4. 80% of the students taking the test alone acted to help. True False 5. Americans in a group often provide help. True False Answer: 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. True 5. False

Listening Comprehension

Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers to the questions. The passage

will be read ONLY ONCE. SET 1

1. A. Many parents have realized that too much stimulation may do harm to the baby. B. Babies are more sensitive than adults to the outside world.

C. Psychologists encourage parents to train their babies right from the beginning. D. Many parents have a misunderstanding of the role stimulation plays in the development of a

baby.

2. A. Too much stimulation can have a negative effect on the intellectual development of babies.

B. The more early stimulation we provide, the better effect we may achieve. C. Babies cry or become angry because they are overcrowded with new sensations. D. Babies will always respond actively to the outside stimulation in one way or another.

3. A. Shout \B. Avoid the irritating stimulus. C. Show no interest and fall into sleep. D. Become angry.

4. A. Too much stimulation. B. Irritating stimulus.

C. Activity that is to exercise the baby's senses. D. Activity to enrich the baby's daily life.

5. A. To explain the reason why parents are encouraged to train their babies in their early years. B. To criticize the idea that the more stimulation a baby gets, the better. C. To demonstrate that the less stimulation a baby gets, the better. D. To put forward an idea that too much stimulation can be very upsetting to the baby. Answer: 41134 SET 2 1. A. Because the boat did not really belong to him. B. Because he should have locked his boat to a tree. C. Because he wasted a good fishing night. D. Both B and C 2. A. Because the boat really belonged to the hospital. B. Because he had used the night well. C.

Because he had asked for permission to use the boat. D. Both A and B 3. A. All the fish should go to the patient. B. The fish should go to the owner of the boat. C. The fish should be destroyed. D. Every part involved should get a third of the fish. 4. A. In America. B. In Africa. C. In Asia. D. It's not mentioned. 5. A. On a moonlit night. B. On a dark night. C. On a morning. D. On an afternoon. Answer: 42423 Listening Comprehension Directions: Listen to the passage TWICE and fill the blanks with the missing words SET 1 A mixed state secondary school has banned skirts because its girls have been wearing them too short. The new uniform regulations at Keswick High School, near Ipswich, require girls to wear trousers to school to stop them turning up for lessons in (1 . The decision was made after (2 with parents, pupils and teachers. The new rules will come into effect in September. Margaret Young, the chairman of the school (3 , said: \regulation (4 , which is just above the (5 . The (6

was short lived and it wasn't long before skirts were very short again.\Thomas, the school's head teacher, said the ban was necessary because some girls' skirts were impractical as well as (7 . Mrs. Young, whose three grandchildren go to the school, said that the school was simply trying to (8 a uniform code. She said: \their daughter go to school in one skirt but they change to another, shorter one, at school or they (9 up the top to make them look shorter. Some are practically pelmets. \waste a lot of time talking to pupils about uniform.%uniform change. \home,\knee 6. impact 7. immodest 8. enforce 9. roll 10. concerned SET 2 Water problems in the future will become more intense and more complex. Our increasing population will (1 increase urban wastes, primarily sewage. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce larger (2 of liquid wastes, and many of these will contain chemicals which are (3 . To (4 our rapidly expanding population, agriculture will have to be (5 . This will involve ever increasing quantities of

agricultural chemicals. From this, it is apparent that intense steps must be taken immediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problem. There are two ways by which this pollution problem can be (6 . The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution (7 . This involves the processing of solid wastes (8 to disposal and the treatment of liquid wastes, or effluents, to permit the reuse of the water or minimize pollution upon final disposal. The second approach is to develop an economic use for all or a part of the wastes. Farm (9 is spread in fields as a nutrient or organic supplement. Effluents from sewage disposal plants are used in some areas both for (10 and for the nutrients contained. Answer:

1. tremendously 2. volumes 3. noxious 4. feed 5. intensified 6. lessened 7. hazard 8. prior 9. manure 10. irrigation Listening Comprehension Directions: Watch the video clip and decide whether the following statements are True or False SET 1 1. Nick checked the meat and signed it. It's fresh. True False 2. Nikki is supposed to be here to pull Aunt Voula's hair straight. True False 3. If nagging were an Olympic sport, Aunt Voula could be a champion. True False 4. Uncle Taki didn't wait for Aunt Voula because he was hungry. True False 5. Toula's father wants to send her to Greece to find a husband, but she doesn't want to go. True False Answer: 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. True SET 2 1. It is on New Year's day. True False 2. Bridget is 30 years old and still single. True False 3. Every year Bridget's mother tries to fix her up with some boring middle-aged man but this year she knows it's going to be different. True False 4. According to Bridget's mother, Mark is a rich lawyer. True False 5. Uncle Geoffrey actually is not Bridget's uncle. True False Answer: 1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True 5. True Oral test Directions: Look at the picture below. SET 1 Try to tell about the picture as much as you can infer. If possible, make some comments on her contributions. SET 2 What is the man trying to do to help himself out of danger? Try to tell about the picture as much as you can infer. If possible, try to find some other means that people may use when they need help from others. Oral test SET 1 In your opinion what does it take to make a successful

career woman? Are there any difficulties or dilemmas that career women will have to face? Do you have any suggestions for them? SET 2

Have you ever been in a dangerous situation? What did you do to help yourself out? What qualities are necessary in dealing with a crisis?