PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (40 MIN.)

　　Directions: In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your Colored Answer Sheet.

　　SECTION A TALK

　　Question 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

　　Now listen to the talk.

　　1. According to the talk, compulsive gambling and alcoholic addiction share similarities because ____.
　　A. no actual figure of addicts has been reported.
　　B. no scientific studies have yielded effective solutions.
　　C. both affect all sectors of society.
　　D. both cause serious mental health problems.
　　2. The development of the gambling compulsion can be described as being ____.
　　A. gradual.
　　B. slow.
　　C. periodic.
　　D. radical.
　　3. G. A. mentioned in the talk is believed to be a(n) ____.
　　A. anonymous group.
　　B. charity organization.
　　C. gamblers' club.
　　D. treatment centre.
　　4. At the end of the talk, the speaker's attitude towards the cure of gambling addiction is ____.
　　A. unclear.
　　B. uncertain.
　　C. optimistic.
　　D. pessimistic.
　　5. Throughout the talk, the speaker examines the issue of gambling in a ____ way.
　　A. balanced
　　B. biased
　　C. detached
　　D. lengthy

　　SECTION B INTERVIEW

　　Question 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following question.

　　Now listen to the interview.

　　6. What strikes the woman most about the male robber is his ____.
　　A. clothes.
　　B. age.
　　C. physique.
　　D. appearance.
　　7. The most detailed information about the woman robber is her ____.
　　A. manners.
　　B. talkativeness.
　　C. height.
　　D. jewelry.
　　8. The interviewee is believed to be a bank ____.
　　A. receptionist.
　　B. manager.
　　C. customer.
　　D. cashier.
　　9. Which of the following about the two robbers is NOT true?
　　A. Both were wearing dark sweaters.
　　B. Neither was wearing glasses.
　　C. Both were about the same age.
　　D. One of them was marked by a scar.
　　10. After the incident the interviewee sounded ____.
　　A. calm and quiet.
　　B. nervous and numb.
　　C. timid and confused.
　　D. shocked and angry.

　　SECTION C. NEWS BROADCAST

　　Questions 11 and 12 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions.

　　11. According to the news, the enormous food shortage in Iraq has the most damaging effect on its ____.
　　A. national economy.
　　B. adult population.
　　C. young children.
　　D. national currency.
　　12. The WFP is appealing to donor nations to ____.
　　A. double last year's food-aid.
　　B. raise '122 million for Iraqi people.
　　C. provide each Iraqi family with '26 a month.
　　D. help Iraq's 12 million population.
　　Questions 13 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the question.
　　13. As a result of the agreement, the two countries' arsenals are to be ____.
　　A. upgraded in reliability and safety.
　　B. reduced in size and number.
　　C. dismantled partly later this year.
　　D. maintained in their present conditions.
　　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.
　　14. We can infer from the news that ____ of teenagers under survey in 1993 were drug users.
　　A. 28%.
　　B. 22%.
　　C. 25%.
　　D. 21%.
　　15. The following statements are correct EXCEPT ____.
　　A. Parents are asked to join in the anti-drug efforts.
　　B. The use of both cocaine and LSD are on the increase.
　　C. Teenagers hold a different view of drugs today.
　　D. Marijuana is as powerful as it used to be.

　　SECTION D NOTE-TAKING & GAP-FILLING

　　Direction: In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONLY ONCE. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a 15-minute gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini lecture. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.

　　ANSWER SHEET ONE

　　Fill in each of the gaps with ONE suitable word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.
　　The Rise of RP
　　Historical reasons

　　Received Pronunciation (RP) was originally associated with a (16)   
　　spoken in the region between central England and London, including Oxford and Cambridge. Its survival was due to its use by the (17) 
　　in the 14th century and by university students in the (18) Ages.
　　Its rise in importance resulted from its application in government and official documents. The prestige of its (19) 
　　pattern of pronunciation came about with its use in (20) schools in the 19th century.
　　As a result, its (21)  is accepted by Television and the radio, the professions and teaching English as a foreign language.
　　Three characteristics of RP
　　1) its speakers don't regard themselves as connected with any geographical region;
　　2) RP is largely used in England;
　　3) RP is a 'class' accent, associated with (22)     social classes.
　　Its present status
　　Decline in the prestige of RP is the result of a) loss of monopoly of education by the privileged; b) (23)     of higher education in the post-war period.
　　However, it still retains its eminence among certain professional people.
　　There is a rise in the status of all (24)       accents.
　　We are moving towards the (25)       position: general acceptance of all regional accents and absence of a class accent that transcends all regions.

　　PART II PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN.)

　　Directions: 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 write 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 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) neverthem on the wall. When a natural history museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it.(3)exhibit When a human infant is born into any community in any part of the world it has two things in common with any infant, provided[26]　neither of them have been damaged in any way(27) either before or during birth. Firstly, and helpless. Apart from a powerful capacity to pay(28) attention to their helplessness by using sound, there is nothing the new born child can do to ensure his own survival. Without care from some other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a child is very unlikely to survive. This helplessness of human infants is in marked contrast with the capacity of many new born animals to get on their feet within minutes of(29) birth and run with the herd within a few hours.
　　Although young animals are certainly in risk,(30) sometimes for weeks or even months after very quickly grow the capacity to fend for them.(31)
　　It is during this very long period in which the human infant is totally dependent on the others(32) that it reveals the second feature which it shares with all other undamaged human infants, a capacity suggest that language be species specific to(33) the human race, that is to say, they consider the human infant to be genetic programmed in(34) such way that it can acquire language. This(35) suggestion implies that just as human beings are