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Section C
Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.
The Supreme Court of the United States made an important rule in 1954.It was that public schools needed to be (36)_____.Children of all races were to be (37)_____ in the same schools.There would be no more black schools or white schools.That was the (38)_____of the law.Some schools chose to close their eyes and (39)_____the law.The University of Mississippi was one of those schools.There were no black students.They were supported by the state government and the governor’s office.
James Meredith had joined the Air Force after high school.After leaving the (40)_____,he realized that the only way he would be able to (41)_____his desire for a good education was to go to college.He also realized that the same quality of education offered to white students was not (42)_____ to him.He decided that the only place he could receive the education he wanted was to enroll in the University of Mississippi.
Meredith sent several (43)_____ to the university.Each time he applied, he was denied.(44)_______________________.He wrote to the president of the university thathe was ready to pursue his dream and would not back off.
However, the governor of Mississippi still believed that the races should not be mixed.(45)________________________.It was 1962. There was a new kind of president, sitting in Washington,D.C. His name was John F. Kennedy.He had promised to support civil rights in his campaign for president.(46)________________________.
