Dear Tina,
I think I have to say I'm sorry to you because I 35 the last time you came to me. I was so busy with my own studies at that time that I didn't spend any time listening to your problems with Mary. I know you're very sad about this, and it's too late for me to make any excuses.
I've tried to call you many times, but you've never answered. I think you 36 . Please pick up the phone and talk to me. We are still good friends, aren't we? Please give me another chance!
Your friend always,
Alice
Dear Tina,
I think I have to say I'm sorry to you because I 35 the last time you came to me. I was so busy with my own studies at that time that I didn't spend any time listening to your problems with Mary. I know you're very sad about this, and it's too late for me to make any excuses.
I've tried to call you many times, but you've never answered. I think you 36 . Please pick up the phone and talk to me. We are still good friends, aren't we? Please give me another chance!
Your friend always,
Alice
Sherry is talking about one of the four restaurants:
"It's a clean and comfortable place. Even the floor of the restroom shines. The food is delicious. But each of their waiters has to take care of so many tables that you seldom see them smiling and may get spaghetti when you order steak. It's difficult to get a table on weekends. To save time, it's better to visit on weekdays."
Which restaurant is Sherry talking about?
Life is a long trip.
Both good and bad things happen on the road:
People love and hate,
They share and hide things.
Some things make me smile;
Some things make me cry.
Some days are sunny,
Some days are rainy—
Life is a trip full of opposites.
I can't decide what will happen,
So I have decided to be happy right now, every minute of my life.
To remember all that is beautiful;
To let go of all that makes me sad—
In this way I will live my life to the fullest.
~Johnny Wang~
What does the writer think of life?
（A）He thinks that life is short.
✓（B）He wants to enjoy life as much as he can.
（C）He is glad to find that life can be planned.
（D）He thinks that love is the most important thing in life.
Life is a long trip.
Both good and bad things happen on the road:
People love and hate,
They share and hide things.
Some things make me smile;
Some things make me cry.
Some days are sunny,
Some days are rainy—
Life is a trip full of opposites.
I can't decide what will happen,
So I have decided to be happy right now, every minute of my life.
To remember all that is beautiful;
To let go of all that makes me sad—
In this way I will live my life to the fullest.
~Johnny Wang~
(In front of the Golden Theater)
Fred: May I help you?
Nora: Yes, how can I get to the ticket office? I have to meet with my friends there.
Fred: See the coffee shop over there? Our ticket office's right next to it. May I ask which movie you are seeing?
Nora: Dance with the Snake.
Fred: I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place. That movie is playing at another theater, the New Theater.
Nora: Oh, no! What should I do now?
Fred: Don't worry. The theater is only a few blocks away. You can get there in ten minutes by taxi. Just have the driver stop on Market Street. The theater is beside a big gift shop.
Nora: OK. Thank you for your help.
Fred: No problem.
(In front of the Golden Theater)
Fred: May I help you?
Nora: Yes, how can I get to the ticket office? I have to meet with my friends there.
Fred: See the coffee shop over there? Our ticket office's right next to it. May I ask which movie you are seeing?
Nora: Dance with the Snake.
Fred: I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place. That movie is playing at another theater, the New Theater.
Nora: Oh, no! What should I do now?
Fred: Don't worry. The theater is only a few blocks away. You can get there in ten minutes by taxi. Just have the driver stop on Market Street. The theater is beside a big gift shop.
Nora: OK. Thank you for your help.
Fred: No problem.
Which is true?
（A）The two theaters are next to each other.
（B）There is a gift shop above the New Theater.
（C）Dance with the Snake can be seen at both theaters.
✓（D）More than one movie is playing at the Golden Theater.
From: Page-Plus Bookstore (order@pageplus.com)
To: Andy Walker (andywalker@hooray.com)
Date: Monday, May 24, 2010
Subject: Your Order
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Dear Mr. Walker,
Your order (order number: A2010-0515-2355-36) has been sent out.
You ordered:
1. Dangerously Crazy NT＄180 × 2 NT＄360
2. Talking Horses NT＄210 × 1 NT＄210
Shipping Fee NT＄50
Total NT＄620
Please get your order at Q-Life Store (No. 157 Comfy Street, Cozy City) from 5/25 to 5/31. To get your order, please tell the clerk your name, and then pay at the store.
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□ The order will be picked up at Q-Life Store.
(For an order less than NT＄600, you need to pay a shipping fee of NT＄50.)
□ The order will be sent to your house.
(For an order less than NT＄1,000, you need to pay a shipping fee of NT＄100.)
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If there is any problem with your order, please send it back in five days (counting from the day you get your order).
http://www.pageplus.com
shipping fee 運費
What do we know from this email?
（A）Andy has already paid on the Internet for his order.
（B）One has to pay a shipping fee for an order of NT＄1,000.
（C）Page-Plus Bookstore is at No. 157 Comfy Street, Cozy City.
✓（D）Andy can get what he had ordered the day after the email was sent.
From: Page-Plus Bookstore (order@pageplus.com)
To: Andy Walker (andywalker@hooray.com)
Date: Monday, May 24, 2010
Subject: Your Order
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Mr. Walker,
Your order (order number: A2010-0515-2355-36) has been sent out.
