【文章內容簡介】 Jane. Do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone. W: Pay phone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are. Q: What will the man most probably do?2. M: Can you tell me the title of this oil painting? W: Sorry, I don39。t know for sure. But I guess it39。s an early 18thcentury work. Let me look it up in the catalog.Q: Where does their conversation most probably take place?3. M: I’m worried about those classes I missed when I was sick. W: I’ll try to bring you up to date on what we’ve done. Q : What does the woman mean?4. W: Hey, Dan, I hear you’re meeting Susan39。s parents for the first time. M: Yeah, next weekend. Fortunately, her father loves to fish, so well have something to talk about. Q: What can be inferred about Dan?5. W: Professor White39。s presentation seems to go on forever. I was barely able to stay awake. M: How could you sleep through it? It39。s one of the best I have ever heard on this topic. Q: What does the man think of Professor White39。s presentation?6. W: I’m looking for quality paper to type my essay. I don39。t see any on the shelf. M:I saw some in the stock room this morning. Iii go and check. Q: What does the woman want to buy?7. M: It seems that well have another fine day tomorrow. Let39。s go to the seaside. W:OK, but we’ll have to leave very early, or else well get caught in the traffic. Q: What does the woman suggest?8. M: Do you know James? He39。s in your class. W: Certainly. In fact, he was the first person I got to know in my class. I still remember the look on his face when he showed up late on the first day of school. Q: Why did the woman remember James so well?9. W: The man at the garage thinks that I take good care of my car. M: So do I. I can39。t see any scratches on the outside and the inside is clean too. Q: What does the man think of the woman39。s car?10. M: Wonderful day, isn39。t it? Want to join me for a swim? W: If you don39。t mind waiting while I get prepared. Q: what does the woman mean?Passage One A friend of mine told me that when he was a young man, he went to work as a teacher in one of the states of India. One day, he received an invitation to dinner at the ruler39。s palace. Very pleased, he went to tell his colleagues. They laughed, and told him the meaning of the invitation. They had all been invited and each person who was invited had to bring with him a certain number of silver and gold coins. The number of coins varied according to the person39。s position in the service of the government, my friend39。s ine was not high so he did not have much to pay. Each person vowed before the ruler. His gold went on to one heap。 his silver went on to another heap. And in this way he paid his ine tax for the year. This was the simple way of collecting ine tax. The tax on property was also collected simply. The ruler gave a man the power to collect a tax from each owner of land or property in a certain area, if this man promised to pay the ruler a certain amount of money. Of course, the tax collector managed to collect more money than he paid to the ruler. The difference between the sum of money he collected and the sum of money he gave to the ruler was his profit.11. What do we know about the speaker39。s friend?12. What was the real purpose of ruler39。s invitation?13. What does the passage say about the tax collectors?Passage Two Around the year 1000 A. D, some people from northwest India began to travel westwards. Nobody knows why. After leaving their homes, they did not settle down again, but spent their lives moving from one place to another. Their later generations are called Romany people, or Gypsy. There are Gypsies all over the world, and many of them are still traveling with no fixed homes. There are about 8 million of them including 3 million in eastern Europe. Gypsies sometimes have hard time in the countries where they travel, because they are different. People may be afraid of them, look down on them, or think they are criminals. The Nazis treated Gypsies cruelly, like the Jews, and nobody knows how many of them died in Hitler39。s death ps. Gypsies have their own language, Romany. They like music, and dancing and they often work in fairs and traveling shows. Traveling is very important to them, and many Gypsies are unhappy if they have to stay in one place. Because of this, it is difficult for Gypsy children to go to school. And Gypsies are often unable to read and write. In some places, the education authorities try to arrange special traveling schools for Gypsy children, so that they can get the same education as other children.14. Why did the ancestor of Gypsy leave their home?15. What is the attitude of some people toward Gypsies?16. What measure has been taken to help Gypsy children?Passage Three As the car industry develops, traffic accidents have bee as familiar as the mon cold, yet their cause and control remain a serious problem that is difficult to solve. Experts have long recognized that this discouraging problem has notable causes. At the very least, it is a problem that involves 3 factors: the driver, the vehicle and the roadway. If all drivers exercised good judgment at all times, there would be fewer accidents. But this is rather like saying that if all people were honest, there would be no crime. Improved design has helped to make highways much safer. But the tide of accidents continue to rise because of human failure and enormous increase in the number of automobiles on the road. Attention is now turning increasingly to the third factor of the accident, the car itself. Since people assume that accidents are bound to occur, they want to know how cars can be built better to protect the drivers.17. What does the speaker think of the causes of automobile accidents?18. What measure has been taken to reduce car accidents?19. What remains an important factor for the rising number of road accidents?