Q.1 Picture
One day, Mary was watering flowers in her garden while Tom needed to take his car to go to his parents' house. Tom's car was stopped beside the Mary's garden. He started the car and drove back. Unfortunately, he ran his car into Mary's Garden. The flowers were ruined. Mary felt so sad about it. She loved her flowers. Tom was so sorry that he went to a flower store to buy some flowers, and cultivated them in Mary's garden. He was tired when he finished it. But he was happy when Mary said thanks to him.
Q.2 Some people have hobbits like gardening or reading novels. Others think they do not worth of time. What do you think of hobbits?
Q.3 Some people think TV and movie have a greater impact on children than their parents do. What do think of it?
Q.4 Today people are interested in the materials things. Do you think it is a problem?
Q.5 Chart Double Pies
This graph depicts the serious issues that face country A and B. It gives the items of economy, foreign affairs, medical cares, energy and education.
In country A, the most serious issue is medical cares that represents 40%, followed by foreign affairs at 20%, energy at 15%, education at 15%, economy being the least serious issue, accounts for the rest 10%.
While in Country B, the most serious issue is economy at 40%, followed by medical cares at 30%, energy at 15%, education at 10%, foreign affairs, being the least serious issue, accounts for the rest 5%.
Q.6 Is there one or two issues in the above chart that face your country today? And what the country is doing to deal with them?
Q.7 Situation dialogue
You have just come back to work from your vacation. A colleague welcome you back. Tell him about.
1. What have you done during the vacation?
2. Whether you prefer to go again to the same place or not and why?
3. How do you feel about coming back to work?
Q.8 Voice mail
Suppose you are a customer service representative for an advertising newspaper of "The daily times". One customer called you has leaved a message. Listen to it and response to it.
Mary Johnson is a clerk in a company. Your company put an advertisement for them in today's newspaper. But you mistook their phone number. It supposed to be 2604, while you put 2460 on the advertisement. She was so unhappy because she thought they would lose a lot of customers for it.
1. Apologize for your mistake.
2. Figure out a way to solve it.
Q.9 Flow Chart
Your department is in charge of buying furniture for your company. You are following the ways describing as follows.
1 Select item
(We have decided what kind of furniture to buy.)
2 Write descriptions
(We have written descriptions.)
3 Select photographs
(The furniture company hasn¡¯t sent the photographs to us yet. We called them today and we will get them soon.)
4 Present Layouts
(We have presented the layouts and leave the space for photographs.)
5 Print catalogs
(We will print the catalog in two days.)
Listen to two of your colleagues' dialogue and report to Mr. Jones about.
1. What the situation is?
2. What have been done?
3. What are remained to do?