Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices 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 centre.
1. A) Stop talking. B) Be quiet.
C) Turn the radio down. D) Don ' t slam the door.
2. A) He is terribly ill. B) He ' s got the flu.
C) He is just overworked. D) He has a sore throat.
3. A) At home.
B) In a clothes shop.
C) At the bus stop.
D) In a barber shop.
4. A) The time has come to go out.
B) I really must be going.
C) I have come to say goodbye.
D) I will do it in my own way.
5. A) Everything in it is in good order.
B) It ' s nice and tidy.
C) At sixes and sevens.
D) Quite at a loss.
6. A) She ' d rather sing a song.
B) She ' d like to go out.
C) She enjoys wathcing TV.
D) She feels like staying home.
7. A) The United States.
B) Canada.
C) The United Nations.
D) Australia.
8. A) Outside the cinema at seven tonight.
B) Near the square at 7 tomorrow evening.
C) In the gymnasium at 7 today.
D) Outside the theater at seven tomorrow evening.
9. A) She ' d love to.
B) She prefers riding to hiking.
C) She likes horse riding.
D) She hates to do it.
10. A) His speech is very difficult to follow.
B) He is not learned enough.
C) He is from a famous university.
D) His speech is easy to follow.
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. The passage is printed on your Answer Sheet with about 20 blanks of missing words or phrases, or sentences. First, you will hear the whole passage from the beginning to the end just to get a general idea of it. Then, in the second reading, you will hear signal indicating the beginning of a pause after each sentence, sometimes or just part of a sentence. During the pause, you must write down the missing words you have just heard in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. There is also a different signal indicating the end of the pause. When you hear this signal, you must get ready for what comes next from the recording. You can check what you have written when the passage is read to you again without the pauses.
Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest composers whoever lived. He thought people that (11) ____ when they wrote music. Before his time, music was composed for a (12) ____. Often it was church music. Or, music was written to (13) ____and concerts.
Beethoven was born in Germany in 1770. He was a very musical child. The boy
learned to play the (14) ____, but he was not happy at home. His mother died
when he was in his teens. After that, his father was often (15) ____. Beethoven became a tutor in a rich family. His student's mother was very kind to the young teacher. She helped him meet many (16) ____. One of them was Mozart. He said, “that boy will give the world something (17) ____ ” .
