2006年全国普通高等学校统一招生考试
英 语 样 卷（江苏卷）
National Matriculation English Test（NMET 2006）
本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时闯将试卷上的答案
转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1．5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有l0秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A．￡19.15. B．￡9.15. C．￡9.18.
答案是B。
1. What does the woman mean?
A. The exam was difficult for her.
B. She found the exam easy.
C. She finished the exam in one hour.
2. What will the man probably do?
A. Borrow the dictionary.
B. Use the dictionary in the library.
C. Return the dictionary in a few days.
3. What is the man’s suggestion for the woman?
A. Take a day off from work.
B. Go and join the people in the office.
C. Find more people to help with the move.
4. What does the man mean?
A. The phone conversation is better.
B. They ought to speak to each other in person.
C. The woman should face the fact.
5. What will the woman probably do?
A. Take four pills. B. Only take two pills a day.
C. Take the doctor’s advice.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白.每段对话和独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前你将有时间读每个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答6、7、8题。
6. What is the man going to do?
A. Take a flight to Japan. B. Drive the woman to the hotel.
C. Meet a guest at the airport.
7. Where will Mr. Black stay after his arrival?
A. At a hotel. B. At the man’s house.
C. At the woman’s house.
8. What will take place that evening?
A. Mr. Black’s arrival. B. A hotel reception.
C. A business meeting.
听第7段材料，回答9、10、11题。
9. Who is the woman buying the gift for?
A. Her son B. Her brother C. Her nephew.
10. How much does the woman want to spend on the gift?
A. Twenty dollars B. Thirty dollars C. Forty dollars
11. What does the woman decide to buy in the end?
A. A chess set B. A pen and a pencil C. A handball set
听第8段材料，回答12、13、14题
12. What is the man?
A. A farmer B. A doctor C. A postman
13. What can we learn about Fred?
A. He had the largest farm in America.
B. He grows cotton in his field.
C. He will buy more fields next year.
14. What did the woman do last summer on the farm?
A. She harvested the corn. B. She killed a cow.
C. She milked a cow.
听第9段材料，回答15、16题。
15. Whose keys are these?
A. They are Jack’s B. They are Betty’s.
C. The owner hasn’t been found yet.
16. Why hasn’t Joe come to school?
A. He had a headache.
B. He hurt his arm, and he had to see the doctor.
C. He didn’t like school at all.
17. When does this conversation most probably take place?
A. In the early morning. B. After classes in the morning.
C. In the evening.
听第10段材料，回答 18、19、20题。
18. How long has Art been retired?
A. About twelve years. T x B. About five years.
C. About eight years.
19. What was Art just before his retirement?
A. A painter. B. A golfer. C. An advisor.
20. What is Art’s main activity now?
Painting pictures. B. Playing golf. C. Making glass.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child_________ he or she wants.
A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever
答案是B。
21 -When did he go to America?
-Oh he ____ there since half a year ago.
A. went B. has been C. has gone D. was
22 ____ British people always talk about ____ weather.
A. The; the B. 不填; 不填 C.不填; the D. The; 不填
23 -What kind of food would you like to eat?
-___ but Japanese.
-How about Korean, then?
A. Anything B. Something C. Everything D. Nothing
24. The happy look on his face ____ that he had passed the final examination successfully.
A. explained B. suggested C. expressed D. described
25.After five hours' drive, they reached ____ they thought was the place they'd been dreaming of.
A. that B. where C. which D. what
26. On Sundays when I was a child, Father and I ____ get up early and go fishing.
A. could B. would C might D. should
27.The eighteen - storeyed building, when ____, will shut out the sun ____ up the rooms in my house.
A. completed; lighted B. completing; lighting
C. completing; lighted D. completed; lighting
28.As a result of the heavy snow, the highway has been closed up until further ____.
A. news B. information C. notice D. message
29.The hard - working peasants and their happy life ____ we saw in the countryside made a wonderful impression (印象) on us.
A．不填 B. who C. which D. whom
30.-You speak very good English.
- .
A. And so do you B. Far from very good
C . Worse than you do D . Thanks for your praise
31.You ____ things about. Look, what a mess in your room!
A. always throw B. have always thrown
C. are always throwing D. have always been throwing
32.The trees in that thick forest are so close together that there is hardly any room to move ____ them.
A. hetween B. in C. among D. across
33.The mother often tells her son to he a good boy, warning him to ____ trouble.
A. hold back from B. keep out of
C. break away from D. get rid of
34.Some people waste a lot of food ____ others haven’t enough to eat.
A. however B. when C. as D. while
35.-You keep on coughing. What's the matter?
