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[00:19.98]TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005)-GRADE FOUR-[00:26.11]PART I DICTATION[00:29.39]Listen to the following passage．[00:32.23]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times．[00:36.94]During the first reading,[00:39.01]which will be read at normal speed,[00:41.64]listen and try to understand the meaning．[00:45.25]For the second and third readings，[00:48.09]the passage will be read sentence by sentence，[00:51.05]or phrase by phrase， with intervals of 15 seconds．[00:55.97]The last reading will be read at normal speed again[01:00.01]and during this time you should check your work．[01:04.17]You will then be given[01:05.37]2 minutes to check through your work once more.[01:08.65]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE．[01:12.92]Now listen to the passage.[01:17.10]The Wrist Watch[01:18.73]It is generally believed[01:21.69]that wristwatches are an exception to the normal sequence[01:26.06]in the evolution of mens jewelry.[01:28.80]Reversing the usual order,[01:31.42]they were first worn by women[01:33.83]and then adopted by men.[01:36.78]In the old days,[01:38.64]queens included wristwatches among their crown jewelry.[01:42.80]Later they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers.[01:48.05]Until World War I,[01:50.67]Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters.[01:55.65]Then army officers discovered[01:57.62]that the wristwatch was most practical for active combat.[02:02.32]Race car drivers also loved to wear wristwatches[02:06.81]and pilots found them most useful while flying.[02:11.29]Soon men dared to wear wristwatches[02:16.21]without feeling self-conscious.[02:19.49]By 1924 some 30% of mens watches were worn on the wrist.[02:26.60]Today the figure is 90%[02:30.98]and they are now worn by both men and women[02:35.46]for practical purposes rather than for decoration.[02:54.49]The second and third readings,[02:56.78]you should begin writing now.[03:00.13]It is general