’ll end up hating it.(man) Maybe, but ... I’ll be curious to see how it works out.(A 75-second interval)(man) Now listen to the first monologue.Monologue One.You will hear a short talk. Listen to it carefully and answer questions 11-15. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(woman)When I was in British Columbia last July working at the department’s archaeological dig, I saw the weirdest rainbow. At first I couldn’t believe my eyes because the bands of color I saw weren’t in a single half circle arc across the sky. Instead, I saw a full circle of rainbow hues hanging in the sky just above the sea. Inside the circle there was a big white disc and above the circle there was another round band of colors forming a halo. There were curved legs of multicolored light coming off the sides of the circles. It was an incredible sight.I ran back to our main camp and tried to get our cook to come with me to see my fantastic find before it disappeared. He just laughed at my excited story and told me that what I saw was nothing special... just some “sun dogs.”He said I’d be sure to see many more before I left. And sure enough, I did. When I got back from the dig I asked Professor Clark about the “sun dogs,”and she’s going to tell us more about them.(A 75-second interval)(woman) Now listen to the second monologue.Monologue Two.You will hear a short talk. Listen to it carefully and answer questions 16-20. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(man)Today’s lecture will center on prehistoric people of the Nevada desert. Now, most of these prehistoric desert people moved across the countryside throughout the year. You might think that they were wandering aimlessly –far form it! They actually followed a series of carefully planned moves. Where they moved depended on where food was available –places where plants were ripening or fish were spawning.Now often when these people moved, they carried all their possessions on their backs, but if the journey was long, extra food and tools were sometimes stored in caves or beneath rocks. One of these caves is now an exciting archaeological site. Beyond its small opening is a huge underground grotto. Even though the cave’s very large, it was certainly too dark and dusty for the travelers to live in –but it was a great place to hide things, and tremendous amounts of food supplies and artifacts have been found there. The food includes dried fish, seeds, and nuts. The artifacts include stone spear points and knives; the spear points are actually rather small. Here’s a picture of some that were found. You can see their size in relation to the hands holding them.(A 75-second interval)(woman) This is the End OF PART ONE. Please go on to the other parts of theexam.Key to the SamplePart One (1 % each)1. D2. A3. D4. C5. B6. B7. A8. C9. D 10. B11.B 12. A 13. C 14. D 15. C16. D 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. APart TwoSection A (0.5 % each)Native Americans lived in America before Columbus arrived. They had songs for many occasions and they used drums and other musical instruments. Dancing and music was an important part of their life and their religion. You can still hear native American music and see dancing at special festivals.The first British people ^ came to America were very religious. They came for religious freedom. Their songs were simple and it did not use musical instruments in the church.Soon other people had different forms of the Christian religion arrived in America. They brought different kinds of church music from Europe and they used musical instruments, liked the organand the piano, in the church.Not any early music was church music. Some people liked to drink and dance. Many drink places opened and fiddle (violin) music and European songs entertained the people.American farmer soon left the east coast to begin new farms further west. The farms were big and far depart. There were not many towns or churches. Religious leaders, they called preachers, rided horses around the country and brought religion to the farm people.To bring the country people together in ^ large group, these preachers held the “camp meetings”. These religious meetings ^held in big tents. Sometimes thousands of people went to hear the preachers. Camp meetings often went on ^ several days. Popular religion songs were sung and the music was very lively. People clapped their hands and tapped their feet to the music. The first camp meting was held in 1800 and they are still held today. Many pop stars, for example Elvis Presley, first learned to sing and to love music at these meetings.21___who/that__22_____√______23_____they____24_____with____25_____√______26_____√______27____like_____28____all______29___drinking__30_entertaining__31___farmers___32___apart_____33___ they ____34____rode____35_____√______36_____a______37____the_____38____were____39____for_____40__religious___Section B (0.5 % each)41. a/ around 42. f/decision 43. p/handling 44. g/at 45. b/where46. y/clue 47. q/located 48. e/for 49. j/whether 50. t/now51. d/about 52. i/nice 53. s/from 54. u/confused 55. v/not56. w/especially 57. x/and 58. c/through 59. h/some 60. r/outPart Three (1% each)61. B 62. D 63. A 64. C 65.D66. B 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. A71. D 72. D 73. C 74. D 75. B76. A 77. D 78. A 79. B 80. A81. D 82. B 83. D 84. C 85. DPart FourSection A (10%)Recently the TV screen has been dominated by two major events in the news. One of them is the war on Iraq waged by US-British coalition forces, and the other is the outbreak of atypical pneumonia.With the coalition forces taking Baghdad, the battles have come to an end. But the troubles are far from over. Looting takes place everywhere. Water and power supply has not been resumed yet. There is a severe shortage of daily necessities. The Iraqi people do not like a foreign occupation army. They yearn for a government of their own.The first case of atypical pneumonia was reported in Foshan last November. Now the epidemic has spread to many countries and regions across the world and has claimed several hundred lives. Health workers are doing their best to fight this disease and have achieved considerable progress. It is hoped that, through international cooperation, they can soon check the spread of the disease, find an effective cure and develop a vaccine against it.Section B (10 %)人同时既是一个孤独的生物，又是一个社会性的生命。