【正文】 ll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida. But let39。ll be a snowstorm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days. W: Oh! We39。s got so many friends? M: It39。 or on a type of music, literature or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or album cover and longer pieces such as an article, describing a style of music which you might read in a musical appreciation course. This kind of writing provides a context for your study of the humanities. As its name implies, descriptive writing simply describes or provides an image of a piece of music, art or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the instruments a poser included in a musical position, so as to make pictures or sound in a reader?s mind by calling up specific details of the work. Descriptive writing in the humanities, particularly in literature, it often mixed with critical writing. Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about the result. It tells the reader how to do something, for example, explaining the technique used to shoot a film. This kind of writing is often found in art where we understanding how an artist creates certain of fact is important. Authors may actually use more than one type of technique in a given piece of informational writing 2020 年 6 月英語四級 Short Conversations 11. W: There were more than a hundred people at Kate39。s profession before she had children? 34. What does Barbara39。s a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who39。s necessary to stay home every day with the children, and she knows a very reliable babysitter who39。s been offered an excellent job with the government. Her husband feels it39。t spend a paragraph on how your Uncle Joe tried to fix the problem and couldn39。t tell how the person on the line is reacting. It is easy for that person to give you a runaround. Complaining in person or by letter is generally more effective. If your plaint does not require an immediate response, it often helps to plain by letter. If you have an appliance that doesn39。t care at all about the political correctness but they are definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as ”he“ in your speech.” Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting? 27. What did Alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation? 28. What do we learn about the audience at the meeting? 29. Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for? Passage2 The way to plain is to act businesslike and important. If your plaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager. When the manager es, ask his or her name and then state your problem, and what you expect to have done about it. Be polite. Shouting or acting rude will get you nowhere. But also be firm in making your plaint. Besides, act important. This doesn39。ve played in the pany39。s plans. “I believe we39。s district managers. Every one arrived on time and Alex39。t expect them to save to buy their own socks for example. W: Yes. By the way, do most children in your country get pocket money? M: Yeah, they do. Questions 23 to question 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard: Q 23: What is the table of figures about? Q 24: What do we learn from the conversation about British children39。t understand that at all. W: Anyway, if you had children, how much pocket money would you give them? M: I don39。s strange, isn39。m sorry, I39。t quite understand the column entitled “change”. Can you explain what it means? W: Well, I think it means the change from the year before. I39。s the secret of being good at your job? M: Attention to detail and you have to love it. You have to show passion for it. And what are your plans for the future? M: I want to have my own place when the time is right. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What does the man say about his job? 20. What does the man think is the hardest part of his job? 21. Where did the man get his first job after graduation? 22. What does the man say is important to being good at his job? 長對話原文第二篇： W: Now you39。s normal. W: How did you learn the profession? M: Well, I did a two year course at college. In the first year, we had to learn the basics. And then we had to take the exams. W: Was it easy to find a job? M: I wrote to about six hotels. And one of them gave me my first job. So I didn39。re standing up all the time. When we39。s good. I have to wear white and I have to keep everything in the kitchen totally clean. W: What39。t have to do? M: Eh, I don39。t have much trouble. Q: What are the speakers going to do? 長對話原文第一篇： W: What sort of hours do you work, Steve? M: Oh, I have to work very long hours, about 11 hours a day. W: What time do you start? M: I work 9 to 3. Then I start again at 5:30 and work until 11. Six days a week. So I have to work very unsocial hours. W: And do you have to work at the weekend? M: Oh, yes, that39。re taking a course with Professor Johnson. What39。t e. W: I39。t stand the way David controls the conversation all the time. If he39。t seem fair. I39。ll be doing most of today. Q: What does the woman think the man will do？ 14. W: What time would suit you for the first round talks with John Smith? M: Well, you know my schedule. Other than this Friday, one day is as good as the next. Q: What does the man mean? 15. W: I was so angry yesterday. My biology teacher did not even let me explain why I missed the field trip. He just wouldn39。t we go together? Q: What do