PART I DICTATION [15 MIN]
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at 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 intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
The internet
    The Internet is the most significant progress in the field of communications. Imagine a book that never ends, a library with a million floors, or imagine a research project with thousands of scientists  working around the clock forever.  This is the magic of the Internet.
     Yet the Internet has the potential for good and bad. /One can find well-organized, information-rich websites.  At the same time, one can also find wasteful websites. Most websites are known as different Internet applications.  These include online games, chat rooms (chatrooms) and so on.  These applications have great power, too. Sometimes the power can be so great  that young people may easily become victims to their attraction.  So we need to recognize the seriousness of the problem. / We must work together to use its power for better ends.