[单项选择]A. They are a waste of time. B. They are too expensive.
　　C. They are great fun. D. They are worthwhile.

[单项选择]We should start at (once) and not waste (too) much time (to argue) (about) the procedure.
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

[单项选择]James: Don’’t you think the jewellery is too expensive Jane:______
A. Yes, why not
B. Sure, I think so.
C. No, I think so.
D. I can’t agree more.

[简答题]

Once the exclusive domain of executives with expense accounts, mobile phones are set to become one of the central technologies of the 21st century. (46) Within a few years, the mobile phone will evolve from a voice-only device to a multi-functional communicator capable of transmitting and receiving not only sound, but video, still images, data and text. A whole new era of personal communication is on the way.
Thanks in part to the growth of wireless networks, the telephone is converging with the personal computer and the television. (47) Soon light-weight phones outfitted with high resolution screens--which can be embedded in everything from wristwatches to palm-held units will be connected to series of low orbit satellites enabling people to talk, send and receive E-mail, or take part in video conferences anytime, anywhere. These phones might also absorb many of the key functions of the desktop computer. Mobile devices are expected to be ideal for some of t