Section A Short Conversation
[00:02.95]1. M: The cake you gave me was delicious.
[00:06.43]Where did you buy it?
[00:07.92]W: It's my own creation.
[00:09.98]It's something like my mother's chocolate cake.
[00:12.64]Q: Who made the cake?
[00:14.89]2. M: What a pleasant surprise.
[00:17.97]It seems to me we ran into each other here last week,too.
[00:22.15]W:You and I must have the same ide
[00:24.66]If you want to beat the crowds when you do the grocery shopping on Saturday.
[00:28.73]the only way is to be here when they open at 9 o'clock sharp?
[00:32.99]Q: Why did both of them do greocery shopping at 9 o'clock sharp?
[00:37.85]3.W:How many social science courses did you have when you were in the first year at college?
[00:44.88]M: I had only half a year each of philosophy,
[00:48.85]psychology, the history of social development.
[00:53.05]I wish I had had more time.
[00:55.85]Q: How many social courses did the man take at college?
[01:01.60]4. W: I was crossing the street just now and was almost hit by a car.
[01:06.80]Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
[01:10.50]M: Drivers like that should have their licenses taken away from them.
[01:14.48]Q: What does the man mean?
[01:17.22]5. M: I didn't do very well in yesterday's test.
[01:21.74]I made a mistake in grammar and two spelling mistake.
[01:25.39]What about you,Mary?
[01:27.12]W:I didn't make any mistake
[01:29.26]but my teacher told me to pay more attention to my handwriting.
[01:33.47]Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[01:36.76]6. M: What a nice warm day.
[01:39.58]I think I'll go out to write my composition under a tree.
[01:43.24]W: I'd like to join you but I find it hard to work outside.
[01:47.47]Q: What is the woman going to do?
[01:50.47]7. M: Would you like to own your own business?
[01:54.00]W: I wouldn't mind a bit.
[01:55.93]Q: What did the woman mean?
[01:58.23]8. W:Hi,Jack.
[02:00.48]I've been looking for you for quite a while.
[02:02.70]Where have you been?
[02:03.95]M: Where have I been?
[02:05.75]I was wondering the same thing aobut you.
[02:08.00]Q: What does the man want to know?
[02:10.95]9. W: I haven't seen Ernst for quite a few weeks.
[02:15.60]When does he plan to finish his biophysics course?
[02:19.28]M:I don't know if he even plans to finish his biophysics course.
[02:23.05]Q: What does the man say about Ernst?
[02:26.31]10.M:Would you tell Lisa I am sorry I lost her stamp-album?
[02:31.12]W:Hadn't you better tell her yourself?
[02:33.91]Q: What does the woman mean?
[02:36.40]Section B
[02:37.60]Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825.
[02:41.28]His father,a well-known musician.
[02:44.00](11)-{was a strange and moody man
[02:46.48]He did not want any of his children to be musician
[02:50.14]He whipped young Johann because the boy insisted he wanted to study music.
[02:55.10]At last,Jonann (12)-{left his family permanently.
[02:59.04]He (13)-{griened over leaving the family} because the wonderful music he always had with him at home was gone forever.
[03:06.17]The only good thing about the family separation
[03:09.10]it seemed,was that young Johann would be free to study music.
[03:14.43]The dance called the waltz (14)-{developed from a peasant dance} in three-quarter time.
[03:20.15]The waltz became popular in Vienna
[03:22.81]so it was only natural that Johann (15)-{would be attracted to it}.
[03:26.71]The orchestra Johann's father had directed was prepared to disband when the elder Strauss suddenly died.
[03:33.79]Young Johann (16)-{offered to take his father's place.
[03:37.44]Most of the musicians questioned that a young man would expect to (17)-{fill the shoes of a famous father.
[03:44.29]They did not take into consideration that the son already
[03:47.89]had an orchestra of his own which was becoming well-know.
[03:51.92]Finally,one of the members persuaded the others
[03:55.05]let the two orchestras be combine.
[03:57.19]Their first performance (18)-{was a memorial concert} played in his father's honor.
[04:02.49]Soon Vienna (19)-{was paying tributes to the son.}
[04:05.92]He wrote such famous waltzes as Tales from the Vienna Woods and The Beautiful Blue Damub
[04:12.66]and his music is still played today.
[04:15.37]His waltzes are (20)-{as beautiful and timely as} when Strauss first wrote them |