第6期第十模拟

Test1

M: IT Department. How can I assist you?

W: My computer is giving me a lot of trouble. Could you help me with it, please?

M: OK, I just need to check on a couple of things.

Text2

W: Hi, I'd like to have this blouse washed and pressed.

M: OK, but I'm afraid you won't be able to collect it until next Friday. We've been very busy recently.

Text3

W: What a journey! Air travel is more tiring than driving. I'm sure.

M: I don't think you'd say that if you'd just driven 400 miles. Let's come to Seattle by train next time. It'll be more relaxing.

Text4

M: Can I have fried rice or noodles for dinner for a change? I don't feel like steak today.

W: I'm in a hurry. I can't cook two different meals today. Tomorrow you can have what you want.

M: All right.

Text5

MM: All well, Sophie?

W: Hmm. Not great. I'm just so down with writing this report.

M: Are you almost done with it?

W: Far from it . And I've got to present it in class tomorrow.

Test 6

W: Richard, why are you taking everything out of your drawer?

M: I'm looking for a stamp, Sarah.

W: A stamp? What do you want a stamp for?

M: I've written a letter to Aunt Vera and I want to put it in the post before midday.

W: Can't you just email her?  

M: Yeah. But it's her 70th birthday. Vera will be happy to get a real letter with a real birthday card.

Test 7

W: Professor Brooks, I'm Vicky Helmore in your European History class. Could I speak with you for a few minutes?

M: Sure. What can I help you with?

W: Well, I was sick for two weeks. So I didn't take the midterm exam. Could you give me another test?

M: All right. You can take it next Thursday afternoon.  

W: Thank you so much, Professor Brooks. Could I come to you at 3:30 after my English Literature class?

M: No problem.

Test 8

M: Linda, you work on plays and shows. But you are not on stage. What do you do?

W: I'm a costume designer. I help the actors become their characters.

M: Is it kind of like playing dress-up?

W: A little bit. But I need to study the play to create the characters' clothes, not just use my imagination.

M: How do you do that?

W: I read the play and do research about the time and place of the story. If the story is set in the past, I might study old magazines or paintings. For plays set now, I sometimes collect pictures of people on the street.

M: Then what do you do?

W: I take my ideas and pictures to the director of the show. We talk about whether I'm on the right track. If it's good, we will hire a tailor to make the costume.

M: Is it finished then?

W: Almost. We still need to try it on the actor to make sure everything fits and looks good.

M: Wow, it takes so many steps to make a costume.

W: Yes, it does. I work with lots of different people to put it all together.

Test 9

W: Hi, Kevin. I've just got back from the art gallery. There's a wonderful show of abstract art. You should have come with me.

M: I don't know. Abstract art seems like children's painting to me.

W: Well, if you don't understand what the artist is trying to communicate, it can seem a little like that.

M: What did you see then?

W: There were two paintings that impressed me most. The first is a huge one which I supposed was a tree although it could have been anything.

M: What did you like about it?

W: Just the way the tree looked. It was like the tree was made of hard metal, and the mix of white and gray made everything look like it was winter, freezing winter.

M: That's something. What about the other one?

W: The second looked like a piece of grassland. All the grass was purple and red, and there was green sky in the background. I looked at it and thought of summer.

M: Hmm, your description really teaches me something about appreciating abstract art. Maybe I should go and give this show a try this Saturday.

W: You really should.

Test 10

M: You are watching the morning news. This is Steven Johnson. Sydney and the New South Wales coast have been hit by heavy rains. Major roads, the airport, trains and buses were all thrown behind schedule as more than a month's worth of rain fell in just one hour during the morning rush. All traffic into Sydney remains very heavy. Pittwater Road is closed due to a car crash. Consider using Wicks Road instead. A police officer has been hurt assisting drivers in North Ryde. A woman is believed to have broken her leg after a tree fell on her car. The roof of Town Hall Station has fallen in, causing delays for passengers. The rain is expected to be at its heaviest from 9:00 am until 11:00 am. Today a total of up to 200 millimeters of rain is being forecast, along with damaging winds of more than 90 kilometers per hour to follow. All road users are advised to reconsider the need to be on roads in such wild weather and reschedule their day and continue on their journey after the rain stops.