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Whatdoesthemanmean?
12.M:
DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourcartogogroceryshopping?
Thesupermarketsoutsidethecityaresomuchcheaper.I’dalsobehappytopickupanythingyouneed。
W:
Well,Idon’tliketoletanyoneelsedrivemycar.Tellyouwhat,whydon’twegotogether?
Whatdoesthewomanmean?
13.M:
Forgivethemessinhere,wehaveapartylastnight.Therewerealotofpeopleandtheyallbroughtfood。
Yeah,Icantell.Well,Iguessit’sprettyobviouswhatyou’llbedoingmostoftoday。
Whatdoesthewomanthinkthemanwilldo?
14.W:
WhattimewouldsuityouforthefirstroundtalkswithJohnSmith?
Well,youknowmyschedule.OtherthanthisFriday,onedayisasgoodasthenext。
15.W:
Iwassoangryyesterday!
MybiologyteacherdidnotevenletmeexplainwhyImissedthefieldtrip.Hejustwouldn’tletmepass!
Thatdoesn’tseemfair.I’dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou。
Whatdoesthemanimply?
16.M:
Ireallycan’tstandthewayDavidcontrolstheconversationallthetime.IfheisgoingtobeatyourChristmasparty,Ijustwon’tcome。
I’msorryyoufeelthatway,butmymotherinsiststhathecome。
Whatdoesthewomanimply?
17.W:
You’retakingacoursewithProfessorJohnson.What’syourimpressionsofar?
Well,manystudentscouldhardlystayawakeinhisclasswithoutfirstdrinkingacupofcoffee。
18.W:
Haveyoueverputacomputertogetherbefore?
No,never.ButIthinkifwefollowtheseinstructionsexactly,wewon’thavemuchtrouble。
Whatarethespeakersgoingtodo?
LongConversations
Conversation1
Whatsortofhoursdoyouwork,Steve?
WellIhavetoworkverylonghours,aboutelevenhoursaday。
Whattimedoyoustart?
Iwork9to3,thenIstartagainat5:
30andworkuntil11,sixdaysaweek.SoIhavetoworkveryunsocialhours。
Anddoyouhavetoworkattheweekend?
Oh,yes,that’sourbusiesttime.IgetWednesdaysoff。
Whatarethethingsyouhavetodoandthethingsyoudon’thavetodo?
Uh,Idon’thavetodothewashing-up,sothat’sgood.Ihavetowearwhite,andIhavetokeepeverythinginthekitchentotallyclean。
What’shardaboutthejob?
Youarestandingupallthetime.Whenwearebusy,peoplegetangryandsharp,butthat’snormal。
Howdidyoulearntheprofession?
Well,Ididatwo-yearcourseatcollege.Inthefirstyearwehadtolearnthebasics,andthenwehadtotakeexams。
Wasiteasytofindajob?
Iwrotetoaboutsixhotelsandoneofthemgavememyfirstjob,soIdidn’thavetowaittoolong。
Andwhat’sthesecretofbeinggoodatyourjob?
Attentiontodetail.Youhavetoloveit.Youhavetoshowpassionforit。
Andwhatareyourplansforthefuture?
Iwanttohavemyownplacewhenthetimeisright。
Q19.Whatdoesthemansayabouthisjob?
Q20.Whatdoesthemanthinkisthehardestpartofhisjob?
Q21.Wheredidthemangethisfirstjobaftergraduation?
Q22.Whatdoesthemansayisimportanttobeinggoodathisjob?
Conversation2
Nowyou’veseenthistableoffiguresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?
Yes.Ithoughtitwasquiteinteresting,butIdon’tquiteunderstandthecolumnentitledchange.Canyouexplainwhatitmeans?
Well,Ithinkitmeansthechangefromtheyearbefore.Iamnotamathematician,butIassumetherisefrom70pto90pisariseof25percent。
Ohyes,Isee.Andtheinflationrateisthereforcomparison。
Yes.whydoyouthinktheriseinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?
IamsorryI’venoidea.PerhapsparentsinBritainaretoogenerous。
Perhapstheyare.Butitlooksasifchildrenwerenotbetteroffinthantheywerein.That’sstrange,isn’tit?
Andtheyseemtohavebeenbetteroffinthantheyarenow.Iwonderwhythatis。
Yes,Idon’tunderstandthatatall。
Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?
Idon’tknow.IthinkI’llprobablygivethem2poundsaweek。
Wouldyou?
Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?
Well,outofthat,theyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings,butIwouldn’texpectthemtosavetobuytheirownsocks,forexample。
Yes,bytheway,domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?
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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