Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, there will be a question. Each conversation and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A) Not to go home for spring vacation.
B) Not to take a vacation.
C) Not to graduate.
D) Not to go home after graduation in May.
2. A) Go to the concert.
B) See her friends as planned.
C) Go to work.
D) Finish her homework.
3. A) Turn up the volume.
B) Stop talking so much.
C) Play the music more softly.
D) Play different music.
4. A) Mary works very hard.
B) The examination is too difficult for Mary.
C) Mary can’t pass the examination.
D) Mary will probably pass the examination.
5. A) Mary. B) Bob. C) All the students. D) Tom.
6. A) At a laundry. B) At a car wash.
C) At a beauty shop. D) At a garage.
7. A) 9:20. B) 9:14. C) 9:26. D) 9:06.
8. A) He can’t find his new apartment.
B) He had a bigger apartment before.
C) He is not accustomed to the large building.
D) He is having a hard time finding an apartment.
9. A) Repair the other door.
B) Visit some ruins.
C) Have an outdoor party.
D) Catch a Saturday train.
10. A) $30. B) $90. C) $60. D) $20.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. You are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words and the blanks numbered from S8 to S10 with sentences. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
Students in the UK can expect to face (S1) of ￡18—21,000 when they leave the university in the future, says Education Secretary Charles Clarke.
The government has published (S2) proposals to allow universities to charge students top-up fees of up to ￡3,000 for their studies. Up-front fees of ￡
Mr. Clarke told the BBC TV programme Breakfast with Frost:
(S8) “ to about ￡18—21,000—that kind of thing. The payback burden varies according to earnings later in life to about ￡
“We will be raising the threshold at which you have to start paying back so there will be less requirement to pay back initially but there will be a debt there to serve.” Asked what kind of interest rate graduates could expect on their debts, Mr. Clarke said details had to be thrashed out but he insisted it would be “significantly less than commercial rates”. (S10) . “Students at the age of 18 and develop their lives on that basis and I am proud of the fact that I will be able to make an announcement to that effect later in the week,” he said.
