[00:00.75]PART I DICTATION
[00:04.32]Listen to the following passage.
[00:06.91]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.
[00:11.19]During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed,
[00:15.02]listen and try to understand the meaning.
[00:18.06]For the second and third readings,
[00:20.27]the passage will be read sentence by sentence,
[00:23.21]or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds.
[00:27.65]The last reading will be done at normal speed again
[00:30.83]and during this time you should check your work.
[00:34.22]You will then be given 2 minutes
[00:36.19]to check through your work once more.
[00:38.87]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
[00:43.18]Now, listen to the passage.
[00:47.32]Superstition
[00:49.23]One person in four in Britain is, apparently, superstitious,
[00:55.04]and they'll do everything
[00:56.52]from hanging horseshoes over their fireplace to crossing their fingers,
[01:01.38]touching wood and absolutely never walking under a ladder.
[01:06.34]And they're careful about cats.
[01:09.52]Black cats are supposed to be the familiars of witches,
[01:13.61]so if one is following you it's definitely bad luck—a witch is after you!
[01:20.49]On the other hand, if one crosses your path and continues
[01:24.74]then it's good luck because it hasn't noticed you.
[01:28.84]However, in some places the beliefs are different
[01:33.09]—so it pays to know where your black cat comes from!
[01:37.35]Old superstitions linger even in today's modern world.
[01:42.74]The author Philip Pullman drew on them
[01:45.88]in his award winning novel "His Dark Materials".
[01:50.52]The novel, which appeals to both children and adults,
[01:54.57]has been adapted for radio and also the theatre.
[01:59.33]The second and third readings.
[02:01.48]You should begin writing now.
[02:04.76]One person in four in Britain is, apparently, superstitious,
[02:25.37]One person in four in Britain is, apparently, superstitious,
[02:45.78]and they'll do everything
[02:47.11]from hanging horseshoes over their fireplace to crossing their fingers,
[03:06.96]and they'll do everything
[03:08.17]from hanging horseshoes over their fireplace to crossing their fingers,
[03:27.97]touching wood and absolutely never walking under a ladder.
[03:47.51]touching wood and absolutely never walking under a ladder.
[04:07.68]And they're careful about cats.
[04:25.18]And they're careful about cats.
[04:42.58]Black cats are supposed to be the familiars of witches,
[05:00.97]Black cats are supposed to be the familiars of witches,
[05:19.74]so if one is following you it's definitely bad luck—a witch is after you!
[05:40.68]so if one is following you it's definitely bad luck—a witch is after you!
[06:01.82]On the other hand, if one crosses your path and continues
[06:20.99]On the other hand, if one crosses your path and continues
[06:39.71]then it's good luck because it hasn't noticed you.
[06:58.41]then it's good luck because it hasn't noticed you.
[07:16.52]However, in some places the beliefs are different
[07:35.26]However, in some places the beliefs are different
[07:53.93]—so it pays to know where your black cat comes from!
[08:12.22]—so it pays to know where your black cat comes from!
[08:30.94]Old superstitions linger even in today's modern world.
[08:50.28]Old superstitions linger even in today's modern world.
[09:09.61]The author Philip Pullman drew on them
[09:27.67]The author Philip Pullman drew on them
[09:46.16]in his award winning novel "His Dark Materials".
[10:04.94]in his award winning novel "His Dark Materials".
[10:23.76]The novel, which appeals to both children and adults,
[10:43.26]The novel, which appeals to both children and adults,
[11:02.63]has been adapted for radio and also the theatre.
[11:21.24]has been adapted for radio and also the theatre.
[11:40.57]The last reading.
[11:42.72]One person in four in Britain is, apparently, superstitious,
[11:48.06]and they'll do everything
[11:49.55]from hanging horseshoes over their fireplace to crossing their fingers,
[11:54.41]touching wood and absolutely never walking under a ladder.
[11:59.36]And they're careful about cats.
[12:02.45]Black cats are supposed to be the familiars of witches,
[12:06.62]so if one is following you it's definitely bad luck—a witch is after you!
[12:13.44]On the other hand, if one crosses your path and continues
[12:17.85]then it's good luck because it hasn't noticed you.
[12:21.61]However, in some places the beliefs are different
[12:25.99]—so it pays to know where your black cat comes from!
[12:30.35]Old superstitions linger even in today's modern world.
[12:35.67]The author Philip Pullman drew on them
[12:38.94]in his award winning novel "His Dark Materials".
[12:43.50]The novel, which appeals to both children and adults,
[12:47.66]has been adapted for radio and also the theatre.
[12:52.19]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[15:01.44]That is the end of part 1 dictation.