Dialogue: M: Hurry up, or we will get wet. F: Why didn't you take an umbrella this morning? Question: What's happening? - Nothing happens. - It's raining. - It's snowing.
It's raining.
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Dialogue: W: Did you see today's newspaper? That building over there in Centerville was just struck by lightning for the fourth time. M: I'm not surprised. If the conditions for lightning to strike are right one time, they might be as good another time. W: Well, I don't take any chances. If I'm caught in a thunderstorm, I will look for a building or a closed car. Also, I was told that if you're stuck outdoors, the best thing you can do is to keep yourself close to the ground and avoid bodies of water. M: To tell you the truth, even when I'm at home, I don't take baths or showers during a thunderstorm. And I don't use anything that works electrically. Maybe I'm too anxious. W: I wouldn't say that. According to the article, lightning starts thousands of fires every year in the United States alone. Hundreds of people are injured or even killed. I think you're just being sensible. Question: What does the woman think about the man's action? - It is unusual. - It is unnecessary. - It is very practical.
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It is very practical.
Ques: Dialogue: Sam: Hey, Henry, how's everything going, and what's with the flowers? Henry: They're for my wife. Sam: Oh, a wedding anniversary or something? Henry: To tell the truth, it couldn't be worse. [Oh]. You see, I have to pick my wife up from the airport this evening, but while she was gone, there were a few minor mishaps. Sam: Oh really? What happened? Henry: Well, I had some of the guys over Friday night to watch a basketball game on TV, but one of them got all excited, and started horsing around, waving his arms, and he accidentally knocked over my wife's 250-year old Chinese porcelain vase given to her [Oh no!], given to her by her grandmother, and broke it beyond repair. Sam: Man, have you tried ... Henry: ... super glue? Yeap, but she would be able to tell in a second I was trying to pull something over her eyes. Sam: Oh, wow. You're in hot water now. Henry: If it had only been that. Sam: Oh, there's more? Henry: Yeah, you see, the water from the vase spilled all over the manuscript of a book my wife has been writing for the past two years. It blurred the ink over many of the pages. [Oh no.] And so one of the guys had the bright idea of drying the pages by the fire while we watched, uh, the rest game, but a spark from the fire must have blown out and burned the manuscript to a crisp. Sam: But what about an electronic file copy? Had one, didn't she? Henry: Well, actually, her computer crashed the day before while I was playing some computer games, and I haven't been able to get it to work since. Sam: Man, are you in trouble now. [I know.] You're going to have a hard time digging yourself out of this one. [Yeah.] Ah, so I get it now. You're buying the flowers for her as a part of some kind of peace offering, right? Henry: No, not at all. They're for my funeral. Sam: [laughter] Question: The vase broke when one of Henry's friends: - hit it with a ball. - accidentally dropped it. - bumped into it with his arm.
Ans: bumped into it with his arm.
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Dialogue: M: Hi, Ann. Are you still working here? W: Oh, hi, Jack. Yes, I'm still working part-time in a company, as much as I can. The trouble is that I'm so busy with my classes that I don't have enough time for my work. M: Do you have a lot to do? W: Well, not too much at the moment. M: Are you going to go on working in that company? W: I hope so. I really like my work, and next term, I will have more time. M: Sounds good. Hope I'll see you around here more often. W: OK. I hope to see yon too. Bye for now. Question: What does the woman hope to do next term? - Concentrate on her studies. - Continue to work in the company. - Change a job.
(A).
Continue to work in the company.
Ques:Dialogue: Tutor: Have you settled in? Anna Maria: Yes, I feel quite at home now. I haven't got used to the food yet, but I'm enjoying the life on campus. Tutor: Good. Now we'd better make sure you enjoy your studies. We offer a very wide range of options on the foundation course, as you know; but you can only take six modules -do you know what you want to do yet? Anna Mafia: Yes, more or less, but I'm not sure whether to do biological sciences or German. Tutor: Well, that's quite a difference. You want to do computer studies, don't you? Anna Maria: Mmmmm, yeh. Tutor: Well, let's see-you elected to do physical sciences, basic electronics, art and design CAD-that computers and design-isn't it? Anna Maria: Computer-aided design actually, "CAD", but... Tutor: Oh, right-anyway, CAD and..., and English. That's quite a range. Don't you want to do maths-or computer programming, for example? Why don't you choose to do art and design? Anna Maria: Well, I'm interested in electronics-in computer-especially in writing computer games. I'd like to produce educational software, educational games, eventually. I've taught myself a lot of programming- I... I don't think I'd benefit much from a foundation level course. Tutor: No... no, I see that-go on. Anna Maria: So, er, I want the basics-the physical science and electronics I was hopeless at physics in school and we didn't have electronics-but I was good at maths-I don't think I need that. Tutor: And the art and design? Anna Maria: That will be good for my graphics-I need that to produce games-CAD too-I've never done CAD before. Tutor: No-right-they've got some powerful packages in the computer graphics and CAD offices-you'll enjoy that. So... that leaves English. It's mostly English lit. I know your English is very good, but did you know you can take English as a foreign language as one of the modules in the foundation year? Anna Maria: No... no, I didn't. That's great - if they've got classes at my level. I don't have any problem speaking-but my writing is... Question: In the future, Anna Maria hopes to write ______. - musical software - artistic software - educational software

Ans:artistic software
Ques: Dialogue: W: Are you doing anything special tonight? M: I have nothing tonight. Anything I can do for you? W: How about going to the movies? It will do you good to get your mind off your work for a while. M: That sounds like a good idea. But what is playing? W: I've looked up the entertainment section in the newspaper. There are some new films on in town. M: Is there anything interesting on? W: There is also a new Beijing Opera put on for the first time. I wonder if you are interested. M: Why not, of course. W: I do not think we have time to go back to the hotel if we want to watch the opera. Let's get something in a nearby restaurant. M: OK. Question: Where will they have something to eat? - In a nearby restaurant. - At the hotel. - At home.
Ans:
In a nearby restaurant.