SECTION A In this section you will hear a
mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes
on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them
to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over,
you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to
complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for
note-taking. Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a
maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both
grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.
America’s Legislators Back to School
Week Ⅰ. Time
—The third week of September is the (1) of America’s
Legislators Back to School Week. Ⅱ. How to do —The NCSL provides educational materials about our system of
(2) . —NCSL contracted with TPACT to design
a (3) study of the program’s impact. Ⅲ. Purpose —To evaluate the impact of
the America’s Legislators Back to School Program on (4)
students’ understanding and appreciation of representative democracy.
—To get young people to take part in the (5) of the
change. Explain how they (6) .
Young people’s ideas can influence the (7) process.
Dealt with a (8) that they argued would
harm the environment. Ⅳ. Impact
—A teacher in South Dakota said his class learned a lot about (9)
from a visit by a state lawmaker. —The evaluation of
this program shows it results in significantly higher levels of understanding
and (10) of representative democracy among middle school
students.