SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING

　　In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONLY ONCE. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a 15-minute gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini lecture. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.

　　ANSWER SHEET ONE

　　Fill in each of the gaps with ONE suitable word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.

　　The Impact of Technology on Popular Arts in the U.S.

　　"Popular" means "(16)" and desirable to large numbers of people, and "art" mean such things as (17), film, poems, and the like. Only since the early nineteenth century has technology been able to provide two necessary factors for the wide (18) arts. To be popular, products must be produced in virtually, (19) numbers at a low cost. And secondly, products must be transmitted to large number of people (20).

　　Before about 1830, most printing was done by hand press. The (21) press was invented in about 1830. This press was attached to a steam engine. It could produce thousands of impressions in an hour. At the same time, (22) making process in the early 19th century were improved. People began to use pulp and (23), so that paper became cheaper. Machines were made to gather, back, (24), and sew books together. Meanwhile, methods were developed of (25) and later color-printing processes. All this had great impact on arts.

　　PART II PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION

　　The following passage contains ten errors .Each line contains a maximum of one error. In each case only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way:

　　For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.

　　For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "^" sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end    of the line.

　　For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "/" and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.

　　EXAMPLE

　　When ^ art museum wants a new exhibit,

　　(1) an

　　it (never/) buys things in finished form and hangs

　　(2) never

　　them on the wall. When a natural history museum

　　wants an exhibition, it must often build it.

　　(3)exhibit

　　Because the air in the country is really clean, we ought to live

　　there much as is possible. Since, however, a great deal of the worlds

　　(26)

　　work must be done indoor in cities, it is important that we take every

　　(27)

　　precaution to ventilate our houses properly. Some people have

　　thought that night air is injurious. But careful study shows that night

　　air is identical with that which we breath during the day. In face the

　　(28)

　　proper ventilation of a bedroom is one of the first necessity for good

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