(30 minutes)
Directions：
This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English.You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them.There are three parts in this section，Part A，Part B and Part C.
Remember，while you are doing the test，you should first put down your answers in your test booklet，NOT on the ANSWER SHEET.At the end of the listening comprehension section，you will have 5 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1.
If you have any questions，you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started.
Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A
You will hear a talk.As you listen，answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or False.You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE.
You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1～l0.
1.Americans moved a lot because they wanted to have more living space.TRUE/FALSE
2.From the talk we call infer that people who tend to move first were young.TRUE/FALSE
3.The movement of Americans began around the l910s.TRUE/FALSE
4.Most of the fortune hunters found life in the city easier.TRUE/FALSE
5.In the l950s，people began moving out of cities into suburbs.TRUE/FALSE
6.The suburban people probably began to have money problems in the early 1970s.TRUE/FALSE
7.Driving costs increased the most during the late l970s in the U.S.TRUE/FALSE
8.Taxes in suburban areas remained unchanged.TRUE/FALZE
9.To solve money problems，some people decided to move back to cities.TRUE/FALSE
10.The speaker’s tone in the talk is quite subjective.TRUE/FALSE
You now have 20 seconds to check your answers to Questions 1～10.
That is the end of Part A.
Section I Listening Comprehension
1.F 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.T 10.F
