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W: The shirt sells for 3 dollars each, but it’s 5 if you buy two.
M: I’ll take four, please.
Q: How much will the man pay for the shirts? $10. $12. $8. $9.
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W: What do you usually do on Saturday?
M: Well, I usually visit my aunt. She lives alone and doesn’t have many friends.
W: Do you visit her every Saturday?
M: I try to. She is quite old and can’t walk very far, so I often do some shopping for her.
W: Does she live near the shops?
M: Yes, but she finds it difficult to carry heavy things because of her poor health. There is something wrong with her left leg.
W: Did she have an accident?
M: Oh, no. I think it’s just because she is old.
6. What does the man usually do on Saturday?
7. How is the man’s aunt? Visit his friends. Go shopping. Visit his aunt. Read at home.
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W: Good morning, Dr. Smith’s office. May I help you?
M: I’d like to make an appointment to have the dentist look at my teeth.
W: Let’s see. I can arrange for you to see the doctor two weeks from now.
M: Can’t I come in tomorrow?
W: I’m afraid Dr. Smith won’t be able to see you then. His appointment is filled for the next three weeks.
M: On, but I don’t have to see him. I will just leave my teeth in his office and he can look at them when he has time. They are false teeth.
8. Why did the man call Dr. Smith’s office?
9. Why can’t the doctor see him for the next three weeks?
10. What kind of teeth does the man ask the doctor to see? He wants the doctor to look at his mouth. He wants the doctor to look at his eyes. He wants the doctor to look at his face. He wants the doctor to look at his teeth.
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The important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s【T1】______position. Even a few years ago, most girls left school at the first【T2】______, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it.
Today, the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women【T3】______to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work.
Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and【T4】______of family life and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the【T5】______and interests of each of them.The important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago, most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it.
Today, the school-leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work.
Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.
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What’s the difference between life in one country and another? The difference between life in one country and another is______.The difference between life in one country and another is quite often not so great as the difference between city life and village life in the same country. In an English village, everybody knows everybody else: they know what time you get up, what time you go to bed and what you usually have for dinner. If you want any help, you will always get it and be glad to help anyone else in return. In a large city like London, there are many things to see and many places to go. However, people often do not know each other well. It sometimes happens that you have never seen your next-door neighbor, don’t know his name or anything about him. People living in London are often very lonely, particularly after work. This is because the people they are with all day are scattered over large areas in the evenings and weekends. If you walk through the streets in the center of London on a Sunday, it is almost like an empty town. One is sorry for old people who do not live with their children and have no work to go to during the day.
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If people walk through the streets in the center of London on a Sunday, what is it like? It is like______.
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______the key, the boy couldn’t enter his house. To lose To have lost Lost Having lost
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With exams______, it’s a good idea to review your class notes. approaching approached approach to be approached
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I’ll take no steps______you arrive. while at which until since
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______nobody was very interested in it, they decided to cancel the trip. Even though As soon as While Seeing that
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By the time he______fourteen years old, he______advanced mathematics all by himself. has been: learned had been: had learned was: learned was: had learned
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Hardly______down when he stepped in. I sat I had sat did I sit had I sat
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The commander ordered that the wounded______to hospital right away. to be sent be sent to send should send
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It was because of bad weather______the football match had to be put off. so so that why that
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By the time she graduates from the college this summer, she______here for four years. will study will be studying will have studied studies
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It is considered no good______without understanding. recite to be recited recited reciting
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He felt______ (shame) of having committed such a silly mistake.
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The first prize was______ (award) to the best competitor of the annual sports meeting.
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The U. S. is known for jazz, which has gained world-wide______(popular).
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After getting lost in a storm, a member of the navy team ______ (rescue) four days later.
