Part A Spot Dictation Directions:In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage
with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have
heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER
BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.
International pressure is growing on Yugoslavia to
(1) in Kosovo. Diplomats from the international contact
group on Yugoslavia have called for (2) the crisis. They
were speaking (3) in the province with the leader of the
Ethnic Albanians Eblar Himulagova. There have also been calls from the United
Nations Security Council to (4) . An emergency meeting of the
major powers (5) be held in London on Monday. But our
(6) correspondent Marlott Bonnet Meyson says they may find
it difficult to (7) what to do. "The
Americans have given (8) of severe consequences and raised
the possibility of sanction being (9) Yugoslavia." That
issue will be discussed on Monday by Foreign Ministers of the contact group
which (10) the United States, Britain, Russia, France,
Germany and Italy. But the Russia Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov is sending a
deputy (11) and a statement from Moscow rejected what is
described as "western suggestions of (12) the crisis and the
use of sanctions to influence Yugoslavia". British officials say (13)
measures will be discussed at the London meeting, but they’re now
emphasizing (14) persuade Belgrade, in their words, to act
in a more reasonable way. That would include (15) as well as
punishments. One suggestion is that if the political dialogue were begun
(16) restoring some autonomy to Kosovo, there might be
(17) toward removing the existing sanctions which deny
Yugoslavia (18) international credit. Discussions are also
(19) about a possible mediation effort by the former Spanish
Prime Minister Philipy Gonzales, (20) the Organizations for
Security and Cooperation in Europe.