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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST
Part A: Sport 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 have heard on the tape. Write your answer in corresponding space in your answer booklet.  Remember you will hear the passage only once. Now let s begin Part A with Spot Dictation.

     Doctors  are  starting  to  believe  that  laughter  not  only  improves  your  state  of  mind,  but actually affects your entire physical well-being. Britain's first laughter therapist, Robert Holden says: “Instinctively we know that laughing help us feel healthy and alive. Each time we laugh we feel better and more content.”

      A French newspaper found that in 1930 the French laughed on average for nineteen minutes per day. By 1980 this had fallen to six minutes. Eight per cent of the people questioned said that they would like to laugh more. Other research suggests that children laugh on average about 400 times a day, but by the time they reach adulthood this had been reduced to about fifteen times. Somewhere in the process of growing up we lose an astonishing 385 laughs a day.

      William Fry, a psychiatrist from California studied the effects of laughter on the body. He got patients to watch funny films, and monitored their blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tone. He found that laughter has a similar effect to physical exercise. It speeds up the heart rate,increases blood pressure and quickens breathing. It also makes our facial and stomach muscles work. Fry thinks laughter is a type ofjogging on the spot.

      Laughter can even provide a kind of pain relief. Fry had proved that  laughter produces endorphins-chemicals in the body that relieve pain. Researchers divided forty university students into four groups. The first group listened to a funny cassette for twenty minutes. The other three groups listened to either an informative tape, or a cassette intended to relax them, or no tape at all. Researchers found that if they produce pain in the students, those who had listened to the humorous tape  could tolerate the  discomfort much longer.Some doctors are convinced that humour should be a part of every medical consultation,as there is evidence to suggest that laughter stimulates the immune system.

Part B: Listening Comprehension
 ⅠStatements
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 closets in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter or the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. Now let's begin with question number one.

Question No. 1.      Florence had four tickets for the concert, but she gave two to her brother.
Question No. 2.      There is no additional charge for the use of the pool, and towels may be rented for a nominal fee.
Question No. 3.      Mr. Johnson insisted that he hadn't lied about his whereabouts the night of the murder.
Question No. 4.      Forty students came to professor Green's first lecture on economics, but after a fortnight, all but fifteen had dropped out.
Question No. 5.      According to the recipe,  you  don't  have to cook it more than 10 minutes unless you want it well done.
Question No. 6.      Trash is normally collected Monday and Thursday, but this week the holiday will cause a delay.          
Question No. 7.      There is no stronger desire than the desire to seek happiness or good health.
Question No. 8.      If I knew Peter's telephone number, I wouldn't have to write this letter~
Question No. 9.      Pre-school children usually like to play with toy cars and trucks or anything that makes noise.
Question No. 10.      Martin sent the telegram on Monday, but I received it only yesterday.