SECTION 3: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes)

Directions:?? Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

????? The biggest problem of the third industrial revolution is as easy to explain as is difficult to solve. Technology is creating a global economy that is rapidly supplanting our old national economies. National governments cannot control this new economy, yet no one, least of all Americans, wants to create the form of global government that might be able to control it. As a result we were going to be living in a fundamentally unmanaged economic system. The difficulties of containing the 1997 Asian economic meltdown are just the first of many such difficulties we can expect. national governments, which used to worry about managing and maintaining their economic systems, are slowly being pushed out of business. Changes in global finance overwhelm all but the largest governments. Governments have lost much of their influence over the movement of information and capital. They cannot control who crosses their borders either physically or culturally.

???? Conversely, the power of global businesses is growing with companies-ability to move to the most advantageous locations and play countries off against one another in bidding for attractive investment projects.

SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes)

Part A: Note-taking and Gap filling
Directions: In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk only once. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You are required to write ONE word or figure only in each blank. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk.

???? Alaska became the _____________(1) state of the USA in the year of ____________ (2). It has an area of around 1.5 million square _____________(3). Alaska is the largest state of the country, but has only about _____________(4) people living there. It lies between _____________(5) degrees and 56 degrees _____________(6) latitude and is sharply divided into _____________(7) distinct regions. Arctic Alaska has been the home of _____________(8) for many centuries. These people are the _____________(9) known inhabitants in this state and they moved from _____________(10) or _____________(11). This land was first discovered by a Danish sea _____________(12) on his voyage for _____________(13) in 1741, and it was later _____________(14) to the United States. Transportation is a major problem. There are only two motor routes from the US _____________(15) to this new state. Within the state, nearly every town has its own _____________(16), but the roads and _____________(17) are relatively limited. _____________(18) is the greatest contributor to economic progress. Other industries include _____________(19) and the production of wood pulp. There are also large deposits of _____________(20), coal, copper, gold and other important minerals.

Part B: Listening and Translation
?Ⅰ. Sentence Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences only once. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

(1)_____________________________________________________??????????????????????

(2)_____________________________________________________

(3)_____________________________________________________

(4)_____________________________________________________

(5)_____________________________________________________

?Ⅱ. Passage Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 English passages. You will hear the passages only once. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.

(1)_____________________________________________________

(2)_____________________________________________________