-Oh, I’ve got a cold. Nothing serious, ____.
A. yet B. indeed C. though D. anyway
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A．B．C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
I used to find notes left in the collection basket of the church, beautiful notes about my homilies(讲道）and about the writer’s thoughts on the daily readings. The 36 fascinated （吸引）me. But it was a long time 37 I met the author of the notes.
One Sunday morning, I was 38 that someone was waiting for me in the office, a young woman who said she 39 all the notes. When I saw her I was 40 , since I had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office. Her 41 was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could barely 42 without pain. Her face was disfigured（畸形）, so smiling was very 43 for her.
We 44 for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.
As it 45 , we went to lunch several times, and we shared things about our 46 . We spoke of authors we were both 47 , and it was easy to tell that 48 are a great love of hers.
She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look 49 . I know that her condition 50 her deeply. Yet there was a beauty to her that had nothing to do with her 51 . She was one to be listened to, whose words came from a wounded 52 loving heart. She possessed a fine tuned sense of beauty. Her only 53 in life was the loss of a friend.
The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the 54 for a glimpse （瞥）of what it is that matters. She found beauty and grace , 55 befriended her and showed her what is real.
36. A. questions B. ideas C. notes D. basket
37. A. since B. after C. when D. before
38. A. told B. warned C. suggested D. showed
39. A. lost B. left C. dropped D. collected
40. A. shocked B. satisfied C. frightened D. disappointed
41. A. hand B. arm C. head D. neck
42. A. stand B. smile C. speak D. sit
43. A. pleasant B. bitter C. ugly D. difficult
44. A. chatted B. discussed C. drank D. greeted
45. A. turned out B. turned up C. came out D. came up
46. A. families B. beliefs C. hobbies D. lives
47. A. popular with B. fond of C. familiar to D. concerned in
48. A. friends B. churches C. writings D. books
49. A. friendly B. happy C. attractive D. usual
50. A. hurt B. impressed C. changed D. defeated
51. A. fame B. wealth C. interest D. appearance
52. A. and B. or C. but D. also
53. A. fear B. wonder C. defeat D. anger
54. A. dream B. surface C. imagination D. time
55. A. it B. they C. which D. that
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro （地铁）. They took cameras to see what 36 would do if they saw someone 37 on the platform or trains. The incidents looked 38 but they were all done with the help of actors. However, 39 people tried to help, and most passengers 40 not to notice. In one of the incidents, a foreigner was attacked by three men. The attack was on a 41 which was quite full, and 42 the man tried to get the other passengers to help, they all 43 . This is not only a French problem. A British newspaper reported in 1991 that a (n) 44 of Social Psychology in New York had sent his students out to 45 their own cars. The students didn’t try to 46 what they were doing. About 80 people 47 250 car thefts, and only twelve of them tried to 48 the student robbers. In a typical (经典的) 49 ,one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his 50 and shouted "I didn’t see that!" About forty people 51 to help the thieves, and two people 52 sat down next to the car and waited to buy a camera and television set a 53 was taking from the back seat of his own car. The professor wonders whether it’s a problem of 54 cities or would be the same thing as happens 55
36. A. travelers B. tourists C. citizens D. passengers
37. A. stolen B. followed C. attacked D. lost
38.A.real B. false C. perfect D. successful
39.A.quite a few B. quite a lot of C. very few D. nearly no
40.A.happened B. seemed C. managed D. pretended
41 .A. bus B. plane C. ship D. train
42.A.even if B. although C. yet I) . however
43. A. escaped B. refused C. stared D. obeyed
44.A.oflicial B. reporter C. journalist D. professor
45.A.rob B. damage C. break D. destroy
46.A.tell B. show C. hide D. explain
47. A. recognized B. watched C. discovered D. found
48. A. help B. punish C. arrest D. stop
49. A. accident B. experience C. incident D. place
50.A.head B. eyes C. mouth D. ears
51 .A. offered B. regretted C. hated D. expected
52.A.really B. luckily C. actually D. especially
53.A.thief B. student C. person D. helper
54.A.big B. small C. faraway D. nearby
55. A. anywhere B. somewhere C. anytime D. sometime
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Joan Chen is famous both in China, where she grew up, and in the United States，where she now lives. How did Joan become a famous actress in two countries? It’s an interesting story.
Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from a film studio (制片厂) came to her school and chose her to study at the studio. She was happy about this chance, but mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, however she discovered that she really liked acting. At age 18, she won the Golden Rooster, China's top film prize.
