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2007.11.1 1 A: Hi Wang Ling, how are your studies going? B: Well exciting, but sometimes I find them very difficult. Most of the other students can understand the lectures without d _____1_____, but I have to listen carefully and take lots of notes. A: Yes, I know what you mean. Have you c____2_____ recording the lectures? B: No, I didn’t think we were a____3_____ to. A: Oh it’s no problem, you just have to ask the lecturer’s p____4_______. B: Oh, that’s a good idea. And I don’t get used to the teaching. We are often asked to have discussions. You know we s____5_____ did this in China. A: Well, discussions are really difficult for you at the b___6_____,but they are really a good way of learning. The other students have different a____7_____ to this method and you can learn much from them.. So during a discussion listen carefully. If there’s something you don’t understand, you can r____8_____aise questions. B: I see. A: Anyway, don’t always worry about your studies. You need to r___9____ yourself. Say travel to some places in Britain. B: That sounds a good idea. I am so glad to have a f___10 ___ like you in Britain. Thank you very much.
2 A: Miss Dermott, let me ask you straight away. Do you think, within a few years, many people could work at home i___1___ of working in offices? B: Oh, yes. It’s happening now. You see, the communication industry has made much p___2___ in the last ten years. A: And how do these people manage to work? I mean, what e____3____ do they have at home? B: Well, they have a television set, a printer, a c____4_____ and a telephone to c___5___ with other computers.
A: Oh, I see. But surely there’re some a_____6_____ in being able to work at home. B: Yes. Working at home, people don’t have to spend a lot of time getting to and from their work places. The r___7___ hours, as everyone knows, are the worst time of day to travel. Millions of people have to get up early to a___8___ the rush hours. A: Ah yes, I see. What do you think about the conditions of home-workers? B: Oh, let me tell you what might happen. In the future a British firm in, for example, London, might e___9____ clerks in Belfast, or a Paris c____10____could have their secretaries in Spain, and then they just use a telephone to call around for the labour.
3 A: Can you tell me something about the Earth Summit? B: Yes. It’s a meeting held by the UN to discuss e____1____ issues. A: When and where was the latest Earth Summit h___2_____? B: In Johnnesburg in 2002. A: What was the main t___3____ of the summit? B: Sustainable d_____4______. A: What did e____5____ from all over the world discuss in Johnnesburg. B: They discussed the three biggest k___6___ in the world: contaminated drinking water, poor sanitation and air p___7____. A: What else did manyexperts speak about at the meeting? B: They also spoke about poverty, war and violence. A: Why are c___8____ like the Earth Summit important? B: Because they help us understand that there exist serious p___9___ facing the earth and that only by c___10___ the way we live can we save the earth.
4 Jane: Mum, What will the weather be like tomorrow? Have you heard the weather report today? Mum: Yes, why do you pay much more (1)a to something about the weather?? Jane: Oh, we’ve planned to go for a (2)p . Mum: The radio gives us the (3)i that there’ll be rain.. Jane: What a (4)s ! Our plan can’t be (5)c out. Mum: You know sometimes the weatherman makes (6)m_________.. Jane: I hope he’s made a mistake again this time. Mum: Why not play computer games at home (7)i________ it rains ? Jane: I'm afraid I (8)p to go to the (9)m rather than do that. Mum: OK. It's good to see an interesting film on (10)r days.
5 W: Excuse me, I’m (1) w______ if you could tell me how to find a place where I could have my shoes (2) r______. I’m new in town. M: Well, of couse. There is a good shop not far from here. Take the first street to the left and walk about three (3) b______. W: Could you tell me the (4) n______ of the shop, please? M: I can’t (5) r______ the name of the shop, but you’ll find it. It’s near the police (6) s_____. By the way, do you know about the “Town Guide”? It has all kinds of useful (7) i______. I think you’ll find it in any (8) b______. W: Thanks a lot, you’ve been very (9) h______, and I’ll look for that “Town Guide” the next time I’m in a bookstore. Let’s see, you said the repair shop was three blocks on the right? M: No, first street on the (10) l______, then three blocks. W: Thanks again.
6. M: Have you heard? The British government is planning to tax plastic bags? W: Yes, it was on the news. They want to r______1_______ the amount of rubbish. I can’t help but feel that it’s a good idea because they can’t be recycled. M: They’ve already done it in Ireland. If you go to the supermarket there, you have to p_____2_______ for each plastic bag. W: So most people use the s______3________ bags over again, do they? M: Yes. And the supermarket sells thick plastic bags which last l_____4_______. W: And there’s a lot less rubbish in the streets, isn’t there? M: Yes. But it’s not just in Europe that plastic bags are damaging the e______5________. In many d______6_______ countries it’s even worse. They’re causing a serious problem. In south Africa, for example, they call plastic bags the national flowers because the wind blows them e_______7_______. Now the government has stopped them and you can go to prison for 10 years if you use them. W: In Bangladesh too. They say that plastic bags were largely responsible for the terrible floods in 1988 and 1998. They blocked the drains and rainwater couldn’t flow a_______8_________. M: It’s scary. They don’t look dangerous but
