Q: Dialogue: W: Senator Kirk, if you are elected again, what do you plan to do? M: Well, first, I plan to create more jobs. My office will work hard to make our state a good place for businesses. Businesses will hire more people, and more people will be able to work and feed their families here. W: What do you think about the environment? M: I am a strong supporter of protecting the environment. I think that we need to build more trains. We need more people to ride their bikes. We need to protect the air. Everybody needs clean air, and when I am elected Senator, I will make sure we protect the earth. W: In 2009, you voted to let factories put their garbage into the river. Is that correct? M: No! That's not correct. I never voted to let factories put their garbage in the river. You have your facts wrong. I am a strong supporter of business, but I am an even stronger supporter of the environment. Question: How will the man create jobs? - By training new workers. - By attracting more businesses. - By providing more cleaning jobs.
A: By attracting more businesses.

Q: Dialogue: W: That's a had cough. M: Yes, it's because I smoke. W: How many cigarettes do you smoke? M: Thirty a day. W: Smoking is bad for your health. M: I know. W: Give it up. M: It's easy to say. But how? W: Count one, two, three until ten before you have a cigarette. M: That's a goad idea. W: Don't smoke after dinner. M: But I like a cigarette after dinner. W: Eat an apple or have a cup of tea instead. M: It's no good. It's difficult to give it up. Question: How many cigarettes does the man smoke every week? - 30. - 130. - 210.
A: 210.

Q: Dialogue: M: Welcome to Beijing, Mary. This time you will see the New Beijing. W: Thank you indeed. M: Is everything settled? W: Almost. M: What else can I do for you? W: I suppose I should look for a bigger house. But I don't see how I can afford one right now. M: If only you hadn't spent so much money on your vacation! W: You're right. But I really had a happy vacation. M: OK, Maybe you can move into Kelly's house and share that with her for a couple of months. W: Thank you. But I don't want to bother you too much. M: No trouble at all. W: How much should I pay for the rent? M: About 400 yuan a month. W: Great. That's one-third less than it was when I first rented a house. Question: Why cannot the woman rent a bigger house right now? - She hasn't enough money at hand. - She already spent all her money on her vacation. - She will save some money to buy a new house.
A: She will save some money to buy a new house.

Q: Dialogue: W: Mr. Hudson, where were you born and raised? M: I was born in Chicago, but I didn't live there any more. I was raised in Washington, grew up there until I went to college in New York and then Harvard. W: Looking back. How did you think your parents shaped your character? M: Well, it's hard to estimate entirely. I was quite fond of my parents and considered them very good people. My mother was a kind of very feminist and a well-known Jewish poet. She became internationally known. My father was a lawyer. And though it's hard to say how much they influenced me, I liked them, I respected them and I'm sure I was influenced to some degree by them. W: You were educated in the public schools? M: We moved almost every year, so I went to a different public school each year. W: So you would have been in high school and what years... approximately? M: Oh, I was in high school when... 26 or 27? I forgot. I graduated from high school in 32. W: What did you study in university? M: Well, that's a difficult question. I started out thinking I'd be an economist, and then I got disappointed with that. And after an odd experience in my junior year, I decided that I'd go out and study agriculture or management, but I enrolled in both for a whole year and tried to learn the required courses. I lasted a year, and then I came back to the main campus and finished up as an economics major specializing in labor economics. W: Did you go right graduate school or join the army after you graduated from the university? M: Well, I went to Harvard as a graduate student in philosophy in 1936, and stayed there until the war broke out. I was drafted after I took my PhD exams in the early part of 1941. So I went into the army before Pearl Harbor. Question: When did Mr. Hudson join the army? - At the time of Pearl Harbor. - Before his PhD exams. - In 1941.
A: In 1941.