LOA语言能力测试
LOA语言能力测试
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Read the short text below, then choose the correct answers.
Peter's Summer Holiday in Rome
Two days (1) ________ leaving for Rome, Peter bought two new shirts. (2) ________ he thought that his two suitcases full of summer clothes were enough, he subsequently realized after landing in Rome that he needed more clothing because the weather was cold.
Meaning: a picture, short film, song, etc. which tries to persuade people to buy a product or service
(The CDs are sold with the course books and come together with them at the same time)
Reading Comprehension 1
Zeus outdid himself this week, ripping apart clouds bedded down for the night over Juan de Fuca Strait, hurling mile high spears of lightning to unleash rain globs big as golf balls. Amid thunderclaps earsplitting as any in prairie boyhood, I stood atop the lookout on King George Terrace - drenched but excited as a kid. The pyrotechnics were so brilliant my eyes felt bruised in the morning.
Walking sunny wet streets streaming with the first real heat of spring, it seemed the midnight tempest [had] cleared my perspective of static cling and cobwebs. With neurons unclogged, my recharged senses were strangely keen for adventures the life of which I'd abandoned 40 years ago.
Could it be I'd actually been struck by lightning, thrown into a personal episode of Back to the Future? What else accounts for the quivering urge to break from the walk to work - and climb a tree like a carefree 10-year-old? Alas. Simply slowing my pace at the base of a cedar in Stadacona Park drew such looks of dismay from two young women splashing around on the nearby tennis court, I scotched my climbing ambition. Explaining would be a nasty job.
On Pembroke Street, more loitering while city pavers pulled away from two freshly-poured panels of sidewalk, moist and glistening like great slabs of clay-colored cheesecake. The impulse to press initials into the wet walkway was strong - but it, too, was stifled.
The trek resumed and spring's first warm sun grew hot, bringing the simmering urge for an out-of-doors day closer to a boil. Perhaps I could skip work and scour the streets for pop tins and bottles? The temptation was skewered by the prospect of scouring the streets for something else - like a job.
Reading Comprehension 2
Everyone's talking about Knights Game, the new historical drama on TV. 'We need an article related to the show,' said my boss, 'something a bit different.' So, after thinking for a while, I've signed up for a four-week archery course. That's the sport where you shoot into a circular target using a bow and arrow. I've never tried it before, unless you count the rubbish plastic bow and arrow set I had as a child. However, I'm quietly confident, as I consider my arm muscles strong and my eyesight sharp. My course is led by Kevin, who is an accountant on weekdays, but at the weekends, likes to play at something potentially more dangerous. He's actually a very gentle man; he became interested in archery through his love of history, but he admits that many people are coming to archery these days after watching Knights Game.
The first part of the course is necessarily slow, as we have to learn the rules and learn how to keep safe. This includes not moving to collect your arrows from the target until you hear the whistle that tells you that everyone has stopped shooting. I would strongly recommend anyone to obey this: when I went to pick up an arrow that I had shot in the wrong direction, it was 7 centimetres deep into the trunk of a tree.
We spend a large part of each class being shown how to stand and hold the bow, which is really important. It's harder than I thought it would be, as the bow weighs a lot. In between shots, we stand talking to each other, drinking juice and looking at the views. It's a calm sport. It's also one of those sports that almost anyone can take part in, including people in wheelchairs.
By the time of my final class, I'm really starting to enjoy it. I love the way that when you're preparing for a shot, you have to focus on the moment and ignore all other sights and sounds. I find this really relaxing. And then when you release the string and let the shot go, the feeling of power as it races to the target is amazing. And even more amazingly, I seem to be rather good at it. By the end, I'm able to hit the target right in the centre. Job done!
You will hear an interview with a writer called Peter Taylor.
For each question, choose the correct answer.
