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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2006) -GRADE EIGHT- TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35MIN) SECTION A MINI-LECTURE 　　In this section you ill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Meaning in Literature In reading literary works, we are connected with the “meaning” of one literary piece or another. However, finding out what something really means is a difficult issue. There are three ways to tackle meaning in literature. I. Meaning is what is intended by (1) ______ (1) ______ Apart from reading an author’s work in question, readers need to 1) read (2) ______by the same author; (2) ______ 2) get familiar with (3) ______at the time; (3) ______ 3) get to know cultural values and symbols of the time. II. Meaning exists “in” itself 1) some people’s view: meaning is produced by the formal properties of the text like (4) ______,etc. (4) ______ 2) speaker’s view: meaning is created by both conventions of meaning and (5) ______ (5) ______ Therefore, agreement on meaning could be created by common traditions and conventions of usage. But different time periods and different (6) ______ (6) ______ Perspectives could lead to different interpretations of meaning in a text. III. Meaning is created by (7) ______ (7) ______ 1) m