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年英语专八考试试卷及答案 年英语专八考试试卷及答案 2001年年英英语语专专八八考考试试试试卷卷及及答答案案 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 cor rect 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 follo wing five questions. Now list en to the talk. 1. Changes in the size of the World Bank’ s operations refer to _ __. A. the expansion of its loan programme B. the inclusion of its hard loans C. the inclusion of its soft loans D. the previous lending policies 2. What actually made the Bank change its overall lending strategy? A. Reluctance of people in poor countries to have small families. B. Lack of basic health services and inequality in income distribu tion. 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 w orld. 3. The change in emphasis of the Bank’ s lending policies meant that the Bank strategies in poor and rich countries C. embark upon a review of the investment in huge dams and steel m ills D.invest in projects that would benefit the low-income sector of s ociety 4. Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the bank? A. Colossal travel expenses of its staff. 169 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 W or 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 c onversation yo u will be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the conversatio n. 6. The man sounds surprised at the fact that ___. A. man