Quiz 1
PART A
1. M: Barbara is leaving for Tokyo tomorrow. I'd like to see her off at the airport. What time is her flight?
W: 7:30 p.m. But she's got to get to the airport one hour earlier.
Q : When will Barbara get to the airport?
2. M: How many science courses did you have in high school?
W: I had only one year each of biology and chemistry.
Q : How many science courses did the woman take in high school?
3. W: Excuse me, when will the plane from Miami arrive?
M: Well, it's scheduled to arrive at 8:50 but it will be delayed more than one hour because of heavy fog at the Miami airport.
Q : What conclusion can we draw from the conversation?
4. W: Good morning, Professor Davis. I wonder if I could enrol in your advanced biology course.
M: Have you completed the general biology course?
Q : What does Professor Davis mean?
5. W: You look cold and tired, Jack. How about a cup of coffee?
M: Well. my doctor says coffee-drinking is harmful to my stomach.
Q: What does the man mean?
6. W: Were you studying at Harvard when your cousin got married in 1990?
M: No. I graduated two years before her wedding.
Q : When did the man graduate?
7. M: Was the movie as good as you expected?
W: It was a waste of time and money.
Q : How did the woman feel about the movie?
8. M: Would you like to go on a tour with us on Saturday?
W: I'd enjoy that very much if I didn't have to take an exam next Monday.
Q : What do you know about the woman?
9. M: Do you mind if I open the window?
W: As a matter of fact, I'm feeling a bit chilly.
Q: What does the woman want the man to do?
10. W: Does Tom still smoke?
M: I haven’t seen him smoke since his baby was born.
Q: What does the man imply?
PART C
Passage 1
My wife and I spent two weeks in London last year. We went there in autumn. We think it is the best season to visit England. The weather is usually quite pleas- ant and there aren't too many tourists in October.
We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sightseeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive; the bus routes were too difficult for us to understand; and my wife didn't like travelling by underground. She said it made her feel shut in.
We went to look at the places which all tourists see. We saw Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery and Piccadilly Circus. We went shopping in
Oxford Street
and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We don't have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is very bad. We didn't think so. It's true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.
In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have booked another trip to England for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though. I'm sure we'll need them.
Passage 2
Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learnt rapidly, but sometimes they were very slow; and then Miss Richards had to repeat the things many times.
One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked, 'What is water? Who knows? Hold up your hind. '
There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad but then one boy raised his hand.
'Yes, Dick?' said Miss Richards encouragingly. He was not one of the brightest students in the class, so she was glad that this boy could answer.
'Water is a liquid which has no color until you wash your hands in it, then it turns black,' the boy replied with great confidence.
Passage 3
Hello, I was once an airline hostess. Now I'm on my first bus trip and I'm quite amazed at the services offered during the trip. Included are meals on the way, rest rooms, public-address announcements and a uniformed hostess. Just now I introduced myself to the hostess on the bus, and we compared experience on air and ground travel.
At lunch time, she gave out menus offering a choice of sandwiches. As she began filling orders, she found that there weren't enough egg-salad sandwiches. She quickly went to whisper to the driver. The bus soon stopped. The hostess dashed to another similar bus that was all the time following ours, and soon she returned with a box of egg-salad sandwiches. As she passed my seat, she asked, 'Could you do that on a plane?' |