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UNIT 1
Short conversations
1. Q: What can we learn from the
conversation?
B The woman should seek
help from the writing center.
2 Q: Why
does the woman choose to learn French?
D She thinks speaking French is a must
for cultured
people.
3 Q:
What did the man do last night?
D He
attended a speech.
4 Q: What made
Melissa unhappy?
C That she lost her
chance to enter the contest.
5 Q: What
does the man think of the woman’s
op
inion?
A It is one-sided.
Long conversation
1 Q: How is the woman doin
g
in the man’s class?
C She
often fails to turn in her homework on time.
2 Q: What does the woman think of
learning Spanish?
D It presents
difficulty for her.
3 Q: What do we
know from this conversation about the
man?
A He has a good personal
relationship with the
woman.
4 Q: What is the woman most likely to
do after talking
with the man?
C
Work harder in her Spanish class.
Passage 1
1 Q:
What do you know about the speaker’s Spanish
learning experience in high school?
D She showed dissatisfaction with the
slow pace of
her class.
2 Q:
What made the speaker feel more frustrated while
learning Spanish in high school?
A She had to learn the material that
she already knew.
3 Q: What did the
speaker say about her study of Spanish
literature in college?
C It
proved to be an unbalanced way to learn the
language.
4 Q: Which experience
benefited the speaker most in
terms of
her use of Spanish?
D She taught
Spanish speakers how to speak English.
Passage 2
1) alternative
2) numerous
3) traditional
4) academic
5) countryside
6) athletes
7) take advantage of
8) Secondary
9) in a collective effort
10) serve as
UNIT 2
Short
conversations
1
Q: What does the woman say about a whole package
tour?
A It costs less money.
2 Q: What are the two speakers planning
to do?
D Have their daughter get to
know such a life.
3 Q: What will the
woman do?
B Follow the Indian culture
and customs.
4 Q: What does the woman
feel uncertain about?
C Whether it is
possible to travel with her kid.
5 Q:
What are the two speakers talking about?
D The popularity of time travel
stories.
Long conversation
1 Q: What does Emily say about the
plants in the Amazon
rainforest?
A There are so
many plants that it is hard to see the
sky.
2 Q: What does Emily
say about the local people?
D
They are separated from the world outside of
the jungle .
3 Q: Why was
the old woman in the village so excited?
C Because Emily gave her an empty
bottle.
4 Q: What is the woman most
likely to do after talking
with the
man?
A Small and common things
should also be
valued.
Passage 1
1 Q: What may
happen to children after watching nature
programs on TV?
D They may be
more distant from the actual nature.
2
Q: How should children get close to nature
according to
the speaker?
A By experiencing it with
the five senses.
3 Q: What impression
might the Discovery Channel leave
on
children?
B
Nature seems very far away from them.
4
Q: What is the main idea of this passage?
D Real nature
experiences com from physical contact
with nature.
Passage 2
1) scared
2) perceive
3) negative
4) result in
5) lose faith in
6) goes down
7) depressed
8) preferably
9) adapt
10) reveal
UNIT
3
Short
conversations
1
Q: What can we infer from this conversation about
the woman?
D She once wore high-heeled
shoes during a long walk.
2 Q: What
does the woman suggest the man do?
C Add flavor to the
barbecue sauce with Coke.
3 Q: How much
should the woman pay?
D $$55.
4 Q: What
do we know from the conversation about the
woman?
B She is not very confident
in her own figure.
5 Q: What does the
woman mean?
C
She cannot save herself if she falls into water.
Long
conversation
1 Q:
What do we know about those people who are invited
to the
party?
D They are
likely to dress like people in the 1960s.
2 Q: What is particular about alien
noodles?
A They are brightly colored .
3 Q: Why won’t they have regular
noodles at the party?
A Because regular noodles
don’t f
it the theme of the party.
4 Q: What other arrangements do they
have for the party?
D They will
make and have fancy mixed drinks.
Passage 1
1 Q:
What do we know from this passage about the
speaker?
A He will soon
graduate from school.
2 Q: What does
the speaker like doing on weekends?
A Going for long walks in
the countryside.
3 Q: How do the
speaker and his friends spend the day
when they go canoeing?
D
Drifting down the river.
4 Q: What does
the speaker most like doing when camping
in the evening?
D Cooking
potatoes in the hot ashes.
Passage 2
1) objectives
2) farthest
3) recognized
4)
separated into
5) involves
6)
is referred to
7) life-threatening
8) designed
9)
endurance
10) putting themselves at risk
UNIT
4
Short
conversations
1
Q: How did the woman react to the fact that she
got pregnant?
B She was too happy to keep it a
secret.
2 Q: What do we learn from the
conversation about Miley?
B She was no longer admired
by teenagers.
3 Q: Why does the woman
admire the couple?
C Because they have made
great efforts to achieve success.
4 Q:
What’s the man’s attitu
de toward these
media?
D Critical.
5 Q: What does
the woman imply about the American swimmer?
D
He has more than once failed to meet public
expectations.
Long
conversation
1 Q:
What did the man think of those famous actresses
in
Hollywood?
A They are
foolish.
2 Q: Why did the woman want to
be famous?
B She wanted to use her fame to help
starving
children in Africa.
3 Q: How did the
man react
to the woman’s reasons for
wanting to
be famous?
B He had doubt about her
real intentions.
4 Q: What can be infer
about the woman?
D She will
stick to her original plan and prove it
to the man.
Passage 1
1 Q:
How did Bill Gates perform in school?
B
He did quite well in mathematics and science.
2 Q: Why was studying in a private
school a very important
decision in
Bill’s life?
D Because it was there he
had his first contact with a
computer.
3 Q: How did Bill like Harvard
University?
A Harvard University made him feel
bored.
4 Q: What did Bill Gates do at
Harvard University?
C He spent many long
nights in fro
nt of the school’s
computer.
Passage 2
1) commentators
2) exaggerated