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经济学

SectionA

ShortConversation

11.W:

Justimagine!

Wehavetofinishreading300pagesbeforeMonday!

Howcantheprofessorexpectustodoitinsuchashorttime?

M:

Yeah,butwhattroublesmeisthatIcan’tfindthebookinthelibraryorintheuniversitybookstore.

Q:

Whatdoesthemanmean?

12.M:

DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourcartogogroceryshopping?

Thesupermarketsoutsidethecityaresomuchcheaper.I’dalsobehappytopickupanythingyouneed.

W:

Well,Idon’tliketoletanyoneelsedrivemycar.Tellyouwhat,whydon’twegotogether?

Q:

Whatdoesthewomanmean?

13.M:

Forgivethemessinhere,wehaveapartylastnight.Therewerealotofpeopleandtheyallbroughtfood.

W:

Yeah,Icantell.Well,Iguessit’sprettyobviouswhatyou’llbedoingmostoftoday.

Q:

Whatdoesthewomanthinkthemanwilldo?

14.W:

WhattimewouldsuityouforthefirstroundtalkswithJohnSmith?

M:

Well,youknowmyschedule.OtherthanthisFriday,onedayisasgoodasthenext.

Q:

Whatdoesthemanmean?

15.W:

Iwassoangryyesterday!

MybiologyteacherdidnotevenletmeexplainwhyImissedthefieldtrip.Hejustwouldn’tletmepass!

M:

Thatdoesn’tseemfair.I’dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou.

Q:

Whatdoesthemanimply?

16.M:

Ireallycan’tstandthewayDavidcontrolstheconversationallthetime.IfheisgoingtobeatyourChristmasparty,Ijustwon’tcome.

W:

I’msorryyoufeelthatway,butmymotherinsiststhathecome.

Q:

Whatdoesthewomanimply?

17.W:

You’retakingacoursewithProfessorJohnson.What’syourimpressionsofar?

M:

Well,manystudentscouldhardlystayawakeinhisclasswithoutfirstdrinkingacupofcoffee.

Q:

Whatdoesthemanimply?

18.W:

Haveyoueverputacomputertogetherbefore?

M:

No,never.ButIthinkifwefollowtheseinstructionsexactly,wewon’thavemuchtrouble.

Q:

Whatarethespeakersgoingtodo?

LongConversations

Conversation1

W:

Whatsortofhoursdoyouwork,Steve?

M:

WellIhavetoworkverylonghours,aboutelevenhoursaday.

W:

Whattimedoyoustart?

M:

Iwork9to3,thenIstartagainat5:

30andworkuntil11,sixdaysaweek.SoIhavetoworkveryunsocialhours.

W:

Anddoyouhavetoworkattheweekend?

M:

Oh,yes,that’sourbusiesttime.IgetWednesdaysoff.

W:

Whatarethethingsyouhavetodoandthethingsyoudon’thavetodo?

M:

Uh,Idon’thavetodothewashing-up,sothat’sgood.Ihavetowearwhite,andIhavetokeepeverythinginthekitchentotallyclean.

W:

What’shardaboutthejob?

M:

Youarestandingupallthetime.Whenwearebusy,peoplegetangryandsharp,butthat’snormal.

W:

Howdidyoulearntheprofession?

M:

Well,Ididatwo-yearcourseatcollege.Inthefirstyearwehadtolearnthebasics,andthenwehadtotakeexams.

W:

Wasiteasytofindajob?

M:

Iwrotetoaboutsixhotelsandoneofthemgavememyfirstjob,soIdidn’thavetowaittoolong.

W:

Andwhat’sthesecretofbeinggoodatyourjob?

M:

Attentiontodetail.Youhavetoloveit.Youhavetoshowpassionforit.

W:

Andwhatareyourplansforthefuture?

M:

Iwanttohavemyownplacewhenthetimeisright.

Q19.Whatdoesthemansayabouthisjob?

Q20.Whatdoesthemanthinkisthehardestpartofhisjob?

Q21.Wheredidthemangethisfirstjobaftergraduation?

Q22.Whatdoesthemansayisimportanttobeinggoodathisjob?

Conversation2

W:

Nowyou’veseenthistableoffiguresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?

M:

Yes.Ithoughtitwasquiteinteresting,butIdon’tquiteunderstandthecolumnentitledchange.Canyouexplainwhatitmeans?

W:

Well,Ithinkitmeansthechangefromtheyearbefore.Iamnotamathematician,butIassumetherisefrom70pto90pisariseof25percent.

M:

Ohyes,Isee.Andtheinflationrateisthereforcomparison.

W:

Yes.whydoyouthinktheriseinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?

M:

IamsorryI’venoidea.PerhapsparentsinBritainaretoogenerous.

W:

Perhapstheyare.Butitlooksasifchildrenwerenotbetteroffin2001thantheywerein2002.That’sstrange,isn’tit?

Andtheyseemtohavebeenbetteroffin2003thantheyarenow.Iwonderwhythatis.

M:

Yes,Idon’tunderstandthatatall.

W:

Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?

M:

Idon’tknow.IthinkI’llprobablygivethem2poundsaweek.

W:

Wouldyou?

Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?

M:

Well,outofthat,theyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings,butIwouldn’texpectthemtosavetobuytheirownsocks,forexample.

W:

Yes,bytheway,domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?

M:

Yeah,theydo.

Q23Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?

Q24WhatdowelearnfromtheconversationaboutBritishchildren’spocketmoney?

