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UNIT 1
Short conversations
1 Q: What is the man going to do?
B. Make another appointment.
2 Q: What do we learn about the woman from this conversation?
C. She will give the man a calculator for a coffee.
3 Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Go to graduate school.
4 Q: What does the man imply?
D. Ken is always absent-minded.
5 Q: What does the man think of his job?
C. The job is challenging but rewarding.
Long conversation
1 Q: Why does Stacey come to Dr. Pearl’s office?
B. To get permission to quit his class.
2 Q: What is worrying Stacey about her studies?
A. She faces the danger of lowering her grade point average.
3 Q: Which of the following does Dr. Pearl suggest Stacey do?
A. Sign up for free tutoring in writing.
4 Q: What is Dr. Pearl’s attitude toward Stacey?
C. Patient.
Passage 1
1 Q: When did Ang Lee come to understand his father’s concern about studying film?
D. When he graduated from the film school.
2 Q: What was Ang Lee’s most painful experience according to the passage?
C. Being refused repeatedly by production companies when shopping a screenplay.
3 Q: Why did Ang Lee enroll in a computer course at a community college?
A. Because he wanted to learn some skills to be employed.
4 Q: What did Ang Lee’s wife think of him according to the passage?
B. He has a talent in making films.
P assage 2
1) believe in
2) circumstances
3) searching for
4) a strong sense of
5) responsibility
6) insecurity
7) integrity
8) accomplishing
9) are longing for
10) priorities
UNIT 2
Short conversations
1 Q: How does the man feel about his sister?
D He’s very unhappy at his sister’s act.
2 Q: What does the man say about Professor Smith?
C He often loses his temper.
3 Q: What do we know about the man?
A He didn’t make the joke about Horace on purpose.
4 Q: How does the man feel about Jack’s failing the exam?
A He feels unsympathetic.
5 Q: What do we learn about the woman?
D She is worried about the interview.
Long conversation
1 Q: How does the man feel about his sister?
D He’s very unhappy at his sister’s act.
2 Q: What does the man say about Professor Smith?
C He often loses his temper.
3 Q: What do we know about the man?
A He didn’t make the joke about Horace on purpose.
4 Q: How does the man feel about Jack’s failing the exam?
A He feels unsympathetic.
5 Q: What do we learn about the woman?
D She is worried about the interview.
Passage 1
1 Q: What will happen if you always think that you must do something in a certain way?
B You will experience more stress.
2 Q: How can you make large projects workable according to the passage?
C By dividing them into smaller parts to finish one after another.
3 Q: What is the benefit of classical music mentioned in the passage?
A It can facilitate your learning.
4 Q: What is the best title for the passage?
A Suggestions to reduce your stress to It can facilitate your learning. manageable levels.
Passage 2
1) exerting
2) fabulous
3) take them out
4) approaches
5) head for
6) efficient
7) is linked with
8) compare favorably to
9) boost
10) session
UNIT 3
Short conversations
1 Q: What are the speakers doing?
D They are discussing their curriculum schedules.
2 Q: What do we know about the Christmas party last year?
B It was not well-organized.
3 Q: What is the man supposed to do now according to the conversation?
C Look after the woman’s children.
4 Q: What does the woman think of her new neighbor?
B She thinks he is always very frank.
5 Q: What is the man going to do this weekend?
C He is going to help Mr. Smith move to a new house.
Long conversation
1 Q: Why is the woman asking for two weeks off from work?
C Because she wants to volunteer for an organization.
2 Q: Which of the following statements is true?
B Over 150,000 volunteers worked for the building of houses after the hurricane.
3 Q: According to the woman, why is she willing to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity?
C Because she enjoys developing friendships and building communities through volunteer work.
4 Q: What do we know about the man from the conversation?
B He finally agreed to let the woman take 14 days off.
Passage 1
1 Q: What question did the research group try to find an answer to?
B How well do people know their neighbors?
2 Q: Which age group is more likely to know their neighbors?
D 55 - to 64-year-olds.
3 Q: Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
C Women are more likely to know their neighbors than men.
4 Q: What do the website’s comments mentioned at the end of the passage imply?
D It is hard to get to know our neighbors.
Passage 2
1) illegal
2) taking family vacations
3) acquaintances
4) throwing a party
5) verbal
6) tolerant
7) intervene
8) splits the difference
9) resolve
10) talk it out
UNIT 4
Short conversations
1 Q: What does the woman mean?
D Ted is not capable of setting up his computer company.
2 Q: What is the man worried about?
B He is worried about the price of the tiny engines.
3 Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
C The man thinks intelligent cars might be expensive.
4 Q: What are they talking about?
A A business idea brought forth by an airline.
5 Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
D She suggests the man edit videos for people online.
Long conversation
1 Q: What’s the problem with the man?
B He has no idea about his new writing assignment.
2 Q: How does the woman get her ideas before painting?
C She draws inspiration by taking long walks in nature.
3 Q: What is the man’s attitude toward the woman’s way of getting inspiration?
D Disapproving.
4 Q: What does the woman suggest the man do at the train station?
B Get creative ideas from real daily life.
Passage 1
1 Q: Who invented the first toilet according to the passage?
B Sir John Harrington.
2 Q: What was one of the problems with Harrington’s water closet?
C The basin had to be emptied and cleaned constantly.
3 Q: How did inventors improve the original toilet according to the passage?
A They improved the pipes that were attached to the bottom.
4 Q: Which of the following can best summarize the passage?
D The development of the toilet.
