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Completethegap-fillingtask,someofthegapsbelowmayrequireamaximumofTHREEwords.Makesuretheword（s）youfillinis（are）bothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayrefertoyournotes.
ThePopularityofEnglish
I.PresentstatusofEnglish
A.Englishasanative/firstlanguage
B.Englishasalinguafranca:
alanguageforcommunicationamongpeoplewhose
（1）______aredifferent
（1）_______
C.NumberofpeoplespeakingEnglishasafirstorasecondlanguage:
—320-380millionnativespeakers—250-
（2）_____millionspeakersofEnglishasasecondlanguage
（2）_______
II.ReasonsforthepopularuseofEnglish
A.（3）____reasons（3）_______
—thePilgrimFathersbroughtthelanguagetoAmerica;
—BritishsettlersbroughtthelanguagetoAustralia;
—Englishwasusedasameansofcontrolin（4）_____（4）_______
B.Economicreasons
—spreadof（5）_____—languageofcommunicationiiitheinternationalbusinesscommunity（5）_______
C.（6）______ininternationaltravel（6）_______
—useofEnglishintravelandtourism
—signsinairports
—languageofannouncement
—languageof（7）______（7）_______
D.Informationexchange
—useofEnglishintheacademicworld
—languageof（8）_____orjournalarticles（8）_______
E.Popularculture
—popmusicon（9）______—filmsfromtheUSA（9）_______
III.Questionstothinkabout
A.statusofEnglishinthefuture
B.（10）______ofdistinctvarietiesofEnglish（10）_______
SECTIONB
CONVERSATION
InthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Markthecorrectanswertoeachquestiononyourcolouredanswersheet.
Questions1to5arebasedonaconversation.Attheendoftheconversationyouwillbegiven10secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.Nowlistentotheconversation.
1.Marydoesn'
tseemtofavourtheideaofanewairportbecause_________.
A.theexistingairportsaretobewastedB.morepeoplewillbeencouragedtotravel.
C.moreoilwillbeconsumed.D.moreairplaneswillbepurchased.
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedbyMaryasapotentialdisadvantage?
A.Morepeopleinthearea.B.Noiseandmotorways.C.Wasteofland.D.Unnecessarytravel.
3.FreddyhascitedthefollowingadvantagesforanewairportEXCEPT_______.
A.morejobopportunities.B.vitalitytothelocaleconomy.C.roadconstruction.D.presenceofaircrewinthearea.
4.Marythinksthatpeopledon'
tneedtodomuchtravelnowadaysasaresultof_______.
A.lessemphasisonpersonalcontact.B.advancesinmoderntelecommunications.
C.recentchangesinpeople'
sconcepts.D.morepotentialdamagetothearea
5.WelearnfromtheconversationthatFreddyisMary'
sideas,_____.
A.stronglyinfavourofB.mildlyinfavourofC.stronglyagainstD.mildlyagainst
SECTIONCNEWSBROADCAST
Question6isbasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven10secondstoanswerthequestion.Nowlistentothenews.
6.Whatisthemainideaofthenewsitem?
A.AnewgovernmentwasformedafterSunday'
selections.
B.Thenewgovernmentintendstochangethewelfaresystem.
C.TheSocialDemocraticPartyfoundedthewelfaresystem.
D.TheSocialDemocraticPartywasresponsibleforhighunemployment.
Questions7and8arebasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven20secondstoanswerthequestions.Nowlistentothenews.
7.ThetapesoftheApollo-11missionwerefirststoredin_______.
A.aU.S.governmentarchiveswarehouse.B.aNASAgroundtrackingstation.
C.theGoddardSpaceFlightCentre.D.noneoftheaboveplaces.
8.WhatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutRichardNafzger?
A.Heisassignedthetasktolookforthetapes.B.Hebelievesthatthetapesareprobablylost.
C.HeworksinaNASAgroundreceivingsite.D.Hehadaskedforthetapesinthe1970s.
Questions9and10arebasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven20secondstoanswerthequestions.Nowlistentothenews.
9.Theexampleinthenewsitemiscitedmainlytoshow
A.thatdoctorsaresometimesprofessionallyincompetentB.thatincaseslikethathospitalshavetopayhugecompensations.
C.thatlanguagebarriersmightlowerthequalityoftreatment.D.thatlanguagebarrierscanresultinfatalconsequences.
10.AccordingtoDr.Flores,hospitalsandclinics
A.haveseentheneedforhiringtrainedinterpreters.B.haverealizedtheproblemsoflanguagebarriers.
C.havebeguntrainingtheirstafftobebilinguals.D.havetakenstepstoprovideaccuratediagnosis.
