Part I Script
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
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4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man thinks human beings can change nature.
B. The woman thinks human beings can change nature.
A. 4.0. B. 4.5. C. 6.0. D. 6.5.
A. The crops were all failed in this area because of the drought.
B. The area was hit by the worst drought in the last 30 years.
C. The government should improve the development of the infrastructure
in the area.
D. The irrigation system in this area played an important role in coping with the drought.
A. There will be a volcanic eruption on La Palma Island.
B. La Palma Island will be completely submerged.
C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents.
D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North America.
C. The man thinks human beings can do nothing in the face of nature
disaster.
D. The woman thinks human beings can do nothing but minimizing losses in the face of natural disasters.
5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
Part II Script
A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman does
not.
B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the man does not.
C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquer nature.
D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature.
Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for
the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from (1) to (7) with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from (8) to (10), write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers.
atA few years ago, my friend and I were walking (1)home in a northern (2)section noon on a street near my of Teheran. This area is well-known because it connectsis a beautiful avenue that (3)at the (4)bottom two major traffic circles. It is located of a high mountain. shiningAsThat day, the sun was (5), but the weather suddenly changed. (6) we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (7)cross the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. (8)Ten minutes later. as we were looking out the window. we saw everyone was running away from some. At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked. (9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place. so we could se. We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.
After a few minutes, the flood's flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on. (10)It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately three hundreds people were. Later, we also learned that a dam had burst during the rain. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Your answer at section connects bottom shining As cross Correct answer at section connects bottom shining As cross (8) Ten minutes later. as we were looking Ten minutes later, as we were lookinout the window. we saw everyone was out the window, we saw everyone wasrunning away from something. running away from something (9) A huge flood was streaming down the A huge flood was streaming down themountain. We were standing on a higher mountain. We were standing on a higheplace. so we could see everything. place, so we could see everything (10) It was reported that the flood It was reported that the flood destroyedestroyed a big area and approximately a big area and approximately 300 peoplthree hundreds people were killed or were killed or disappeared that daydisappeared that day
Part III Script
Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.