M: Hello!

W:  Hello, Mike! This is Jane.

M:  Oh. Hello, Jane!

W:  Listen, Mike! I’ve got a real problem.

M:  What is it？

W:  The car’s broken down.

M:  Oh, not again.

W: Yeah. I checked the oil and I checked almost everything. It’s just not starting at all.

M: You have to get rid of it, you know.

W：I know ,Ｉknow. But look, the thing is, I’ve got to pick Tom up at the airport. Can I…?

M: Use my car? Yes, of course.

W: That’ll be great! It’s very kind of you.

M: Come on when you like. I don’t need it till tonight.

W: OK! I’ll be around in about an hour. Thanks a lot!

M: It’s all right. See you then!

W: See you!

15．Why did Jane call Mike?

    A. To ask him to meet her.     B. To tell him about Tom.      C. To borrow his car.

16. Where will Jane be in about one hour?

   A. At Mike’s place.         B. At the airport.    C. At a garage.

17. What can we infer from the conversation?

   A. Jane has just learned to drive.

   B. Jane’s car is in bad condition.

   C. Mike will go to the airport.

Pinky: Hello, Ann! This is Pinky. How was your weekend?

Ann:   61 

Pinky: Your whole family?

Ann: Yes, all of us.   62 

Pinky: I didn’t know that was your favorite. It’s mine, too.

Ann:   63__, but we started dinner late. My brother Paul’s car broke down. He and Jennifer got there after nine. We were all feeling very hungry by then.

Pinky: I thought his car was a new one. What was the trouble?

Ann:   64__ Paul says that new cars are not as good as old ones. He says their steering wheels are not so good.

Pinky: By the way, Ann. Can you do me a favor? My computer doesn’t work. Can I use yours for several days?

Ann: Sorry, Pinky, but I’ve lent it to Nancy.   65__ I’m sure she’ll lend you hers.

A.      We went to our favorite restaurant, the Golden Crab.

B.      Nancy is now busy preparing for the examination next week.

C.      Why don’t you ask Emily?

D.     The food was good as usual.

E.      I don’t know.

F.      Wonderful. We had a family dinner.

G.     We had a wonderful football match with the league from Grade 2.

— Hello, Tom. This is Mary speaking.

 — What a coincidence! I __________ about you.

A. was just thinking B. just thought

C. have just thought  D. would just think

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea．I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer （实况解说员）.
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted．“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”
Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.
“She DIDN’T,” she was saying．“No．She DIDN’T．She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT．She DID? No she…”
And so on．This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea．I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not．A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed．Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen．I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”
And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”
It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box （便携式录音机） and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode．But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones．You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even （you hope） a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf （催人入梦的潮声）, and …
BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”
Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls．Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr．Johnson．Oh, Dr．Smith．You’ve opened the abdominal cavity （腹腔）? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver．Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”
【小题1】From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.