PART ONE
    Questions 1--12
    · You will hear three telephone conversations or messages.
    · Write one or two words or e number in the numbered spaces on the notes or forms below.
    · You will hear each recording twice.
    Conversation One (Questions 1--4)
    · Look at the note below.
    · You will hear two colleagues talking on the phone.
    Conversation Two (Questions 5--8)
    Look at the note below.
    ·You will hear a staff development officer booking a new member of staff on in-house training course.
    Conversation Three (Questions 9--12)
    ·Look at the note below.
    · You will hear a woman asking to rent an apartment.
    PART TWO
    Questions 13--22
    Section One
    (Questions 13--17)
    · You will hear five short recordings.
    · For each recording, decide who is speaking.
    · Write one letter (A--H) next to the number of the recording.
    · Do not use any letter more than once.
    · You will hear the five recordings twice.
    13 ____________
    14 ____________
    15 ____________
    16 ____________
    17 ____________
    A a dentist
    B a customer
    C a policeman
    D a mechanic
    E a salesman
    F a plumber
    G a doctor
    H a manager
    Section Two
    (Questions 18--22)
    ·You will hear another five recordings.
    ·For each recording, decide what the speaker is talking about.
    · Write one letter (A--H) next to the number of the recording.
    · Do not use any letter more than once.
    · You will hear the five recordings twice.
    18 ____________
    19 ____________
    20 ____________
    21 ____________
    22 ____________
    A reception
    B research and development
    C shop floor
    D payroll
    E human resources
    F information technology
    G publicity
    H canteen PART THREE
    Questions 23--30
    You will hear a news story on the latest progress in the human genome research project.
    · For each question 23--30, mark one letter (A,B or C) for the correct answer.
    ·You will hear the recording twice.
    23 What are the scientists doing, last in order to piece together the instruction.book for human biology?
    A They draw the genetic maps.
    B They grow pure human DNA.
    C They let a computer read its chemical sequence.
    24 What can you find in such a book?
    A Gene rush.
    B Human genome.
    C uman DNA.
    25 Who predicts the release of our instruction book?
    A Chief of the genome project.
    B Correspondent.
    C Craig Venter.
    26 Why are private companies trying to discover the human genome before the government genome project does?
    A Because there's a bit of a gold rush going on at it.
    B Because they want to stake claims on their discoveries and make huge profits.
    C Because they want to patent the genome and transform medicine in ways.
    27 What are the arguments for the private ownership of genome patents?
    A The ownership encourages innovation.
    B The ownership has long been part of European Way.
    C The ownership may mark the discovery of the DNA double helix.
    28 What are the arguments against the private ownership of genome patents?
    A Doctors are not permitted to do gene tests without buying patents.
    B The ownership may slow down the research progress.
    C The codes for height and intelligence will be revealed.
    29 How did Craig Venter defend his company's behavior?
    A He was collecting information to sell to scientists.
    B The pace of genetic research became very slow because of competition.
    C The information collected by him would be given to the government free ofcharge.
    30 According to Dr. Collins, how to prevent those patents?
    A To stop clinical lab from doing diagnostic testing.
    B To order government labs to make every new gene discovery public knowledge.
    C To pass laws prohibiting private ownership of genome patents.