大学英语六级听力练习 001

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大学英语六级听力练习 001

Listen to the following passage or together the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading which will be read in normal speed .Listen and try to understand the meaning . For the second and third readings the passage will be read sentence by sentence or phrase by phrase. with intervals¹ or 15 seconds. The last reading will be read in normal speed again and during this time you should take your work you will then be given 2 minutes to check your work once more. Please write the whole passage on answer sheet II 

Now listen to the passage.

Education in China

  Education, in china today, has been developing rapidly. In many provinces, it is compulsory² and free. Most children start school at the age of six. They attend five years of elementary school and six years of high school .After graduation from high school, a student can start his higher education in a two-year college or a four-year college, a university or a specialized³ professional school. Most colleges admit students on the basis of their entrance examination⁴ records. The cost of college education is not very high and the great part of it is met by their families, those students can't get support from the college. Many students receive scholarships from the school, the government or private foundations⁵ and organizations. Though great progress has been made in China in the field of education, there  are still a comparatively large part of population in the country who cannot read and write.