1. W: Excuse me.Did you say that these jackets were fifteen dollars?

　　M: No,I said fifty dollars. Here's the price on the tag.

　　Q: How much are these jackets?

　　2. M: The plane's leaving at 5:30.

　　I just called the airline.

　　W: 5:30? Are you sure? I thought they said 4:30.

　　Q: When will the plane take off?

　　3. W: I am leaving at 1:30 p.m..

　　But I've got to check in at 12:30 p.m..

　　M: What airline and what flight?

　　Q: When will the plane probably take off?

　　4. M: My grandpa died in 1978.

　　I was 18 years old then.

　　W: Now it's 1998.That means he would be 76 if he were alive.

　　Q: How old was his grandpa when he died?

　　5. W: How big is the apartment?

　　M: Five rooms

　　Three bedrooms,a sitting room and a kitchen.

　　Q: How many rooms are there in the apartment?

　　6. M: A hundred and fifty

　　if you are interested in this flat.

　　A hundred and fifty! No,I'm not really interested in this flat.

　　If your price is one third of it,maybe I live for only a month.

　　Q: What price is reasonable according to the woman?

　　7. M: Can I walk there?

　　W: No, it is too far for you to talk.

　　It might take you three quarters of an hour.

　　Q: How far is the place?

　　8. W: Take us to the Peak Tram Station.

　　Can we get there in about fifteen minutes?

　　M: No,it'll take about twenty minutes.

　　because the streets are heavy with traffic at five p.m..

　　I'll do my best.

　　Q: When does this conversation probably take place?

　　9. M: How much does it cost?

　　W: It's three thirty.

　　But the minimum price is two hundred.

　　Q: What is the price difference?

　　10. M: I want to check these pieces and I'll carry this overnight bag by myself.

　　W: Sir,your bags are 30 pounds overweight.

　　You are allowed only 44 pounds of baggage.

　　Q: How weight is the man's baggage?

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　A great French writer has said.

　　that we should help everyone as we can because we often need help ourselves.

　　The small even can help the great.

　　About this, he told the following story.

　　An ant was drinking at a small river and fell it.

　　She tried her best to reach the side.

　　but she couldn't move at all.

　　The poor ant got too tired but was still doing her best when a bird saw her.

　　With pity the bird threw a piece of wood.

　　With it she reached the bank again.

　　While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man coming up.

　　He was walking without shoes on his feet and carrying a gun in his hand.

　　As soon as he saw the bird.

　　he wished to kill her, and he would certainly do so.

　　but the ant bit him in one of his feet just as he raised his gun to fire.

　　He stopped to see what had bit him and at that time the bird flew away at once.

　　It was an animal much weaker and smaller than the bird herself that had saved her life.