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SECTION 1:    LISTENING TEST
Part A: Spot Dictation
Directions:  In  this  part  of the test,  you  will  hear  a  passage  and read the  same  passage  with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you hay5 heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER 1300KLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once. Now, let us begin Part A with Spot Dictation.

      Good afternoon. I'd like to thank Professor Leach for giving me the chance to talk to you students. My topic today is “Attitudes, Values and Tastes”.

      An attitude, or the way that we feel about something, can take different forms. On the one hand, there are attitudes that  are simply tastes or preferences. These may change from year  to year, month to month and  even, day to day. On the other hand, there are attitudes that  can be firmly fixed values that rarely, if ever, change.

      Included in the first type of attitude are statements like “Sally has beautiful eyes”, or “I hate ice-cream”. Attitudes like these may simply inclicat7 a personal taste or preference, that does not always  affect   other  people.  Nobody  will  get  particularly  upset,  for  example,  if  you  have  a preference for tea rather than coffee. 

      The  second  type  of  attitude  could  include  such  at.  statements as“Smoking should  be banned in public places”, and “War is a terrible thing. With attitudes like these, however, we are expressing an opinion that we feel very strongly about. Opinions such as these are very. much a part  of our personality  since they  express the way we feel about certain, important things and events. If  someone is a  smoker, for  example, it  can become very  difficult to  get  on with that person if they smoke all the time in our company.

    Preference  and  tastes  refer  to  specific  objects  or  events,  whereas  values  are  general  and include complete ideas. There is a big difference, for  example, between these two statements: “Your  boss  is  very  rude” and  “I  could  never  work  under  a  boss”. In  the  first  statement,  the speaker is simply stating an opinion based on one person /the boss. The idea is that other bosses are not so rude. In the second one, though, the speaker indicates a deeply held view about work in general: he could not work for anyone,

Part B: Listening Comprehension
I 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 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.

Question No. 1.      Since Jack didn't  hear  the weather  forecast, he didn't bring an umbrella to work..
Question No. 2.      They should have listened to the consultant's advice.
Question No. 3.      The advertising campaign is launched by a well-known sporting goods  manufacturer.
Question No. 4.      Did Cathy leave the annual report in this drawer or in the other one?
Question No. 5.      Let's not sign the memo until we have a lawyer look at it.
Question No. 6.      The company replied that they were unable to deliver the spare parts until the end of January. 
Question No. 7.      It took us less than the time stipulated in the contract to complete the project.
Question No. 8.      I'm afraid we won t be able to make it to your party tonight.
Question No. 9.      At  first,  many  people  didn't  like that  kind  of  design, but  after  a  while  it caught on.
Question No. 10.    The consultant left no stone unturned in his research and investigation, and handed in an excellent report.

 ⅡTalks 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.
Woman:     John, what hobby would you take up if you had more time?
Man:          I think I'd take up two different hobbies an indoor hobby and an outdoor hobby.
Woman:     Really? Why?
Man:           An  outdoor  hobby, like motor-racing, for a bit  of fresh air  and  excitement; and  an indoor hobby, like radio-making for  example, for  quiet  concentration. What  about you?
Woman:     I like indoor hobbies best. As you know, I like making decorations, toys and so on, but I'm also quite fond of knitting and I've made quite a lot of sweaters and the like for the family.
Man:          Yes, I've seen some of the things you've made. They re very fashionable. How long have you been doing it?
Woman:     I started years ago when I was still at school.
Man:          D'you spend all your free time on your hobbies.
Woman:     Well no. As a working mother there are many other matters I've got to attend to, but I do spend quite a lot of time on my hobbies.
Man:          What about money? Do your hobbies cost you a lot of money?
Woman:     No, once you ve bought the basic tools most hobbies are comparatively cheap.
Man:          By the way, how did you learn to do all these handy things? Did you ever attend a special course ?
Woman:     I did once, but most of it I've picked up by myself or from books. There are dozens of books on hobbies in the bookshops.
Man:           Ah well. Perhaps I should take up my coin collection again.
Woman:     Yes, why not? You might even become an authority on old coins , John!