SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

　　Questions 11 and 12 are based on the following news.At the end of the news item，you will be given 30 seconds to answer the two questions.

　　Now Listen to the news.

　　11. ____will replace to become chief Executive of Manchester PLC.

　　A.Martin Edwards，Peter Kenyon B.Peter Kenyon，Martin Edwards

　　C.Martin Kenyon，Peter Edwards D.Peter Edwards，Martin Kenyon

　　12.Edwards had been expected to leave ____.

　　A.on August 1，2000 B.on July 14，2000

　　C.in September，2000 D.in September，2001

　　Questions 13 to 15 are based on the following news from the VOA.At the end of the news item，you will be given 45 seconds to answer the three questions.

　　Now Listen to the news.

　　13.EMI is____.

　　A.the world's first major music company

　　B.the world's third largest record company

　　C.the world's largest on-line music provider

　　D.the world's largest software company

　　14.EMI's downloading trial was between____.

　　A.the recording industry and on-line record companies

　　B.the recording industry and downloading-program operators

　　C.EMI and on-line music providers

　　D.EMI and MP3

　　15.The popular MP3 technology____.

　　A.allows fans to copy songs once or twice

　　B.allows consumers to burn the song to a CD three times

　　C.allows consumers to send the song to a portable device twice

　　D.is a compression format that turns music on compact discs into small computer files

　　SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING

　　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 not be marked，but you will need them to complete a 15-minute gap-filling task on Answer Sheet One.Use the blank paper for note-taking.

　　PART Ⅱ PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION ［15 min.］

　　Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.

　　PART Ⅲ READING COMPREHENSION ［40 min.］

　　SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION［30 min.］

　　In this section there are six reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple-choice questions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured ANSWER SHEET.

　　TEXT A

　　A Questionable Conclusion

　　In the two decades between 1910 and 1930，over ten percent of the Black population of the United States left the South，where the preponderance of the Black population had been located，and migrated to northern states，with the largest number moving，it is claimed，between 1916 and 1918.It has been frequently assumed，but not proved，that the majority of the migrants in what has come to be called the Great Migration came from rural areas and were motivated by two concurrent factors：the collapse of the cotton industry following the boll weevil infestation，which began in 1898，and increased demand in the North for labor following the cessation of European immigration caused by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.This assumption has led to the conclusion that the migrants' subsequent lack of economic mobility in the North is tied to rural background，a background that implies unfamiliarity with urban living and a lack of industrial skills.

　　But the question of who actually left the South has never been rigorously investigated.Although numerous investigations document an exodus from rural southern areas to southern cities prior to the Great Migration，no one has considered whether the same migrants then moved on to northern cities.In 1910 over 600，000 Black workers，or ten percent of the Black work force，reported themselves to be engaged in “manufacturing and mechanical pursuits，”the federal census category roughly encompassing the entire industrial sector.The Great Migration could easily have been made up entirely of this group and their families.It is perhaps surprising to argue that an employed population could be enticed to move，but an explanation lies in the labor conditions then prevalent in the South.

　　About thirty-five percent of the urban Black population in the South was engaged in skilled trades.Some were from the old artisan class of slavery blacksmiths，masons，carpenters which had had a monopoly on certain trades，but they were gradually being pushed out by competition，mechanization，and obsolescene.The remaining sixty-five percent，more recently urbanized，worked in newly developed industries—tobacco，lumber，coal and iron manufacture，and railroads.Wages in the South，however，were low，and Black workers were aware，through labor recruiters and the Black press，that they could earn more even as unskilled workers in the North than they could as artisans in the South.After the boll weevil infestation，urban Black workers faced competition from the continuing influx of both Black and White rural workers，who were driven to undercut the wages formerly paid for industrial jobs.Thus，a move north would be seen as advantageous to a group that was already urbanized and steadily employed，and the easy conclusion tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background comes into question.

　　16.The primary purpose of the passage is to .

　　A.challenge a widely accepted explanation

　　B.introduce a recently discovered source of information

　　C.argue that a discarded theory deserves new attention

　　D.support an alternative to an accepted methodology

　　17.The author cites each of the following as possible influences in a Black worker's decision to migrate north in the Great Migration EXCEPT

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