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Test 1 Part Ⅰ DICTATION Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Dictation: Mindless Eating Tied to Your Environment Much of our habitual eating is tied to habitual experiences. / A study showed that we consumed the food / not because of the taste but because of the experience. / When we’ve repeatedly eaten a particular food in a particular environment , / our brain comes to associate the food with that environment. / And this association makes us keep eating/ as long as those environmental cues are present. / Researchers proved this by taking a group of movie watchers/ who regularly consumed popcorn at the movies. Part II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A TALK Good morning, boys and girls. Today, we are going to talk about how to read faster when you are doing reading comprehension. Actually the only way to read faster is to read faster. This may sound like double talk, but it is a serious suggestion. The fact is that most people can read faster simply by making a conscious effort to do so. (1)The foll owing are some guidelines from the “Just Do It ” school on speed reading . First, get your body ready. Get off the couch. Sit at a desk or table and sit up, on the edge of your chair, with your feet flat on the floor. When you feel your body ready to start the reading, breathe in and out deeply for several times. (2)Next, set a time limit . Use a clock or a digital watch with a built-in stopwatch to time yourself. The objective is not to set