A．Choose the word which is in the sentence you hear．
1．Even after he had been named as the most valuable employee，he could not muster up enough courage to ask his boss for a raise．
2．In order to enjoy fine wine，one should sip it，a little at a time．
3．Her voice faltered as she admitted what she had done．
4．To all appearances it could be any one of hundreds of small vocational colleges．
5．She had to offer her child for adoption because she knew she was dying．
B．Choose the sentence which is the closest in meaning to the sentence you hear．
1．I appreciate your offering me a ride，but I have my brother's car．Thanks anyway．
2．Jane is a better student than her sister Jean．
3．My invitation has R．S．V．P．printed at the bottom．Please reply！
4．Thinking that he'd made a wrong turn，he pulled into a gas station．
5．Anne went to the store for some fruitcake，but she got peanut butter cookies instead．
6．Ron bought a ten-dollar wallet for＄7．50．
7．They were lucky to get the only two seats left for the play．
8．When I saw her from a distance，I thought that she was my mother-in-law，but she wasn't．
9．The children want to see the zebras and the giraffes before we leave．
10．Sam likes nothing better than to go fishing with the boys．
C．Listen to the passage and fill in the table with the information you get from the recording．
A number of visitors to the UK，who had traveled throughout the British Isles，were asked by a newspaper reporter what their impressions of the British people were．Here's a brief summary of what they thought．
There were many different opinions among those interviewed．Some were very flattering， others very critical．The distinction between the English and the British wasn't always understood；but，on the whole，it seems that the Scots are very popular with visitors．They were thought to be very friendly，even though one Dutch visitor confessed she'd found it hard to understand their English．
A GREat number found the British generally reserved，particularly the English，although one Australian visitor called the English“the friendliest people in the world—and the most hospitable”．But she did admit that speaking the same language was a great help．
Some Asian businessmen，who had traveled widely throughout England，said quite openly that they found the north people“much nicer” than people in the south of country．When asked what exactly they meant by“much nicer”，one of them said，with a playful smile on his face：“By‘much nicer’I mean much more like us！”
A few Continentals praised“English cour- tesy”，but the majority found it dishonest and dull．“You're forever saying‘please'and‘sorry' when you don't feel pleased or sorry，”one explained．
A young student from South Africa had no views on the matter．“He hadn't met any Englishmen，”he said．The country appeared to be full of foreigners like him．
［参考答案］
A．1．D 2．D 3．B 4．C 5．B
B．1．C 2．B 3．B 4．B 5．C 6．C 7．A 8．C 9．B 10．D
C．1．understand the Scots'English
2．the friendliest people in the world and most hospitable
3．much nicer than people in the South of country
4．English courtesy
5．no views on the matter
