SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to he news.

18. Which of the following is NOT a condition for the reduction of debts?

A. Poverty elimination.

B. Good government.

C. Fight against corruption.

D. Poor living standard.

19. By canceling the debts owed to her, Britain intends to a similar scheme proposed by the International Monetary Fund.

A. reject.

B. restart

C. follow

D. review

Questions 20 and 21 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.

20. What happened during the accident?

A. A train hit another train.

B. A train killed 23 people.

C. A train went off its tracks.

D. A train was trapped inside the station.

21. Which of the following statements best describes the condition of the passengers?

A. No one was fatally injured.

B. There were many heavy casualties.

C. No one was hurt during the accident.

D. Someone was killed during the accident.

Questions 22 and 23 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.

22. The civil servants held a strike to protest

A. spending cuts.

B. reform measures.

C. pay cuts.

D. low pay.

23. The civil servants' strike was staged the general strike.

A. a few days after

B. a few days before

C. a few weeks after

D. a few weeks before

Questions 24 and 25 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.

24. Which is the main idea of the news?

A. Industrial relations in Germany.

B. The German energy industry.

C. Coalition in the government.

D. Closure of nuclear reactors.

25. The decision to shut down unclear reactors resulted from the demand from

A. the Government.

B. the energy industry.

C. a party in the coalition.

D. a declining need for unclear energy.

PART IV CLOZE [15 MIN]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arrive at the conclusion that it developed gradually as a system of grunts, hisses and cries and (26) a very simple

(26) A. must be

B. must have been

C. ought to be

D. should be

Affair in the beginning. (27) , when we observe the language

(27) A. However

B. Therefore

C. Probably

D. Undoubtedly

behaviour of (28) we regard as primitive cultures, we find it (28) A. whose

B. that

C. which

D. what

(29) complicated. It was believed that an (29) A. conspicuously

B. usually

C. surprisingly

D. sufficiently

Eskimo must have at the tip of his tongue a vocabulary

of more than 10,000 words (30) to get along reasonably (30) A. so as

B. so that

C. as such

D. as well as

well, much larger than the active vocabulary of an

average businessman who speaks English. (31) , these (31) A. However

B. Moreover

C. Though

D. Therefore

Eskimo words are far more highly inflected(詞尾變化的)than

(32) of any of the well-known European languages, for (32) A. the others

B. all others

C. these

D. those

a (33) noun can be spoken or written in (33) A. single

B. singular

C. plural

D. compound

(34) hundred different forms, each (34) A. some

B. several

C. various

D. varied

(35) a precise meaning different form that of any (35) A. getting

B. causing

C. having

D. owning

other. The forms of the verbs are even more

(36) . The Eskimo language is, therefore, one of the most (36) A. endless

B. multiple

C. uncountable

D. numerous

difficult in the world to learn, (37) the result that almost no traders (37) A. with

B. for

C. owing to

D. as

Or explorers have (38) tried to learn it. Consequently, there (38) A. still

B. indeed

C. just

D. even

has grown up, in communication between Eskimos and whites,

a jargon (39) to the pidgin English used in Old China, with a (39) A. alike

B. similar

C. related

D. relevant

Vocabulary of from 300 to 600 uninflected words. Most of them are derived from Eskimo but some are derived from English, Danish, Spanish, Hawaiian and other languages. It is this jargon that is usually (40) by travelers as "the Eskimo language". (40) A. referred to

B. talked about

C. spoken

D. told