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W: From my studies of Renaissance music, and of course, opera. On the continent, especially in Spain and Italy where it still thrives, it is a traditional romantic experience. Over the centuries, university students have turned the classical music into an art form for hire. Question: Where did the idea of the classical music come from? 6. W: What about the new signposting in the airport?
M: New signposting!It's as bad as it's ever been. Oh, I've been going round in circles. You follow a sign and you find that the arrow's pointing the other way.
W: Right. Thank you.
Question: How does the man feel about the new signposting in the airport? Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. You will hear both the conversation and the questions only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
W: Excuse me. I'm doing a survey on the recent modernisation of this airport. Would you mind answering some questions?
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M: Well, if you're quick.
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W: Right um could you tell me um where you're going and why you're going there?
M: Yes, I'm flying to Barcelona on business.
W: OK. Can you tell me how often you use the airport?
M: Yes, I use this airport approximately twice a month because of my work.
W: And um what do you think of the new restaurant?
M: I'm sorry, but I think it's tacky - cheap, vulgar, I mean - plastic cups, wobbly chairs, we deserve something better.
W: Right, now what about the speed of airport procedures and formalities?
M: Well, that varies. Now, some days they're all right, they can cope but on busy days they can't cope at all - if it gets overcrowded they just don't seem to have the staff to deal with the situation and there are delays. W: Thank you. Um. What about the new parking facilities?
M: In my opinion the parking lot is too far from the terminals. I know there's a courtesy bus but it isn't frequent enough.
W: Well, er, and what about the transport links to the airport?
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M: Transport facilities, public transport is pretty good. I think there are frequent rail services and buses, yes, I think it's pretty good.
Questions 7 to 10 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 7. Where do you think this dialogue takes place? 8. Why is the man flying to Barcelona? 9. How often does the man use the airport?
10. What does the man think of the new parking arrangements? Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
11. It is the second time in twenty-four hours that the condemned man, Michael Morales, has been spared, not by the actions of the courts or by the governor, but by doctors. Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, had been due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday night.
Question: By whom has Michael Morales been spared the second time in twenty-four hours?
12. The charity group Plan International says 600 million Asian children are deprived of one of the seven basic needs used to define poverty,
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including food, safe water, shelter, health and education. And it says 350 million children, equivalent to the population of the European Union, are deprived of two or more basic needs, classifying them as absolutely poor.
Question: According to the charity group Plan International, how many children are deprived of two or more basic needs?
13. Health officials say as many as eighty percent of deaths from chronic diseases could be prevented. They say an important tool for governments is to restrict the marketing of alcohol and tobacco to young people. Also, more programs are needed to urge healthy eating and more physical activity.
Question: How can governments reduce chronic disease deaths? 14. In winter in Britain, many children and adults enjoy going to the theatre to watch a pantomime. Pantomimes are a very old form of entertainment, but the modern version is as popular as ever. Pantomimes today originate from a type of light, popular, comedy play from 16th- century Italy. Some aspects of modern pantomime date from this time, for example having stock characters who appear in different stories. Question: What is a pantomime?
15. The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1999 by a couple who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing. The project snowballed and by 2005, the site had 12 million members. One extraordinary fact is that Friends Reunited has never advertised, its success is entirely due to word-of-mouth.
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