16．A 17．B 18．C 19．A 20．B
Text1 (S= Sue; A= Allen)
S : That's a nice car. How long have you had it?
A: Just only one week.
S: Can I take a look at it?
A: of course.
Text2 (M= Mary; T= Tom)
M: Tom, I'm glad
you could come by. Oh! What beautiful flowers.
T: Happy birthday to you!
M: Thank you.
Text3 (W= Wang; Z=
Zhang)
W: Mr Zhang !Nice to see you again! What brings you to Xi'an?
Z: Nice to see you, too, Mr Wang .I'm here
to attend an important meeting.
Text4 (M= Mother;D= Doctor)
M: What's wrong
with my son? It's nothing serious?
D: No, Mrs Brown. Your son's trouble is
very common these days. It comes and goes quickly. He'll get well soon.
M: But I don't
understand.
D: There's going to be the biggest football match of the year on TV
this afternoon. He won't feel well until it's over.
Text5 (T= Tom; S= Smith)
T: I'm feeling sorry to be late, Mr Smith!
The bus is too crowded.
S: That's all right. Take your seat. please!
Text6 M: What flights do you
have from New York to London tomrrow?
W: One moment,
please, and I'll find out what's available.
M: I'd like to
travel first-class.
W: OK. We have a
nonstop flight leaving Kennedy at 9:25.
M: When should I
get to the airport?
W: Please be
there by 8:45 at the latest.
Text7 M: May I borrow five
dollars from you?
W: Five dollars?
Until when? How are you going to pay back?
M: Come on, if I
had a job, I'd lend you five without asking you any questions.
W: But you don't
have a job, do you?
M: No, but I'm
looking for one. I go to the employment office every day.
M: If I went
home, I' d have to work on my father's farm. I don't like it at all. I'd rather
stay here and find a job I like. All I need is a little luck.
W: Luck? OK,
I'll let you have a couple of dollars. Maybe that may bring you your luck.
M: Yes, this
will help. Thanks a lot.
Text8 W: Operator.
M: I'd like to
make a collect call to Los Angeles. The number is 213-485-2435.
W: And what's
the name of the person you want to speak to?
M: Susan Green.
Text9 W: Yes. Mr. Hopkins. What can I do for you?
M:I fell from
the ladder and I've probably broken my left leg,because
it hurts badly.
W: Okay. We'll
come right away.
Text10
My first Spring Festival in north China was a bit of a shock. Where
was the spring? There was snow on the ground and ice on the Summer Palace lake
and a north west wind was blowing. In England, where I come from,we
think of flowers in spring.
Then I had another problem. In Beijing, although there is snow and
ice, it's ofthen sunny over the Spring Festival. So I
liked to be out, to walk in the snow round the Summer Palace lake or to skate
on Kunming Lake. Then we'd come home and found that old friends had called on
us while we were out. So gradually we learned how the Chinese people spent the
Spring Festival.The first day is for family get
together. The second and third days are for paying and receiving visits. So we
changed our holiday life style and stayed at home or called on friends those
days.
These days we don't always stay in Beijing for the Spring Festival.
Sometimes we go on a trip to some other part of China. Last year we were lucky
enough to go to Hainan Island. Instead of skating we went swimming. That was a
treat. The sea-water in February was warmer than it is in the middle of the
summer in England. That made up for those snowy,icy,windy
Beijing springs.