PART1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE, using no more than three words in each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Now, listen to the mini-lecture. SECTION B INTERVIEW
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 1
1. According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility?
A. Better education—more choices—greater mobility.
B. Better education-- greater mobility-- more choices.
C. Greater mobility—better education—more choice.
D. Greater mobility--- more choices--- better education.
2. According to the interview, which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT?
A. Job security came second according to the poll results.
B. Chances for advancement might have been favoured by young people.
C. High income failed to come on top for being most important.
D. Shorter work hours was least chosen for being most important.
3. According to the interviewee, which is the main difference between the first and the second poll?
A. The type of respondents who were invited.
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B. The way in which the questions were designed.
C. The content area of the questions.
D. The number of poll questions.
4. What can learn from the respondent's answers to items 2, 4 and 7 in the second poll?
A. Recognition from colleagues should be given less importance.
B. Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills.
C. Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency.
D. Psychological reward is more important than material one.
5. According to the interviewee, which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits?
A. Contact with many people.
B. Appreciation from coworkers.
C. Chances for advancement.
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D. Chances to learn new skills.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow, Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 6. According toe the news item, ”sleepboxes” are designed to solve the problems of
A. airports.
B. passengers.
C. architect.
D. companies.
7.which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news?
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A. Renters can take a shower inside the box.
B. Renters of normal height can stand up inside.
C. Bedding can be automatically changed.
D. Sleepboxes can be rented for different lengths of time.
Question 8 is based on the following news, At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen the news. 8. What is the news item mainly about?
A. London 's preparations for Notting Hill Carnival.
B. Main features of the Notting Hill Carnival.
C. Police 's preventive measures for the carnival.
D. Police participation in the carnival.
Questions 9 and 10 are base on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. 5
Now listen the news. 9. The news item reports on a research finding about
A. early malnutrition and heart health.
B. the Dutch famine and the Dutch women.
C. the causes of death during the famine.
D. nutrition in childhood and adolescence.
10. When did the research team carry out the study?
A. At the end of World War II.
B. Between 1944 and 1945.
C. In the 1950s.
D. In 2007.
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