第一组

A: Hi Wang Ling, how are your studies going?
B: Well exciting, but sometimes I find them very difficult. Most of the other students can understand the lectures without d _____1_____, but I have to listen carefully and take lots of notes.
A: Yes, I know what you mean. Have you c____2_____ recording the lectures?
B: No, I didn’t think we were a____3_____ to.
A: Oh it’s no problem, you just have to ask the lecturer’s p____4_______.
B: Oh, that’s a good idea. And I don’t get used to the teaching m____5_____. We are often asked to have discussions. You know we seldom did this in China.
A: Well, discussions are really difficult for you at the b___6_____,but they are really a good way of learning. The other students have different o____7_____ and you can learn much from them.. So during a discussion listen carefully. If there’s something you don’t understand, you can raise q____8_____.
B: I see.
A: Anyway, don’t always worry about your studies. You need to r___9____ yourself. Say travel to some places in Britain.
B: That sounds a good idea. I am so glad to have a f___10 ___ like you in Britain. Thank you very much.

Key:
1. difficulty  2. considered  3. allowed  4. permission  5. method  6. beginning  7. opinions 8. questions  9. relax  10. friend

第二组

A: Miss Dermott, let me ask you straight away. Do you think, within a few years, many people could work at home i___1___ of working in offices?
B: Oh, yes. It’s happening now. You see, the communication industry has made much p___2___ in the last ten years.
A: And how do these people manage to work? I mean, what e____3____ do they have at home?
B: Well, they have a television set, a computer, a printer, and a telephone to c___4___ with other computers.
A: Oh, I see. But surely there’re some a_____5_____ in being able to work at home.
B: Yes. Working at home, people don’t have to spend a lot of time getting to and from their work places. The rush hours, as everyone knows, are the worst time of day to travel. Millions of people have to get up early to a___6___ the rush hours.
A: Ah yes, I see. What do you think about the c___7____ of home-workers?
B: Oh, let me tell you what might h___8____. In the future a British firm in, for example, London, might e___9____ clerks in Belfast, or a Paris c____10____ could have their secretaries in Spain, and then they just use a telephone to call around for the labour.

Key:
1. instead  2. progress  3. equipment  4. connect  5. advantages  6. avoid  7. conditions 8. happen  9. employ  10. company

第三组

A: Why don’t we go a___1___ for a change? Where I’d like to go is France, Spain, or Italy.
B: Mm, I’m not at all that i____2____ really. I’d rather stay at home.
A: Oh, come on, Simon. Think of the sun!
B: Yes, but think of the cost! Going abroad is very e___3____. The best thing about having a holiday here in Britain is that it’s cheaper. And a___4____ thing, the traveling would be easier. No boats, planes or anything else.
A: Even so, we’ve been to most of the interesting places in Britain already. There’s no p___5___ in wasting our summer holiday here.
B: Mm, I suppose you’re right. However, what I hate is the t___6____ in changing money abroad.
A: Oh, don’t be silly, Simon.
B: And  what’s more, I can’t speak any of the languages—you know that. It’s all right for you. You can speak f____7_____ languages.
A: Exactly. You see, what I’d really like to do is to p____8____ my French and Spanish. It would help me a lot at work.
B: Mm, but that’s no use to me.
A: But just think of the new p___9____ we’d see, the people we’d meet!
B: But, look, if we s___10____ here, we wouldn’t have to plan very much.
A: I’m sorry, Simon. I just don’t want another cold English summer.

Key:
1. aboard  2. interested  3. expensive  4. another  5. point  6. trouble  7. foreign  8. practice  9. places  10. stayed