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D.union
3.Supposingyouwereworkinginasmallfirm,whichofthefollowingwouldyoudowhenyouhadsomegrievances?
A.Requestaformalspecialmeetingwiththeboss.
B.Draftaformalagendaforaspecialmeeting.
C.Contactaconsultativecommitteefirst.
D.Asktoseethebossforatalkimmediately.
4.Accordingtothetalk,theunionplaysthefollowingrolesEXCPET____.
A.mediation
B.arbitration
C.negotiation
D.representation
5.WhichtopicisNOTcoveredinthetalk?
A.Roleoftheunion.
B.Workrelations.
C.Companystructure.
D.Officelayout.
SECTIONBINTERVIEW
Questions6to10arebasedonaninterview.Attheendoftheinterviewyouwillbegiven15secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.Nowlistentotheinterview.
6.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisINCORRECTaboutDavid’spersonalbackground?
A.Hehadexcellentacademicrecordsatschoolanduniversity.
B.HewasonceonaPhDprogrammeatYaleUniversity.
C.Hereceivedprofessionaltraininginacting.
D.Hecamefromasingle-parentfamily.
7.Davidisinclinedtobelievein____.
A.aliens
B.UFOs
C.theTVcharacter
D.governmentconspiracies
8.DavidthinksheisfitfortheTVrolebecauseofhis____.
A.professionaltraining
B.personality
C.lifeexperience
D.appearance
9.Fromtheinterview,weknowthatatpresentDavidfeels____.
A.asenseoffrustration
B.hauntedbytheunknownthings
C.confidentbutmoody
D.successfulyetunsatisfied
10.HowdoesDavidfeelaboutthedivorceofhisparents?
A.Hefeelsasenseofanger.
B.Hehasasenseofsadness.
C.Ithelpedhimgrowup.
D.Itleftnoeffectonhim.
SECTIONCNEWSBROADCAST
Question11isbasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven15secondstoanswerthequestion.Nowlistentothenews.
11.Whatisthemainideaofthenewsitem?
A.USconcernovertheforthcomingpeacetalks.
B.PeaceeffortsbythePalestinianAuthority.
C.RecommendationsbytheMitchellCommission.
D.BombattacksaimedatIsraelicivilians.
Question12isbasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven15secondstoanswerthequestion.Nowlistentothenews.
12.Somevoterswillwastetheirballotsbecause____.
A.theylikeneithercandidate
B.theyareallill-informed
C.thecandidatesdonotdiffermuch
D.theydonotwanttovotetwice
Questions13to15arebasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven15secondstoanswereachofthequestions.Nowlistentothenews.
13.AccordingtotheUNHumanDevelopmentReport,whichisthebestplaceforwomenintheworld?
A.Canada.
B.TheUS.
C.Australia.
D.Scandinavia.
14.____isinthe12thplaceinoverallranking.
A.Britain
B.France
C.Finland
D.Switzerland
15.AccordingtotheUNreport,theleastdevelopedcountryis____.
A.Ethiopia
B.Mali
C.SierraLeon
D.CentralAfricanRepublic
SECTIONDNOTE-TAKINGANDGAP-FILLING
Inthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.
FillineachofthegapswithONEword.Youmayrefertoyournotes.Makesurethewordyoufillinisbothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.
Maslow’sHierarchyofNeeds
AbrahamMaslowhasdevelopedafamoustheoryofhumanneeds,whichcanbearrangedinorderofimportance.
Physiologicalneeds:
themost
(1)____onesforsurvival.Theyincludesuchneedsasfood,water,etc.Andthereisusuallyonewaytosatisfytheseneeds.
(2)____needs:
needsfor
a)physicalsecurity;
b)(3)____security.
Theformermeansnoillnessorinjury,whilethelatterisconcernedwithfreedomfrom(4)____,misfortunes,etc.Theseneedscanbemetthroughavarietyofmeans,e.g.jobsecurity,(5)____plans,andsafeworkingconditions.
Socialneeds:
humanrequirementsfor
a)loveandaffection;
b)asenseofbelonging.
Therearetwowaystosatisfytheseneeds:
a)formationofrelationshipsatworkplace;
b)formationofrelationshipsoutsideworkplace.
Esteemneeds:
a)self-esteem,i.e.one’ssenseofachievement;
b)esteemofothers,i.e.others’respectasaresultofone’s(6)____.
Thereneedscanbefulfilledbyachievement,promotion,honours,etc.
Self-realizationneeds:
needtorealizeone’spotential.Waystorealizetheseneedsareindividually(7)____.
