Unit8 Section A
[00:02.80]1. W: Did you go to the football match yesterday?
[00:06.97]M: Yes.The match started at 2:30,but I was 20 minutes later.
[00:11.83]Q: When did the man arrive there?
[00:14.89]2. W: What were you doing last nigh
[00:18.76]I heard a great noise in your house.
[00:21.55]M: I am terribly sorry,Mrs.Johnso.
[00:21.63]I was repairing the pipe.
[00:23.38]Q: What is the relationship between the two speakers?
[00:27.79]3. W: I'd like to try on the red skirt over there.
[00:32.08]M: Sorry,Madame.We haven't the right size for you.
[00:35.32]Q: Where does the conversation take place?
[00:39.44]4. M: Good afternoon.I want to go to London.
[00:43.57]Could you tell me if there's a train tomorrow?
[00:46.29]W: There's a train every evening at 20:30.
[00:49.50]Q: What can you infer from the conversation?
[00:54.13]5. M: Can I book a berth in advance?
[00:57.91]W: Yes,we can book you a berth,providing there's space,of course.
[01:02.93]Q: Where does the conversation most likely take place?
[01:08.44]6. W: Have you had any other symptoms,such as a cough?
[01:12.62]M: No,but I had a cough last time.
[01:15.44]Q: What can you conclude from the conversation?
[01:19.20]7. M: How about outdoor activities?
[01:23.33]W: We have a mine-hole golf course.
[01:26.13]if you prefer,you can water-ski on the lake.
[01:29.57]Q: What does the man want to know?
[01:33.44]8. M:What in the world happened to my baggage?
[01:36.99]W: I'm extremely sorry that this has happened.
[01:39.94]It is rare for things to disappear but it does happen sometimes.
[01:44.46]Q: What has happened to this man's baggage?
[01:49.24]9. M: There are so many people in the world now.
[01:52.85]It is crowded everywhere on Sundays.
[01:55.62]W: There will be a lot more people next century.
[01:59.07]Q: What are they talking about?
[02:02.67]10. W: Have you made up your mind to take up business as a career?
[02:07.45]M: Yes.Actually,I've already started.
[02:10.59]Q: What's the man's profession?
[02:14.35]Section B
[02:16.10]Passage One
[02:17.33]One late autumn evening,two boys.
[02:20.25]having collected a sackful of chestnuts.
[02:23.05]decided to share them out in a graveyard.
[02:25.95]On their way one of the boys dropped the sack and two of the chestnuts rolled out.
[02:31.90]"We'll get those later," he said.
[02:34.62]and they went to divide up the reminded.
[02:37.68]As they were counting them out,a small girl happened to be crossing the graveyard.
[02:42.80]and to her horror she heard from behind a bush a voice said.
[02:47.26]"One for you,one for me.
[02:49.51]One for you,one for me.
[02:52.30]In terror,she rushed to the gate and bumped into a policeman.
[02:57.24]"What's the matter,little girl?"he asked.
[03:00.11]for she was obviously in great distress.
[03:03.30]"Oh,Mr.policeman!"she cried.
[03:06.04]"There are ghosts in the graveyard.
[03:07.77]and they are sharing out the dead bodies! Listen!"
[03:12.05]And as she held a trembling finger to her lips they heard a voice said.
[03:16.88]"One for you,one for me.And we mustn't forget those two by the gate!"
[03:23.13]11. You have heard:"One for you, one for me."
[03:28.01]What does "one" refer to?
[03:30.99]12. Who were in the graveyard?
[03:34.60]13. Why was the small girl frightened?
[03:39.43]Passage Two
[03:40.92]You are sitting in a classroom on a warm day.
[03:43.73]listening to a history lecture.
[03:46.18]but the windows are open and outdoors the birds are singing and the trees are budding.
[03:52.27]The urge to gaze out of the window is irresistible.
[03:56.19]and you think of what it would be like to be out there.
[03:59.61]sitting in the grass,relaxing.
[04:02.35]chatting with a friend in the sunlight.
[04:05.30]Then the professor stops her discussion of the Roman Emire to say,
[04:04.30]"Mr.Smith,just what is so interesting out of the window.
[04:09.00]Suddenly you are startled back to reality.
[04:12.71]Only what is it,exactly.
[04:14.62]that you have come back from?
[04:17.18]It was not exactly that there was a specific thing out of the window that interested you.
[04:23.29]Rather,the mood of the spring day set you off into daydreaming.
[04:27.79]Daydreaming and fantasy are not quite the same.
[04:31.52]Fantasy is more self-directer.
[04:34.21]In a daydream,your thoughts wander unconsciously in unexpected directions.
[04:40.43]14. What are "you" doing?
[04:44.06]15. What interested you out of the window?
[04:49.05]16. What's the relationship between daydreaming and fantasy?
[04:54.43]17. What's the passage about?
[04:57.88]Passage Three
[04:59.60]A friend of mine,while visiting his mother in Florida,
[05:03.29]took her to a shoe store to purchase a new pair of shoes.
[05:06.92]While she was trying on different styles.
[05:09.58]my friend took the manager said.
[05:12.30]"When she picks out a pair that she likes,"he said,
[05:15.41]"just tell her that the price is 12 dollars.
[05:18.70]I'll pay the regular price,no matter how expensive it is."
[05:22.83]The following week,my friend was walking by the shoe store,and manager recognized him and called him in.
[05:29.23]"What's the problem?"asked my friend as he entered the store.
[05:32.13]"Wasn't my check any good?"
[05:34.50]"That's not it,"answered the manager.
[05:37.43]"The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes!"
[05:43.31]18. Why did the man take the manager aside?
[05:50.65]19. What did the man's mother think about the shoes?
[05:54.98]20. What do you think of the man |