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1、Q11.W: This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings. Its located in a quiet building and is close to bus lines.M: That may be true, but look at it, its awful. The paint has peeled off and the carpet is worn and the stove is ancient.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?Q12.M
2、: The pictures we took at the Botanical Garden should be ready tomorrow.W: I cant wait to see them. Im wondering if the shots I took is as good as I thought.Q: What is the woman eager to know?Q13.W: The handle of the bookcase is broken. Can you have it fixed by next Tuesday?M: Let me see. I need to
3、find a handle that matches, but that shouldnt take too long.Q: What does the man mean?Q14.M: This truck looks like what I need but Im worried about maintenance. For us, it will have to operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures.W: We have several models that especially adapted for ex
4、treme conditions. Would you like to see them?Q: Whats the mans demand from the conversation?Q15. M: I think your boss will be very upset when he gets your letter of resignation.W: That may be so. But in the letter, I just told him frankly I could no longer live with his poor management and stupid de
5、cisions.Q: What do we learn about the woman?Q16. W: Id like to exchange the shirt. Ive learned the person I bought it for is allergic to wool.M: maybe we can find something in cotton or silk. Please come this way.Q: What does the woman want to do?Q17. M: Excuse me Miss, did anyone happen to turn in
6、a new hand bag? You know its a birthday gift for my wife.W: Let me see. Oh, weve got quite a lot of womens bags here. Can you give me more detailed information, such as its color, the size and the trade mark?Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?Q18. W: Whatre you going to do with
7、the old house you inherited from your grandfather?M: I once intended to sell it. But now Im thinking of turning it into a guest house, because its still a solid structure.Q: What does the man plan to do with his old house?W: there is an element there about the competitioner, isnt there? Because Brit
8、ish railways are a nationalized industry, there isnt any one railway system in the country. If you dont like a particular kind of big beans, you can go on by another; but if you dont like the particular railway, you cant go on using anotherM: some people who write to me say this. They say that if yo
9、u did not have a monopoly, you would not be able to do the things you do. Well, I dont think we do anything deliberately to upset our customers, we have particular problems. Since 1946, when the Transport Act came in, we were nationalized.W: Do you think that is a good thing? Has it been a good thin
10、g for the railways, do you think, to be nationalized?M: Oh, I think so, yes, because in general, mosts of the transports are all around. Lets face the fact, the car are arrived the cars are here to stay. There is no question about thatW:So whats your saying then? Is it if the railways havent been na
11、tionalized, they would simply have disappeared?M: Oh, I think they would have. They are disappearing fast in America. The French railways lose 1 billion pounds a year, the German railways, 2 billion a year. But you see those governments are preparing to pour the money into the transport system to ke
12、ep it goingW: So, In a sense, you call between two extremes. On the one hand, they are trying not to lose too much money, and on the other hand, youve got to provide the best service.M: Yes, you are rightQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation youve just heard22. What does the woman say abo
13、ut the British railways?23. What do some people who write to the man complain about?24. What does the man say threatens the existence of the railways?25. What does the man say about the railways in other countries?Passage 1Among global warmings most frightening threats is the prediction that the pol
14、ar ice caps will melt, raising sea level so much, that coastal cities from New York, to Los Angeles, to Shanghai will be flooded. Scientists agree that they key player in this scenario is the West Antarctic ice sheet. A Brazil size mass frozen water that as much as 7,000 feet thick, unlike floating
15、ice shelves which have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow the sea surface. Surrounded by an open ocean, it is also vulnerable. But Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is. Now new evidence reveals that all are most of the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years- a period when global temperatures probably will not significantly higher than they are today. And the ice sheet was assumed to have been stable. In geologic time, a millio