Passage 2
1) vary
2) a large portion of
3) well-being
4) profound
5) accessible
6) ultimately
7) have a harmful effect on
8) went against
9) aviation
10) is not worth pursuing
UNIT 5
Short conversations
1 Q: What is the man’s advice for the woman?
B. She should keep shut until a better job is available.
2 Q: What does the woman imply?
B. The man should earn the bread.
3 Q: What does Mrs. Smith imply?
A. The man is ungrateful in deciding to leave.
4 Q: What does the man mean?
D. He cannot afford to have a coffee break.
5 Q: What can we learn about Jane from the conversation?
C. She was fed up with counting money at her job.
Long conversation
1 Q: What is the man complaining about?
B. Awful job, hot weather and working outside.
2 Q: What does the man dream of being?
A. A self-made millionaire.
3 Q: What is the woman’s attitude toward the man’s dream?
B. Sarcastic.
4 Q: What does the woman dream of doing?
D. Becoming a ballroom dancer.
Passage 1
1 Q: Why did the speaker get tired of her job at the company?
D. Because she had no passion anymore.
2 Q: Which of the following is true about money according to the speaker?
A. Money can buy you nice things.
3 Q: What can bring satisfaction according to the speaker?
B. Doing jobs that express your passion.
4 Q: What does the speaker find most suitable for her now?
D. Sharing ideas and thoughts through blogging.
Passage 2
1) suffer from
2) enthusiastic
3) erodes
4) competent
5) clear-cut
6) labeling
7) comes down to
8) commonplace
9) tend to
10) focusing on
UNIT 6
Short conversations
1 Q: What does the woman imply?
C They still have plenty of time to work on the assignment.
2 Q: What is the man’s reply to the woman’s suggestion?
A He is too busy to go with her.
3 Q: What does the man mean?
B Americans are heavily dependent on cars.
4 Q: What does the man think of historians?
A They can get clues to our past from old family pictures.
5 Q: What does Sam imply?
B He will probably fail the test this Friday.
Long conversation
1 Q: What was the girl doing on such a hot morning?
A Working outside in the yard.
2 Q: What do we know about the air conditioning from the conversation?
C It was invented by Willis Carrier.
3 Q: What can we learn about the man when he was 13?
C He kept cool in summer by swimming in a stream.
4 Q: What would the girl like to have in the next century to keep cool?
A personal ice cream machine.
Passage 1
1 Q: What was Sir Ludwig Guttmann’s greatest contribution to the disabled?
A He was the first to organize games for the disabled.
2 Q: When were the first Paralympic Games held?
D In 1960.
3 Q: What was special about the 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games?
B They were held right after the Summer Olympic Games in the same city and using the same facilities.
4 Q: What do we know about the Paralympic Games from the passage?
B The Games have not been included in the Olympic Games for the able-bodied.
Passage 2
1) estimated
2) assassinated
3) was intended to
4) released from
5) made a contract with
6) gave way
7) Accomplishing ensued
8) survived
9) victims
10) perished
UNIT 7
Short conversations
1 Q: What does the man say about the woman’s laptop?
C It’s not easy to spot the problem with her laptop.
2 Q: How can the man solve the problem of the heating unit according to the woman?
A Turn the switch off for a while and then restart it.
3 Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
B The man would have to review more lessons to meet the exam requirements.
4 Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
D Make a compromise with his partner.
5 Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
B Decline the employer directly and politely.
Long conversation
1 Q: What is the man’s problem according to the conversation?
D He is worried whether he could pass the test.
2 Q: Why is the man afraid of asking the professor for help?
A Because he is too shy and nervous.
3 Q: What can we know about the teaching assistant from the conversation?
B She is easy to talk to and good at making complex ideas easy.
4 Q: What else will the man probably do in addition to talking to the teaching assistant?
D Surf the Internet to get help from some great lectures online.
Passage 1
1 Q: Why is it important to “see the problem from the other person’s perspective” according to the passage?
B Because it enables us to understand why people have their particular attitude.
2 Q: What is a major cause of conflicts in relationships according to the passage?
A We expect people to behave in a certain way.
3 Q: How should we solve the problem by way of talking?
A We should talk about something positive.
4 Q: Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this passage?
C How to deal with the conflicts in relationships.
Passage 2
1) was accompanied by
2) acceleration
3) severe
4) endeavor
5) practicable
6) analogy
7) speeding up
8) attempts to
9) foster
10) second nature
UNIT 8
Short conversations
1 Q: What’s the man’s opinion of mobile phones on campus?
A Mobile phones disturb students when they study.
2 Q: Why doesn’t the woman have an instant messenger?
C Because she believes that online chatting is unsafe.
3 Q: What does the woman imply?
D She can’t send the email right now.
4 Q: Why was the man frustrated with the get- together yesterday?
A Because most people were cell phone addicts and didn’t concentrate on their conversation.
5 Q: What does the man imply?
A Online love is not as reliable as you expected
.
Long conversation
1 Q: Why is the woman so happy?
D Because she received a letter from her pen pal.
2 Q: What is the woman’s job?
B An accountant in Miami.
3 Q: Which of the following would be most likely to be talked about between the woman and her pen pal?
C Old cowboy movies.
4 Q: Why is the woman more willing to receive old-style letters instead of emails from her friend?
D Because she thinks waiting for a letter is like expecting a gift from far away.
Passage 1
1 Q: Which of the following is the most popular form of communication according to the passage?
A Emailing.
2 Q: How many people use their smart phones to text, according to the passage?
C More than 70 percent of people.
3 Q: What do we know about the number of messages sent daily over Facebook?
C It is far less than the number of emails sent every day.
4 Q: What is probably the speaker’s attitude toward the trend of decreasing face-to-face and verbal communication?
D Neutral.
Passage 2
1) endangered
2) falling apart
3) calculates
4) tosses aside
5) turn to
6) unprecedentedly
7) classified
8) shut down
9) approximately
10) fury
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