Section A

　　短对话

　　1

　　W: Can you come to the concert with me this weekend? Or do you have to prepare for exams?

　　M: I still have a lot to do, but maybe a break would do me good.

　　Q: What will the man probably do?

　　2

　　W: What does the paper say about the horrible incident that happened this morning on flight 870 to Hongkong?

　　M: It ended with the arrest of the 3 hijackers. They have forced the plane to fly to Japan, but all the passengers and crew members landed safely.

　　Q: What do we learn from the converSATion?

　　3

　　M: Hello, this is the most fascinating article I've ever come across. I think you should spare some time to read it.

　　W: Oh, really? I thought that anything about the election will be tedious.

　　Q: What are the speakers talking about?

　　4

　　W: I'm not going to trust the restaurant credit from that magazine again. The food here doesn't taste anything like what we had in Chinatown.

　　M: It definitely wasn't worth the wait.

　　Q: What do we learn from the converSATion?

　　5

　　W: Do you know what's wrong with Mark? He's been ACTing very strange lately.

　　M: Come on. With his mother hospitalized right after he's taken on a new job. He's just gone a lot on his mind.

　　Q: What do we learn from the converSATion about Mark?

　　6

　　W: There were only 20 students at last night's meeting, so nothing could be loaded on.

　　M: That's too bad. They'll have to turn up in GREat numbers if they want a voice on campus issues.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　7

　　M: I try to watch TV as little as possible, but it's so hard.

　　W: I didn't watch TV at all before I retired, but now I can hardly tear myself away from it.

　　Q: What do we learn from the converSATion?

　　8

　　W: I'm having a problem registering for the classes I want.

　　M: That's too bad, but I'm pretty sure you'll be able to work everything out before this semester starts.

　　Q: What does the man mean?