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Section one conversation

　　1.W: Simon, oh, well, could you return the tools I lend you for building the bookshelf last month?

　　M: Oh, I hate to tell you this, but I can’t seem to find them.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　2.W: I found an expensive diamond ring in the restroom this morning.

　　M: If I were you, I would turn it in to the security office. It is behind the administration building.

　　Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?

　　3.W: I am going to Martha’s house. I have a paper to complete. And I need to use her computer.

　　M: Why don’t you buy one yourself? Think how much time you could save.

　　Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?

　　4.W: Daddy, I have decided to give up science and go to business school.

　　M: Well, it is your choice as long as pay your own way, but I should warn you that not everyone with a business degree will make a successful manager.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　5.W: I just read in the newspaper that Lord of the Rings is this year’s greatest hit. Why don’t we go and see it at the Grand Cinema?

　　M: Don’t you think that cinema is a little out of the way?

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　6.W: Bob said that Seattle is a great place for conferences.

　　M: He is certainly in the position to make that comment. HE has been there so often.

　　Q: What does the man say about?

　　7.W: Mr. Watson, I wonder whether it’s possible for me to take a vacation early next month?

　　M: Did you fill out a request form?

　　Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

　　8.M: Do you want to go to the lecture this weekend? I heard that the guy who is going to deliver the lecture spent a year living in the rainforest.

　　W: Great, I am doing a report on the rain forest. Maybe I can get some new information to add it.

　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　9.W: Wow, I do like this campus. All the big trees, the green lawns, and the old buildings with tall columns. It’s really beautiful.

　　M: It sure is. The architecture of these buildings is in the Greek style. It was popular in the 18th century here.

　　Q: What are the speakers talking about?

　　10.M: This article is nothing but advertising for housing developers. I don’t think the houses for sale are half that good.

　　W: Come on, David. Why so negative? We are thinking of buying a home, aren’t we? Just a trip to look at the place won’t cist us much.

　　Q: What can be inferred form the conversation?

　　Section Two passages

　　Passage 1

　　In the next few decades, people are going to travel very differently from the way they do today. Everyone is going to drive electrically-powered cars, so in the few years, people won’t worry about running out of gas. Some of the large automobile companies are really moving ahead with this new technology. F&C Motors, a major auto company, for example, is holding a press conference next week. After the press conference, the company will present its new electronically-operated models. Transportation in the future won’t be limited to the ground, many people predict that traffic will quickly move to the sky. In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and highway traffic, news reports will talk about traffic jams in the sky. But the sky isn’t the limit. In the future, you will probably even be able to take a trip to the moon. Instead of listening to regular airplane announcements, you will hear someone say: the spacecraft to the moon leaves in 10 minutes. Please check your equipment. And remember no more than 10 ounces of carry-on baggage are allowed.