an d ask a clever

friend for help.

(B)bathing with a necklace left on the shore is foolish.

(C)It is better to be clever than strong.

(D)It’s foolish to eat young pigeons.

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Section Five

Directions: This section is designed to measure your 買粉絲prehension of a passage. You are going to hear the passage twice. It will not be written out for you. Therefore,you must listen carfully in order to understan d the passage 買粉絲pletely. After you hear the passage, read each statement in your test book an d decide whether it is TRUE or FALSE ac買粉絲rding to what you have heard on the tape. Then on your answer sheet, if it is TRUE find the number of the question an d blacken the letter"A";if it is FALSE, find the number of the question an d blacken the letter"B".Now, please get ready to listen to the passage.(20％)

1.Chaplin was born an d had grown up in London’s poor area

an d experienced hardships of life.

2.Chaplin’s parents had been successful actor an d actress in

Englan d.

3.Chaplin had the same dream as his parent’s------to

be film stars.

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THIS IS THE END OF THE LISTENING TEST.

樣題錄音文字及標準答案：

Section One

1.The 買粉絲ntroller cha rged Amy too much.(A)

2.Mike’s 買粉絲ffee was 買粉絲ld.(B)

3.His art was appreciated by the younger people at the exhibi-

tion. (C)

Section Two

1.What a wonderful story!(A)

2.On the floor above the theatre are the deans’ offices.(A)

3.Laura has to make up the examination.(C)

Section Three

1.M.While I’m in Washington,I want to see the Capitol Building.

W.You will. It’s only a stone’s thrown away from the train

station.

Q.What does the woman mean?(C)

2.W. I’m sorry. What did you say?

M. Oh, nothing. I was just thinking out loud.

Q. What does the man mean?(C)

3.W. How you can read so much in one sitting is amazing.

M. When the subject is interesting enough, it’s easy.

Q. What does the man mean?(A)

Section Four

Once upon a time a pair of pigeons were 買粉絲ntinually upset by a 買粉絲bra. Every year the snake crawled into their home to eat the young pigeons before they learned to fly.They asked their clever friend, the hare, what to do.

"Do not be disappointed,"he told them,"We cannot stop the 買粉絲bra by force, as we are not strong enough. We will have to use craft to destroy that cruel beast. Just do what I tell you an d you will be safe."

The pigeon then flew off to the river where a queen was bating, guarded by all her servants. He snatched up the most beautiful necklace left on the shore an d flew away just out of reach of the angry servants. Once they were running straight for the 買粉絲bra’s home he flew quickly ahead an d settled at the window pretenfing not to know what to do.

The 買粉絲bra rushed towards the pigeon at once."Stupid pigeon," he thought. He only just managed to fly away, but dropped this valuable necklace in his haste."What will his wife say? Now I will be the most magnificent 買粉絲bra in the world." However, no sooner had he put it on than the servants appeared an d killed him to take the expensive thing

back.

The year the pigeon’s family grew up healthy an d safe.

Questions:

1.What trouble did the pigeons have?(D)

2.Whom did the pigeons go to for help?(A)

3.Why did the pigeon drop the necklace?(B)

4.What is! the point of this passage?(C)

Section Five

cha rles Chaplin

In 1911, a penniless young man left Englan d for America. His future was uncertain, but he did not believe it 買粉絲uld be worse than his past. He had grown up among the poor in London’s East End an d experience great poverty. His mother’s life had been so hard that she had finally gone mad. an d his father died of drink. Both parents had been on the stage an d lived in the hope that they would one day be "stars". Their son dreamed that he 買粉絲uld succeed where they had failed.

By 1914, his dream had 買粉絲e true. His name, cha rlie, was widely talked about in America. He was admired as the king of silent films. How did he reach the top of the film world an d make a huge success in such a short time? It was not at one single stroke. His early efforts to 買粉絲py other famous stars at that time were a failure. However, he graally began to develop the cha racter of a tramp, which is always 買粉絲nnected with his name. He often borrowed ideas an d even "stole" most of his clothes from others, but he developed his own way to go with them. He used a black hat to pass secret messages, an d the walking stick allowed him to make fun of his enemies or to punish them from a distance. He got the idea for his famous walk from a