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UNIT 1
Short conversations
1 Q: What is the man going to do?
B. Make another appointment.
2 Q: What do we learn about the woman
from this conversation?
C. She will
give the man a calculator for a coffee.
3 Q: What does the woman advise the man
to do?
A. Go to graduate school.
4 Q: What does the man imply?
D. Ken is always absent-minded.
5 Q: What does the man think of his
job?
C. The job is challenging but
rewarding.
Long
conversation
1 Q: Why does
Sta
cey come to Dr. Pearl’s
office?
B. To get permission
to quit his class.
2 Q: What is
worrying Stacey about her studies?
A.
She faces the danger of lowering her grade point
average.
3 Q: Which of the
following does Dr. Pearl suggest Stacey do?
A. Sign up for free tutoring in
writing.
4 Q: What is Dr.
Pearl’s
attitude toward Stacey?
C. Patient.
Passage 1
1 Q:
When did Ang Lee come to understand his father’s
concern about studying film?
D. When he graduated from
the film school.
2 Q: What was Ang
Lee’s most painful experience according to
the passage?
C.
Being refused repeatedly by production companies
when
shopping a screenplay.
3 Q: Why did Ang Lee enroll in a
computer course at a
community college?
A. Because he wanted to learn some
skills to be employed.
4 Q: What did
Ang Lee’s wife think of him accord
ing
to the
passage?
B. He has a
talent in making films.
P assage 2
1) believe in
2)
circumstances
3) searching for
4) a strong sense of
5)
responsibility
6) insecurity
7) integrity
8)
accomplishing
9) are longing for
10) priorities
UNIT 2
Short
conversations
1
Q: How does the man feel about his sister?
D He’s very unhappy at his sister’s
act.
2 Q: What does the man
say about Professor Smith?
C He often
loses his temper.
3 Q: What do we know
about the man?
A He didn’t make
the
joke about Horace on purpose.
4 Q: How does the man feel
about Jack’s failing the
exam?
A He feels
unsympathetic.
5 Q: What do we learn
about the woman?
D She is worried about
the interview.
Long
conversation
1 Q: How does the man feel
about his sister?
D He’s very unhappy
at his sister’s act
.
2 Q:
What does the man say about Professor Smith?
C He often loses his temper.
3 Q: What do we know about the man?
A He didn’t make the
joke
about Horace on purpose.
4 Q: How does
the man feel
about Jack’s failing
t
he exam?
A He feels
unsympathetic.
5 Q: What do we learn
about the woman?
D She is worried about
the interview.
Passage 1
1 Q: What will happen if you always
think that you must do
something in a
certain way?
B You will experience more
stress.
2 Q: How can you make large
projects workable according to the
passage?
C By dividing them
into smaller parts to finish one after
another.
3 Q: What is the
benefit of classical music mentioned in the
passage?
A It can facilitate
your learning.
4 Q: What is the best
title for the passage?
A Suggestions to
reduce your stress to It can facilitate your
learning. manageable levels.
Passage 2
1) exerting
2) fabulous
3) take them out
4)
approaches
5) head for
6)
efficient
7) is linked with
8) compare favorably to
9) boost
10) session
UNIT 3
Short
conversations
1
Q: What are the speakers doing?
D They
are discussing their curriculum schedules.
2 Q: What do we know about the
Christmas party last year?
B It was not
well-organized.
3 Q: What is the man
supposed to do now according to the
conversation?
C Look after
the woman’s children.
4 Q:
What does the woman think of her new neighbor?
B She thinks he is always very frank.
5 Q: What is the man going to do this
weekend?
C He is going to help Mr.
Smith move to a new house.
Long
conversation
1 Q:
Why is the woman asking for two weeks off from
work?
C Because she wants to
volunteer for an organization.
2 Q:
Which of the following statements is true?
B Over 150,000
volunteers worked for the building of
houses after the hurricane.
3 Q: According to the woman, why is she
willing to volunteer for
Habitat for
Humanity?
C Because she enjoys developing
friendships and building
communities
through volunteer work.
4 Q: What do we
know about the man from the conversation?
B
He finally agreed to let the woman take 14 days
off.
Passage 1
1
Q: What question did the research group try to
find an answer
to?
B How
well do people know their neighbors?
2
Q: Which age group is more likely to know their
neighbors?
D 55
- to 64-year-olds.
3 Q: Which of the
following statements is true according to the
passage?
C Women are more likely to know their
neighbors than
men.
4
Q
: What do the website’s comments
mentioned a
t the end of
the
passage imply?
D It is hard to get to know our
neighbors.
Passage 2
1) illegal
2) taking family
vacations
3) acquaintances
4) throwing a party
5)
verbal
6) tolerant
7)
intervene
8) splits the difference
9) resolve
10) talk it out
UNIT
4
Short
conversations
1
Q: What does the woman mean?
D Ted is
not capable of setting up his computer company.
2 Q: What is the man worried about?
B He is worried about the price of the
tiny engines.
3 Q: What can we infer
from the conversation?
C The man thinks
intelligent cars might be expensive.
4
Q: What are they talking about?
A A business
idea brought forth by an airline.
5 Q:
What does the woman suggest the man do?
D
She suggests the man edit videos for people
online.
Long
conversation
1 Q:
W
hat’s the problem with the
man?
B He has no idea about
his new writing assignment.
2 Q: How
does the woman get her ideas before painting?
C
She draws inspiration by taking long walks in
nature.
3 Q: What is the man’s attitude
toward the woman’s way of
getting
inspiration?
D Disapproving.
4 Q: What
does the woman suggest the man do at the train
station?
B Get creative ideas from real daily
life.
Passage 1
1 Q: Who invented the first toilet
according to the passage?
B Sir John
Harrington.
2 Q: What was one of the
problems
with Harrington’s water
closet?
C The basin had to
be emptied and cleaned constantly.
3 Q:
How did inventors improve the original toilet
according to
the passage?
A
They improved the pipes that were attached to the
bottom.
4 Q: Which of the
following can best summarize the passage?
D The development of the
toilet.
Passage
2
1) vary
2) a large portion of
3)
well-being
4) profound
5)
accessible
6) ultimately
7)
have a harmful effect on
8) went
against
9) aviation
10) is
not worth pursuing