[00:00.69]PART I DICTATION
[00:03.70]Listen to the following passage.
[00:06.46]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.
[00:10.63]During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed,
[00:14.74]listen and try to understand the meaning.
[00:17.69]For the second and third readings,
[00:20.50]the passage will be read sentence by sentence,
[00:23.24]or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds.
[00:28.20]The last reading will be done at normal speed again
[00:31.81]and during this time you should check your work.
[00:35.00]You will then be given 2 minutes
[00:36.90]to check through your work once more.
[00:40.24]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
[00:44.00]Now, listen to the passage.
[00:48.23]Glaciers
[00:50.66]Glaciers are formed in places where the temperatures are extremely cold.
[00:55.91]This could even include places that are at sea level,
[00:59.35]but are mostly places that are high up on mountains.
[01:02.67]In such cold places it snows most of the year.
[01:06.57]This snow will settle down and when it snows again
[01:09.71]the lower layer of snow gets compressed.
[01:13.21]Every time it snows, the below layers will compress more,
[01:17.35]finally turning into hard ice.
[01:20.06]This ice is what forms the glacier.
[01:23.55]When the temperature rises slightly,
[01:25.88]the outer edges of the formed glacier and fresh snow will melt.
[01:30.40]For a glacier to form and sustain itself it is of prime importance
[01:35.36]that the amount of snow that falls on it
[01:37.58]must be more than the amount of glacier that has melted.
[01:41.98]This is the only way in which the glacier will be able to maintain itself
[01:46.49]and keep increasing in size year after year.
[01:50.17]The second and third readings.
[01:52.60]You should begin writing now.
[01:55.88]Glaciers are formed in places where the temperatures are extremely cold.
[02:16.00]Glaciers are formed in places where the temperatures are extremely cold.
[02:36.11]This could even include places that are at sea level,
[02:53.82]This could even include places that are at sea level,
[03:11.97]but are mostly places that are high up on mountains.
[03:30.47]but are mostly places that are high up on mountains.
[03:49.05]In such cold places it snows most of the year.
[04:07.77]In such cold places it snows most of the year.
[04:26.29]This snow will settle down and when it snows again
[04:44.31]This snow will settle down and when it snows again
[05:02.45]the lower layer of snow gets compressed.
[05:19.94]the lower layer of snow gets compressed.
[05:38.88]Every time it snows, the below layers will compress more,
[05:57.33]Every time it snows, the below layers will compress more,
[06:16.86]finally turning into hard ice.
[06:33.94]finally turning into hard ice.
[06:51.95]This ice is what forms the glacier.
[07:10.56]This ice is what forms the glacier.
[07:28.10]When the temperature rises slightly,
[07:45.76]When the temperature rises slightly,
[08:03.53]the outer edges of the formed glacier and fresh snow will melt.
[08:23.14]the outer edges of the formed glacier and fresh snow will melt.
[08:43.07]For a glacier to form and sustain itself it is of prime importance
[09:01.69]For a glacier to form and sustain itself it is of prime importance
[09:21.42]that the amount of snow that falls on it
[09:23.73]must be more than the amount of glacier that has melted.
[09:42.61]that the amount of snow that falls on it
[09:44.69]must be more than the amount of glacier that has melted.
[10:03.75]This is the only way in which the glacier will be able to maintain itself
[10:23.26]This is the only way in which the glacier will be able to maintain itself
[10:42.21]and keep increasing in size year after year.
[11:00.60]and keep increasing in size year after year.
[11:18.93]The last reading.
[11:21.56]Glaciers are formed in places where the temperatures are extremely cold.
[11:27.03]This could even include places that are at sea level,
[11:30.29]but are mostly places that are high up on mountains.
[11:33.86]In such cold places it snows most of the year.
[11:37.51]This snow will settle down and when it snows again
[11:40.68]the lower layer of snow gets compressed.
[11:43.82]Every time it snows, the below layers will compress more,
[11:48.24]finally turning into hard ice.
[11:50.87]This ice is what forms the glacier.
[11:54.42]When the temperature rises slightly,
[11:56.77]the outer edges of the formed glacier and fresh snow will melt.
[12:01.45]For a glacier to form and sustain itself it is of prime importance
[12:06.25]that the amount of snow that falls on it
[12:08.58]must be more than the amount of glacier that has melted.
[12:12.65]This is the only way in which the glacier will be able to maintain itself
[12:17.17]and keep increasing in size year after year.
[12:20.80]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[14:42.89]That is the end of part 1 dictation.