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“716PART LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION AIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Some of the gaps may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task.Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes. Air pollution exists not only outdoor, but also indoor. It has great effects on people, and there are many measures taken to correct the problem. . Effects of air pollution 1) Different groups of individuals are affected by air pollution in different ways. ” Some individuals are more (1) to pollutants. ”Young children and elderly people suffer more. ” People with (2) suffer more. 2) The extent of air pollution effects on individuals depends on the (3) to the damaging chemicals. 3) short-term effects ” (4) to the eyes, nose and throat ” upper respiratory infections ” headaches, nausea, and allergic reactions 4) long-term effects ” chronic respiratory disease ” lung cancer ” heart disease ” damage to the brain, nerves, liver or kidneys . Measures taken to control air pollution 1) the first step: assessment ” investigate air pollution ” develop standards for measuring the type and (5) of some air pollutants ” determine how much exposure to pollutants is (6) 2) steps to reduce exposure to air pollution ” outdoor air pollution regulation of man-made pollution through (7) , which is usually done through a variety of (8) that monitor the air and the environment prevention through regulation, and through personal, careful attention to our (9) with the environment ” indoor air pollution (10) to be reviewed for potential harmful effects adequate ventilation smoking to be restrictedSECTION BIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.1 Mr. Green would like to live in the west coast of Canada NOT because _. A. it is rich B. it has pleasant climate C. it has loads of coastline D. it is near America2 Which of the following statements about traveling is TRUE according to Mr. Green? A. Traveling is only a time for him to have a rest. B. Traveling provides him with a lot of experience. C. He is free from responsibility when traveling. D. He changes a lot every time after traveling.3 Why does Mr. Green often travel with other people he knows well? A. Because he will have someone to talk with during the trip. B. Because traveling alone is dangerous. C. Because the expense can be reduced in this way. D. Because they have many similarities.4 Which of the following did NOT happen to Mr. Green when he was traveling? A. He slept in a prison in Germany. B. He was nearly killed in Devon. C. He was dragged into the center of the Middle East war. D. He took a train on which he was threatened by a murderer.5 Mr. Green affords his traveling by all of the following EXCEPT _. A. working for his friends living in the place hes visiting B. singing and giving concerts during the trip C. living cheaply when traveling D. money from his main workSECTION CIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.Questions 6 to 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.6 The protest near Seoul was _. A. effective B. in vain C. violent D. under control7 The free trade talks will _. A. achieve expected results B. last another 3 years C. resume in December D. come to an end next yearQuestions 8 to 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.8 The news is mainly about _. A. Helping war veterans suffering from PTSD B. Many war veterans are in disorder C. A new policy of US Government D. Benefits of war veterans9 Under the new rules, how can a veteran receive federal benefits? A. Provide records of a specific event that caused their condition. B. Show that their conditions of service caused the disorder. C. Produce evidence proving that a specific event caused their PTSD. D. Keep notes of the war.8Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.At the night of the murder, former president Amin Gemayel urged Lebanese to _. A. pray B. revenge C. criticize D. protestPART READING COMPREHENSIONIn this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.TEXT AHe is waiting for the airline ticket counter when he first notices the young woman. She has glossy black hair pulled tightly into a knot at the back of her head and carries over she shoulder of her leather coat a heavy black purse. She wears black boots of soft leather and her beauty quickens his heart beat. The man gives up looking at the woman”he thinks she may be about twenty-five”and buys a round-trip, coach class ticket to an eastern city. His flight leaves in an hour. To kill time, the man steps into one of the airport cocktail bars and orders a Scotch and water. While he sips it he catches sight of the black-haired girl in the leather coat. She is deep in conversation with a second girl, a blond in a cloth coat trimmed with gray fur. He wants somehow to attract the brunettes attention, to invite her to have a drink with him before her own flight leaves for wherever she is traveling, but even though he believes for a moment she is looking his way he cannot catch her eye from out of the shadows of the bar. In another instant the two women separate; neither of their direction is toward him. When