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1、一.READING PARTONE Questions1-7 .Readthesesentencesandtheinstructionsthatfollow. .Whichmethoddoeseachsentencedescribe? .Foreachsentencemarkoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyouranswerSheet. Example Youcandictateamessagealmostanywhereatyourconvenience. Answer:B 1.Youspeak,whileyoursecretaryt
2、ypesdownyourwords. 2.Youhavetospeakslowlyandveryclearly. 3.Oneofthesemethodscanbeusedwhenyouareinahurry. 4.Whiledictating,youusesometapes. 5.Oneofthedisadvantagesofthismethodisthatyouaretotallystrangetothetranscriber. 6.Thedictationisdonewithyourspeaking,amachine'srecording,andyou
3、rsecretary'stranscribing. 7.Themachinerecordsyourwordsandthenprovidethetranscription. A.Dictationtoyourownsecretary-"live"dictation,takenbyapersonwhobecomesfamiliarwithyourdictatingcharacteristics. B.Dictationtoamachine,withyoursecretarytranscribing. Inexpensivecassetterecorderspro
4、videgreatflexibilityindictation. Youcandictateintheoffice,athome,inanautomobile,inanairplane,andinanyout-of-the-officesituation.Yourdictationtapescanbetranscribedbybeingplayedbackonmoderntranscribingequipment. C.Dictationtoamachine,withaword-processingcenterprovidingthetranscriptioni
5、nthiscase,thetranscriberwillprobablynotbefamiliarwithyourdictationmannersandpeculiarities. D.Otherdictationmethods,suchasbytelephonecallsorbydirectsecretarialtranscriptionatthetypewriter.Thesemethodsarenotroutinebutareusedtypicallyin"rush"situations.Theyrequireaslowvoicespeedandclearp
6、ronunciation. PARTTWO Questions8-12 .ReadthistextaboutelectricalpowerinCanada. .ChoosethebestsentencefromthelistA-Itofilleachoftheblanks. .Foreachblank(8-12)markoneletter(A-I)onyourAnswerSheet. .Denotmarkanylettertwice. .Oneanswerhasbeengivenasanexample. ELECTRICITY:WEALTH,MONE
7、Y,POWER Canadianindustrieshaveprosperedformorethanacenturyonthecountry'sabundanceofcheap,reliableelectricalpower......example......Infact,CanadaconsumesmoreelectricityonaperpersonbasisthananycountryexceptforNorway......8...... ElectricityisasignificantsourceofexportincomeforCanada.
