Section A 1. M: If there is any sport less interesting than baseball I don t know what it is. W: Yes, it s even duller than basketball. Q: What conclusion can we draw from this conversation?
2. W: Does the book have a happy ending? M: It was hard to tell whether the hero was going to die in the war or come home and marry his childhood sweetheart. Q: What did the man say about the end of the book?
3. W: I have never seen you have such confidence before an exam. M: It s more than confidence. Right now I feel that if I get less than an A, It ll be the fault of the exam not me. Q: What s the man s attitude towards the examination?
4. W: Winter is pretty cold here, don t you think? M: But I m used to cold weather. I m from Chicago, you know. It can be very cold in winter there. But my wife doesn t quite like the weather here. She s from Los Angeles. It s much warmer there in winter. Q: What do they think of the weather there?
5. W: What are your major crops? M: We mainly grow vegetables. Only a small part of the land is used for growing wheat and maize. Q: What are they talking about?
6. W: I find sentence structure especially difficult in learning English. M: Well, to solve this problem, it s necessary to have a good idea of verb patterns. That s to say, when you learn a verb, you must know what comes after it. Some verbs take an infinitive object. Some are followed by a complex object. Q: According to the man, how can she solve her problem?
7. M: How are you getting on with your Chinese study? W: Well, my pronunciation and intonation aren t very good. People have difficulty in understanding me. Besides, I don t speak well. When I speak, I make a lot of mistakes. Q: What s the woman s problem?
8. M: Look here, Nora, I m tired of lying here with nothing to do. I hate doing nothing. W: Don t be silly, Harry. You ve got a temperature, and staying in bed is the only sensible thing to do. Now just be quiet, and stop preventing me from doing my housework. Q: What s wrong with Harry?
9. M: Well, Jane, how are you enjoying life in the country? W: I m getting used to it, David, but it s certainly a change. There s not much to do here, and there was always plenty to do in London. Q: What do we know about her life in London?
10. M: Tara is really enthusiastic about her singing class, isn t she? W: Yes, she used to take lessons only one day a week, but now she goes every other day after school: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Q: Which day is Tara free from singing class?