PARTIIREADINGCOMPREHENSION（30MIN）
Inthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowedbyatotalof20multiple-choicequestions.Readthepassagesandthenmarkyouranswersonyourcolouredanswersheet
TEXTA
Attheageof16,LeeHyukJoon'
slifeisalivinghell.TheSouthKorean10thgradergetsupat6inthemorningtogotoschool,andstudiesmostofthedayuntilreturninghomeat6p.m.Afterdinner,it'
stimetohitthebooksagain—atoneofSeoul'
smanyso-calledcramschools.Leegetsbackhomeat1inthemorning,sleepslessthanfivehours,thenrepeatstheroutine—fivedaysaweek.It'
sagruelingschedule,butLeeworriesthatitmaynotbegoodenoughtogethimintoatopuniversity.Someofhisclassmatesstudyevenharder.
SouthKorea'
seducationsystemhaslongbeenhighlycompetitive.ButforLeeandtheother700,000high-schoolsophomoresinthecountry,high-schoolstudieshavegottenevenmoreintense.That'
sbecauseSouthKoreahasconceivedanewcollege-entrancesystem,whichwillbeimplementedin2008.Thisyear'
s10thgraderswillbethefirstgroupevaluatedbythenewadmissionsstandard,whichplacesmoreemphasisongradesinthethreeyearsofhighschoolandlessonnationwideSAT-styleandotherselectiontests,whichhavetraditionallydeterminedwhichstudentsgototheelitecolleges.
Thechangewasmademostlytoreducewhatthegovernmentsaysisagrowingeducationgapinthecountry:
wealthystudentsgotothebestcollegesandgetthebestjobs,keepingthechildrenofpoorerfamiliesonthesocialmargins.Theaimistoreducetheimportanceofcostlytutorsandcramschools,partlytohelpstudentsenjoyamorenormalhigh-schoollife.Butthenewsystemhashadtheoppositeeffect.Before,studentsdidn'
tworrytoomuchabouttheirgrade-pointaverages;
thebigchallengewasbeatingthestandardizedtestsashigh-schoolseniors.Nowstudentsarecompetingagainstoneanotheroverathree-yearperiod,andeverymidtermandfinaltestiscrucial.Fretfulparentsarerelyingevenmoreheavilyontutorsandcramschoolstohelptheirchildrensucceed.
ParentsandkidshavesentthousandsofangryonlineletterstotheEducationMinistrycomplainingthatthenewadmissionsstandardissettingstudentsagainsteachother."
Onecansucceedonlywhenothersfail,”asoneparentsaid.
EducationexpertssaythatSouthKorea'
spublicsecondary-schoolsystemisfoundering,whileprivateeducationisthriving.Accordingtocritics,thecountry'
shighschoolsarealmostuniformlymediocre—theresultofanegalitariangovernmenteducationpolicy.Withthenumberofeliteschoolsstrictlycontrolledbythegovernment,eventhebrighteststudentstypicallyhavetosettleforordinaryschoolsintheirneighbourhoods,wherethecurriculumiscentredonaveragestudents.Tomakeupforthemediocrity,zealousparentssendtheirkidstotheexpensivecramschools.
StudentsinaffluentsouthernSeoulneighbourhoodscomplainthatthenewsystemwillhurtthemthemost.NearlyallKoreanhighschoolswillbeweightedequallyinthecollege-entranceprocess,andrelativelyweakstudentsinprovincialschools,whomaynotscorewellonstandardizedtests,oftencompilegoodgrade-pointaverages.
Someuniversities,particularlyprestigiousones,openlycomplainthattheycannotselectthebeststudentsunderthenewsystembecauseiteliminatesdifferencesamonghighschools.They'
veaskedformorediscretioninpickingstudentsbygivingmoreweighttosuchscreeningtoolsasessaywritingorinterviews.
PresidentRohMooHyundoesn'
tlikehowsomecollegesaretryingtocircumventthenewsystem.Herecentlycriticized"
greedy"
universitiesthatfocusmoreonfindingthebeststudentsthanfayingto"
nurturegoodstudents"
.Butamidthecrossfirebetweenthegovernmentanduniversities,thecountry'
s10thgradersarefeelingthestress.Ononlineprotestsites,somearecallingthemselvesa“cursedgeneration”and“miceinalabexperiment”.Itallseemsatouchmelodramatic,butthat'
stheSouthKoreanschoolsystem.
11.Accordingtothepassage,thenewcollege-entrancesystemisdesignedto
A.requirestudentstositformorecollege-entrancetests.B.reducetheweightofcollege-entrancetests.
C.selectstudentsontheirhighschoolgradesonly.D.reducethenumberofprosp
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