Q25Supposingthemanhadchildren,whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?

From:

SectionB

Passage1

Asthenewsalesdirectorforanationalcomputerfirm,AlexGordonwaslookingforwardtohisfirstmeetingwiththecompany’sdistrictmanagers.Everyonearrivedontime,andAlex’spresentationwentextremelywell.Hedecidedtoendthemeetingwiththeconversationabouttheimportanceofthedistrictmanagerstothecompany’splans.“Ibelievewearegoingtocontinuetoincreaseourshareofthemarket,”hebegan,“becauseofthequalityofthepeopleinthisroom.Thedistrictmanageristhekeytothesuccessofthesalesrepresentativesinhisdistrict.Hesetsthetermforeveryoneelse.Ifhehasambitiousgoalsandiswillingtoputinlonghours,everyoneinhisunitwillfollowhisexample.”WhenAlexwasfinished,hereceivedpoliteapplauses,buthardlythewarmresponsehehadhopedfor.Laterhespokewithoneoftheseniormanagers.“Thingsweregoingsowelluntiltheend”,Alexsaiddisappointedly.“Obviously,Isaidthewrongthing.”“Yes”,thedistrictmanagerreplied.“Halfofourmanagersarewomen.Mosthaveworkedtheirwayupfromsalesrepresentatives,andtheyareveryproudoftheroletheyplayedinthecompany’sgrowth.Theydon’tcareatallaboutpoliticalcorrectness.Buttheyweredefinitelysurprisedanddistressedtobereferredtoas‘he’inyourspeech.”

Q26WhodidAlexGordonspeaktoatthefirstmeeting?

Q27WhatdidAlexwanttoemphasizeattheendofhispresentation?

Q28Whatdowelearnabouttheaudienceatthemeeting?

Q29WhydidAlexfailtoreceivethewarmresponsehehadhopedfor?

Passage2

Thewaytocomplainistoactbusiness-likeandimportant.Ifyourcomplaintisimmediate,supposeyougotthewrongorderatarestaurant,makeapolitebutfirmrequesttoseethemanager.Whenthemanagercomes,askhisorhername.Andthenstateyourproblemandwhatyouexpecttohavedoneaboutit.Bepolite!

Shoutingoractingrudewillgetyounowhere.Butalsobefirminmakingyourcomplaint.Besides,actimportant.Thisdoesn’tmeantoputonairsandsay“doyouknowwhoIam?

”Whatitmeansisthatpeopleareoftentreatedthewaytheyexpecttobetreated.Ifyouactlikesomeonewhoexpectsafairrequesttobegranted,chancesareitwillbegranted.Theworstwaytocomplainisoverthetelephone.Youarespeakingtoavoicecomingfromsomeoneyoucannotsee.Soyoucan’ttellhowthepersononthelineisreacting.Itiseasyforthatpersontogiveyoutherun-around.Complaininginpersonorbyletterisgenerallymoreeffective.Ifyourcomplaintdoesn’trequireanimmediateresponse,itoftenhelpstocomplainbyletter.Ifyouhaveanappliancethatdoesn’twork,sendalettertothestorethatsoldit.Bebusiness-likeandsticktothepoint.Don’tspendaparagraphonhowyouruncleJohntriedtofixtheproblemandcouldn’t.

Q30Whatdoesthespeakersuggestyoudowhenyouarenotservedproperlyatarestaurant?

Q31Whydoesthespeakersaytheworstwaytocomplainisoverthetelephone?

Q32Whatshouldyoudoifyoumakeacomplaintbyletter?

Passage3

BarbaraSandersisawifeandthemotheroftwochildren,ages2and4.Herhusband,Tom,isanengineerandmakesanexcellentsalary.BeforeBarbarahadchildren,sheworkedasanarchitectforthegovernment,designinggovernmenthousing.Shequitherjobwhenshebecamepregnant,butisnowinterestedinreturningtowork.She'sbeenofferedanexcellentjobwiththegovernment.Herhusbandfeelsit'sunnecessaryforhertoworksincethefamilydoesnotneedtheaddedincome.Healsothinksthatawomanshouldstayhomewithherchildren.IfBarbarafeelstheneedtodosociallyimportantwork,hethinksthatsheshoulddovolunteerworkoneortwodaysaweek.Barbara,ontheotherhand,hasmissedtheexcitementofherprofessionanddoesnotfeelshewouldbesatisfieddoingvolunteerwork.Shewouldalsoliketohaveherownincome,soshedoesnothavetoaskherhusbandformoneywhenevershewantstobuysomething.Shedoesnotthinkit'snecessarytostayhomeeverydaywiththechildrenandsheknowsaveryreliablebabysitterwho'swillingtocometoherhouse.Tomdoesnotthinkababysittercanreplaceamotherandthinksit'sabadideaforthechildrentospendsomuchtimewithsomeonewho'snotpartofthefamily.

Q33WhatwasBarbara'sprofessionbeforeshehadchildren?

Q34WhatdoesBarbara'shusbandsuggestshedoifshewantstowork?

Q35WhatdoesTomthinkabouthiringababysitter?

From:

SectionC

Almosteverychild,onthefirstdayhesetsfootintheschoolbuilding,issmarter,morecurious，lessafraidofwhathedoesn'tknow,betteratfindingandfiguringthingsout,moreconfident,resourceful,persistentandindependent,thanhewilleitherbeagaininhisschooling