e room in scheduling your time Q: What does the woman imply? M: Can you tell me when I can leave here, doctor? I have some important business to attend to M: That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment. You may leave a s soon as the bleeding stops. I think that will take a couple of days Q: What does the doctor mean? 8. M: I m told Alice is trying to find a job in an electronics company. W: As far as I know, she is good at anything but electronics Q: What does the woman mean? M: Jimmy is going on a journey tomorrow. Shall we have a farewell dinner tonigh W: Do you think it's necessary? You know he will be away just a few days. Q: What does the woman mean? M: I thought you were going to call me last night about the plans for the confer ence on language teaching W: Sorry, I should have, but Tom and jane stopped by and stayed until midnight. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? Section b Pa The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburb s to the north. Each day about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridg e taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge d uring the morning and evening rush hours. When traffic is so heavy the trip is no t pleasant. Now, however there is at least one group of happy commuters. These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can en joy t he sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop. And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. Best of all being on a boat seems to make people more friendly toward each other There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry Because the fer ry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. The re is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 m nutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half a n hour is just enough time to relaxe room in scheduling your time. Q: What does the woman imply? 7. M: Can you tell me when I can leave here, doctor? I have some important business to attend to. M: That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment. You may leave a s soon as the bleeding stops. I think that will take a couple of days. Q: What does the doctor mean? 8. M: I’m told Alice is trying to find a job in an electronics company. W: As far as I know, she is good at anything but electronics. Q: What does the woman mean? 9. M: Jimmy is going on a journey tomorrow. Shall we have a farewell dinner tonigh t? W: Do you think it’s necessary? You know he will be away just a few days. Q: What does the woman mean? 10. M: I thought you were going to call me last night about the plans for the confer ence on language teaching. W: Sorry, I should have, but Tom and Jane stopped by and stayed until midnight. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? Section B Passage One The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburb s to the north. Each day about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridg e taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge d uring the morning and evening rush hours. When traffic is so heavy the trip is no t pleasant. Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters. These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again . The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can enjoy t he sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop. And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. Best of all, being on a boat seems to make people more friendly toward each other. There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry. Because the fer ry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. The re is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 m inutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half a n hour is just enough time to relax