next he sees her, he is buying a magazine to read during the flight and becomes aware that someone is jostling him. At first he is startled that anyone would be so close as to touch him, but when he sees who it is he musters a smile. Busy place, he says. She looks up at him, and an odd grimace crosses her mouth and vanishes. She moves away and joins the crowds in the terminal. The man is at the counter with his magazine, but when he reaches into his back pocket for his wallet the pocket is empty. Where could I have lost it? He thinks. His mind begins enumerating the credit cards, the currency, the membership and identification cards; his stomach churns with something very like fear. The girl who was so near to me, he thinks”and all at once he understands that she has picked his pocket. What is he to do? He still has his ticket, safely tucked inside his suit coat”he reaches into the jacket to feel the envelope, to make sure. He can take the flight, call someone to pick him up at his destination. But in the meantime he will have to do something about the lost credit cards”call home, have his wife get the numbers out of the top desk drawer, phone the card companies”so difficult a process, the whole thing suffocating. What shall he do? First, find a policeman, tell what has happened, describe the young woman. He grits his teeth. He will probably never see his wallet again. He is trying to decide if he should save time for talking to a guard near the X-ray machines when he is appalled and elated to see the black-haired girl. She seems engrossed in a book. A seat beside her is empty, and the man occupies it. Ive been looking for you, he says. She glances at him with no sort of recognition. I dont know you, she says. Sure you do. She sighs and puts the book aside. Is this all you characters think about”picking up girls like we were stray animals? What do you think I am? You lifted my wallet, he says. He is pleased to have said lifted, thinking it sounds wordier than stole or took or even ripped off. I beg your pardon? the girl says. I know you did”at the magazine counter. If youll just give it back, we can forget the whole thing. If you dont, then Ill hand you over to the police. She studies him, her face serious. All right, she says. She pulls the black bag onto her lap, reaches into it and draws out a wallet. He takes it from her. Wait a minute, he says, This isnt mine. The girl runs, he bolts after her until he hears a womans voice behind him: Stop, thief! Stop that man! Ahead of him the brunette disappears around a comer and in the same moment a young man in a marine uniform puts out a foot to trip him up. He falls hard, banging knee and elbow on the tile floor of the terminal, but manages to hang on to the wallet which is not his. The wallet is a womans, fat with money and credit cards, and it belongs to the blonde in the fur-trimmed coat”the blonde he has earlier seen in conversation with the criminal brunette. She, too, is breathless, as is the police man with her. Thats him, the blonde girl says, He lifted my billfold. It occurs to the man that he cannot even prove his own identity to the policeman. Two weeks later”the embarrassment and rage have diminished, the family lawyer has been paid, the confusion in his household has receded”the wallet turns up without explanation in one mornings mail. It is intact, no money is missing, all the cards are in place. Though he is relieved, the man thinks that for the rest of his life he will feel guilty around policemen, and ashamed in the presence of women.11 What can be inferred from the beginning of the story? A. The man was single. B. The man was attracted by the girl. C. The girl paid no attention to the man. D. The man knew the girl.12 The word brunette in the third paragraph refers to _. A. the girl in leather coat B. the girl in cloth coat C. the pretty woman in gray fur D. the pretty woman in fashion magazine clothes13 Before the man found out his wallet was missing, he had seen the black-haired girl _. A. only once B. twice C. three times D. four times14 The man sat beside the black-haired girl to _. A. accost her B. arrest her C. threaten her D. ask for his wallet back15 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _. A. the man was put into prison B. the man was sued for stealing C. the man convinced the policeman of the truth at the airport D. the girl was arrested at lastTEXT BAnniversaries are the opium of museums, publishers, theaters and opera houses. Fixing their eyes on some round-number birth or death date of a major creator, they start planning to cash in years before. For 2006, birthdays are the winning numbers: Rembrandts 400th; Mozarts 250th; and the 100th for Samuel Beckett and Dmitri Shostakovich. The Dutch have organized a score of Rembrandt shows, starting appropriately with an exhibition based around his mother in the town of his birth, Leiden. Mozarts music will be heard more than usual in churches, concert halls and opera houses around the world, with his birthplace, Salzburg, once again trying to compensate for the indifference it showed him during his lifetime. But do such anniversaries and accompanying celebrations serve much purpose? Are they just marketing devices