Part I    Listening Comprehension   (35 points,35 minutes)

Part A   (15 points, 15 minutes)
Section A

Directions: In part A, you will hear short conversations between two people. After each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. The questions and the questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question , read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

 1. (A) Go to the basketball game.
    (B) Try to postpone the game.
    (C) Go to work
    (D) Change her work schedule.

2.  (A) The man should consider changing jobs.
    (B) The style of the suit is out-of-date.
    (C) The color of the suit is not appropriate.
    (D) The man should buy the suit.

3.  (A) He thinks they should study at the womans apartment.
    (B) He wont have much time to study.
    (C) His apartment is messy.
    (D) His apartment is in a noisy area.

4.  (A) He lost Pams notes.
    (B) He tried to call Pam yesterday.
    (C) He wants the woman to call Pam.
    (D) He forgot to return the notes to Pam.

5.  (A) Speak to his teacher about the presentation.
    (B) Record himself practicing the presentation.
    (C) Listen to a tape of her presentation.
    (D) Ask someone else to do the presentation.

6.  (A) Stop bothering the woman.
    (B) Take the womans book with him.
    (C) Show the woman how to get to the library.
    (D) Ask someone else to go to the library.

7.  (A) He isnt very hungry right now.
    (B) He regularly eats at his restaurant.
    (C) The selection on the menu is limited.
    (D) He doesnt want salad with his lunch.

8.  (A) Shes still looking for an apartment.
    (B) She was told the dorm was full.
    (C) She doesnt plan to move.
    (D) She wants to move out of the dorm.

9.  (A) She knows the mans sister.
    (B) She wants to watch her sister play.
    (C) She thinks the man is a good soccer player.
    (D) She isnt interested in soccer.

10. (A) Hell schedule the woman for an afternoon appointment.
    (B) He cant schedule an appointment for the woman.
    (C) Dr. Anderson will call the woman back soon.
    (D) Dr. Andersons schedule is full.

Section B

Directions: In this part of the test you will hear longer conversations.

After each conversation you will hear several questions. The conversations and questions will not be repeated.
After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to your letter of the answer you have chosen.Remember, you are not allowed to take notes or write in your test book.

11. (A) Its only open to poetry majors.
    (B) It requires another class first.
    (C) Its already full.
    (D) Its only offered in the morning.

12. (A) The class meets during his working hours.
    (B) The class is too far away.
    (C) He has another class at the same time.
    (D) Hes already familiar with the material.

13. (A) All the other work schedules conflict with his classes.
    (B) He doesnt want to ask his boss for another favor.
    (C) He wants to work the same schedule as his friends.
    (D) He likes to do his homework in the evenings.

14. (A) Its courses cost less.
    (B) It has a pool.
    (C) The class size is smaller.
    (D) It may offer the class he needs during the day.

15. (A) An experiment in Antarctica.
    (B) The breaking off of part of the Larsen Ice Shelf.
    (C) The formation of the Larsen Ice Shelf.
    (D) An expedition in Antarctica.

Part B  (20 points,20 minutes)

Section A

In this part of the test you will hear several talks. After each talk, you  will hear some questions. The talks and questions will not be repeated.After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

16. (A) How most species of spiders reproduce.
    (B) How one species of spider feed its young.
    (C) How spiders defend their territory.
    (D) How Darwin experimented with spiders.

17. (A) They eat one another.
    (B) They eat insects that they catch.
    (C) They build a new nest.
    (D) They are attacked by other species of spiders.

18. (A) No two members of a species are exactly alike.
    (B) A single species may evolve into two separate species.
    (C) Primitive life-forms evolve into more advanced life-forms.
    (D) The survival of the strongest in a species contributions to

the survival of that species.

19. (A) Early newspapers in England.
    (B) The early history of magazines.
    (C) The life of Daniel Defoe.
    (D) Differences between newspapers and magazines.

20. (A) Its publication was banned by the British government.
    (B) It was the first weekly newspaper.
    (C) It caused a prison revolt.
    (D) It was the first magazine ever published.

21. (A) It had many more pages than newspapers.
    (B) It was given away for free.
    (C) It dealt with issues rather than events.
    (D) It was more widely available than newspapers.

22. (A) He wrote articles of the Church of England.
    (B) He refused to stop publishing the Review.
    (C) He refused to pay publishing taxes.
    (D) He refused to join the Church of England.

23. (A) It was not really a magazine.
    (B) It featured a variety of articles and stories.
    (C) It was praised by readers of poetry.
    (D) It was unpopular with politicians.

24. (A) How artists gained fame.
    (B) A schedule of art exhibits.
    (C) One form of folk art.
    (D) The preservation of old paintings.

25. (A) Very few were produced.
    (B) Most were kept only a short time.
    (C) Most were printed on delicate paper.
    (D) Many have been acquired by collectors.

Section B Compound Dictation

The Library of Congress is America¡¯s national library.

 It has more than one-hundred-twenty-million books and other

objects. It has newspapers,  S1    publications and letters of

  S2    interest. It also has maps,photographs, art   S3    , movies, sound recordings and musical      S4   .The Library of  Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is    S5    to take books out of the building. The Library of Congress was   S6      in eighteen-hundred. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol  Building. By eighteen-fourteen, the collection had increased to  about three-thousand books. They were   S7       that year when the Capitol was burned duringAmerica¡¯s war with Britain.

To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President ThomasJefferson. Mister Jefferson¡¯s collection included seven-thousand books in seven languages.S8. Today, three buildings hold the library¡¯s collection.S9 . It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office.S10. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything published in the United States.

Part II   Reading Comprehension (35 points, 25minutes)

Section I  Careful reading (25points, 20minutes)

There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some

questions or unfinished statements.

For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter

 on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

TEXT A

    The train clattered over points and passed through a station. Then it began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal. For some minutes it crawled along, then stopped; presently it began to move forward again. Another up-train passed them, though with less vehemence than the first one. The train gathered speed again. At that moment another train, also on a down-line, swerved inwards towards them, for a moment with almost alarming effect. For a time the two trains ran parallel, now, one gaining a little, now the other. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked from her window through the window of the parallel carriages. Most of the blinds were down, but occasionally the occupants of the carriages were visible. The other train was not very full and there were many empty carriages.ª¥   

 At the moment when the two trains gave the illusion of being stationary, a blind in one of the carriages flew up with a snap. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked into the lighted first-class carriage that was only a few feet away.ª¥Then she drew her breath in with a gasp and half-rose to her feet.ª¥    

 Standing with his back to the window and to her was a man. His hands were round the throat of a woman who faced him, and he was slowly, remorselessly, strangling her. Her eyes were starting from their sockets, her face was purple. As Mrs. McGillicuddy watched, fascinated, the end came; the body went limp and crumpled in the man¡¯s hands.   

At the same moment, Mrs. McGillicuddy¡¯s train slowed down again and the other began to gain speed. It passed forward and a moment or two later it had vanished from sight. Almost automatically Mrs. McGillicuddy¡¯s hand went up to the communication cord,then paused, irresolute. After all, what use would it be ringing the cord of the train in which she was travelling? The horror of what she had seen at such close quarters, and the unusual circumstances, made her feel paralysed. Some immediate action was necessary,¡ªbut what?ª¥    

The door of her compartment was drawn back and a ticket collector said, ¡°Ticket, please.¡±ª¤

26.  When Mrs. McGuillicuddy¡¯s train passed through a station, it___.ª¤