You ordered:
1. Dangerously Crazy NT＄180 × 2 NT＄360
2. Talking Horses NT＄210 × 1 NT＄210
Shipping Fee NT＄50
Total NT＄620
Please get your order at Q-Life Store (No. 157 Comfy Street, Cozy City) from 5/25 to 5/31. To get your order, please tell the clerk your name, and then pay at the store.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
□ The order will be picked up at Q-Life Store.
(For an order less than NT＄600, you need to pay a shipping fee of NT＄50.)
□ The order will be sent to your house.
(For an order less than NT＄1,000, you need to pay a shipping fee of NT＄100.)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If there is any problem with your order, please send it back in five days (counting from the day you get your order).
http://www.pageplus.com
shipping fee 運費
If Andy picks up his order on May 29 and finds one page missing in Talking Horses, when is the last day for him to send Talking Horses back?
A VISIT FROM SOMEONE FROM YOUR OWN BOOK!
This Winter's Most Heartwarming Movie
Out of the Pages is the newest work of Linda Kinsley, the "Magic Worker" in show business. In this lovely movie, a young writer, Henry, is visited by a strange girl who says that she comes from the book he has written. This young girl, Claire, is not happy about her part in the book and wants Henry to change the story. Henry thinks Claire is just trying to catch his interest, but she acts just like the girl in his book . . . .
Together with the popular Italian actor Julio Latio, the famous French singer Sophie Besson, and last year's Rolling Prize winner Mary Keys, this movie is sure to give you a wonderful holiday experience!
"First pick for the New Year's Eve!" - Theater Report
"Mr. Latio's best hope for his first Rolling Prize!" - Picture Weekly
"An excellent pick for Besson to start in the movies!" - Movie News
http://www.outofthepagesmovie.com
What does the reading say about the story of the movie?
（A）It happens in snowy winter.
（B）It comes from a popular book.
✓（C）Henry does not believe what Claire says when they first meet.
（D）Henry does not know how to change the story of his book for Claire.
A VISIT FROM SOMEONE FROM YOUR OWN BOOK!
This Winter's Most Heartwarming Movie
Out of the Pages is the newest work of Linda Kinsley, the "Magic Worker" in show business. In this lovely movie, a young writer, Henry, is visited by a strange girl who says that she comes from the book he has written. This young girl, Claire, is not happy about her part in the book and wants Henry to change the story. Henry thinks Claire is just trying to catch his interest, but she acts just like the girl in his book . . . .
Together with the popular Italian actor Julio Latio, the famous French singer Sophie Besson, and last year's Rolling Prize winner Mary Keys, this movie is sure to give you a wonderful holiday experience!
"First pick for the New Year's Eve!" - Theater Report
"Mr. Latio's best hope for his first Rolling Prize!" - Picture Weekly
"An excellent pick for Besson to start in the movies!" - Movie News
http://www.outofthepagesmovie.com
Which do we know from the reading?
✓（A）Out of the Pages is Sophie Besson's first movie.
（B）Out of the Pages has won Julio Latio a Rolling Prize.
（C）Out of the Pages is Linda Kinsley's best-selling work.
（D）Out of the Pages has won Mary Keys a best actress prize.
You don't want to be Kim's assistant. She gives you lots of work and never feels pleased with what you do. However, if you "pass the test," you'll almost 100% sure be promoted to "real" lawyer. I passed, and now I have my own office and my own assistant.
Last week Kim kicked out her new assistant. And now she's treating me like her assistant again. "Maureen, get me a coffee." "Maureen, copy this for me." Yes, the coffee room is closer to my office, and yes, I know the copying machines better, but now my business card says L-A-W-Y-E-R, not A-S-S-I-S-T-A-N-T!
No one will fight Kim because she's dating Emerson, our boss. Fighting the boss's girlfriend won't do you any good. Ted fought her once, and now he's sitting in the "Cage," the smallest office here.
Next to my office is Jackson's. He was Kim's assistant before me. He told me that I had to let her know that now I work WITH her, not FOR her. "She'll get very angry at first, but she'll forget about you after she finds the next 'lucky' person, and then you'll be OK," said he.
assistant 助理 pleased 滿意 promote 升職
What can we learn from the reading?
（A）Kim's assistants were all promoted.
✓（B）Ted's fight with Kim ended terribly.
（C）Ted fought with Kim because of Maureen.
（D）Maureen is popular with everyone in her workplace.
Below is the video that was made for Pattie.
[REC 11/30/2009 11:42:36] Hey, Pattie. You, Daddy and Jessie are the most important people in my life. Mom died when I was little, so I remember few things about her. To me, you're just like my mother. I'm so excited you'll be living with us!
[REC 12/01/2009 14:33:07] Hi, Pattie. Thank you for everything you've done for us. After Mom died, you're the one who has kept us together. You brought our funny, smiling dad back. You made our house a lovely warm home. To me, you're already family.
[REC 12/02/2009 17:55:35] Hi! Pattie. I'm so happy for you and David! I still can't believe it! My best friend and my brother! Be happy on your big day and all the days after!
