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Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (40 min)
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully a nd then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response to each ques tion on your Coloured Answer Sheet.
SECTION A TALK
Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you w ill be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now list en to the talk.
1. Changes in the size of the World Bank’ s operations refer to ___.
A. the expansion ofITs lOAn programme
B. the inclusion ofITs hard lOAns
C. the inclusion ofITs soft lOAns
D. the previous lending policies
2. What actually made the Bank changeITs overall lending strategy?
A. Reluctance of people in poor countries to have small familIEs.
B. Lack of basic health services and inEQualITy in income distribution.
C. The discovery that a low fertilITy rate would lead to economic development.
D. Poor nutrition and low lITeracy in many poor countrIEs of the world.
3. The change in emphasis of the Bank’s lending policies meant that the Bank would ___.
A. be more involved inbig infrastructure projects
B. adopt similar investment strategies in poor and rich countrIEs
C. eMBArk upon a revIEw of the investment in huge dams and steel mills
D.invest in projects that would benefITthe low-income sector of society
4. Which of the following is NOT a crITicism of the bank?
A. Colossal travel expenses ofITs staff.
B. Fixed annual lOAns to certain countrIEs.
C. LimITed impact of the Bank’s projects.
D. Role as a financial deal maker.
5. THRoughout the talk, the speaker is ___ while introducing the Wor ld Bank.
A.biased B. unfrIEndly C. objective D. sensational
SECTION B CONVERSATION
Questions 6 to 10 are based on a conversation. At the end of the conversation yo u will be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the conversatio n.
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