All I want to know ________ how long it will take to finish the task.

ut I don’t know what she would like． Shop assistant：？These are all from Paris． Mr．Blair：N0．She has very good taste in clothes．I don’t want to take the risk．

A.Do you want to buy a pair of shoes

B.What about a gold necklace

C.How about an evening gown

D.Don’t you think a gold watch would be very nice

Shop-assistant: May I help you, sir？

Mr. Blair: Er…I want to buy my wife a gift for Christmas, but I don’t know what she would like.

Shop-assistant: _______________________ These are all from Paris.

Mr. Blair: No. She has very good taste in clothes. I don’t want to take the risk.

A: Do you want to buy a pair of shoes？

B: What about a gold necklace？

C: How about an evening gown？

D: Don’t you think a gold watch would be very nice？

A、 I don’t want to tell you

B、 Yes, there is

C、No, there isn’t

D、Sorry, I don’t know

A.as B.for C.to D.beyond E.out

Love to us human is what water _____1 fish.Love shines the most beautiful light of humanity.We were born in it and we live by it.We should cherish love,but too often we take it_____2granted.How to cherish the love？I have heard a saying:the quickest way to receive love is to giveit;the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly;the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

When you are young,you may want several love experiences.But _____3 time goes on,you willrealize that if you really love someone,the whole life will not be enough.You need time to know,to forgive and to love.It is important for us to learn to love as the first class in our life.Only whenyou know how to love will you be a real man in this world.Love brings us bright when life gets hard and dark.Love brings us confidence toward life when we are tired _____4 and want to give up.Love deserves all the admiring words,and love is even _____5 the life and death.That is what love is all about in my eyes.

Henry and his friend Sally are talking about online shopping.

Sally: Do you do a lot of your shopping online？

Henry: Not really. I like looking at what's available on the Internet before I actually buy it. Sometimes, I'll choose what I want in a shop, later buying it online if it's cheaper. You don't like buying things online, do you？

Sally: No. I'm a little worried about security issues. You never know who's trying to find out your codes and passwords. Aren't you worried about that？

Henry: Not really. I know that it happens, but if you buy from reputable companies with secure websites, it should be OK. Even though I use online shopping facilities, I don't think it's the best way.

Sally: I'm surprised to hear you say that. I thought you loved any digital things.

Henry: I do. I'm a big fan of using new digital products, but I don't want to sit in front of a computer screen all day. I think people need to get out and interact with other people.

Sally: So, how about coming to the department store with me？ I want to see if there are any new summer clothes on sale yet.

Henry: Sure. I'd love to join you. Can we stop by the computer store？ I just want to see if they have something.

Sally: Sure. While you're in the computer store, I will visit the book store opposite. I like to browse through their books if they have anything interesting.

Henry: OK. I've finished online. Let's go. I'll just get some money and my credit card.

Sally: Thanks for reminding me. I had forgotten to get mine.

1. Both of them like online shopping very much.

2. Being cheap is one of the reasons for online shopping.

3. Henry is a big fan of digital products, so he likes sitting in front of the computer all day.

4. Henry will go to the department store with Sally.

5. Both of them will visit the computer store.

Man： Hello。 Yes？

Woman： Hello。 Is that the sales department？

M： Yes， it is。

W：Oh， well。 My name is Jane Kingsbury of GPF limited。 We need some supplies for our design office。

M： Oh， what sort？

W：Well， first of all， we need one complete new drawing board。

M： DO44 or DO45？

W：Ah， I don’t know。 What’s the difference？

M： Well， the 45 costs 15 pounds more。

W：So what’s the total price then？

M：It’s 387 pounds。

W：Dose that include valued-added tax？

M： Oh， I’m not sure。 Most of the prices do。 Yes， I think it does。

W：What are the boards actually made of？

M： Oh， I don’t know。 I think it‘s a sort of plastic stuff these days。 It’s white anyway。

W：And how long does it take to deliver？

M： Oh， I couldn’t really say。 It depends on how much work we’ve got and how many other orders there are to send out， you know。

W：Ok， now we also want some drawing pens， ink and rulers， and some drawing paper。

M： Oh dear。 The girl who takes all those supplies isn’t here this morning。 So I can’t take those orders for you。 I only do the equipment you see。

W：Ok， well， perhaps I’ll ring back tomorrow。

M： So do you want the drawing board then？

W：Oh， I have to think about it。 Thanks very much。 I’ll let you know。 Good-bye。

M： Thank you。 Good-bye。

Question 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you just heard。

Question 12： What is the woman’s purpose in making the phone call？

Question 13： What do we learn about the man from the conversation？

Question 14： What does the man say about delivery？

Question 15： What does the woman say she will possibly do tomorrow？

TALKING ABOUT BOXING DAY

A. People will give money and other gifts

B. Come on. Let s go.

C. Boxing Day D. Well, I see.

E. Yes, indeed so. _Zhang Hua and Peter are talking about Boxing Day after dinner._ …

PETER：Do you know what do we call the day after Christmas Day

ZHANG HUA：(1)But I don t know much about it.

