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—GRADEEIGHT—PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION(35MIN)listening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.Ygiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanothertenminutestocompletetUsetheblanksheetfornote-tanking.questionsthatfollow.MarkthecorrectanswsecondstoanswereachofthefollowingfiveqNowlistentotheinterviewA.theexistingairportsarB.morepeoplewillbeencouragedtotravel.2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedbyMaryasapotentialdisadvantage?A.Morepeopleinthearea.BC.Wasteofland.D.Unnecessarytravel.3.FreddyhascitedthefollowinA.morejobopportunities.B.vitalityC.roadconstruction,D.presenceofaircrewintheare4.Marythinksthatpeopledontneedtodomuchtravelnowadaysasaresultof5.WelearnfromtheconversatiA.stronglyinfavourofB.mildlyinfavoC.stronglyagainstD.mildlyagaquestionsthatfollow.Markthecorrectanswersecondstoanswerthequestion.Nowlisten6.Whatisthemainideaofthenewsitem?A.AnewgovernmentwaB.ThenewgovernmentintendstochangethewelfareD.TheSocialDemocraticPartywasresponsibleforhighunemployment.given20secondstoanswerthequestions.Nowliste7.ThetapesoftheApollo-11missionwerefirststoredinA.aU.S.governmentarcB.aNASAgroundtrackD.noneoftheaboveplaA.HeisassignedthetasktolB.Hebelievesthatthetapesareprobablylost.C.HeworksinaNASAgroundrgiven20secondstoanswerthequestions.Nowliste9.TheexampleinthenewA.thatdoctorsaresometimeB.thatincaseslikethathospitalshavetopayhugecompensations.C.thatlanguagebarriersmightlowerthequD.thatlanguagebarrierscanrA.haveseentheneedforhiringtrainedinterB.haverealizedtheproblemsoflanguagebarriers.C.havebeguntrainingtheirstafftobebilinguals.D.havetakenstepstoprovideaccuratediInthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowedbyatotaquestions.Readthepassagesandthenmarkyouranswersonyourcoloureweek.Itsagruelingschedule,butLeeworruniversity.Someofhisclassmatesstudyeven700,000high-schoolsophomoresinthecountry,high-simplementedin2008.Thisyears10thgraderslessonnationwideSAT-styleandotherselectiontests,whichhavetraThechangewasmademostlytoreducewhainthecountry:wealthystudofpoorerfamiliesonthesocihashadtheoppositeeffect.Beforeaverages;thebigchallengewasbeatinghestandaParentsandkidshavesentthousandsofangryonlineletterstotheEducationMprivateeducationistmediocre—theresultofanegalitariangovernmenteducationpolicy.WitforordinaryschoolsintheirneighNearlyallKoreanhighschoolswillbrelativelyweakstudentsinprovincialschools,whomaynotscorewellonstcompilegoodgrade-poinSomeuniversities,particbeststudentsunderthenewsythanfayingto"nurturegoodstudents".Butamiuniversities,thecountrys10thmelodramatic,butthatstheSouthKoreaB.reducetheweightofcollege-entraD.reducethenumberofprospectivecollege12.WhatseemstobetheeffectofintroducingB.Thesystemhasreducedthenumberofcramschools.13.Accordingtocritics,thepopularityofprivateeducationismainlytheresultofA.thegovernmentsegalitarianpolicy.B.insufficientnumberofschooC.curriculumsofaveragequality.D.lowcostofprivateeducation.14.Accordingtothepassage,thereseemstobedisagreementobetweenthefollowinggroupsEXC15.Whichofthefollowingadjectivesbestdescribestheauthorstreatmentofthetopic?A.Objective.B.Positive.C.Negative.D.BiasWilfredEmmanuel-JoneswasateenagerbeforeJamaica,the47-year-oldgrewupininner-cityBirminghambeforemaEnglishmansdreamofarusticlisheepandpigs.Hislatestbusinessventure:pushinghisbraandbarbecuesauces."Mybackgroundmaybe"Butithasgivenmeagoodideaofwhatotherurbaniteswant."Andofhowtosellit.Emmanuel-Jonesjoinsaherdofwealthyfugitivesfromcitylifewhoarebringinganewcommercialknow-how-numbershavedoubledtoatleast500beekeepersororganicsmallholderswhoareredeployingthebusi"Everyoneintheruralcommcometotermswiththefactththebestfoodintheworld,butifyoudontarehelpingthetraditionaliststomoveon."Theemergenceofthenewclassofsuperpeasantsreflectssomeoldyearnings.Ifthwerethefirstnationtoindustrialize,theywerealsothefirsttoheadbackromanticimageofthecountrysidethatisparticularlyEnglish,"saysAlunHowkinsoftheUniversityofSussex,whoreckonsthepopulationofruralEngMigrationintoruralayear,andthehungerforatasteoftherurallifehaskeptlandpricesbuoyantevincomestumble.About40percentofdwindlingnumberoftraditionalfarmers,accordingtotheRoyalInstiWhatsnewaboutthelatestreturneesistheiraffluenceandzealforthebusinessofproqualityfoods,ifonlyatamicro-helpedtoeasetheescapeofthewould-ofthebigTVhitsofrecentyears,the"RiverCottage"series,chronicledtheattemptsofaLondoncheftorunhisownDothenewcomerscanthopeincomefortheextrajobsatisfaction.Whocaresiftheresnosix-figureannualbonuswhenthelandoffersotherincalculablecoBesides,thespecialistproducerscanatleastdependonaburgeoningmfar-reachingchange:Britainisnmostothercountries,whsaysfoodwriterMatthewFort."Itmaybethemarkofthenerediscoverthedesirabilityofbeingapeasant."Andnotaninvestmentbanker.16.WhichofthefollowingdetailsofWilfredA.HewasbornandbroughtupinBirmingham.B.HeusedtoworkinthetelevisioninduA.knowledgeoffarming.B.knowledgeofbrandnames.C.knowledgeoflifestyD.knowledgeofmarketing,18.WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTcontributetotheemergenceofanewclassoffarmers?C.InfluenceofTVproductions.B.Increaseinthevalueoflandproperty.20.Thesentenceinthelastparagraph“….Britainisntcatch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