【正文】 ay that phones will kill letter writ WILL PHONES KILL LETTER WRITING? In the s Marks will be awarded for content, anization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may resu SECTION B NOTEWRITING ［ 10 MIN.］ Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50 Your friend, Jane, has failed in the final exam, and is feeling very unhappy about it. Write a note to fort her and gi Part Ⅱ DICTATION ［ 15 MIN.］ Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times: During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write MONEY Money is accepted across the world as payment for goods or services. People use money to buy food, clothes and hundreds o f other things. In the past, many different things were used as money. People on Pacific islands once exchanged shells for goods. The Chinese used cloth and knives. In Africa, elephant tusks or salt were used. Even today, some people in Africa are still paid in salt. Coins were first invented by the Chinese. Originally, they were round pieces of metal with a hole in the center, so that a piece of string could keep them together. This made doing business much easier, but people still found coins inconvenient to carry when they wanted to buy something expensive. To solve this problem, the Chinese again came up with the solution. They began to use paper money for coins. Now paper notes are used throughout the world. Part Ⅲ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ［ 20 MIN.］ In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet. SECTION A STATEMENT In this section you will hear seven statements. At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer A. 11:00 B. 11:20 C. 11:30 of the following statement A. 60/9. B. 16/9. A. Call the office. C. Solve the problem. A. She is the speaker’s friend. C. She is an author. will the speaker probably A. To buy some medicine. C. To ignore the matter. D. To investigate the matter. SECTION B CONVERSATION In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you wi A. Before dinner. C. After dinner. A. She’ll be travelling during the vacation A. The place. C. The workload. can be conclu A. She has e to the party. C. She hasn’t turned up. A. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant. D. At A. Get a job on campus. C. Visit the pany. A. Listening to the radio. C. Watching television. is NOT a chang A. Class location. C. Class length. D. Class size. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the que D. he was working with other foreign journalists. A. He was an American journalist. C. His story was published elsewhere. Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer A. Mongolia. B. South Korea. C. Iran. D. Qatar. of the following st C. Afghanistan had been in chaos Question 22 and 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer t expected life A. years B. years C. years D. y A. infant B. maternal C. male D. middleaged Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the A. great B. small C. growing tensions between the two countries were a direct resu A. their border conflicts B. their military build C. killings in the two countries D. their mutual distrust Part Ⅳ CLOZE ［ 15 MIN.］ Decide which of the choices given below would best plete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the The normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 78 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16 17 hours’ wakefulnes