PartB(20points,20minutes)
Inthispartofthetestyouwillhearseveraltalks.Aftereachtalk,youwillhearsomequestions.Thetalksandquestionswillnotberepeated.Afteryouhearaquestion,readthefourpossibleanswersinyourtestbookandchoosethebestanswer.Then,onyouranswersheet,findthenumberofthequestionandfillinthespacethatcorrespondstotheletteroftheansweryouhavechosen.
16.(A)Howmostspeciesofspidersreproduce.(B)Howonespeciesofspiderfeeditsyoung.(C)Howspidersdefendtheirterritory.(D)HowDarwinexperimentedwithspiders.
17.(A)Theyeatoneanother.(B)Theyeatinsectsthattheycatch.(C)Theybuildanewnest.(D)Theyareattackedbyotherspeciesofspiders.
18.(A)Notwomembersofaspeciesareexactlyalike.(B)Asinglespeciesmayevolveintotwoseparatespecies.(C)Primitivelife-formsevolveintomoreadvancedlife-forms.(D)Thesurvivalofthestrongestinaspeciescontributionstothesurvivalofthatspecies.
19.(A)EarlynewspapersinEngland.(B)Theearlyhistoryofmagazines.(C)ThelifeofDanielDefoe.(D)Differencesbetweennewspapersandmagazines.
20.(A)ItspublicationwasbannedbytheBritishgovernment.(B)Itwasthefirstweeklynewspaper.(C)Itcausedaprisonrevolt.(D)Itwasthefirstmagazineeverpublished.
21.(A)Ithadmanymorepagesthannewspapers.(B)Itwasgivenawayforfree.(C)Itdealtwithissuesratherthanevents.(D)Itwasmorewidelyavailablethannewspapers.
22.(A)HewrotearticlesoftheChurchofEngland.(B)HerefusedtostoppublishingtheReview.(C)Herefusedtopaypublishingtaxes.(D)HerefusedtojointheChurchofEngland.
23.(A)Itwasnotreallyamagazine.(B)Itfeaturedavarietyofarticlesandstories.(C)Itwaspraisedbyreadersofpoetry.(D)Itwasunpopularwithpoliticians.
24.(A)Howartistsgainedfame.(B)Ascheduleofartexhibits.(C)Oneformoffolkart.(D)Thepreservationofoldpaintings.
25.(A)Veryfewwereproduced.(B)Mostwerekeptonlyashorttime.(C)Mostwereprintedondelicatepaper.(D)Manyhavebeenacquiredbycollectors.
SectionBCompoundDictation
TheLibraryofCongressisAmerica’snationallibrary.Ithasmorethanone-hundred-twenty-millionbooksandotherobjects.Ithasnewspapers,S1publicationsandlettersofS2interest.Italsohasmaps,photographs,artS3,movies,soundrecordingsandmusicalS4.TheLibraryofCongressisopentothepublicMondaythroughSaturday,exceptforgovernmentholidays.Anyonemaygothereandreadanythinginthecollection.ButnooneisS5totakebooksoutofthebuilding.
TheLibraryofCongresswasS6ineighteen-hundred.ItstartedwithelevenboxesofbooksinoneroomoftheCapitolBuilding.Byeighteen-fourteen,thecollectionhadincreasedtoaboutthree-thousandbooks.TheywereS7thatyearwhentheCapitolwasburnedduringAmerica’swarwithBritain.
Tohelpre-buildthelibrary,CongressboughtthebooksofPresidentThomasJefferson.MisterJefferson’scollectionincludedseven-thousandbooksinsevenlanguages.
S8.Today,threebuildingsholdthelibrary’scollection.S9.Itbuyssomeofitsbooksandgetsothersasgifts.Italsogetsmaterialsthroughitscopyrightoffice.S10.ThismeanstheLibraryofCongressreceivesalmosteverythingpublishedintheUnitedStates.