1、s due.2.【答案】AText 2 Hurry up, Jenny! Its already 7. Well be late for the film! Dont worry, dear. We still have 20 minutes, and it takes us only 15 minutes to get there. Well be there just in time.3.【答案】BText 3 I heard on the radio that itll be sunny during the holiday weekend. Maybe we can take a tr
2、ip to Boston That sounds great! Ill call Jane to see if shed like to join us.4.【答案】CText 4s nearly 8. If you want to catch the 9 oclock train, youd better go now.t worry. Ill drive to the station. In that case, let me go with you, and you drop me off at the city center. Ill go to the open market.5.【
3、答案】AText 5m sorry the cake is late. Well do better next time, I promise Well, Im sorry, too. Youll have to take it back. The birthday party is over, and we dont need the cake anymore.第二节6.【答案】CText 6 Oh, its broken! Jack is not going to be happy when he sees this. Its his favorite CD. Hell tell Mum.
4、 Please, Cathy, can I borrow ten dollars?ll buy him a new one, and Ill clean up your room.7.【答案】BText 7 How did you like the dishes, sir? Delicious! Everything was excellent here. Thank you. Do you want some coffee? Tea, sir? No, thanks. Im fine. Ill just have the bill, please. How much is your serv
5、ice charge? 15 percent. And its included in your bill. Thank you very much, sir. We look forward to seeing you again. Sure. Goodnight!8.【答案】BText 8 Can I help you? Yes, my daughter bought this camera here for my wifes birthday, but it doesnt work, so Id like to change it for another one . I see. Let
6、 me have a lookwell, well be happy to change it for you, but Im afraid we dont have another pink one. Oh? What will I do then? Would you like to choose a different color? We do have this camera in black and orange. M: My wife doesnt like either of those colors. If you want, we can order another came
7、ra just like this one . There wouldnt be any extra charge for it. That sounds fine. Would you please go ahead and do that? Wed be very happy to. But itll take at least a week, maybe ten days . Well call you when it comes in. Thank you very much. Youre welcome.9.【答案】CText 9 Hi, Joe . Many people in o
8、ur department are leaving for Thanksgiving. What are you going to do? I think Ill just stay at home. I may see some friends and watch a few DVDs, and I probably would go to the Ottawa car show . What about you, Ariel? Whats your plan?m going to do some traveling with my family. Where to? Toronto. An
9、d on our way, were going to visit my aunt Betty in Kingston. Thats exciting! How long do you plan to stay? Two days. I have a get-together party with my college friends on the 10th in Toronto. Oh, Im afraid Ive got to go now. My husband is waiting for me, and well have to pick up Daniel from school.
10、 Have a nice holiday, Joe. Thank you. You, too!10.【答案】C11.【答案】A12.【答案】B13.【答案】B14.【答案】A15.【答案】C16.【答案】B17.【答案】A18.【答案】A19.【答案】C20.【答案】AText 10 Where can you look if you want to know how tall the tallest person in the world is? Or who the oldest person in the world is? Theres only one place where you
11、ll find all this information, and thats in the Guinness Book of Records. This morning, we have someone from the Guinness Company that produced that famous book, Thomas Manning. Welcome to the program, Thomas! M: Thanks, Sue. Its a pleasure to be here. Perhaps you could start by telling us where the
12、idea for the book came from. Well, it was first suggested in the early 1950s. Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of Guinness, was out shooting birds with some friends. A bird flew away so quickly that no one was able to shoot it. Sir Hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in Europe
13、. And if it wasnt the fastest, he wondered what was. So, I suppose he went to the nearest library to look for the information, and he couldnt find it? Yes, thats exactly what happened. And this made Sir Hugh think there must be other people in the same situation who wanted this kind of information.
14、He thought that, like himself, people would be interested in finding facts about records to satisfy their curiosity. So, the idea for a book of records was born! And when did the first book come out? A few years later, in 1955. So, to answer your first question, the tallest person in the world is 231.7 centimeters tall, and the oldest person is Jeanne L Calment, who was born in February 1875. There are also some rather strange records, arent here, Thomas?s right. Did you know,
