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QUIZ 1

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Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.

What is happiness? Where do you find it? If you have trouble answering those questions, you are not alone. Philosophers and

them for ages.

Probably you gave many of the same answers. Did you say happiness comes from music or good food or

? Perhaps you agreed with Chopin's

when she said, "There is only one

happiness in life: to love and to be loved."

Those are the usual answers, but they do not constitute a complete

of happiness. Happiness may also exist in unlikely places. Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, hid from Nazi soldiers in a

and the threat of death never far away. Yet she recorded in her

frequent moments of happiness. The

of new green leaves on tree tops brought

her joy. Lord Nelson, the famous English admiral, found happiness when he was near death with a painful wound.

Those stories show that people in a difficult

or even painful situation may also feel happy.

Conversely, happiness may lead to an unhappy situation.

bring on the critical and analytical skills that are essential for business prosperity.

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of happiness QUIZ 2

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Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered

from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.

A 20-year-old Australian model and dancer won the Miss Universe

television viewers around the world.

Jennifer Hawkins, a 5-foot-11 blonde with blue eyes, was chosen

from eighty beauty (S2)

Finnessey, was awarded second place.

Universe, Amelia Vega, and then walked the length of the stage to

reached up to touch her crown, as if to remind herself she had

Besides modeling and dancing, Hawkins also organizes a dance

surfing, camping and watching ballet.

Before the contest began, Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan,

beauty contests from critics who insist such events treat women

Despite Estevan's support, many people question the value of

beauty contests. (S9)

groups in India forced such contests to move from Calcutta when they threatened bombings.

what it is, an unforgettable place.

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Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.

A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (S1)

high mountain.

between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to

was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant

instead. (S8)

going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked.

were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.

After a few minutes, the flood’s flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on.

burst as the rain started.

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It was reported that the flood

destroyed a big area and

approximately 300 people were

killed or disappeared that day.

QUIZ 4

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Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.

A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (S1)

high mountain.

between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to

was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant

instead. (S8)

going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked.

were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.

After a few minutes, the flood’s flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on.

burst as the rain started.

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Ten minutes later, as we were

looking out the window, we saw

everyone was running away from

something.

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A huge flood was streaming down

the mountain. We were standing

on a higher place, so we could see

everything.

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It was reported that the flood

destroyed a big area and

approximately 300 people were

killed or disappeared that day. QUIZ 5

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Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.

Hong Kong's jobless rate fell to a six-month low in October as a tourism boom helped revive the city's economy, prompting

The rate fell to 8 percent from 8.3 percent in September, the government said in a statement.

unemployment rate has fallen a great deal," said Steven Xu, an (S3)

"We will probably see the unemployment rate varying between 6.5

percent and 7 percent by the (S4)

Tourist arrivals-- more than half of which come from the Chinese

Tourism Board said.

Hong Kong hotels hired 800 people in August and will take (S7)

Hong Kong Hotels Association said.

the city and prompting non-tourist sectors to hire.

company, is recruiting 100 financial planners to meet increased demand for wealth management.

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QUIZ 6

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Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.

Easter Island in the southern Pacific Ocean remains a mystery.

uninhabited, but there were many statues on it. People are (S2)

theories give different explanations, but none is completely convincing.

The Easter Islanders had their own system of (S4)

develop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia only a few thousand years BC.

it possible that a few Easter Islanders traveled 2,300 miles to Chile, got sweet potatoes, and brought them back? But this is unlikely.

Easter Island have been colonized by people from Chile? Yet, DNA taken from graves dug up on Easter Island has shown that these people were Polynesians, not American Indians. The Polynesians lived on the sea and knew how to travel thousands of miles in their small canoes. They knew where they were going. The American Indians did not know how to do that. Yet, (S10)

stomachs of birds.

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