In the late 1970s, Joan's parents, who were doctors, moved to the United States. Joan joined them when she was 20 and went to college there. Her parents hoped she would study medicine. Instead, she majored in film and later looked for work as an actress. To work in the United States, Joan had to start all over again. She told Hollywood that she was an actress in China, but she only got some small parts in TV shows.
One day Joan went to speak to a director who was making a movie called Tai - pan. The interview didn't go well. As she walked away, a man in a car noticed her. The man was Dino DeLaurntiis, the film’s producer. He immediately offered her a leading part. A year later, she started in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and was on her way to worldwide fame.
56.What was turn about Joan Chen when she was 14?
A . Some people came to her school and chose her as an actress.
B. She liked to study at the studio just because she wanted to be famous.
C. The most important reason for her going to the studio was that she wouldn't like to stay at school.
D. She found she. was fond of acting even before she was 14.
57 When did she move to the States?
A. In the late 1970s.
B. After she graduated from college.
C. In the late 1980s.
D. In the early 1980s.
58.The interview with a director ____.
A. made her on the way to being famous in the world
B. led to no immediate good result
C. made her play a leading part in Tai - pan
D. gave her a chance to act in The Last Emperor
(B)
A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend.
No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.
59.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is ____ .
A . repeated without any change B. treated as a joke
C. made some changes by the parent D. set in the present
60.According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is ____ .
A. in a realistic setting B. heard for the first time
C. repeated too often D. told in a different way
61.The advantage claimed (提出) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it ____.
A. makes them less fearful
B. develops their power of memory
C. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of
D. encourages them not to have strange beliefs
62.The author’s mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that ______.
A. fairy stories are still being made up
B. there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales
C. people try to modernize old fairy stories
D. there is more concern for children's fears nowadays
63. One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _______.
A. they are full of imagination
B. they just make up the stories which are far from the truth
C. they are not interesting
D. they make teachers of history difficult to teach
(C)
With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most heated argument across the United States today is the death penalty (死刑). Many argue that it is an effective deterrent (威慑) to murder, while others think there is no enough proof that the death penalty reduces the number of murders.
The argument advanced by those opposed （反对） to the death penalty is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is tile mark of a bad society and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime (罪行) anyway.
In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary action. Throughout recorded history there have always been those peculiar persons in every society who made terrible crimes such as murder. But some are more dangerous than others.
For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in time of blind anger, but quite another to coldly plan and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of different degree. While it could be argued with some reason that the criminal in the first instance should be merely kept from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer.
The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to discussion. But the majority of people believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is proved by the fact that the death penalty prevents murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was carried out from time to time in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100, 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been done only once, and the muder rate has risen to10.4 murders for each 100, 000 population. The sharp climb in the state's murder rate, which began when killings stopped, does not happen by chance. It certainly shows that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the law about death penalty is vetoed (否决), some people will be murdered- some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is really a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of people must be protected.
64.The main purpose of this passage is to _____.
A. speak for the majority B. support a veto
C. speak ill of the government D. argue for the value of the death penalty
65.Which of the following is among the heated arguments across the USA besides death penalty?
A. Air pollution. B. The war against Iraq.
C. Equal rights. D. Election of president.
66.The numbers in the last paragraph show that ______.
A. if they stick to death penalty, the number of murders will be reduced
B. death penalty almost stopped from 1954 to 1963
C. the population of California has risen
D. death penalty is of little value
67.It can be inferred that the writer thinks that ______.
A. the death penalty is the most important problem in the United States today
B. the second type of murderers (in Paragraph 4) should be sentenced to death
C. the veto of the law about death penalty is of little importance
D. the value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime is not to be discussed
(D)
Technology has been an encouragement of historical change. It acted as such a force in England beginning in the eighteenth century, and across the entire Western World in the nineteenth. Rapid advances were made in the use of scientific findings in the manufacture (制造) of goods, which has changed ideas about work. One of the first changes was that other forms of energy have taken the place of human power. Along with this came the increased use of machines to manufacture products in less time. People also developed machines that could produce the same parts for a product: each nail was exactly like every other nail, meaning that each nail could be changed for every other nail. This means that goods could be mass production, although mass production required breaking production down into smaller and smaller tasks.
Once this was (lone, workers no longer started on the product and labored to complete it. Instead, they might work only one thousandth of it, other workers completing their own parts in certain order. There is nothing strange about this manufacturing work by today's standards. Highly skilled workers were unable to compare with the new production techniques, as mass production allowed goods of high standard to be produced in greater number than could ever be done by hand. But the skilled worker wasn't the only loser, the common workers lost too. Similar changes forced farmer away. The increased mechanization (机械化) of agriculture freed masses of workers from ploughing the land and harvesting its crops. They had little choice but to stream toward the rapidly developing industrial centers. Increasingly, standards were set by machines. Workers no longer owned their own tools, their skill was no longer valued, and pride in their work was no longer possible. Workers fed, looked after and repaired the machines that could work faster than humans at greatly reduced cost.
