Section A 1. M: The Dean just announced that Dr. Holdens going Ill miss you guys while Im working here in the library. W:I knew it all along! Hes the obvious choice. All the other candidates are no match for him! Q: what do we learn about the two speakers? 2.W: Hey, let me know how your summers going! Ill miss you guys while Im working here in the library. M: Ill be working, too! But Ill send you an email or call you once in a while. When we all get back to school, we can have a party or something. Q:what do we learn about the two speakers? 3.W: I know its the end of the season, but those peaches are such a bargain that I couldnt help buying them! Have one please! M: Thank you! Actually, they seem pass their prime.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 4. M:The assignment on physics is a real challenge. I dont think I can finish it on time or by myself. W: Why dont we join our feet together? It may be easier then. Q: What does the woman suggest? 5.M: Jean really lost her temper in Dr.Browns class this morning. W: Oh? Did she? But I think her frankness is really something to be appreciated. Q: What does the woman mean? 6.W: We heard that when you are a kid, you submitted a story to Readers Digest. M: Well, I dont remember this story exactly, but my idea of a great time then was a pad of lined paper and a new blue pen. I thought myself as a Readers Digest member at the age of six. Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation? 7. M: Your son certainly shows a lot of enthusiasm on the tennis cournt. W: I only wish hed show as much for his studies. Q: What does the woman imply about her son? 8. W: We suppose to meet John here at the railway station. M: Thats like looking for a needle in a haystack. Q: What does the man imply? 9.M: Professor Stevenson, as an economist, how do you look upon the surging Chinese economy? Does it constitute a threat to the rest of the world? W: I believe Chinas economic success should be seen more as an opportunity than a threat. Those who looked upon it as a threat overlooked the benefit of chinas growth to the worlds economy. They also lack the understanding of elementary economics. Q: What does Professor Stevenson think of Chinas economy? 10. W: Our school has just built some new apartment near campus, but one bedroom runs for 500 dollars a month. M: Thats a bit beyond the reach of most students! Q: What does the man mean? Section B Passage One I had flown from San Francisco to Virginia to attend a conference on multiculturalism. Hundreds of educators from across the country were meeting to discuss the need for greater cultural diversity in the school curriculum. I took a taxi to my hotel. On the way, my driver and I chatted about the whether and the tourists. The driver was a White man in forties. How long have you been in this country? he asked. All my life! I replied, I was born in the United States. With strong southern accent, he remarked, I was wondering because your English is excellent. Then I explained as I had done many times before, My grandfather came here from China in the 1880s. My family has been here in America for ever a hundred years. He glanced at me in the mirror. Somehow, I didnt look American to him. My appearance looked foreign. Questions liked the one my taxi driver asked make me feel uncomfortable. But I can understand why he could not see me as an American. He had a narrow but widely shared sense of the past: a history that has viewed Americans as descendants of Europeans. Race has functioned as something necessary to the construction of American character and quality in the creation of our national identityAmerican has been defined as white. But American has been racially diverse since our very beginning on the Virginia shore, where the first group of Englishmen and Africans arrived in the 17th century. And this reality is increasingly become visible everywhere. 11.What was the theme of the conference the speaker was to attend? 12.Why did the taxi driver ask the speaker how long he has been in the US? 13.What message did the speaker wish to convey? Passage Two Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag, and to ensure proper respect for the flag. Custom has also governed the common practice in regard to its use. All the armed services have precise regulations on how to display the national flag. This may vary somewhat from the general rules. The national flag should be raised and lowered by hand. Do not raise the flag while it is folded. Unfold the flag first, and then hoist it quickly to the top of the flagpole. Lower it slowly and with dignity. Place no objects on or over the flag. Do not use the flag as part of a costume or athletic uniform. Do not print it upon cushions, handkerchiefs, paper napkins or boxes. A federal law provides that the trademark cannot be registered if it comprises the flag, or badgers of the US, When the flag is used to unveil a statue or monu