PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION

　　In Section A, B and C you will hear everything ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response to each question on the Colored Answer Sheet.

　　SECTION A    TALK

　　Question 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

　　Now listen to the talk.

　　1. Full details of births, marriages and deaths are recorded ____.

　　A) by the United States Demographic yearbook

　　B) by most underdeveloped countries

　　C) by all full developed countries

　　D) by the General Register office only

　　2. In the past centuries, ____.

　　A) birth rates were high and death rates were low

　　B) birth rates were low and so were death rates

　　C) birth rates were and death rates were high

　　D) birth rates were high and so were death rates

　　3. In the nineteenth century the population in the West ____.

　　A) began to drop

　　B) suddenly decreased

　　C) was stabilized

　　D) began to fluctuate

　　4. The economic conditions in a country with a low birth-rate and low death-rate would be of ____.

　　A) low standards of living and no industry

　　B) productive agriculture and a little industry

　　C) low standards of living and efficient agriculture

　　D) high standards of living and efficient industry

　　5. The talk mentions several ways in which population growth might be controlled. Which of the following is not one of these ways?

　　A) industrialization and a higher standard of living

　　B) an increase in the death-rate

　　C) an increase in heath and hygiene

　　D) birth control programs

　　SECTION B INTERVIEW

　　Question 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following question.

　　Now listen to the interview.

　　6. Old Fred does something stupid because ____.

　　A) he has some mental problems

　　B) he is too old to know what he is doing

　　C) he wants to have a good Christmas

　　D) he has got into the habit of stealing

　　7. British police are not armed. The average policeman ____.

　　A) doesn't really think about it

　　B) dislike it very much

　　C) worries about it greatly

　　D) wants a reform

　　8. The interviewee feels that the English people love ____.

　　A) violence

　　B) compromise

　　C) firearms

　　D) police

　　9. Once a man ____.

　　A) threatened the police

　　B) took some hostages

　　C) robbed a bank

　　D) locked himself in a house

　　10. What was the most important factor in solving that man's problem?

　　A) power

　　B) skills

　　C) patience

　　D) weapons