Try to learn a few English expressions everyday, and over time you will be able to _________ a huge amount of English knowledge.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： This is Stan Fielding reporting live from the outskirts of the capital city of Angola. Just 20 minutes ago, rebel forces launched the biggest offensive against the ruling government in the 18-month conflict here in this country. So far, peace negotiations have failed, and any resolution to quell the civil war appears bleak at this point. As you can probably hear behind me, rebel forces are also using heavy artillery to pound government strongholds around the city center. Rebel forces are closing in, and it's feared that they will be able to take the capital building before sunup where it is believed, many government officials are holding out. Since the beginning of the conflict, starvation, clean water, and adequate shelter have been the biggest daily obstacles facing the citizens of this torn country. It is believed that over 40,000 people, mostly children, have starved to death. Land mines have claimed countless other lives. Fortunately, no epidemics have broken out, but that is always a concern if this war lingers on.

What is the main target of the rebels in this latest attack ?

A．The current location of city leaders.

B．Military stockpiles of ammunition.

C．The main lines of transportation.

D．Tall buildings in this city.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： This is Stan Fielding reporting live from the outskirts of the capital city of Angola~ Just 20 minutes ago, rebel forces launched the biggest offensive against the ruling government in the 18 - month conflict here in this country. So far, peace negotiations have failed, and any resolution to quell the divil war appears bleak at this point. As you can probably hear behind me, rebel forces are also using heavy artillery to pound government strongholds around the city center. Rebel forces are closing in, and it' s feared that they will be able to take the capital building before sunup where it is believed, many government officials are holding out. Since the beginning of the conflict, starvation, clean water, and adequate shelter have been the biggest daily obstacles facing the citizens of this torn country. It is believed that over 40,000 people, mostly children, have starved to death. Land mines have claimed countless other lives. Fortunately, no epidem ics have broken out, but that is always a concern if this war lingers on.

What is the main target of the rebels in this latest attack?

A．The current location of city leaders.

B．Military stockpiles of ammunition.

C．The main lines of transportation.

D．Tall buildings in this city.

In this section of the test, you will be asked to choose between two opinions. You will need to answer the question by supporting your choice with examples. After the question, you will have 15 seconds to prepare and 45 seconds to speak.

Some university students choose to study a variety of subjects in order to have a broader education. Other students focus on one subject in order to have a greater understanding of a particular topic. Which style. of education do you think is better for students and why?

Question 3

Reading

In this question, you will read a short passage about a campus situation and then listen to a talk on the same topic. Then you will answer a question using information from both the reading and the talk. After the question, you will have 30 seconds to prepare your response and 60 seconds to speak.

Read the following announcement about the university's plan to change the students' meal plan. You will have 45 seconds to read the announcement. Begin reading now.

Changes to the Meal Program

The university has decided to eliminate breakfast from its student meal plan. This is being done as a cost-saving measure. The cafeteria was preparing breakfast for all the students who signed up for the plan, but fewer than sixty percent of the students were eating the meals. In the past, the cost of the meal plan included three meals per day. However, breakfast will now only be offered on a pay-as-you-go basis. The price of the meal plan will reflect these changes immediately.

Listening

Question

The man expresses his opinion of the university's plan to remove breakfast from the student meal plan. State his opinion and explain his reasons for holding that opinion.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： London (dpa) - An English couple has been allowed to divorce because the wife moved the furniture every day for 38 years of marriage, press reports said on Tuesday.

Pauline Turner, 62, rearranged the tables, chairs and sofas for every one of the 13,872 days of her marriage to John, also 62, the court at Middlesbrough in Cleveland heard.

The couple moved from the matrimonial home, a three bedroom semi-detached house in Thornaby-on-Tees in Cleveland, into a caravan six miles away with some of the furniture fixed to the floor, in the hope the obsession would cease.

Mrs. Turner did not change, however.

"It' s unreasonable to move furniture every solitary day. I was sick and tired of life with Pauline," said John Turner, who moved out this year.

Pauline Turner, who still lives in the caravan, with its own neat garden, initially contested the divorce, but accepted in court on Monday that the marriage had irretrievably broken down.

"Moving furniture about was just something I did, always have done and I always will do. I suppose everybody has their little obsession, whatever," she said.

Judge Peter Bowers granted a "cross decree", meaning both parties won a divorce after hearing that John Turner, who makes bird tables for a hobby, had committed adultery since January.

Which of the following is not the reason for English couple's divorce?

A．Mrs. Turner moved the furniture for 38 years.

B．Mr. Turner could not bear her.

C．Mr. Turner had committed adultery since January.

D．Mrs. Turner refused to stop the moving of furniture.