[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.

[00:48.27]Water Sports

[00:50.66]The history of man's involvement with water sports

[00:53.86]stretches back before history was written down.

[00:57.45]It is a history of the development of technology

[01:00.73]as well as human physical achievement.

[01:04.08]Man first took to water in boats that sailed around the world

[01:08.58]with nothing but the stars to guide them.

[01:11.98]The seas and rivers were a mystery to be feared,

[01:15.63]for the lurked unknown creatures and death by drowning.

[01:20.30]Few actually ventured into the water.

[01:23.81]As a sport, however, water sports such as swimming, diving,

[01:28.48]and water polo are new comparatively to those on land.

[01:33.44]Probably the oldest one is rowing in a rowboat.

[01:37.85]This is seen in modern games such as competitions

[01:41.40]between rowing clubs in British and American universities.

[01:45.96]Olympic Water Sports began with swimming but did not end there.

[01:51.29]The different kinds of water sports

[01:53.32]such as diving or water skiing came later.

[01:58.05]The second and third readings.

[02:00.07]You should begin writing now.

[02:03.55]The history of man's involvement with water sports

[02:22.00]The history of man's involvement with water sports

[02:40.31]stretches back before history was written down.

[02:58.88]stretches back before history was written down.

[03:17.38]It is a history of the development of technology

[03:20.41]as well as human physical achievement.

[03:38.70]It is a history of the development of technology

[03:41.57]as well as human physical achievement.

[03:59.88]Man first took to water in boats that sailed around the world

[04:19.34]Man first took to water in boats that sailed around the world

[04:39.90]with nothing but the stars to guide them.

[04:56.12]with nothing but the stars to guide them.

[05:12.92]The seas and rivers were a mystery to be feared,

[05:31.20]The seas and rivers were a mystery to be feared,

[05:50.15]for the lurked unknown creatures and death by drowning.

[06:09.60]for the lurked unknown creatures and death by drowning.

[06:28.76]Few actually ventured into the water.

[06:46.33]Few actually ventured into the water.

[07:05.71]As a sport, however, water sports such as swimming, diving,

[07:24.80]As a sport, however, water sports such as swimming, diving,

[07:45.06]and water polo are new comparatively to those on land.

[08:04.48]and water polo are new comparatively to those on land.

[08:25.18]Probably the oldest one is rowing in a rowboat.

[08:43.59]Probably the oldest one is rowing in a rowboat.

[09:02.77]This is seen in modern games such as competitions

[09:21.70]This is seen in modern games such as competitions

[09:40.59]between rowing clubs in British and American universities.

[09:59.58]between rowing clubs in British and American universities.

[10:19.37]Olympic Water Sports began with swimming but did not end there.

[10:39.28]Olympic Water Sports began with swimming but did not end there.

[10:59.09]The different kinds of water sports

[11:00.94]such as diving or water skiing came later.

[11:21.16]The different kinds of water sports

[11:23.00]such as diving or water skiing came later.

[11:44.26]The last reading.

[11:48.07]The history of man's involvement with water sports

[11:51.23]stretches back before history was written down.

[11:55.07]It is a history of the development of technology

[11:58.10]as well as human physical achievement.

[12:01.66]Man first took to water in boats that sailed around the world

[12:05.93]with nothing but the stars to guide them.

[12:09.33]The seas and rivers were a mystery to be feared,

[12:12.90]for the lurked unknown creatures and death by drowning.

[12:17.56]Few actually ventured into the water.

[12:21.01]As a sport, however, water sports such as swimming, diving,

[12:25.70]and water polo are new comparatively to those on land.

[12:30.66]Probably the oldest one is rowing in a rowboat.

[12:35.07]This is seen in modern games such as competitions

[12:38.58]between rowing clubs in British and American universities.

[12:43.13]Olympic Water Sports began with swimming but did not end there.

[12:48.41]The different kinds of water sports

[12:50.39]such as diving or water skiing came later.

[12:55.08]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.

[15:17.46]That is the end of part 1 dictation.