1. M: Let's talk about preparations for the dance.
W: We really need to plan better this time.
Remember what a mess it was at the last dance.
Q: What do we know about the last dance?
2. M:Mara,where were you yesterday evening.
I expected to see you at the party.
W: Oh,I waited for you at the corner of your street.
Then I looked for you at your home.
But your grandmother said you were out.
Q: Why didn't they meet that evening?
3. M:I was in the classroom building at 1:00.How did I miss you?
W: I got there at a quarter to 12:00 and waited a while.
But I guess I left before you got there.
Q: When did the man probably leave the classroom building?
4.I can't find the arrival time for the Beijing to Shanghai trains on this schedule.
M: Look for Beijing in the left hand column
and follow it across until you find the hour listed in the Shanghai column.
Q: What's the woman looking at?
5. W:Johnny,I'd like you to meet my sister,Susan,she is also a chemist.
M: It's nice to meet you,Susan.
I believe we even work for the same drug company
although in different departments.
Q: What do Johnny and Susan have in common?
6. W: How Tom got the post when so many others
applied is something I just don't understand.
M: It must have been beginner's luck.
Q: Why is the woman puzzled?
7.Professor Strong helps me so much that I'm thinking of presenting him a book of poetry.
M: I think you'd better get him a recorder
just because he's an English teacher doesn't mean all he does is to read.
Q: What does the man mean?
8. M: The bakery is short handed so we'll have to wait in line.
W: I know they asked me to work today.
Q: Why is there a line?
9. W: How far do you live from the Columbia University,Mr.Johnson?
M:It takes about 3 quarters of an hour to drive from my house to the University.
But during rush hours,it will take 15 minutes more.
Q: How much time does it take
if Mr.Johnson drives from the University to his home during the rush hour?
10. W: If I buy some chicks for the house,
would you feed them forme while I am away?
M:Sure,I will if you will feed mine while I am on vacation.
Q:What would the man do for the woman?
Section B
Passage One
"Sesame Street" has been called "the longest street in the world.
That is because the TV program by that name can be seen in so many parts of the world.
The progarm started in New York in 1969.
In the United States
more than six million children watch the program regularly.
Parents praise it highly.
Many teachers consider it a great help.
Tests have shown that children from different backgrounds have benefited from watching "Sesame Street".
Those wo watch it five times a week learn more than the occasional viewers.
In the United States the program is shown at different hours during the week in order to increase the number of children who can watch it regularly.
In its American form
"Sesame Street" is shown in nearly fifty countries.
Three foreign shows based on "Sesame Street" have also appeared.
In Spanish, Portuguese,and German.
The program uses songs, stories
jokes and pictures to give children a basic understanding of numbers
letters and human relations.
Why has "Sesame Street" been so much more successful than the other children's shoes.
Many reasons have been suggested
the educational theories of its creators
the skillful use of a variety of TV tricks
the famous stars on "Sesame street",etc.
But the best reason for its success may be that it makes every child watching it feel able to learn
the child finds himself learning, and he wants to learn more.
11. What is "Sesame Street" according to the passage?
12. What do we learn from the tests?
13. What's the best reason for the success of the show?
Passage Two
Nearly 400 years ago a young man traveled up to London.
The young man had come on foot from Strad ford-on-Avon,a small town on the Avon.
He was poor,but he had confidence in his future
the future of a great actor.
His name was William Shakespeare.
He had not been in London very long before he noticed that
play-goers all went to the theatre on horseback
"Here is an opportunity!" he thought
"There must be someone to take care of the horses when people are watching a play
So he began to do the job and he did it so well that people all liked him very much.
Soon the actors found the young man a very promising actor
and he was given an opportunity to play a part on the stage.
From that time on, his name became known.
But he was not contented with the life of an actor.
He took great interest in play-writing,
The plays he wrote, popular in England of his own time and up to the present day
have shown him to be one of the greatest writers the world has ever produced.
He is among those who are loved by the people in all time and in all lands.
14.Why did William Shakespeare go to London when he was young?
15.How did the play-goers go to theatre?
16.When did his name become known?
Passage Three
Why don't birds get lost on their long migratory flights
Scientists have puzzled over this question for many years.
Now they're beginning to fill in the blanks.
Not long ago
experiments showed that birds rely on the sun to guide them during daylight hours.
But what about birds that fly mainly by night.
Tests with artificial stars have proved conclusively that certain night-flying.
birds are able to follow the stars in their long-distance flights.
One such bird--a warbler--had spent its lifetime in a cage and had never flown under a natural sky.
Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance.
The bird's cage was placed under and artificial star-filled sky at migration time
the bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken by his outdoor cousins
Any change in the position of the make-believe stars caused a change in the direction of his flight.
Scientists think that warblers
when flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance.
But the stars are apparently their principal means of navigation.
What do they do when the stars are hidden by clouds.
Apparently, they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges,
coast lines, and river courses.
But when it's too dark to see these
the warblers circle help-lessly, unable to get their bearings.
17. What do we learn form the experiment with the warbler?
18. How do warblers migrate according to the passage?
19. How do warblers find their way when the stars are hidden by clouds?
20. How do warblers find their way in total darkness