Part A Note-taking And Gap-filling Directions:In this part of the test you will hear a
short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you
may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information
to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWERBOOKLET. You will
not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk.
Most people believe that landscape is (1) ,
but Earth is a (2) body with a continually (3)
surface. There are two principal influences that shape the
(4) : constructive processes such as (5)
and (6) forces such as erosion. Hills and
mountains are often regarded as the (7) of permanence. But,
interestingly enough, the higher a mountain is, the more (8)
it was formed. Lower mountains tend to be (9) and are often
the eroded (10) of much higher mountain chains.
The earth’s crust is thought to be divided into huge, (11)
segments, called plates, which (12) on a soft
plastic layer of rocks. Some mountains are formed as a result of these crustal
plates (13) into each other, and forcing up the rock at the
plate (14) . Some mountains may be raised by (15)
or formed as a result of (16) activity.
Any landscape represents only a (17) stage
in the continuous (18) between different forces. The main
agent of erosion is (19) The landscape is continually eroded
by rain, ice, tree roots and (20)