Dialogue One

Jessica: I’m so excited! We have two weeks off! What are you going to do?

Natasha:  （1）  I guess I’ll just stay home. Maybe I’ll catch up on my reading. What about you? Any plans?

Jessica: Well, my parents have rented an apartment in California. I'm going to take long walks along the beach every day and do lots of swimming.

Natasha:   （2）

Jessica:   （3） My parents will be happy to have you with us.

Natasha:  （4）  I’d love to!

A. Do you mean it?

B. Say, why don't you come with us?

C. I’m not sure.

D. Sounds great!

Dialogue Two

Clerk: Good morning, Madam. May I help you?

Client: Good morning, I’d like to open a new account to deposit this money.

Clerk: （1）  

Client: A current account would be fine.

Clerk: OK. Please fill out this form.   （2）  

Client: Here’s the form, my ID card and the money. And, I have another account which I’d like to clear today. （3）

Clerk: OK. I’ll deal with these one by one.

A. Can you draw out all the money from this bankbook and put it into the new account?

B. A current account or fixed?

C. And give me your ID card.

D. What do you like?

Dialogue Three

Speaker A: Good morning! Can I help you?

Speaker B: Yes, may I see your production manager, Mr. Smith, please?

Speaker A: I am sorry. （1）

Speaker B: Well, I’d like to make an appointment to see him sometime next week.

Speaker A: Let me check Mr. Smith's diary. Just a moment. Yes, Mr. Smith doesn’t seem to be busy on Tuesday morning and Friday afternoon.

Speaker B: Could I make an appointment for Tuesday morning?

Speaker A:  （2）

Speaker B: Yes, that’ ll be fine.

Speaker A: I’ll make note of that. （3）

Speaker B: Yes, this is my name card. You can contact me any day.

Speaker A: OK.

Speaker B: Thank you very much! Good-bye!

Speaker A: Good-bye! 

A. May I have your name, please?

B. Would 9: 30 be convenient?

C. Mr. Smith is out on business today.

D. How long will it be?

Passage One

Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families. Television is the most significant of these influences, because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school.

Parents are concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for children. The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them. Studies indicate that, when children are exposed to violence, they may become aggressive or insecure. Parents are also concerned about the commercials that their children see on television. Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children. And some parents feel that these shows should not have any commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers.

Educational television has no commercials and has programs for children that many parents approve of. The most famous of these is Sesame Street, which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet (字母) and numbers. It also tries to teach children useful things about the world in which they live.

Even though most parents and educators give Sesame Street and shows like it high marks for quality, some critics argue that all television, whether educational or not, is harmful to children. These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television every day turns children into bored and passive (被动的) consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it.

A. Parents are worried about the influence from television on their children

B. Television has much influence on children

C. Both parents and their children like watching educational television

D. Some critics think that television is no good for children

A. They become the victims of social violence

B. They spend hours watching television instead of doing school work

C. The programs make the children lose interest in the world

D. The programs make the children spend too much of their parents’ money

A. they think that their children are not old enough to handle advertising

B. commercials teach children alphabet and numbers

C. commercials help to sell products

D. they don' t like commercials

A. it does have the same commercials as others

B. it offers programs for both children and their parents

C. many parents like the programs it offers for their children

D. children can learn some school subjects before they go to school

A. Watching Too Much Television May Be Harmful to Young Minds

B. Television Is More Harmful than Educational

C. Television’s Influence on Children

D. More Educational Television

Passage Two

Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an "agricultural revolution". On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.

One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records, so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.

Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand" that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make startling changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.

A. The first sentence of the first paragraph

B. The first sentence of the second paragraph

C. The first sentence of the third paragraph

D. The last sentence of the second paragraph

A. how much money they can earn from their products

B. whether to plant a certain kind of crop

C. what livestock to raise

D. when to sell their products

A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers

B. Both computers and robots have been in use on today's farms

C. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present

D. Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothing without the help of computers on today’s farms

A. most of the farm work

B. milking cows

C. all farm work

D. all the work

A. Computer, Farmers' best Friend

B. Farmers in the Future

C. Computers and Robots

D. The Agricultural Revolution