【正文】 nch on the day of departure. I hope this represents the discussion we had. I would be grateful if you would let me know if you have any further ments. Meanwhile, I will have a contract drawn up. Yours sincerely, William Clark General Manager Parkview Hotel 89. Between 22nd July and 30th August, guests will spend ______ night (s) in the hotel. A) 4 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1 90. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the letter? A) Acmodation. B) Room service. C) Schedule. D) Parked lunch. PART V DICTATION 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 or20 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work, You ill then given 2 minutes to check through hour work once more. 1. PART VI WRITING Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a position of about 150 works on the following topic. You are invited to write to new ers on how to improve oral English. On How to Improve Your Oral English You are to write in three paragraphs. In the first paragraph , state clearly your viewpoint on this issue. In the second paragraph, support your viewpoint with details or examples. In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow these instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write on ANSWER SHEET a note of about 5060 words based on the following situation. Youd promised to go Marys birthday party, but now realize that you are not able to go there. Write a note explaining why and offering an apology. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.。s lives. D) They provide important information about injuries. 69. The main idea of the passage is about _____ A) firemen and firefighting. B) necessary medical information. C) the usefulness of the puter. D) the quick speed of the puter. TEXT B Large panies need way to reach the savings of the public. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every pany trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the money needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide shortterm loans, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long term projects. So panies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. They do this by issuing stocks and shares through the stock exchange. By doing so they can put into use the savings of individuals and institutions. When the savers wants to have his money back, he does not have to got to the pany which has borrowed his money. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money. Many of the services needed both by industry, and by each of us are provided by the Government. Without hospital, roads, electricity, telephone, railways ,etc., the country could not function. All these require continuous spending on new equipment if they are to server us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. the Government and industries there for frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, go to the stock exchange. There is hardly a man or woman in the country whose job or whose standard of living dos not depend on the ability of his or her employer to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another this new money must e from the savings of the country. the stock exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need money. 70. Companies must ____ for money for longterm development. A) go to banks B) ask other organizations C) turn to the public D) go to acquaintances 71. The stock exchange manages _____ A) pany business. B) pany shares. C) pany projects. D) pany profits. 72. Which of the following statements is NOT correct? A) The authorities provide many necessary services. B) Hospital, railways etc. are essential to a country. C) The Government need to borrow from the stock exchange. D) Taxes can raise all the money needed for improvement. 73. The main idea of the passage is about _____ A) functions of the stock exchange. B) pany financial needs. C) roles of the stockbroker. D) essential public services. TEXT C It is generally agreed that the first true cities appeared about 5 000 years ago in the foodproducing munities of the Middle East. The cities of Sumeria, Egypt and the Indus Valley possessed a number of characteristics which distinguished them a truly urban. The cities were very much larger and more densely populated than any previous settlement, and their function was clearly differentiated from that of the surrounding villages. In t