Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) She was found stealing in a bookstore.

B) She caught someone in the art of stealing.

C) She admitted having stolen something.

D) She said she was wrongly accused of stealing.

27. A) A book. B) $ 3,000.

C) A handbag. D) A Christmas card.

28. A) She was questioned by the police.

B) She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes.

C) She was insulted by the shopper around her.

D) She was body searched by the store manager.

29. A) They refused to apologize for having followed her though the town.

B) They regretted having wrongly accused her of stealing.

C) They still suspected that she was a thief.

D) They agreed to pay her $ 3,000 damages.

Passage Two

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. A) His friend gave him the wrong key.

B) He didn’t know where the back door was.

C) He couldn’t find the key to his mailbox.

D) It was too dark to put the key in the lock.

31. A) It was getting dark.

B) He was afraid of being blamed by his friend.

C) The birds might have flown away.

D) His friend would arrive any time.

32. A) He looked silly with only one leg inside the window.

B) He knew the policeman wouldn’t believe him.

C) The torch light made him look very foolish.

D) He realized that he had made a mistake.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. A) The threat of poisonous desert animals and plants.

B) The exhaustion of energy resources.

C) The destruction of energy resources.

D) The spread of the black powder from the fires.

34. A) The underground oil resources have not been affected.

B) Most of the desert animals and plants have managed to survive.

C) The oil lakes soon dried up and stooped evaporating.

D) The underground water resources have not of oil wells.

35. A) To restore the normal production of the oil wells.

B) To estimate the losses caused by the fire.

C) To remove the oil left in the desert.

D) To use the oil left in the oil lakes.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

These days people who do manual work often 36 ______ far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are 37_______referred to as “white-collar workers” for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human 38 ________, that a great many people are often willing to 39 ________ higher pay for the 40 _________ of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to 41 _______ situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.

When he got 42 _________, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home 43 in a smart black suit. 44 __________________________________________ Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit.45______________________________________ Alf’s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, 46_____________________________________________________ From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him “Mr.Bloggs”, not “Alf”.