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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.

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