[REC 12/02/2009 18:14:53] Hello, Pattie. You know I wasn't happy about you and David at first. For a mother, a man with two kids is never good enough for her daughter. But after seeing how you four get along together, I started thinking maybe you do know what you're doing. You have my best wishes, my dear girl.
What do we know about the four people in the video?
（A）One of them is Pattie's sister.
（B）One of them is David's best friend.
✓（C）One of them is the aunt of two of the others.
（D）One of them is the mother of two of the others.
Below is the video that was made for Pattie.
[REC 11/30/2009 11:42:36] Hey, Pattie. You, Daddy and Jessie are the most important people in my life. Mom died when I was little, so I remember few things about her. To me, you're just like my mother. I'm so excited you'll be living with us!
[REC 12/01/2009 14:33:07] Hi, Pattie. Thank you for everything you've done for us. After Mom died, you're the one who has kept us together. You brought our funny, smiling dad back. You made our house a lovely warm home. To me, you're already family.
[REC 12/02/2009 17:55:35] Hi! Pattie. I'm so happy for you and David! I still can't believe it! My best friend and my brother! Be happy on your big day and all the days after!
[REC 12/02/2009 18:14:53] Hello, Pattie. You know I wasn't happy about you and David at first. For a mother, a man with two kids is never good enough for her daughter. But after seeing how you four get along together, I started thinking maybe you do know what you're doing. You have my best wishes, my dear girl.
What can we learn from the video?
✓（A）Pattie is good at taking care of people.
（B）Pattie remembers little about her mother.
（C）David is a serious man who seldom smiles.
（D）David finds it difficult to talk about his family.
Sports News
Maria Sharapova is a world-famous tennis player. She was born in Russia in 1987. At the age of four, she started her first tennis lesson. From then on, she 57 that she's one of the best tennis players ever. Tennis fans all over the world enjoy watching her play.
Although her family had little money, Sharapova moved to America with her father in 1994. Soon after they arrived, Sharapova's father brought her to a famous tennis school in Florida. Back in Russia, her father 58 a great future ahead of little Sharapova. He wanted to do his best to help her, and an American tennis school would be a good start. Now the seven-year-old girl 59 at the school and would start to make her dream come true.
The little girl surprised the teachers when she knocked off the hat of one teacher with a strong serve. They told her father that she 60 a scholarship when she was old enough to enter the school in 1995.
That is where it all began. Sharapova has since caught the eye of the world with her excellent tennis skills.
serve 發球 scholarship 獎學金 skill 技巧
Sports News
Maria Sharapova is a world-famous tennis player. She was born in Russia in 1987. At the age of four, she started her first tennis lesson. From then on, she 57 that she's one of the best tennis players ever. Tennis fans all over the world enjoy watching her play.
Although her family had little money, Sharapova moved to America with her father in 1994. Soon after they arrived, Sharapova's father brought her to a famous tennis school in Florida. Back in Russia, her father 58 a great future ahead of little Sharapova. He wanted to do his best to help her, and an American tennis school would be a good start. Now the seven-year-old girl 59 at the school and would start to make her dream come true.
The little girl surprised the teachers when she knocked off the hat of one teacher with a strong serve. They told her father that she 60 a scholarship when she was old enough to enter the school in 1995.
That is where it all began. Sharapova has since caught the eye of the world with her excellent tennis skills.
serve 發球 scholarship 獎學金 skill 技巧
Sports News
Maria Sharapova is a world-famous tennis player. She was born in Russia in 1987. At the age of four, she started her first tennis lesson. From then on, she 57 that she's one of the best tennis players ever. Tennis fans all over the world enjoy watching her play.
Although her family had little money, Sharapova moved to America with her father in 1994. Soon after they arrived, Sharapova's father brought her to a famous tennis school in Florida. Back in Russia, her father 58 a great future ahead of little Sharapova. He wanted to do his best to help her, and an American tennis school would be a good start. Now the seven-year-old girl 59 at the school and would start to make her dream come true.
The little girl surprised the teachers when she knocked off the hat of one teacher with a strong serve. They told her father that she 60 a scholarship when she was old enough to enter the school in 1995.
That is where it all began. Sharapova has since caught the eye of the world with her excellent tennis skills.
serve 發球 scholarship 獎學金 skill 技巧
Sports News
Maria Sharapova is a world-famous tennis player. She was born in Russia in 1987. At the age of four, she started her first tennis lesson. From then on, she 57 that she's one of the best tennis players ever. Tennis fans all over the world enjoy watching her play.
Although her family had little money, Sharapova moved to America with her father in 1994. Soon after they arrived, Sharapova's father brought her to a famous tennis school in Florida. Back in Russia, her father 58 a great future ahead of little Sharapova. He wanted to do his best to help her, and an American tennis school would be a good start. Now the seven-year-old girl 59 at the school and would start to make her dream come true.
The little girl surprised the teachers when she knocked off the hat of one teacher with a strong serve. They told her father that she 60 a scholarship when she was old enough to enter the school in 1995.
That is where it all began. Sharapova has since caught the eye of the world with her excellent tennis skills.
serve 發球 scholarship 獎學金 skill 技巧