Featuresofthehierarchyofneeds:
Social,esteemandself-realizationneedsareexclusively
(8)____needs.
b)Needsaresatisfiedinafixedorderfromthebottomup.
c)(9)____forneedscomesfromthelowestun-metlevel.
d)Differentlevelsofneedsmay(10)____whentheycomesintoplay.
PARTIIPROOFREADINGANDERRORCORRECTION(15MIN)
ThepassagecontainsTENerrors.EachindicatedlinecontainsamaximumofONEerror.Ineachcase,onlyONEwordisinvolved.Youshouldproofreadthepassageandcorrectitinthefollowingway:
Forawrongword,
underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectoneintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.
Foramissingword,markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha“∧”signandwritethewordyoubelievetobemissingintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.
Foranunnecessaryword,crosstheunnecessarywordwithaslash“/”andputthewordintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.
Example
When∧artmuseumwantsanewexhibit,
(1)an
itneverbuysthingsinfinishedformandhangs
(2)never
themonthewall.Whenanaturalhistorymuseum
wantsanexhibition,itmustoftenbuildit.
(3)exhibit
DemographicindicatorsshowthatAmericansinthepostwarperiodweremoreeagerthanovertoestablishfamilies.Theyquickly
broughtdowntheageatmarriageforbothmenandwomenand
broughtthebirthratetoatwentiethcenturyheightaftermorethan
(1)____
ahundredyearsofasteadydecline,producingthe“babyboom”.
(2)____
Thereyoungadultsestablishedatrendofearlymarriageandrelatively
largefamiliesthatwentformorethantwodecadesandcausedamajorbut
(3)____
temporaryreversaloflong-termdemographicpatterns.Fromthe1940s
throughtheearly1960s,Americansmarriedatahighrateandata
(4)____
youngeragethantheirEuropecounterparts.
(5)____
Lessnotedbutequallymoresignificant,themanandwomen
(6)____
whoformedfamiliesbetween1940and1960neverthelessreduced
(7)____
thedivorcerateafterapostwarpeak;
theirmarriagesremainedintact
toagreaterextentthandidthatofcoupleswhomarriedinearlier
(8)____
aswellaslaterdecades.SincetheUnitedStatesmaintainedits
(9)____
dubiousdistinctionofhavingthehighestdivorcerateintheworld,
thetemporarydeclineindivorcedidnotoccurinthesameextentin
(10)____
Europe.Contrarytofearsoftheexperts,theroleofbreadwinner
andhomemakerwasnotabandoned.
Part
Ⅲ
ReadingComprehension
(40
min)
SECTIONAREADINGCOMPREHENSION
(30
min)
Inthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowedbyatotaloffifteenmultiple-choicequestions.ReadthepassagesandthenmarkyouranswersonyourCOLOREDANSWERSHEET.
TEXTA
HostilitytoGypsieshasexistedalmostfromthetimetheyfirstappearedinEuropeinthe14thcentury.TheoriginsoftheGypsies,withlittlewrittenhistory,wereshroudedinmystery.Whatisknownnowfromcluesinthevariousdialectsoftheirlanguage,Romany,isthattheycamefromnorthernIndiatotheMiddleEastathousandyearsago,workingasminstrelsandmercenaries,metalsmithsandservants.EuropeansmisnamedthemEgyptians,soonshortenedtoGypsies.Aclansystem,basedmostlyontheirtraditionalcraftsandgeography,hasmadethemadeeplyfragmentedandfractiouspeople,onlyreallyunifyinginthefaceofenmityfromnon-Gypsies,whomtheycallgadje.TodaymanyGypsyactivistsprefertobecalledRoma,whichcomesfromtheRomanywordfor“man”.ButonmytravelsamongthemmoststillreferredtothemselvesasGypsies.
InEuropetheirpersecutionbythegadjebeganquickly,withthechurchseeingheresyintheirfortune-tellingandthestateseeinganti-socialbehaviourintheirnomadism.Atvarioustimestheyhavebeenforbiddentoweartheirdistinctivebrightclothes,tospeaktheirownlanguage,totravel,tomarryoneanother,ortoplytheirtraditionalcrafts.Insomecountriestheywerereducedtoslavery—itwasn’tuntilthemid-1800sthatGypsyslaveswerefreedinRomania.InmorerecenttimestheGypsieswerecaughtupinNaziethnichysteria,andperhapshalfamillionperishedintheHolocaust.Theirhorseshavebeenshotandthewheelsremovedfromtheirwagons,theirnameshavebeen