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TEM 8Worksheet BListening ComprehensionGeneral KnowledgeTranslation PRACTICE 1SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSER SHEET ONE.For a single language to die is a (1)__________ phenomenon, but today (1) __________languages are dying in large numbers.When surveying a language, people not only look at the linguistic features, they also pay attention to the numbers and (2)__________ of the (2) __________speakers of a particular language.The factors that have caused languages to die include:natural disastersgenocidecultural asation(3)__________ (3)________ preserve an endangered language, the following are necessary:the desire to save a languagethe respect for minority languagesfunding for teachers and teaching materials(4)__________ the language (4)__________We should care about dying languages just as we care about the dying species of animals and plants so that we can maintain the (5)__________ of (5)__________our languages.Saving a few thousand languages is (6)__________, but it will take a lot (6)__________of will, time and money. Saving these languages is important because (7)___ (7)_________________ languages will die without leaving signs of their existence.Some statisticsIn about a century, the number of languages in the world will be reduced to (8)__________. (8)__________2. 96 percent of the world’s languages are spoken by (9)__________ (9)__________percent of the people.3. Saving the 3,000 dying languages over a period of three years would cost (10)__________ million dollars. (10)_________SE B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your colored answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.1. What is true of manners today?A. People are too busy to pay attention to etiquette.B. Formal etiquette has become more important.C. People are more considerate and kind than before.D. People have become vulgar and uncivilized.2. Which is good cell phone etiquette?A. You use your cell phone in a train but not at a theater.B. You aree of where you are when using your cell phone.C. You refrain from talking about your personal matters.D. You do not talk about what happened to you the day before.3. Which is NOT good email etiquette?A. Check your email carefully before you send it.B. Pay attention to punctuation and grammar if you are writing business letter.C. Do not forward stories and jokes to your friends.D. Send less than ten emails at one time.4. What does “umbrella etiquette” mean?A. Formal etiquette.B. Disregard for old people.C. Selfish concern for oneself.D. Violation of traffic laws.5. Which of the following is true?The work cubicle protects privacy.Road rage is a sign of being in control.Women should initiate dates but men pay the bills.Who initiates the date pays tll.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your colored answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.6. President Bush’s proposal intends to __________.A. grant illegal immigrants permanent work statusB. allow illegal immigrants to stay in the US even without jobsC. make illegal immigrants more competitive against US workersD. grant illegal immigrants more legal status in the US7. Which of the following is true?A. The proposed new policy is applicable only to illegal immigrants already in the US.B. Illegal immigrants can stay in the US for no more than three years.C. Illegal immigrants can automatically become US citizens.D. The proposed new policy will make the US border more manageable.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.8. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an action taken by the protestors?A. Boycotting sc B. Storming。