[00:02.90]1. M: Where can I lie down for a few minutes?
[00:07.84]W: You can lie down on the sofa in the living room.
[00:12.49]Q: Where does this conversation probably take place?
[00:18.44]2.M:Miss Smith,please look again for those orders from the men's clothing department.
[00:25.60]We must find them.
[00:28.66]W: They've not with the other orders, sib.
[00:32.71]They ought to be there, but they're not.
[00:36.96]Q: What does this conversation most probably take place?
[00:43.42]3.M:May I see your airplane ticket,passport and health certificate please?
[00:50.36]W: Here you are.
[00:53.11]Q: Where is the woman going?
[00:58.07]4. W: Where are you going. This isn't your way home.
[01:03.92]You must take a bus from the other side of the street to go home.
[01:09.88]M: I'm not going home now.
[01:13.22]I'm going for a walk in the park.
[01:16.98]I always like to go for a walk after lunch.
[01:21.42]Q: Where is the man going?
[01:26.67]5. W: Could I see a pair of sandals like the brown ones in the window.
[01:33.31]I need a size six-and-a-half.
[01:37.25]M: I'm sorry,but that style doesn't come in half sizes.
[01:42.58]Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
[01:49.56]6. W: Anything else?
[01:53.79]M: I need a little salt and pepper.
[01:57.84]A box of each,I guess. Oh,yes.
[02:02.78]I almost forgot, I want some sugar, too.
[02:07.14]Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
[02:15.18]7. M: How can you stand in the dormitory.
[02:20.43]All that noise would drive me crazy. W: Oh,it's not so bad.
[02:26.68]I do have a room by myself and access to a small kitchen down the corridor.
[02:33.31]Q: Where is the small kitchen?
[02:38.17]8. M:I'm sorry,Miss.You'll have to come with us.
[02:43.63]Hidden cameras have detected what you have done.
[02:47.97]Leave the merchandise here.
[02:51.52]W: I'll come along, but I assure you that I can prove my innocence.
[02:57.58]Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
[03:04.14]9. W: I have to go to the party because I make an appointment with my friends.
[03:10.69]but if I could,I'd go with you to a film.
[03:15.34]M: That's too bad. I wish you could.
[03:19.18]Q: Where is the woman going?
[03:24.36]10. W: You are leaving for Los Angeles.
[03:29.19]I hope you have a good flight.
[03:32.85]M: Thanks.The weather is said to be clear so it should be pretty smooth.
[03:38.59]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
[03:45.44]Section B Passage One
[03:50.19]John had bought a packet of cigarettes just before we caught the train
[03:56.15]and he offered me one as we settled ourselves in our compartment.
[04:01.79]We were on our way back from a camping holiday.
[04:06.33]we had lived roughly for over two weeks and even a cigarette was a luxury at that moment.
[04:13.99]I felt in my pocket for a box of matches,but could not find any.
[04:19.66]"I haven't got any either," said John.
[04:23.71]Sitting opposite to us was a man whose face was hidden by a newspaper.
[04:29.56]"Excuse me,sir,"said John,leaning across.
[04:34.81]"Could you give me a light,please?"
[04:38.47]The newspaper was lowered to reveal a rather elderly man with a stern face.
[04:45.91]"This is a no smoking compartment," the man said.
[04:50.95]He indicated the notice near the window.
[04:55.00]We apologized and put away our cigarettes.
[04:59.44]The man went on,in a rather more kind way to warn us against the dangers of smoking.
[05:07.59]"I speak as a doctor," he concluded.
[05:11.64]and after that he went back to read his newspaper.
[05:16.60]When he got out a few stations late,he left his newspaper behind him.
[05:22.56]We picked it up,eager to find out what had happened while we were on holiday.
[05:28.91]"Just look at this," remarked John.
[05:32.56]pointing to a photograph. "It's the man who was sitting opposite to us.
[05:39.30]Underneath the photograph was an account of a lunatic who had recently escaped.
[05:45.76]It appeared that he liked to pretend to be a doctor.
[05:50.51]11. Where had the friends spent their holiday?
[05:55.87]12. How did the two friends read the newspaper?
[06:01.43]13. Why was the man's photograph in the newspaper?
[06:07.07]Passage Two
[06:10.23]You have heard of Webster Toy.
[06:14.88]Webster's have made good, safe, interesing toys for more than a hundred years.
[06:22.75]Now, we sell them, and children play with them.
[06:27.58]in countries from New Zealand to Norway, and from Japan to Brazil.
[06:34.21]We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East.
[06:39.67]He (or she) will be between the ages of thirty and forty.
[06:45.63]He will already have some years of selling in world market.
[06:50.88]He will speak good English and at least one other language of the Far East.
[06:57.62]The person we are looking for will live in Singapore.
[07:02.58]and work in our office there.
[07:06.14]but he will travel for up to six months in any one year.
[07:12.27]He will know the Far East quite well already.
[07:16.72]He will know how to sell in old markets,and where to find new ones.
[07:22.36]He will understand money and make more than ever before.
[07:28.31]for himself, and for Webster Toys.
[07:33.38]Webster's want someone who can stand on his own feet.
[07:39.31]If you think you are the person we are looking for.
[07:43.65]write to Mr. Sloman at our Head Office.
[07:48.72]14. Where do children play with Webster toys?
[07:54.85]15. What language will the person speak?
[08:00.21]16. What does "Someone who can stand on his own feet" mean?
[08:06.87]Passage Three
[08:09.82]Although party invitations no longer frightened me.
[08:15.07]I still found myself making careful preparations for this particular party.
[08:22.02]I got a hair-cut,laid out my best suit,selected a special shirt and tie.
[08:28.87]I had recently gone on a diet,
[08:32.42]but because I didn't want to look too things I discontinued it.
[08:37.49]What should I bring to my hosts.
[08:41.74]Flowers? Wine? Meeting new people was still a major undertaking.
[08:48.20]It was scheduled for this Saturday and I decided to take a taxi to the suburb
[08:54.05]where it was being help.
[08:57.39]It was early autumn and the weather had been mild.
[09:02.04]but that morning it turned cold and rainy.
[09:06.59]It already felt like midwinter.
[09:10.22]Trees,covered with leaves only yesterday had become bare overnight.
[09:16.67]Dark clouds suggested a further change in the weather.
[09:21.74]From my newspaper I learned that a storm
[09:25.79]which had already struck another state was on its way to New York.
[09:31.74]The storm left destruction behind.
[09:35.40]In one village an entire cottage was blown into the ocean together with its occupants.
[09:43.13]As I lay in bed the morning of the party.
[09:48.20]I was conscious of a change also taking place in.
[09:53.24]A loose tooth which had not bothered me suddenly sent a terrible pain through my job.
[10:00.79]Usually I don't have any headache.
[10:04.55]but I awoke with a dull ache on the left side of my head.
[10:09.41]Several disturbing dreams had given me a restless night.
[10:14.35]though I could only remember them vaguely.
[10:18.11]In one dream I recalled shouting at someone and being involved in a fight.
[10:23.67]There was also something about an animas.
[10:27.62]but what it was I could not recollect.
[10:31.98]However,that really upset me was that I couldn't go to the party.
[10:39.03]17. When was the party to be held?
[10:44.47]18. What did the weather look like on Saturday morning?
[10:50.14]19. Which of the following is true?
[10:55.39]20. What happened to the writer |