1. W:I wish the bus would come. I'm so cold.
Look at those snow drifts over there.
They're taller than I am.
M: And the wind is biting into my skin like a mad dog.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
2. M: I'd like to borrow these three book
and I also need these two books,but I couldn't find them.
W: This one is on loan.
It's due back in about a week.
Do you want me to "reserve" it for you?
Q: What does "on loan' mean here?
3. W: I have a sore throat and I feel a bit dizzy.
M: How long have you been like this?
Q: What's wrong with the woman?
4. M: I have to get back to the office.There's so much work.
W: No, you don'
You've got to go home and go to bed.
And you have to stay there for a week.
You mustn't take any more chances with your health.
Q: What can you infer from the dialogue?
5. M: I want to mail this package to Hong Kong.
How much is the postage?
W: That will be $ 12.
Q: Where is the man?
6: W: I want to open a savings account,sir.
What is the proper procedure?
M: First,you fill out the application and then we'll issue you a passbook.
Q: What does the woman want to do?
7. M: What time would you come? One o' clock?
W: As a matter of fact.
I have already made an appointment with Professor Smith at one o'clock.
Q; Will the woman agree to the appointment at one o'clock?
8. W: What do people do on Youth Day?
M: Different kinds of activities.
such as commemorative meeting.
visiting places of revolutionary interested.
outing,planting trees,parties.
It's mostly young people who take part.
Q: Which of the following is not mentioned?
9. M: Which is difficult to learn,Chinese or English?
W: For me,Maths is the most difficult to learn.
Q: What are they talking about?
10. M: How could anyone survive this accident?
W: It's a miracle.
There were two men in the truck and four women with two children in the car.
but no one was badly hurt.
Q: Which of the following is not true?
Section B Compound Dictation
In a competitive econom
the consumer usually has the choice of several different (11)-{brands} of the same produce.
Yet underneath their labels.
the profucts are often nearly (12)-{identical}
One manufacturer's toothpaste (13)-{tends} to differ very little from another manufacturer's.
Thus,manufacturers are (14)-{confronted} with a problem.
---how to keep sales high enough to stay in business.
Manufacturers solve this problem by advertising.
They try to appeal to consumers in various ways.
In fact,advertisements may be (15)-{classified} into three types according to the kind of appeals they use.
One type of advertisement tries to (16)-{appeal} to the consumer's reasoning mind.
It may offer a claim that seems scientific.
For example it may say the dentists (17)-{recommend} Flash toothpaste.
In selling a product.
(18)-{the truth of the advertising may be less important than the appearance of truth.
A scientific approach gives the appearance of truth.
Another type of advertisement tries to amuse the potential buyer.
(19)-{ Products that are essential boring,such as insecticide,are often advertised in an amusing way}.
One way of doing this is to make the products appear alive.
For example,the advertisers may personify cans of insecticide.
and show them attacking mean-faced bugs Ads of this sort are silly,but they also tend to be amusing.
(20)-{Advertisers believe that consumers are likely to remember.
and buy products that the consumers associate with fun}.