Section 1: Listening Test
Part A: Spot dictation
1. success or failure
2. More and more Americans are electing
3. boys and girls blossom
4. tend to achieve more
5. strong religious or cultural reasons
6. out of reach
7. costly private schools
8. separating the sexes
9. many girls get short-changed
10. positive exuberate attitude
11. watch their male peers
12. begin to gain confidence
13. such a fragile time
14. an obsession with weight
15. raise a girl’s self-esteem
16. all female schools
17. reinforce the regressive notion
18. has fostered a controversy
19. question the validity
20. They believe there is no such thing as separate but equal
Part B: Listening Comprehension
Question 1---5
1. D A personal assistant.
2. C To organize business trips and conferences
3. B French and Italian
4. B Not less than 18,000
5. C She is applying for the job or a conference coordinator.
Question 6---10
6. C 106
7. A The trade deficit hit an all-time high n the previous quarter
8. D An A.P. photographer was taken away by masked gunmen
9. B Killing large predators bred in captivity will be made illegal
10. D Land and air traffic, and communications were considerable affected
Question 11---15
11. D Employees go to work even when they are sick.
12. A It costs more productivity for companies than actually absenteeism
13. D 72%
14. C Announcing disciplinary measures against those working when sick.
15. B Respiratory droplets.
Question 16---20
16. A The widespread use of illegal drugs is the greatest concern of the Americans.
17. C $105 billion
18. D More money being needed in education and medical care
19. A Legalizing drugs would be considered unconstitutional.
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