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M: Will Mr Power be here at 2 O’clock
W: No, he says he might be half an hour late.
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M: Will Mr Power be here at 2 O’clock
W: No, he says he might be half an hour late.
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Mr. Jones: What materials were used for road surfaces during the last century
Engineer: Usually they were gravel and macadam. Tars and asphalt were originally used only as coverings, but later they were used as binders and finally as hot mixtures.
Mr. Jones: Concrete is a modem material as far as road - building goes, isn’ t it
Engineer: Relatively speaking. But you might be surprised to know that a concrete road was built as early as 1893 in Ohio. But it was only 5 miles long. More extensive projects were not undertaken until much later, around 1912 or 1913.
Mr. Jones: This was because of the increase in traffic
Engineer: That’ s right. Especially in the use of heavy tracks. More rigid pavements, such as concrete and brick, became a necessity. For light traffic, though, water-bound macadam, gravel, sand clay, and bituminous mixtures were still used.
Mr. Jones: What are turnpikes usually made of
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A. Gravel.
B. Asphalt.
C. Macadam.
D. Concrete.
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W: Mr. Black is fluent in Spanish and now he’s beginning to study Arabic.
M: He also knows a few words in Japanese and Chinese.
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W: Mr. Li, deputy manager of our company, would like to invite you to a dinner at 6 o’clock tonight. We’ll begin our business discussions tomorrow.
M: Fine. See you this evening.
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W: Mr. Jones will be back in 20 minutes. You can stay here and wait for him.
M: Not necessary. I’ll just leave his notebook on his table.
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W: Mr. Green, what do you think of the economic forecasts for next year For example, what will happen to housing costs
M: Well, there’s good news for buyers. Prices won’t increase. In fact, they’ll fall slightly. There are different reasons for this. One is that it won’t be so easy to borrow money. A second reason is that there are still a lot of empty new houses on the market.
W: I see. And what about food prices Will they fall too
M: I’m afraid not. You see, inflation will increase, so consumer prices will rise too. I think we can expect a 3% rise in prices.
W: Some economists say that unemployment will rise. Are you one of these people
M: No, I’m not. I think it’ll decrease. Trade with other countries has improved dramatically over the past year. And the increase in demand for goods means that there will be more jobs.
W: Well, if unemployment falls, can we expect wages to f
A. Housing costs.
B. Average wage.
C. Unemployment.
D. Oil prices.
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W: Mr. Green, you have to stay in bed for a couple of days and then you’ll feel better.
M: All right. Thank you for your advice.
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W: Mr. Black, what do you think of the economic forecasts for next year For example, what will happen to housing costs
M: Well, there’s a good news for buyers. Prices won’t increase. In fact, they’ll fall slightly. There are different reasons for this. One is that it won’t be so easy to borrow money. A second reason is that there are still a lot of empty new houses on the market.
W: I see. And what about food prices Will they fall too
M: I’m afraid not. You see, inflation will increase, so consumer prices will rise too. I think we can expect a 3 % rise in prices.
W: Some economists say that unemployment will rise. Are you one of these people
M: No, I’m not. I think it’ll decrease. Trade with other countries has improved dramatically over the past year. And the increase in demand for goods means that there will be more jobs.
W: Well, if unemployment falls, can we expect wages to fall too
A. They will fall slightly
B. They will increase a little bit.
C. They are hard to estimate.
D. They will remain the same.
[听力原文]11-15
Mr. Richard has worked in a small seaside town for a bout ten years and he and his wife have a comfortable house near the sea. During the winter they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives used to spend holiday in their house, and it was much cheaper than staying in hotel. Finally one day in June Mr. Richards complained to a friend. "One of my wife’ s cousins is going to bring her husband and children and spend ten days with us next month again. How have you prevented all your relatives from coming to live with you in summer .... Oh," the friend answered, "that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all the poor ones. After that, they seldom come again." Hearing this Mr. Richards nodded and smiled.
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