to sell tickets to museums and performances? Or do they help draw the attention of younger generations to the giants of Western culture who at times seem crowded out by the pygmies of popular culture? As it happens, the practice is not new. The birth of Bardolatry, or Shakespeare worship, is generally traced to the Shakespeare Jubilee, which was organized by the actor-manager David Garrick to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the playwrights birth (the jubilee was actually held in 1769, five years after the anniversary, but presumably time was more flexible in those days). Until then, perhaps surprisingly, Shakespeare was not doing too well. The popularity of many of his plays did not survive the 18-year-long closure of Londons theaters during the Civil War and Cromwells rule. Then, after theaters reopened in 1660 with the Restoration of the monarchy, several of his major works”Richard III and King Lear among them”were drastically revised by other playwrights. Today, Mozart, for one, is hardly in need of revival. No opera house plans a season these days without including at least one of his stage masterpieces: Le Nozzedi Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cos fan tutte and His Requiem, Coronation Mass and other sacred works are regularly performed. His instrumental works”he wrote hundreds”keep soloists and orchestras busy throughout the year. A more interesting reflection for Jan. 27, the 250th anniversary of his birth, is: How would Western culture have fared without Mozart? True, the same question might be asked of myriad great artists who have bequeathed beauty, emotion and understanding. Yet Mozart was unique, not only because he excelled in every kind of music (while, say, Verdi and Wagner were great composers only of opera), but also because, more even than Bach, he turned listening into a deeply personal experience. There is that perennial: Who killed Mozart? In Peter Schaffers 1979 play, Amadeus, adapted as an Oscar-winning movie by Milos Forman in 1984, the finger of guilt was pointed at Mozarts contemporary, Antonio Salieri. But even that charge was old hat: Pushkin first raised it in his 1830 play, Mozart and Salieri, which Rimsky-Korsakov adapted as an opera in 1897. Still, the question is again being trotted out for the anniversary. No such mystery surrounds Rembrandts life or death. But if his greatness was only fully recognized in the 19th century, he certainly is in need of no anniversary special offers to be admired today. His more than 600 oils are in collections around the world and, whenever selected for exhibitions, they draw huge crowds. The organizers of Rembrandt 400, as the anniversary has been tagged, evidently again have crowds in mind, hoping that some 250,000 people will travel to the Netherlands for the occasion. Will Rembrandts fans cross paths with those of Mozart? If they did, they might find that their idols have something in common. In his 75 or so self-portraits, recording his passage from youth to old age, Rembrandt seems to offer a window into his soul. Cannot Mozarts compositions also be considered as self-portraits? Certainly, it is by displaying their intimacy that they share their genius with us. But of course only time will define their place in the pantheon. As happened to Rembrandt and many others, great artists are often forgotten before they are enshrined by posterity. After that, thankfully, anniversaries make little difference.16 It can be inferred from the passage that _. A. Mozarts music used to be only played in church B. Mozarts music has always been welcomed by people C. Rembrandt once painted a lot about his mother D. Rembrandt was brought up by his mother only17 Which of the following about Shakespeare can NOT be inferred from the passage? A. He became more and more famous after 1769. B. He was born in 1564. C. He was not so famous before 1769. D. His works were especially welcomed by people around 1660.18 What does the author think of Mozart? A. He contributed a lot to the development of music. B. He produced more musical works than Bach. C. He based his music on personal experience. D. He excelled more in sacred works than in instrumental works.19 Which of the following about Rembrandt is NOT correct? A. There isnt any mystery surrounds Rembrandts life or death. B. He has more than 600 oils. C. The exhibitions of his compositions can draw many people. D. Rembrandts self-portraits can be considered as a window into his soul.20 Whats the authors attitude towards anniversaries? A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Indifferent. D. Fanatic.TEXT CWhen the end of the world comes, well know what to blame. Scientists have found compelling evidence that the Sun has a baby brother, a dark star whose eccentric orbit is responsible for periodically showering the Earth with comets and meteorites. The dark star”named Nemesis by astronomers”is thought to be a brown dwarf that spins round the Sun in an orbit so large that it is measured in light years, the distance light travels in a year, equivalent to about 6,000 billion miles. The research suggests that, every 26m years, the stars eccentric orbit brings it within one light year of the solar system. Th