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Questions 19 and 20 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

19. Mr. Warren Christopher ______
A. believes there is hope for peace.
B. will report to the UN on Thursday.
C. will hold more talks before leaving the region.
D. is not sure that the peace process will succeed.
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20. With whom did Christopher NOT meet?
A. The Syrian President.
B. The PLO leader.
C. The Jordanian President.
D. The Israeli Prime Minister.
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Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

21. The number of the escaped prisoners is ______
A. 6.
B. 5.
C. 1.
D. 7.
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22. Following the prison breakout, the Government is to ______
A. restructure the prison service.
B. discipline some prison officers.
C. recruit more security staff.
D. look into security conditions.
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Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

23. The aim of the agreement is to ______
A. encourage trade in the region.
B. crack down on drug smuggling.
C. save the declining fishing industry.
D. strengthen cross-boarder police presence.
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24. Which group of people is now taking advantages of the agreement?
A. Canadian police.
B. Businessmen.
C. Drug traffickers.
D. Customs officers.
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25. The percentage of cocaine brought through the coast has increased by ______
A. 10%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 70%
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PART II    CLOZE (15 min.)

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of life-- food, clothing, fuel and housing -- were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (26)_____ these primary needs that the great mass of the population labored (27)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units. In the country the farm, the hamlet and the village lived on (28)____ they could grow or make for themselves, and(29) _____ the sale of any surplus in the local market town,(30) ____ in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the (31)____ and harness of townsmen and countrymen(32)____. Once a week town and country would meet to make(33) ___ at a market which came(34) ___ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and(35) _____. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the(36) _____ of work and the standard of life of perhaps nice out of(37) ____ ten English men and women. The work was long and (38)____, and the standard of life achieved was almost (39)___ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often (40)____ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor would affront the modern slum dweller.

26.
A. settle
B. answer
C. satisfy
D. fill
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27.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. with
正确答案是

28.
A. which
B. what
C. whether
D. where
正确答案是

29.
A. with
B. by
C. on
D. for
正确答案是

30.
A. although
B. while
C. nevertheless
D. when
正确答案是

31.
A. machines
B. apparatus
C. equipment
D. implement
正确答案是

32.
A. similar
B. skin
C. like
D. alike
正确答案是

33.
A. exchange
B. bargain
C. dealing
D. ride
正确答案是

34.
A. close at
B. adjacent to
C. near to
D. near-by
正确答案是

35.
A. consumer
B. buyer
C. user
D. shopper
正确答案是

36.
A. model
B. form
C. pattern
D. method
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37.
A. every
B. each
C. the
D. other
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38.
A. cruel
B. hard
C. ruthless
D. severe
正确答案是

39.
A. unimaginatively
B. unimaginably
C. imaginarily
D. unimaginedly
正确答案是

40.
A. weak
B. little
C. meagre
D. sparse
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PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (15 min.)