QUESTIONBOOKLET
TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2024)
-GRADEFOUR-
TIMELIMIT:130MIN
PARTⅠDICTATION[10MIN]
Listentothefollowingpassage.AltogetherthepassagewillbereadtoyoufourtimesDuringthefirstreading,whichwillbedoneatnormalspeed,listenandtrytounderstandthemeaning.Forthesecondandthirdreadings,thepassage,exceptthefirstsentence,willbereadsentencebysentence,orphrasebyphrase,withintervalsoffifteenseconds.Thelastreadingwillbedoneatnormalspeedagainandduringthistimeyoushouldcheckyourwork.YouwillthenbegivenONEminutetocheckyourworkoncemore.
WriteonANSWERSHEETONE.Thefirstsentenceofthepassageisalreadyprovided.
Now,listentothepassage.
China’sParcelDeliveryBusiness
China’sParcelDeliveryBusinesshasboomedinthepastdecade.
PARTⅡLISTENINGCOMPREHENSION[20MIN]
SECTIONATALK`
Inthissectionyouwillhearatalk.YouwillhearthetalkONCEONLY.Whilelistening,youmaylookatthetaskonANSWERSHEETONEandwriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachgap.Makesurewhatyoufillinisbothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayusetheblanksheetfornote-taking.
YouhaveTHIRTYsecondstopreviewthegap-fillingtask
Nowlistentothetalk.Whenitisover,youwillbegivenTWOminutestocheckyourwork.
MachineLearning
Machinelearningisthemostpowerfulbranchofartificialintelligence.
Whatmachinescando
●Machinelearningstartedintheindustrialworldin(1).
●Earlierstage
-simpletasks:e.g.(2)
●(3)inthepastdecade
-gradinghigh-schoolessays
-（4）
●Machinesoutperformhumanson(5)tasks.
Whatmachinescannotdo
●Incapableof(6)
●Needtolearnfr