A：Excuse me , sir , but I’m writing a report on what people prefer to do on holiday．Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?

B：No , not at all．Please go (1) a_________．

1___________

A：How often do you go on holiday?

B：I generally have two weeks’ holiday a year．

A：And what do you prefer to do when you are on holiday?

B：Well , I don’t usually visit my family．We live quite (2) c__________ and I can see them any time．

2___________

But I do like to visit museums , (3) e__________ if there is a special exhibition on．

3___________

I don’t like to stay at home , though my parents do．(4) I_________,

4___________

I prefer to get away from the city and just (5) e_________ the peace of the country．You know , just sit under a tree , listen to the birds in the morning , or maybe go walking over the hills．

5___________

A：Have you ever (6) t_________ abroad?

6___________

B：No , I haven’t．It’s too (7) e__________ for me．

7___________

But my wife loves to visit the coast , so if the (8) w_________ is good we often go swimming in the sea,

8___________

or maybe just lie on the (9) b_________ and bathe in the sun．

9___________

A：OK．Well , thank you very much for your time．

B：You are (10) w_________．

10___________

A：Good evening．Reading from (1) w________ you have sent me , I know you left the Hotel Cornfield in 1990．Now , I’d like to introduce our restaurant to you．You see．Ours is much smaller．We only have 25 tables and you would be

1．________

(2) e____ to look after eight tables normally．

2．________

B：That’s fine．

A：I am the restaurant manager and head waiter , so you’ll be working directly (3) u______ me．

3．_______

B：What will I be (4) r_______ for?

4．_______

A：Bringing the dishes from the kitchen , (5) s______ the drinks ,

5．_______

and , if (6) n________ , looking after the bills , so you’ll be pretty busy．

6．_______

B：I am used to that．In my last (7) p______ we were busy most

7．_______

of the time , (8) e______ during the summer．

8．______

A：Good．Now , is there anything you’d like to ask about the job?

B：Well , the (9) u________ question － what sort of salary are you paying?

9．______

A：We pay our waiters a hundred and forty pounds a week , and you’ll get your evening meals for (10) f_______．

10．______

B：I see．

A：Good．Now let me show you the kitchen first．This way , please．

M：Nice to meet you again．The (1) w________ today is perfectly fine, isn’t it?

(1)________

W：Nice to meet you too．Yes, it’s getting warmer and warmer．

M：Have you got everything (2) s________ ?

(2)________

W：Almost．

M：What can I do for you?

W：I suppose I should look for a big house．But I don’t see how I can (3) a________ one right now．

(3)________

M：If (4) o________ you hadn’t spent so much money on your (5) v________ this summer!

(4)________

(5)________

W：You’re right．But I really had a happy holiday．

M：Ok．Maybe you can move into my mother’s house and (6) s________ it with her for a (7) c________ of weeks．

(6)________

(7)________

W：Thank you．But I don’t want to trouble you too (8) m________．

(8)________

M：No trouble at all．

W：How much should I pay for the (9) r________ ?

(9)________

M：About ＄120 a week．

W：Great! That’s one - third (10) l________ than it was when I first rented house．

(10)________

Reporter：Mrs Winfield, thank you very much for(1)a ________ me to visit your wonderful garden．It really helps me a lot to write articles on Dorset Gardens for our paper．Now I wonder if I could ask you a few questions．

Whinfield：Yes, sure．

1．________

Reporter：Could you tell when you became interested in gardening?

Whinfield：Well, I was(2)a ________ interested in wild flowers,

2．________

and in 1980 I read Mardrery Fish's book, College Garden Flowers, which follows

(3)p ________ advice and personal opinions．But I was reading about plants that I

3．________

didn't know．So I started to read as much as I could and get different writers'advice．I also used to visit Kew Gardens a lot．That's(4)w ________ I lived in

4．________

Haro, West London．I learned a lot from my visits．By the way, Dorset is one of England's(5)t ________ most beautiful towns, the other to be

5．________

Warwickshire and Somerest．You must know that．I'm also invited to give talks to(6)b ________ students in colleges．

6．________

Reporter：Yes, certainly that's why I(7)c ________ here．

Whinfield：Mm, now what was your first garden like?

7．________

Report：It was a very tiny piece of land with my house in Haro, West London．

Whinfield：Do you grow many plants yourself?I don't grow many plants from

(8)s ________．But I have several friends and we often give each other plants．My garden is a place which often

8．________

(9)r ________ me of so many people

9．________

(10)t ________ the plants they gave me．

10．________