A: Spot Dictation
Direction: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.
Posters have been put up all over Jakarta, (1) Indonesians to make a success of the people’s consultative assembly. But (2) , there’s very little chance of things (3) for President Suharto. Most of the members of the assembly are strong Suharto loyalists. The few who might (4) dissent from re-appointing Mr. Suharto for (5) will not get their voices heard. Most of the assembly’s discussions over the next eleven days (6) the public. As he already has (7) of Indonesia’s most powerful institutions, the armed forces in the (8) Golkar Party, there was never any real possibility of President Subarto (9) , despite the severe economic crisis in Indonesia and the fact that there is (10) corruption and president’s (11) . He is already 76 years old. Critics have described the assembly meetings as (12) a coronation than an election. But Mr. Suharto is taking no chances. (13) troops and police have been deployed in Jakarta alone, to prevent any trouble from (14) . Over the past months, towns across Indonesia (15) by food riots and there have been several demonstrations in the capital. (16) is now as high as anyone here can remember, and yet with opposition groups fragmented and (17) the security forces head on, there’s little chance of Mr. Suharto being forced to (18) Even some of the president’s most strident critics acknowledge that he still has (19) in his hands, and for now, (20) can decide who should replace him and when.