QUESTIONBOOKLET
TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2024)
-GRADEFOUR-
TIMELIMIT:130MIN
PARTⅠDICTATION[10MIN]
Listentothefollowingpassage.AltogetherthepassagewillbereadtoyoufourtimesDuring
thefirstreading,whichwillbedoneatnormalspeed,listenandtrytounderstandthemeaning.For
thesecondandthirdreadings,thepassage,exceptthefirstsentence,willbereadsentenceby
sentence,orphrasebyphrase,withintervalsoffifteenseconds.Thelastreadingwillbedoneat
normalspeedagainandduringthistimeyoushouldcheckyourwork.YouwillthenbegivenONE
minutetocheckyourworkoncemore.
WriteonANSWERSHEETONE.Thefirstsentenceofthepassageisalreadyprovided.
Now,listentothepassage.
China’sParcelDeliveryBusiness
China’sParcelDeliveryBusinesshasboomedinthepastdecade.
PARTⅡLISTENINGCOMPREHENSION[20MIN]
SECTIONATALK`
Inthissectionyouwillhearatalk.YouwillhearthetalkONCEONLY.Whilelistening,you
maylookatthetaskonANSWERSHEETONEandwriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfor
eachgap.Makesurewhatyoufillinisbothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmay
usetheblanksheetfornote-taking.
YouhaveTHIRTYsecondstopreviewthegap-fillingtask
Nowlistentothetalk.Whenitisover,youwillbegivenTWOminutestocheckyourwork.
MachineLearning
Machinelearningisthemostpowerfulbranchofartificialintelligence.
Whatmachinescando
●Machinelearningstartedintheindustrialworldin(1).
●Earlierstage
-simpletasks:e.g.(2)
●(3)inthepastdecade
-gradinghigh-schoolessays
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●Machinesoutperformhumanson(5)tasks.
Whatmachinescanno