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Part I.

Listen to the short passages and then decide whether the corresponding statements below are true or false. After hearing a short passage, blacken the circle of "True" on the answer sheet below if you think the statement is true, or blacken the circle for "False" if it is false. There are ten questions in this part of the test, twp points for each question.

1. The movie actor Arnold Schwargenegger, who is running for governor of California, belongs to the conservative Democratic Party.

○ True

○ False

2. School failure and social isolation can lead to early onset of depression in children and teens, and the trend is becoming increasingly common.

○ True

○ False

3. According to the statement, Cheliean sea bass, a species of fish available along the coasts of the South Pole, might have already become extinct due to illegal hunting.

○ True

○ False

4. It can be inferred from the statement that the Swedish social welfare system, which provides life-long care of its citizens, is no longer feasible and satisfactory.

○ True

○ False

5. Out of the 325 million laborers in the Middle East and North Africa, 63 percent are women and 32 percent university students.

○ True

○ False

6. According to the statement, the UN Security Council resolution concerning Israel and Yasser Arafat was presented by the United States and approved by 11 Council members including Britain, Germany and Bulgaria.

○ True

○ False

7. Toyota Motor now ranks as the world's second largest automobile manufacturers owing to its improved quality and enlarged market share.

○ True

○ False

8. It is reasonable to assume that demand for sophisticated emergency medical treatment is higher in Jerusalem, where terrorist bomb attacks were frequent incidents.

○ True

○ False

9. As a free-floating currency, Japanese yen often fluctuates with the US dollar, and destabilizes the country’s economy and financial system.

○ True

○ False

10. Ben Glisan Jr. is the highest-ranking executive of the Enron company found to be guilty for the accounting scandal.

○ True

○ False