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(3)__________ smiling: signal of pleasure or wele2. less mon expressions eye brow raising: surprise or interest lip biting: (4)________ (4)_________B. gesturegestures are related to culture.1. British culture shrugging shoulders: (5) ________ (5)__________ scratching head: puzzlement2. other cultures placing hand upon heart:(6)_______ (6)__________ pointing at nose: secretC. proximity, posture and echoing1. proximity: physical distance between speakers closeness: intimacy or threat (7)_______: formality or absence of interest (7)_________Proximity is person, culture and (8)________ specific. (8)_________2. posture hunched shoulders or a hanging head: to indicate(9)_____ (9)________ direct level eye contact: to express an open or challenging attitude3. echoing definition: imitation of similar posture (10)______: aid in munication (10)___________ conscious imitation: mockerySECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.1. According to Dr Johnson, diversity meansA. merging of different cultural identities.B. more emphasis on homogeneity.C. embracing of more ethnic differences.D. acceptance of more branches of Christianity.(You see, today, we use the word “diversity” to refer to more visible ethnic differences, ancient Americans, African American and Latino, for instance.)2. According to the interview, which of the following statements in CORRECT?A. Some places are more diverse than others.B. Towns are less diverse than large cities.C. Diversity can be seen everywhere.D. American is a truly diverse country.(Well, I think, in all these talks of diversity, there is a critical point that may be missed, that is, diversity is not occurring everywhere in the US.)3. According to Dr Johnson, which place will witness a radical change in its racial makeup by 2025?A. MaineB. SelinsgroveC. PhiladelphiaD. California(By 2025, being predicted, that figure will drop to just 34%, which indicates that the future change in a racial position in California.)4. During the interview Dr Johnson indicates thatA. greater racial diversity exists among younger populations.B. both older and younger populations are racially diverse.C. age diversity could lead to pension problems.D. older populations are more racially diverse.(For example, there is a large gap between the average age of the five stages of the youngest population and five stages of the oldest population.)5. According to the interview, religious diversityA. was most evident between 1990 and 2000.B. exists among Muslim immigrants.C. is restricted to certain places in the US.D. is spreading to more parts of the country.(They settled mainly in California and major northeastern and midwestern cities, such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Monosepalous)SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.6. What is the main idea of the news item?A. Sony developed a puter chip for cell phones.B. Japan will market its wallet phone abroad.C. The wallet phone is one of the wireless innovations.D. Reader devices are available at stores and stations.Question 7 and 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.7. Which of the following is mentioned as the government’s measure to control inflation?A. Foreign investment.B. Donor support.C. Price control.D. Bank prediction.8. According to Kingdom Bank, what is the current inflation rate in Zimbabwe?A. 20 million percent.B. million percent.C. million percent.D. Over million percent.Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.9. Which of the following is CORRECT?A. A big fire erupted on the Nile River.B. Helicopters were used to evacuate people.C. Five people were taken to hospital for burns.D. A big fire took place on two floors.10. The likely cause of the big fire isA. electrical shortcut.B. lack of firesatefy measures.C. terrorism.D. not known.PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiplechoice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AStill, the image of any city has a halflife of many years. (So does its name, officially changed in 2001 from Calcutta to Kolkata, which is closer to what the word sounds like in Bengali. Conversing in English, I never heard anyone call the city anything but Calcutta.) To Westerners, the conveyance most identified with Kolkata is not its modern subway—a facility whose spacious stations have art on the walls and cricket matches on television monitors—but the handpulled rickshaw. Stories and films celebrate a primitivelooking cart with high wooden wheels, pulled by someone who looks close to needing the succor of Mother Teresa. For years the government has been talking about eliminating handpulled rickshaws on what it calls humanitarian grounds—principally on the ground that, as the