Dialogue: W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps? M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It's an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840. W: Really? I didn't know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiner. How much was the usual charge? M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post of rices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here's a picture of the first two stamps issued. W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria. Question: Who paid for the mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps? - The British government. - The individual post offices. - Either the sender or the receiver of a letter.
Either the sender or the receiver of a letter.
Dialogue: M: Hello,This is John. Can I speak to Susan? W: Well,wait a minute, I'll find her for you. Question: What will the woman do? - She will help the man to find Susan. - She will not help the man. - She will telephone Susan
She will help the man to find Susan.
Q: Dialogue: W: The Spring Festival is coming. Danny. How do you want to celebrate it? M: I don't know. We have no Spring Festival in our country. W: But the Spring Festival is the biggest holiday of the year in our country. People are busy shopping and preparing presents for their relatives and friends before the, New Year's Eve. M: That sounds exciting. W: Children usually put on their new clothes on the first day of the Lunar New Year. And they also can get some money given by the elders as a Lunar New Year gift on the New Year's Eve. M: It's really quite interesting. W: And all the family members must come back home on the New Year's Eve no matter how far they are away from home. We call it "get--together". What are you going to do on the New Year's Eve? M: My teacher, Professor Wang and his wife have invited me to have dinner together. W: Sounds great. Question: When will the children get some money from the elder as a gift for the Lunar New Year according to the text? - On the first day of the Lunar New Year. - On the New Year's Eve. - Before the New Year's Eve.
A: On the New Year's Eve.
Question: Dialogue: W: Dr Smith, you were a political journalist in America and I was told that you've chosen to live here, a mountain village like this in the Himalayan Community. Could you please tell me why you came to India and settled down here? M: Yes, of course. I came to India a year ago to have a better understanding of the country. After I arrived, I had to find a place where I could live and write. Of course there were many places for me to choose. But after some months I settled down happily in this village because I like the countryside better and it is a little cooler than those in the plains. W: Have you ever thought of a typical village as a better choice? M: Yes, I have. Yet no such thing exists. In fact I wasted a lot of time looking for the typical village. Conditions vary too widely. But the villages I stayed in had much in common- poverty, dirt, and ignorance. W: But in spite of all this, you still feel very happy. Is the experience in this country so important to you that you came all the way from the United States? M: Well, that's also the question that the villagers ask me. They think that I'm crazy to give up my comfortable life in the United States and isolate myself from the outside world in this remote village, like a retired old man Why have I come? I've put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas have changed. I've come to believe that what is happening in the Third World is more important than anything else. But to understand how three-quarters of the world's people live, and how their future might affect the rest of the world, I feel that I first have to try and share their way of life. W: I must say I find your view on this issue very convincing. I'm sure when you go back to your own country you'll find your stay here very rewarding. Question: Why did Dr Smith come to settle down in a village in the Himalayas? - It is in the plains. - It is cooler there. - The villagers convinced him to stay.
Answer: It is cooler there.
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Dialogue: W: Excuse me. Can you tell me which is the way to the nearest shoe shop? M: There's one on Queen's Road. W: Thank you, but how can I get there? M: It's not far from here. Walk along this road and after three blocks you'll see a post office on your right. The shop is just behind it. W: How long do you think it will take me to get there? M: About 20 minutes at the most. Anyway, you can take the No.102 Bus. W: I'd better go there by bus. By the way, where is the bus stop, please? M: Just across the road. W: Thanks a lot. Question: Where is the place the woman is going to? - Not far from the Queen's Road. - Across the road. - Behind the post office.
**Answer**
Behind the post office.
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Dialogue: M: I'm getting worried about Jenny's school work. All she talks about these days is volleyball games and all she does is practice, training and things like that. W: Her grades on the coming exams will fall for sure. It's high time we talk(ed) some sense to her. Question: What are the speakers probably going to do? - Urge Jenny to spend more time on study. - Help Jenny to prepare for the coming exams. - Act towards Jenny in a more sensible way.
**Answer**
Urge Jenny to spend more time on study.