Part I 口语交际
Oral Communication · 10 分
Section A
In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue.
Dialogue One
Clerk May Ihelp you?
Customer Yes. I'd like to send this letter to my family in England.
Clerk Did you write your return address on the envelope?
Customer Yes, I did.
Clerk How do you want to send it?
Customer I guess I'll send it airmail.
Clerk Does it have anything valuable inside?
Customer Yes. I enclosedacheck and some photographs.
Clerk Then you'd better send it by registered mail.
Customer That's agood idea. Will you take care of that for me?
Clerk I'm sorry, sir. You' ll have to take your letter to the next window.
Dialogue Two
Winnie Oh, man！Nobody can stand this kind of scorching heat.
Marc Absolutely！ You can't even stay in the sun for five minutes.
Winnie Anyway, I guess this afternoon there's nothing we can do but stay home.
Marc I guess so. I don' t want to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion or something.
Winnie You want my advice? Drinkalot of liquids and spare yourself the worst of the heat！
Marc Yeah, you' re right. Got to drinkalot of fluids.
Section B
In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview.
Interview
Interviewer You have published six popular books. You' re known as the first billionaire author here.
Interviewee Yeah.
Interviewer So how has being the first billionaire author affected your perception of yourself?
Interviewee I dress better.Well, you can definitely afford better clothes. But that' s not just about money. I think the single biggest thing that money gave me—and obviously Icame fromaplace where I wasasingle mother and it really was hand to mouth at one point. It was literally as poor as you can get without being homeless at one point. But now Idon't need to worry any more. Never.
Interviewer Are you inaplace now where you can accept that you will always be rich?
Interviewee No.
Interviewer And will you be writing more?
Interviewee Oh, definitely. I can't, yeah, I literally can't stop. Well, I mean, you could tie my hands to my sides, I suppose, but Ihave to write. For my own mental health, I need to write.