1. True or false

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following lectures. At the end of the lecture, you will have 100 seconds to answer the following 10 questions. If the statement is wrong, please mark F. If this is true. Remember to mark your answers on the answer sheet provided.

1. The latest population of Canada is 27 million.

2. Nearly half of Canada's land is covered by forests.

Even in winter, you don't need a thick coat in Vancouver.

There are more German-speaking people in Canada than Ukrainian-speaking people.

Poor people in Canada can't afford to go to restaurants.

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Two. Multiple choice questions (3 options)

Questions 1 to 5 refer to the conversation in this section. At the end of the speech, you will have 75 seconds to answer the following five questions. Remember to mark your answers on the answer sheet provided.

1. What is the theme of the speech?

A. Language and learning

B. artificial intelligence.

C. the human brain.

2. What is the model of artificial intelligence system?

A. smart behavior.

B.a machine.

C. the human brain.

3. What is a better artificial intelligence system than the human brain?

A. When there is a large amount of information to be memorized and processed.

B. when the question needs to be answered.

C. when intelligent behavior is needed.

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Three. Multiple choice questions (4 options)

Question 1 to 5 refer to this section for interview. At the end of the interview, you will have 75 seconds to answer the following five questions. Remember to mark your answers on the ANSER paper provided.

1. Which of the following statements is correct about Professor Paulson?

A.he is a socialist.

B.he wrote many books about social classes.

C. He has never been to any country outside North America.

D. He is famous in his field.

Why did he begin his speech by telling history?

A. help the audience understand better.

B. It means that he has done some homework for the lecture.

C. to show that he is history.

D. to show that people's behavior was different in the past.

3. What does the phrase "vacation" mean?

A. time is running out.

B. take a break.

C. unemployment.

D. Set aside time for celebration.

4. What does the speaker want to illustrate with the example of Rome?

A. the Romans worked hard.

B. the ancient Romans longed to be leaders.

C. even people in the fifth century are keen on holidays.

D. Roman civilization reached its peak in the fifth century.

Four. Compound dictation. 20%

In this part, you will hear an article three times. When reading this article for the first time, you should listen carefully to its main idea. Then listen to this article again. On the second reading, you are asked to fill in the blanks with the four words you just heard, from 1 to 7. In the blanks from 8 to 9, you need to fill in the six words you just heard. Finally, you will listen to the whole article again to check what you have written. Please write it on the answer sheet.

Saving money is the first step to prosperity. (1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ will also support the banking system in the future. Banks need (2)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In the United States, people who want to (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ have many choices. Banks, savings in loans and credit cooperatives are traditional places (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

A credit cooperative is a cooperative established for (5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. For example, members can be (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or government agencies. Most credit cooperatives are non-profit organizations. Savings will be protected if a federally guaranteed bank, savings association or credit union goes bankrupt. The depositor's capital guarantee is as high as100,000 USD.

Banks and other financial institutions pay interest on savings accounts. But the interest rate is very low. Certificate of deposit is another way of saving. They pay higher interest rates. With a certificate of deposit, a person does not agree to (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for a period of time. The term can be three months or several years. (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Higher interest. People can withdraw money in advance, but they have to pay the price.

Verb (short for verb) answers the following questions. 10%

According to what you heard on the tape, answer the following questions briefly. You will listen to this project twice.

1. How many people were killed in the bomb attack?

2. What were the nine injured policemen called to do?

3. What happened to the second bomb?

4. What did the doctor who treated the injured say?

Who claimed responsibility for the explosion?