[00:00:00] Model Test 5 Section A Short Conversation 1. M: Please take me to the Beijing Hotel quickly, or I'll miss the business. [00:00:12] W:I don't know, but I'll try With traffic so heavy it will take at least forty minutes.

[00:00:18] Q: What do we learn from the conversation? [00:00:21] 2. M:Why do you always ask us to put on slippers when we go into your apartment?

[00:00:28] W: It saves wear and tear on the carpet. [00:00:31] Q: Why does the woman ask them to wear slippers?

[00:00:34] 3. W:Allan had the highest grades in the class on all sujects except physical culture. [00:00:41] M: For him it was probably east.

[00:00:43] I've never seen him review his lessons. [00:00:46] Q: What does the man imply about Allan?

[00:00:50] 4. M: Ordinarily you never seem to be nervous. [00:00:54] But why were you so nervous just now when the professor called on you?

[00:00:59] You know, I didn't enter my house until I found my key at 11 o'clock last night so I didn't have enough time to preview my lessons. [00:01:08] Q: Why did the woman feel nervous?

[00:01:11] 5. M: Miss, can you give me change for a dollar so that I can make a phone call at the call box? [00:01:19] W: I'm sorry, sir.

[00:01:21] I'm not allowed to give change without a purchase. [00:01:23] If you go across the hall you'll find a change machine in front of the jewelry store.

[00:01:29] Q: Where does the woman suggest that the man get change? [00:01:33] 6. W: It was said in March that the famous science fiction writer.