68. In this passage, which of the following is NOT considered as a change caused by the use of scientific findings in the production of goods?
A. Other forms of energy have taken the place of human power.
B. The increased exploitation of workers in the 19th century.
C. The increased use of machines to make products in less time.
D. The use of machines producing parts of the same standard.
69. The underlined word this in the first paragraph refers to ____
A. the use of scientific findings
B. the practice of producing the same parts for a product
C. the human power being replaced by other forms of energy
D. the technology becoming the encouragement of historical change
70.The underlined word this in the second paragraph refers to the change that ______
A. each nail could be taken the place of by every other nail
B. each nail was exactly like every other nail
C. producing tasks became smaller and smaller
D. goods could be mass produced
71.According to the writer, highly skilled workers ______
A. completely disappeared with the coming of the factory system
B. were dismissed by the boss
C. were unable to produce goods of high standard
D. were unable to produce fine goods at that same speed as machines
72.According to the passage, what did the farmers have to do with the coming of mechanization of agriculture?
A. Many of them had to leave their farmland for industrial centers.
B. They stuck to their farm work.
C. They refused to use machines.
D They did their best to learn how to use the machines.
(E)
Wind is the great maker of waves. There are exceptions, such as the tidal (潮汐的) waves sometimes produced by earthquakes under the sea. But the waves most of us know are produced by winds blowing over the sea .
Now before constructing an imaginary life history of a typical wave, we need to know certain
physical things about it. A wave has height, from trough ( low point) to crest ( high Point) . It has lengh-the distance from this crest to that of the following wave. The period of the wave means the time it takes for succeeding crests to pass a fixed point. None of these things stays the same--for all depend upon the wind, upon the depth of the water and many other matters.
The water that makes up a wave does not advance with it across the sea. Each drop of water turns around in a little circle with the passing of the wave, but returns very nearly to its original position. And it is fortunate that this is so. For if the huge masses of water that make up a wave actually moved across the sea, sailing would be impossible.
If we want to find the speed of a wave, we may use the following way :
Speed = wavelength × frequency
Here, wavelength is the distance between two high points (crests) , frequency means the number of cycles per second .
73.What causes waves?
A. Earthquakes and nothing else. B. Only wind.
C. Wind causes most waves. D. Wind causes some waves.
74.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The water of a wave moves away across the sea.
B. The water of a wave remains almost at the same place.
C. The water of a wave goes with the passing of the wave.
D. The length of a wave means the distance from the top of a wave to the bottom.
75.The speed of Wave 1 is 100 cm/s, frequency 10. The frequency of Wave 2 is 300, while its speed is twice that of Wave 1. Which of the following is right?
A . The wavelengths of the two are equal.
B. The wavelength of Wave 1 is 10 times longer than that of Wave 2.
C. The wavelength of Wave 2 is longer than that of Wave 1.
D. The wavelength of Wave 1 is longer than that of Wave 2.
第二卷
第一节 对话填空：（满分10分）
阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
| Computers voice: Welcome! Joe: Welcome! Computers voice: You’ve got mail! Joe: Thanks. Who does it come (76) f________? Computers voice: A friend called Catherine. Joe: Oh, Catherine? This is the (77) f_________ time I have got her mail. Let me see. Computers voice: Hi, dear friend, I’d like to start (78) m_________ notes to you as if we’re already in the middle of a (79) c_________. I pretend that we are the (80) o__________ and dearest friends although we are (81) a__________ people who don’t know each other’s names and meet in a chat room (82) w_________ we both claim we’ve never seen before. What will, NY152, say to me today, I (83) w_________? I turn on my computer, I wait impatiently as it connects, I go online and my breath (84) c_________ in my chest until I hear the three little words: “ You’ve got mail! I hear nothing, not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beat of my own heart. I’m (85) e_______ mail, from you! Joe: Hello, my new friend. |
76.____________
77. ____________
78. ____________ 79. ____________ 80. ____________ 81. ____________ 82.____________
83. ____________ 84. ____________
85. ___________ |
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
-Dear Bob,
---------Thanks a lot for your letter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best regards.
