Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (40 min)

　　In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each ques tion on your Coloured Answer Sheet.

　　SECTION A TALK

　　Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section .At the end of the talk you w ill be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now list en to the talk. 
　　1. The rules for the first private library in the US were drawn up by ___.
　　A. the legislature B. the librarian C. John Harvard D. the faculty members

　　2. The earliest public library was also called a subscription library bec ause books ___.
　　A. could be lent to everyone
　　B. could be lent by book stores
　　C. were lent to students and the faculty
　　D. were lent on a membership basis

　　3. Which of the following is NOT stated as one of the purposes of free pu blic libraries?
　　A. To provide readers with comfortable reading rooms.
　　B. To provide adults with opportunities of further education.
　　C. To serve the community’s cultural and recreational needs.
　　D. To supply technical literature on specialized subjects.

　　4. The major difference between modem private and public libraries lies i n ___.
　　A. readership B. content C. service D.function

　　5. The main purpose of the talk is ___.
　　A. to introduce categories of books in US libraries
　　B. to demonstrate the importance of US libraries
　　C. to explain the roles of different US libraries
　　D. to define the circulation system of US libraries

　　SECTION B INTERVIEW

　　Questions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.

　　6. Nancy became a taxi driver because ___.
　　A. she owned a car
　　B. she drove well
　　C. she liked drivers’ uniforms
　　D. it was her childhood dream

　　7. According to her, what was the most difficult about becoming a taxi dr iver?
　　A. The right sense of direction.
　　B. The sense of judgment.
　　C. The skill of maneuvering.
　　D. The size of vehicles.

　　8. What does Nancy like best about her job?
　　A. Seeing interesting buildings in the city.
　　B. Being able to enjoy the world of nature.
　　C. Driving in unsettled weather.
　　D. Taking long drives outside the city.

　　9. It can be inferred from the interview that Nancy in a(n) ___ moth er.
　　A. uncaring B. strict C. affectionate D. perm issive

　　10. The people Nancy meets are
　　A. rather difficult to please
　　B. rude to women drivers
　　C. talkative and generous with tips
　　D. different in personality

　　SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

　　Question 11 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.

　　11. The primary purpose of the US anti-smoking legislation is ___.
　　A. to tighten control on tobacco advertising
　　B. to impose penalties on tobacco companies
　　C. to start a national anti-smoking campaign
　　D. to ensure the health of American children

　　Questions 12 and 13 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

　　12. The French President’s visit to Japan aims at ___.
　　A. making more investments in Japan
　　B. stimulating Japanese businesses in France
　　C. helping boost the Japanese economy
　　D. launching a film festival in Japan

　　13. This is Jacques Chirac’s ___ visit to Japan.

　　A. second B. fourteenth C. fortieth D. forty-first

　　Questions 14 and 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

　　14. Afghan people are suffering from starvation because ___.
　　A. melting snow begins to block the mountain paths
　　B. the Taliban have destroyed existing food stocks
　　C. the Taliban are hindering food deliveries
　　D. an emergency air-lift of food was cancelled

　　15. people in Afghanistan are facing starvation.

　　A. 160,000 B. 16,000 C. 1,000,000 D. 100 ,000

　　SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING

　　Fill each of gaps with ONE word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.

　　On Public Speaking

　　When people are asked to give a speech in public for the first time, they usually feel terrified no matter how well they speak in informal situations. In fact, public speaking is the same as any other form of (1)___ 1.___ that people are usually engaged in. Public speaking is a way for a speaker to (2)___ his thoughts with the audience. Moreover, the speaker is free 2.___ to decide on the (3)___ of his speech. 3.___ Two key points to achieve success in public speaking: —(4)___ of the subject matter. 4.___ —good preparation of the speech. To facilitate their understanding, inform your audience beforehand of the (5)___ of your speech, and end it with a summary. 5.___ Other key points to bear in mind: —be aware of your audience through eye contact. —vary the speed of (6)___ 6.___ —use the microphone skillfully to (7)___ yourself in speech. 7.___ —be brief in speech; always try to make your message (8)___ 8.___ Example: the best remembered inaugural speeches of the US presidents are the (9)___ ones. 9.___ Therefore, brevity is essential to the (10)___ of a speech. 10.___

　　Part Ⅱ Proofreading and Error Correction (15 min)

　　The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and wri te the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/’ and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.

　　Example

　　When∧art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an
　　it never／ buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never
　　them on the wall. When a natural history museum 
　　wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit

　　 The grammatical words which play so large a part in English
　　grammar are for the most part sharply and obviously different 1.___
　　from the lexical words. A rough and ready difference which may
　　seem the most obvious is that grammatical words have“ less
　　meaning”, but in fact some grammarians have called them 2.___
　　“empty” words as opposed in the “full” words of vocabulary. 3.___
　　But this is a rather misled way of expressing the distinction. 4.___
　　Although a word like the is not the name of something as man is,
　　it is very far away from being meaningless; there is a sharp 5.___
　　difference in meaning between “man is vile and” “the man is
　　vile”, yet the is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning. 6.___
　　Moreover, grammatical words differ considerably among
　　themselves as the amount of meaning they have, even in the 7.___
　　lexical sense. Another name for the grammatical words has been
　　“little words”. But size is by no mean a good criterion for 8.___
　　distinguishing the grammatical words of English, when we
　　consider that we have lexical words as go, man, say, car. Apart 9.___
　　from this, however, there is a good deal of truth in what some
　　people say: we certainly do create a great number of obscurity 10.___
　　when we omit them. This is illustrated not only in the poetry of
　　Robert Browning but in the prose of telegrams and newspaper headlines.

　　Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 min)

　　SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION (30 min)

　　In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your Coloured Answer Sheet.