Directions:In this section, you will hear
a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for
the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43
with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you
are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can
either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in
your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
Voluntary learning in organized courses by mature men and
women is called adult education. Such education is (36) to
make people able to enlarge and (37) their experience as
adults. Adults may want to study something which they (38)
in earlier schooling, get new skills or job training, find out about new
(39) developments, seek better self-understanding, or
develop new talents and skills. This kind of education may be in
the form of self-study with proper (40) through the use of
libraries, correspondence course, or broadcasting. It may also be
(41) collectively in schools and colleges, study groups,
workshops, clubs and professional (42) .
Modern adult education for large numbers of people started in the 18th and
19th centuries with the rise of the Industrial Revolution. Great
(43) and social changes were taking place: (44)
. These and other factors produced a need for further education and
re-education of adults. (45) . For
example, parts of the adult population in many countries
find it necessary to take part in retraining programs at work or even to learn
completely new jobs. (46) .