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高级口译2009年月 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes) Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. For more than two centuries, America’s colleges and universities have been the backbone of the country’s progress. They have educated the technical, ________ (1) work force, and provided generation after generation of national leaders. Today educators from around the country are apt to find many reasons for the ________ (2), but four historic acts stand out as watersheds: First, ________ (3): In 1862 Congress enacted the Land-Grant College Act, which essentially extended the opportunity of higher education to all Americans, including ________ (4). Each state was permitted to sell large tracts of federal land and use the proceeds to endow at least ________ (5). Second, competition breeds success: Over the years, the ________ (6) of the America’s colleges and universities have promoted ________ (7). Competitive pressure first arose during the Civil War, when President Lincoln created ________ (8) to advise Congress on “any subject of science and art”. The academy’s impact really grew after World War II, when a landmark report ________ (9) the then President argued that it was the federal government’s responsibility to ________ (10) for basic research. Instead of being centralized in government laboratories, ________ (11) in American universities and generated increasing investment. It also ________ (12) and helped spread scientific discoveries far and wide, ________ (13), medicine and society as a whole. Thirdly, ________ (14): The end of World War II saw the passage of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. The law, which provided for college or vocational education ________ (15), made the highe