Section A

11.

M： I left 20 pages here to copy. Here is the receipt.

W： I‘m sorry， sir. But we’re a little behind. Could you come back in a few minutes？

Q： What does the woman mean？

12.

W： I hope you‘re not too put out with me for the delay. I have to stop by friends’ home to pick up a book on my way here.

M： Well， that‘s not a big deal. But you might at least phone if you know you’re going to keep someone waiting.

Q： What do we learn about the woman from the conversation？

13.

W： Mark is the best candidate for chairman of the student union， isn‘t he？

M： Well， that guy won’t be able to win the election unless he gets some majority vote from women students. And I‘m not sure about that.

Q： What does the man mean？

14.

M： Sorry to have kept you waiting， Madam. I’ve located your luggage. It was left behind in Paris and won‘t arrive until later this evening.

W： Oh， I can’t believe this. Have it delivered to my hotel then ， I guess.

Q： What happened to the woman‘s luggage？

15.

W： I don’t think we have enough information for our presentation， but we have to give it tomorrow. There doesn‘t seem to be much we can do about it.

M： Yeah， at this point we’ll have to make do with what we‘ve got.

Q： What does the man suggest they do？

16.

M： I am taking this great course-Psychology of Language， it’s really interesting. Since you are a psychology major， you should sign up for it.

W： Actually I tried to do that， but they told me I have to take language studies first.

Q： What do we learn from the conversation？

17.

W： Can you believe the way Larry was talking to his roommate？ No wonder they don‘t get along.

M： Well， maybe Larry was just reacting to something his roommate said. There are two sides to every story you know.

Q： What does the man imply about Larry and his roommate？

18.

M： We don’t have the resources to stop those people from buying us out unless a miracle happens. This may be the end of us.

W： I still have hope we can get help from the bank. After all we don‘t need that much money.

Q： What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation？

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

W： You know I’ve often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. We are to feel sorry for them.

M： Actually， Laura， I think we laugh because we are glad it didn‘t happen to us. But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.

W： Yes， and there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped， you know， deaf， or short-sighted things like that. After all， it’s not really funny to be like that.

M： Oh， I think that‘s because we’re embarrassed. We don‘t know how to cope with the situation. Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that， so we laugh.