【正文】 ovel. I just read a few chapters which interested me.Q: What does the woman mean?16. M: Jane missed the class again, didn’t she? I wonder why?W: Well, I knew she had been absent all week. So I called her this morning to see if she was sick. It turned out that her husband was badly injured in a car accident.Q: What does the woman say about Jane?17. W: I’ m sure the Smiths’ new house is somewhere on the street, but I don’t know exactly where it is.M: But I’m told it’s two blocks from their old home.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?18. W: I’ve been waiting here almost half an hour! How e it took you so long?M: Sorry, honey! I had to drive two blocks before I spotted a place to park the car.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?Conversation OneM: Hello, I have a reservation for tonight. W: Your name, please. M: Nelson, Charles Nelson. W: Ok, Mr. Nelson. That’s a room for five and...M: But excuse me, you mean a room for five pounds? I didn’t know the special was so good.W: No, no, no…according to our records, a room for 5 guests was booked under your name.M: No, no…h(huán)old on. You must have two guests under the name. W: Ok, let me check this again. Oh, here we are. M: Yeah?W: Charles Nelson, a room for one for the 19th...M: Wait, wait. It’s for tonight, not tomorrow night. W: Em..., I don’t think we have any rooms for tonight. There’s a conference going on in town and…er, let’s see...yeah, no rooms. M: Oh, e on! You must have something, anything! W: Well, let…let me check my puter here...Ah! M: What?W: There has been a cancellation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is now available.M: Great, I’ll take it.W: But, I’ll have to charge you 150 pounds for the night.M: What? I should have a discount for the inconvenience!W: Well, the best I can give you is a 10% discount plus a ticket for a free continent breakfast.M: Hey, isn’t the breakfast free anyway?W: Well, only on weekends.M: I want to talk to the manager.W: Wait, wait, wait...Mr. Nelson, I think I can give you an additional 15% discount...19. What is the man’s problem?20. Why did the hotel clerk say they didn’t have any rooms for that night?21. What did the clerk say about breakfast in the hotel?22. What did the man imply he would do at the end of the conversation?Conversation Two:M: Sarah, you work in the Admissions Office, don’t you?W: Yes, I’m…I’ve been here ten years as assistant director.M: Really? What does that involve?W: Well, I’m in charge of all the admissions of postgraduate students in the university.M: Only postgraduates?W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates.M: Do you find that you get a particular…sort of…different national groups? I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America or...W: Yes. Well, of all the students enrolled last year, nearly half were from overseas. They were from African countries, the Far East, the Middle East, and Latin America.M: Em. But have you been doing just that for the last 10 years, or, have you done other things?W: Well, I’ve been doing the same job. Er, before that, I was secretary of the medical school at Birmingham, and further back, I worked in the local government.M: Oh, I see.W: So I’ve done different types of things.M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility or doing something...W: Oh, yeah, from October 1, I’ll be doing an entirely different job. There’s going to be more mittee work. I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students, unfortunately…I’ll miss my contact with students.23. What is the woman’s present position? 24. What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled last year in the woman’s university?25. What will the woman’s new job be like? Section BPassage One My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her parents immigrated to America in 1926. They lived in Chicago when my grandfather worked making icecream. Mama thrived in the urban environment. At 16, she graduated at first in her high school class, went onto secretarial school, and finally worked as an executive secretary for a railroad pany. She was beautiful too. When a local photographer used her pictures in his monthly window display, she felt pleased. Her favorite portrait showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown, her gaze reaching toward the horizon. My parents were married in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent man. He was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after, a hitandrun accident left him with a permanent limp. Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers on their break. He had little formal schooling. His English was selftaught. Yet he eventually built a small successful wholesale candy business. Dad was generous and handsome. Mama was devoted to him. After she married, my mother quit her job and gave herself to her family. In 1950, with three small children, dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and muted to the city to run his business. Mama said goodbye to her parents and friends, and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more isolated life. But she never plained.26. What does the speaker tells us about his mother’s early childhood?27. What do we learn about the speaker’s father?28. What does the speaker say about his mother?Passage TwoDuring a 1995 roof collapse, a fire fighter named Donald Herbert was left brain damaged. For ten years, he was unable to speak. Then, one Saturday morning, he did something that shocked his family and doctors. He started speaking. “I want to talk to my wife.” Donald Herbert said out of the blue. Staff members of the nursing home where he has lived for more than seven years, raced to get Linda Herbert on the telephone. “It was the first of many conversations the 44yearold patient