W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials.

　　M: TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the papers, as usual?

　　W: Quite frankly, it’s just not enough anymore. We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors.

　　M: Will we be able to afford all this?

　　W: I’ll look into it, but I think higher costs will be justified. These investments will result in higher profits for our company.

　　M: We’ll have to look at the figures more closely. Have finance draw up a budget for these investments.

　　W: All right. I’ll see to it.

　　Questions 19 to 20 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19.What are the two speakers talking about?

　　20.What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?

　　21.What does the woman suggest about human resources?

　　22. Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?

　　第一篇文章給我們的第一印象是篇幅非常的長。之前我們的預測是6-8個回合的對話考5道題目，而現在發現篇幅遠遠超過了這個預測，題目卻少了一道，這也給同學們在短時間內從大量信息中尋找答案制造了困難。不過如果大家再回過頭仔細去看看我用下劃線標示出來的這些內容，馬上就可以發現這些部分就是4道題目的答案出處，而且每次答案的出現都伴隨著一個問題。這首先就說明了一點，每每遇到問答的形式都是考官青睞的考點，而且考試的重點往往落在答語上。這一點和短對話中體現的原則不謀而合，而且短對話中的建議請求原則也和此處的情況及其相似。另外還有一個特點，大家觀察后不難發現，并不是每一組問答都被作為考點，而作為考試重點的幾組問題之間關聯性是不大的。換句話來說，第一個問題考察了文章的main idea, 從第二個問題開始分別考察了new business strategy 所呈現的3方面問題。其中每一個方面選擇了一個最重要的問題來考察，這一點又和以往的passage考察方法很類似，特別是人物生平發展或者故事類的題目很相似，每一方面的內容只考察一道題目，而且出題的順序和文章的順序是一致的。

　　Conversation Two

　　W: Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue for quite a while , Is there anything I can do to help you?

　　M: Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m really struggling. There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know where to begin.

　　W: Your topic sounds pretty big. Why don’t you narrow it down to something like…uh… the history of the studios during that time?

　　M: You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more that 30 books came up when I typed in “movie studios.”

　　W: You could cut that down even further by listing the specific years you want. Try adding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age.”

　　M: “Golden Age” is a good idea. Let me type that in … Hey, look, just 6 books this time. That’s a lot better.

　　W: Oh… another thin you might consider… have you tried looking for any magazine or newspaper articles?

　　M: No, I’ve only been searching for books.

　　W: Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. And we do have the Los Angeles. Times available over there. You might go through their indexes to see if there’s anything you want.

　　M: Okay, I think I’ll get started with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines.

　　W: If you need any help, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk.

　　M: Great, thanks a lot.

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23. What is the man doing?

　　24. What does the librarian think of the topic the man is working on?

　　25. Where can the man find the relevant magazine articles?