1. M:My shoes are smaller than my brother's.

　　W: Really? But he seemed smaller than you.

　　Q: How do the man's shoes compare with his brother's?

　　2. W: The guests are leaving for New York on the eight o'clock flight.

　　Would you please drive them to the airport?

　　M: I'd be happy to, but now my car is under repair.

　　Q: How are the guests going to New York?

　　3. W: How did your interview go?

　　M: I couldn't feel better about it.

　　The questions were moderate

　　and I seemed to give proper answer for all of them.

　　Q: How did the man feel about the interview?

　　4. W: Oh,it's too late to get on a bus.

　　M: Why don't we take a taxi?

　　Q: How will they probably go home?

　　5. M: I don't think having big parties is a mistake.

　　I like big parties.

　　I think we should pay back our friends who have invited us to their parties.

　　W: But big parties are so impersonal.

　　I think we should have several small ones instead.

　　Q: How does the woman feel about parties?

　　6. M: Ah, lucky chat.

　　How did they get to know each other?

　　W: From what I've heard,the groom and the bride met at a part.

　　It is said that they have been falling in love with each other since that very moment.

　　Q: How did they love each other?

　　7. M: Americans don't think twice about using garbage for land fill?

　　W: Yes.I've heard that part of Manhattan is built on garbage.

　　In my country,it would be impossible to even talk about this!

　　Q: How do Americans feel about using garbage for land fill?

　　8. W: Did Helen tell you about the fight she and her husband had last night?

　　M:Yes,it really got on his nerves when he found that photograph in her pocketbook.

　　Q: How did Helen's husband react to the photograph?

　　9.M:Every time before a long-distance race,I have butterflies in my stomach.

　　W: Don't worry too much about it.

　　Anyway, you are not a professional runner.

　　Q: How does the man feel before a 800-meter race?

　　10. W: If I were you, I'd take the bus to work.

　　Driving in that rush-hour traffic is terrible.

　　M: But by the time the bus gets to my stop,there aren't any seats left.

　　Q: How does the man prefer to go to work?

　　Section B Passages one

　　Many years ago,there lived a poor man who had only one son.

　　One day,there was no more money or food left in the house,

　　so the man said,"My son,you must go to find some work and earn some money."

　　The young man left home.

　　He walked many miles until he met a rich farmer who had thousands of sheep.

　　This farmer needed a shepherd to look after his sheep,

　　so he gave the young man the job.

　　There were seven mountains around the farm,

　　and there were sheep in every field on every mountain.

　　One day,black clouds gathered. A storm began.

　　The wind tore off branches and blew down mighty trees.

　　The rain poured down.

　　Paths and bridges were washed away.

　　The young man rushed around,gathered the sheep from the seven hillsides to lead them to shelter in the farm,

　　He had almost reached the farm with his enormous flock

　　when he saw that the bridge over the last stream had been washed away.

　　There was only a wooden plank left.

　　It was only safe for the sheep to walk across the plank one at a time.

　　They did not like the look of the narrow creaky piece of wood,

　　but the shepherd pushed a big black sheep across and the rest started to follow

　　one at a time, one at a time.

　　What hapened next?

　　I'll tell you when all the sheep are safely across the plank .

　　At the moment they are still going over

　　one at a time, one at a time, one at a time.

　　Have all the sheep crossed over the bridge yet.

　　Oh, dear me, no.

　　The young man saved thousands of sheep from the mountains and field.

　　They all have to get across that shaky plank

　　and they are still crossing, one at a time, one at a time.

　　When will the last sheep have crossed you may well ask.

　　The answer is

　　they will all have crossed when every sheep is on the other side.

　　But just now, they are still walking over,

　　one at a time, one at a time.

　　And what about the young man.

　　Well,he is still waiting and watching those sheep crossing the plank,one at a time.

　　One at a time, ...one at a time.

　　11. Why did the young man have to leave home?

　　12. What kind of job did the young man find?

　　13. What happened when the storm came?

　　14. How did the sheep get across the single plank?

　　Passage Two

　　Professor Wang is a physics teacher in Beijing.

　　Once she was explaining to one of her classes about sound.

　　She decided to test the students to see how well they had understood her.

　　"I have an uncle in Xinjiang," she said,

　　"Suppose I was calling him on the phone from here

　　and at the same time you were 25 metres away, listening to me.

　　Who would hear me first, my uncle or you - and for what reason?"

　　Ma Hua at once answered,

　　"Your uncle, professor,because sound-waves travel slower than electricity."

　　"Good," said the professor, but then another boy raised his hand.

　　"Yes, Li Ming?" said Professor Wang.

　　"Of course your uncle would hear you first," Limin said,

　　"but that's because of the time difference.

　　When it's nine o'clock here,it's seven o'clock in Xinjiang."

　　15. What did Professor Wang do to check whether the students understood her or not?

　　16. How did Ma Hua make such a judgment?

　　17. How did Li Min give such an explanation?

　　Passage Three

　　Henry Smith taught science at the City School.

　　Once he went to a bookstore and bought some books.

　　Most of which were expensive ones.

　　He left them in his car in a quiet street.

　　Then he went and bought some other things at other shop.

　　At 6 o'clock he came back to the car.

　　One window was open - and the books were gone.

　　Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street

　　that night he wrote a letter to a newspaper.

　　The next day he went to the police.

　　On Friday people read an advertisement in the newspaper:

　　BOOK WANTED

　　Have you any books that you no longer want.

　　I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturday.

　　Henry Smith, 18 Lake Street.

　　Henry stayed at home on Saturday.

　　His first visitor came at 8 o'clock.

　　Henry took him to the kitchen.

　　At half past nine, another man arrived.

　　He had a bag under his arm.

　　"Mr. Smith?" the man asked.

　　"That's right," Henry said. "Can I help you?"

　　"I have some good books. You buy books, don't you?"

　　"Yes, bring them in. I'll have a look at them."

　　Soon the books were on the dining-table,

　　"Come in now," Henry called out, "and bring the list."

　　A policeman came into the dining-room.

　　He read the titles on the books and then those on the list in his hand.

　　They were the same.

　　"Come with me,sir,"the policeman said to the man.

　　18. How did the man get the books?

　　19. How did Henry get his books back?

　　20. How did the man find Henry's address?