Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let us begin Part A with the first passage.
Passage 1:
The pace of change in the world around us is accelerating. Please consider the fact that until the invention of the steam engine, the fastest form of transportation was the sailing ship.

When the automobile was developed, doctors warned that human body probably couldn't stand speeds of more than 13 miles an hour.

Now the slowest among us drive faster than that speed even in school zones, while those of us who happen to be fighter pilots routinely travel faster than sound.

Within a few generations, we've also created and learned to transmit unimaginable amounts of information, through electronic devices and through the Internet. In short, things are changing very, very fast, and they're not going to slow down.

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