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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.Butitlooksasifchildrenwerenotbetteroffinthantheywerein.That’sstrange,isn’tit?

Andtheyseemtohavebeenbetteroffinthantheyarenow.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?

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?

SectionCCompundDiction

Almosteverychild,onthefirstdayhesetsfootintheschoolbuilding,issmarter,morecurious,lessafraidofwhathedoesn'tknow,betteratfindingandfiguringthingsout,moreconfident,resourceful,persistentandindependent,thanhewilleitherbeagaininhisschoolingor,unlessheisveryunusualandverylucky,fortherestofhislife.

Already,bypayingcloseattentiontoandinteractingwiththew

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