-GRADE EIGHT-/ o% ?% o# Y. |" _1 e! o
TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN% u! l: h+ w m! F" D- e b5 r& R( V |
PARTI LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)9 f. Q) {9 c( y" q
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
4 Q+ X0 ~9 H8 c2 e; q 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. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.2 ^' d/ D" k& X6 j7 ^+ e0 t
SECTION B CONVERSATION
6 z# v7 d/ M5 R% `7 u In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.
" m9 u5 Y; ~9 k3 X7 o/ N6 l Questions 1 to 5 are based on a conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.5 `6 s! k& L7 F$ B* c4 n
Now listen to the conversation.
; w8 }6 U9 c' L5 L. k+ r 1. Mary doesn’t seem to favour the idea of a new airport because5 r1 Y4 ]6 n# ~2 ~2 F
A. the existing airports are to be wasted( A1 L8 x, V8 P0 w; a2 b% W" `
B. more people will be encouraged to travel.
4 E( ?+ ?, T' w) y C. more oil will be consumed.
5 {" y' t% t1 |* Y( N D. more airplanes will be purchased.2 D, v) P; N, G5 d
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Mary as a potential disadvantage?- f7 ~* \& j/ k# _# H& Z# X6 e6 ?4 f
A. More people in the area.1 ^ X3 K( S) m2 s. g* x
B. Noise and motorways.# {7 t- O% u" Y$ c5 ^
C. Waste of land.$ ~) J! j% S) R" ~
D. Unnecessary travel.; _0 O4 R% ^( g* M+ p% n5 f
3. Freddy has cited the following advantages for a new airport EXCEPT3 d' L1 M l3 D" g! o, T$ ~2 E
A. more job opportunities., D2 O# f: y k$ E; l
B. vitality to the local economy.% n1 p+ O L& F9 q& W
C. road construction,
% L8 I% |4 v) b& N+ y1 f D. presence of aircrew in the area.
# B2 L$ P2 z# q* ] 4. Mary thinks that people don’t need to do much travel nowadays as a result of/ d8 M- C# | i t3 z4 U
A. less emphasis on personal contact.
& U% u" O7 z$ i; I' T B. advances in modern telecommunications.' v; b/ T' x$ i3 r: \( a3 C/ d
C. recent changes in people’s concepts.
& Y; K, q( s4 E, T: x W& j D. more potential damage to the area
* U5 r7 d f7 M" A9 ` 5. We learn from the conversation that Freddy is Mary’s ideas,
9 X: @' n) W5 o# W( ?; N6 v8 H A. strongly in favour of! v8 ?' G# [' e* N) F0 q( \" A
B. mildly in favour of
2 {0 `5 T9 g f C. strongly against
8 j% t9 g8 N9 x' s" G5 \ D. mildly against: @& n0 l) H" P8 d
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
! {$ H: T2 i* ~' Y) u% t6 @! D In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.
8 ]' ?) @- f' a; E# y/ t Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.7 E* T+ I. f& s' `: Z, e7 Q
Now listen to the news.
+ c' w( k# G) t" i0 W 6. What is the main idea of the news item?
- o% |$ ?# u* L: }' N A. A new government was formed after Sunday’s elections.
6 d7 q2 ^8 F7 s9 g B. The new government intends to change the welfare system.
" x4 @# J% u- G C. The Social Democratic Party founded the welfare system.% O& E: `/ z% X
D. The Social Democratic Party was responsible for high unemployment.. r1 X& V$ a, k n$ Z
Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
) @- j* i! ~9 X( j8 d Now listen to the news.; l% H: R; c$ S* K ]
7. The tapes of the Apollo-11 mission were first stored in
0 B" N4 R S) q3 C& h6 Y A. a U.S. government archives warehouse.
8 q8 ]9 t9 h# C, P% w% w B. a NASA ground tracking station.$ c7 \! i2 G1 t0 J3 C( D4 M
C. the Goddard Space Flight Centre.
8 m& {! U4 N! U+ e2 r: z. S D. none of the above places.
_5 R E( w/ ~- D, B) b2 g. D 8. What does the news item say about Richard Nafzger?4 Y; A$ k6 ?8 w- Z/ ? B& \9 p$ p- I3 v
A. He is assigned the task to look for the tapes.. k+ P8 ]- V. e# _
B. He believes that the tapes are probably lost.: t, H0 z- d& S" t2 z" a! v
C. He works in a NASA ground receiving site.
/ l- k: G: b" k3 ^- a( H; ~ D. He had asked for the tapes in the 1970s.
; X/ L( a( X) Q: T1 ~! L Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.& w# T& o, r ~) G6 b& h
Now listen to the news.1 ?0 p8 G/ t8 j! Z
9. The example in the news item is cited mainly to show
I& l* U# k- R6 ]+ P% K A. that doctors are sometimes professionally incompetent; X q2 Y, k: S2 s4 P
B. that in cases like that hospitals have to pay huge compensations.
! u1 y' k/ m4 ` t9 v5 V7 Z C. that language barriers might lower the quality of treatment.
# a! V) }2 G' j" _" X D. that language barriers can result in fatal consequences.1 g' u- H) i" |+ J: _
10. According to Dr. Flores, hospitals and clinics
- c' }& A: V- G) J' a& C A. have seen the need for hiring trained interpreters.
& W, D6 L) Y9 ~ Q4 j: k) k) ]7 y B. have realized the problems of language barriers.
$ S7 N) d, @* C2 q. }6 ~% @+ r C. have begun training their staff to be bilinguals. |