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}.