SECTION C    NEWS BROADCAST


Directions: Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items you will be given 45 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
11. Bill Clinton confessed his inappropriate relation with Miss Lewinsky _______.
A. before a grand jury
B. in a live television broadcast
C. via closed circuit
D. in a US courthouse
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12. Bill Clinton made the stunning admission hoping that ________.
A. he would not be charged
B. the case against him would end sooner
C. he could be pardoned by the Grand Jury
D. the Americans would forgive his fault
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13. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Clinton and Lewinsky intended to conceal the whole affair.
B. Clinton's live television broadcast lasted several hours.
C. The Grand Jury could obtain the testimony of Clinton near White House.
D. Clinton again admitted his relation with Lewinsky through closed circuit television.
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Directions: Questions 14 to 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
14. According to President Boris Yeltsin, __________.
A. immediate measures should be taken to avoid the potential social unrest
B. the Parliament should take urgent steps to improve the economy
C. the International Monetary Fund Team will appropriate more funds to his country
D. the Parliament should consider a package of proposals for improving the economy   
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15. How did President Yeltsin respond to the economic woes in his country?
A. Stagnant.
B. Anemic.
C. Anxious.
D. Impatient.
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SECTION D    NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING


Directions: In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points,. Your notes will be marked but it is important that you yourself can understand them because you will need the information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate answer sheet after Part II. Proof Reading And Error Correction.

Comets

A comet is an object that resembles a fuzzy (16) and    travels along a definite path through the solar system. Some of the brightest comets develop a long shining (17) when they come near the sun.
Most comets cannot be seen without a (18). Some are visible to the unaided eye, but only for several weeks or months when they pass (19) to the sun. Halley's Comet is probably the best known comet.
In 1973, Comet Kohoutek became the first comet to be (20) by men in space. Astronauts in the Skylab space station (21) it and so provided much new information about comets.
People used to believe the coming of a comet would lead to a (22), such as a war or an epidemic. Halley's Comet revived these (23) in 1910, but the earth passed through the comets tail with no apparent harm.
The pressure of the sun's light may push the (24) dust particles and gas molecules away from the coma, forming one or more tails. This pressure makes a comet's tail point away from the sun,. When a comet (25) the sun, the tail brings up the rear.