PETER：Boxing Day is on December 26, the day after Christmas. People celebrate theholiday in many Commonwealth nations.

ZHANG HUA：(2)What would you usually do on Boxing Day

PETER：(3)to charitable institutions, needy individuals, and people in service jobs. And on that day, there are many discounts in the shopping centers and department stores.

ZHANG HUA：I guess the shopping centers must be very crowded.

PETER：(4)Do you want to go shopping

ZHANG HUA：I won t miss this opportunity.

PETER：I want to go too. (5)

ZHANG HUA：All right.

Henry and his friend Sally are talking about online shopping.

Sally: Do you do a lot of your shopping online？

Henry: Not really. I like looking at what's available on the Internet before I actually buy it. Sometimes, I'll choose what I want in a shop, later buying it online if it's cheaper. You don't like buying things online, do you？

Sally: No. I'm a little worried about security issues. You never know who's trying to find out your codes and passwords. Aren't you worried about that？

Henry: Not really. I know that it happens, but if you buy from reputable companies with secure websites, it should be OK. Even though I use online shopping facilities, I don't think it's the best way.

Sally: I'm surprised to hear you say that. I thought you loved any digital things.

Henry: I do. I'm a big fan of using new digital products, but I don't want to sit in front of a computer screen all day. I think people need to get out and interact with other people.

Sally: So, how about coming to the department store with me？ I want to see if there are any new summer clothes on sale yet.

Henry: Sure. I'd love to join you. Can we stop by the computer store？ I just want to see if they have something.

Sally: Sure. While you're in the computer store, I will visit the book store opposite. I like to browse through their books if they have anything interesting.

Henry: OK. I've finished online. Let's go. I'll just get some money and my credit card.

Sally: Thanks for reminding me. I had forgotten to get mine.

1. Both of them like online shopping very much.（）

2. Being cheap is one of the reasons for online shopping.（）

3. Henry is a big fan of digital products, so he likes sitting in front of the computer all day.（）

4. Henry will go to the department store with Sally.（）

5. Both of them will visit the computer store.（）

Returning to College

If I thought I'd live to be a hundred, I'd go back to college next fall. I was drafted into the Army at the end of my junior year and, after four years in the service, had no inclination to return to finish college. By then, it seemed, I knew everything.

Well, as it turns out, I don't know everything, and I'm ready to spend some time learning. I wouldn't want to pick up where I left off. I'd like to start all over again as a freshman. You see, it isn't just the education that appeals to me. I've visited a dozen colleges in the last two years, and college life looks extraordinarily pleasant.

The young people on campus are all gung ho to get out and get at life. They don't seem to understand they're having one of its best parts. Here they are with no responsibility to anyone but themselves, a hundred or a thousand ready-made friends, teachers trying to help them, families at home waiting for them to return for Christmas to tell all about their triumphs, three meals a day -- so it isn't gourmet food -- but you can't have everything.

Too many students don't really have much patience with the process of being educated. They think half the teachers are idiots, and I wouldn't deny this. They think the system stinks sometimes. I wouldn't deny that. They think there aren't any nice girls / boys around. I'd deny that. They just won't know what an idyllic time of life college can be until it's over.

The students are anxious to acquire the knowledge they think they need to make a buck, but they aren't really interested in education for education's sake. That's where they're wrong, and that's why I'd like to go back to college. I know now what a joy knowledge can be, independent of anything you do with it.

I'd take several courses in philosophy. I like the thinking process that goes with it. Philosophers are fairer than is absolutely necessary, but I like them, even the ones that I think are wrong. Too much of what I know of the great philosophers comes secondhand or from condensations. I'd like to take a course in which I actually had to read Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Spinoza, Locke, John Dewey and the other great thinkers.

I'd like to take some calculus, too. I have absolutely no ability in that direction and not much interest, either, but there's something going on in mathematics that I don't understand, and I'd like to find out what it is. My report cards won't be mailed to my father and mother, so I won't have to worry about marks. I bet I'll do better than when they were mailed.

There are some literary classics I ought to read and I never will, unless I'm forced to by a good professor, so I'll take a few courses in English literature. I took a course that featured George Gordon Byron, usually referred to now as "Lord Byron," and I'd like to take that over again. I did very well in it the first time. I actually read all of Don Juan and have never gotten over how great it was. I know I could get an A in that if I took it over. I'd like to have a few easy courses.

My history is very weak, and I'd want several history courses. I'm not going to break my back over them. but I'd like to be refreshed about the broad outline of history. When someone says sixteenth century to me, I'd like to be able to associate it with some names and events. This is just a little conversational conceit, but that's life.

If I can find a good teacher, I'd certainly want to go back over English grammar and usage. He'd have to be good, because you might not think so sometimes, but I know a lot about using the language. Still, there are times when I'm stumped. I was wondering the other day what part of speech the word "please" is in the sentence, "Please don't take me seriously."

I've been asked to speak at several college graduation ceremonies. Maybe if I graduate, they'll ask me to speak at my own.