Yours,
Xiaohua
2006年全国普通高等学校统一招生考试
英 语 样 卷（江苏卷）英 语 答 案
单项
21-25 BABAD 26-30 BCBBC 31-35DABAD
完形
36-40 CDABA 41-45 CBDAA 46-50 DBDCA 51-55 DCABC
阅读
56—59 A）DBDD 60-63 B）DABA 64--67C） BDAC 68--71D）CBDA 72--75E）CBAD
对话
1.from 2. first 3. my 4. conversation 5. oldest6. actually7. where 8. wonder9.catches10. expecting
书面表达
1—5 ABCBC 6—10 CABCA 11—15 CBCCC 16—20 BBACB
21-30 BCABD，BDCAD 31-35 CABDC
完形填空
36-40 CDABA 41-45 CBDAA 46-50 DBDCA 51-55 DCABC
阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）
56-65 CDBCB，ABBDC 66-75 ABBCD，DACBD
听力材料录音稿
Text 1:
M: What did you think of the exam we took just now ?
W: I was expecting it to be easy, but in the middle of the first hour, I was still on the second question. I hardly had time to finish the last question.
Text 2:
M: I’d like to borrow this dictionary for a few days.
W: I’m sorry, but you can only use it within the library.
Text 3:
W: I’m moving to a new place tomorrow. Could you possibly give me a hand ?
M: Sure. Why not ask some more people in the office if they are free too ?
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W: I wasn’t sure what she really thought of the suggestion from our phone conversation.
M: Yes, it would be better to talk about it face to face.
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M: Mrs. Johnson, you must take two pills every fours and don’t forget to finish the bottle.
W: Don’t worry, doctor. I want to get well as soon as possible.
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M: Mrs. Spencer, what time is Mr. Black’s flight expected to arrive at Boston Airport ?
W: Around 2 pm, sir. Will you go with the company car to meet him?
M: Yes, so I’d better leave here no later than noon. How about the hotel for Mr. Black and his party ?
W: I made the reservations for them last week and checked again yesterday to be sure everything is ready.
M: Including the welcome room for tonight’s reception?
W: That’s right. The manager promised me that everything would be exactly as we have requested.
M: Excellent. I want everything to be the very best.
W: I’m sure it will be. That manager has never let us down yet.
M: We want to make a good impression. Not just to be sure that this business deal is a success, but to pay back the wonderful hospitality we received from them in Tokyo last year.
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M: May I help you ?
W: Yes, my nephew is graduating from college next week and I’d like to get him a nice gift.
M: What price of gift are you interested in ? We’ll need to know that before we begin looking.
W: I usually spend about twenty dollars for a gift. Do you have anything nice for that price?
M: How about a pen and pencil? We could carve his name on them.
W: No, my brother gave him that for his birthday last year.
M: Well, then, would he enjoy a chess set?
W: No, he doesn’t go in much for chess, but he is quite athletic.
M: Then you could get him a handball set.
W: That’s a good idea. I’ll take it.
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M: Are you going to have a holiday this year?
W: Yes. We’re thinking of visiting my brother Fred, who is a farmer.
M: Farming is a very nice job, although farmers have to work hard. They have to get up at 5 in the morning.
W: Well, as a doctor, you are quite used to getting up in the night. Well, I’ve just heard from Fred. He says his corn is ready for harvest. And he’s thinking of buying some more fields next year.
M: oh, he must be doing well.
W: Yes, he’s proud of having the largest farm in Kent.
M: Have you ever been on the farm before?
W: Yes. Last summer I was. I tried my hand at milking a cow. The result was terrible!
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M: Betty, whose keys are these? I’ve just found them on my desk.
W: They’re not mine, Jack. I saw them this morning after Joe left. He probably forget them.
M: Why did he leave so early? Did he have a class?
W: No. When he was playing basketball, he fell and hurt his arm. I’ll see Joe in class this afternoon. I’ll ask him if the keys are his.
M: If they aren’t his, maybe they’re my uncle’s. He brought me some cakes this morning, you know.
W: That’s right. But he came by car, didn’t he? Then how could he get into his car without his keys?
M: Well, they must be somebody’s. I’m sure he’s looking for the keys now.
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Hello! My name’s Art. I’m 74 years old and I live in a retirement community with my wife Kate. I retired about twelve years ago from the bicycle business. I was in the bicycle business for thirty-five years. Twenty of the thirty-five years I ran my own business. After I decided to sell my business, I became an advisor. I worked as an advisor for five years and then I retired. The retirement community I live in requires one to be forty-eight years or older. In the community I engage in many activities, oil painting, watercolor painting, stained glass projects. My major activity, however, is golf. Weather permitting, I play every day. We have a golf course in the community, and since I played more often than I used to before I retired, my game has improved.