Speaker A: I cant help thinking that, compared with other cities, Beijing is a very quiet

Speaker A: Lets turn to Channel Six, shall we? Theres a new TV series. Speaker B: ______

A．What channel are you going to watch?

B．You"d better look up the programme to find it out.

C．Why do you think that TV series is very interesting?

D．That"s a good idea.

Speaker A: Did she really use to be very thin? Speaker B: ______

A．How do you know that?

B．Yes, she did, but she isn"t any more.

C．I can"t believe what you"ve said.

D．I"m afraid that you are totally wrong.

ker B: ______

A．How far is the seaside away from here?

B．OK, but we"ll have to leave very early, or else we"ll get caught in the traffic.

C．But what if it rains tomorrow?

D．Have you ever been to the seaside?

Speaker A: Im worried about those classes I missed when I was sick. Speaker B:______

A．I am glad that you have got well.

B．Don"t worry. Everything will be all right.

C．I"ll try to bring you up to date on what we"ve done.

D．Maybe you should explain to our teacher why you were absent from class last week.

Speaker A: Would you like a copy of Professor Smiths article? Speaker B: ______

A．Yes, I"d like to copy his article.

B．Professor Smith"s article? OK, that"s a good idea.

C．Thanks, if it"s not too much trouble.

D．Really? Can you make a copy for me?

Speaker A: If I were you, I would have accepted the job. Speaker B: ______

A．I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.

B．Well, maybe I can recommend you to that company if you like.

C．You should have told me earlier it was a good job offer.

D．But I don"t think I am qualified for that demanding job.

ntment with Mr. Smith for this afternoon. Speaker B: ______

A．How are you? I"m sure Mr. Smith will be able to see you this afternoon

B．Yes. Mr. Smith is expecting you at 3 o"clock.

C．Hello, I"m Mr. Smith"s secretary. Do you mean you can come any time this afternoon?

D．Oh, John, when do you think you can come?

Speaker A: What do you think of the apple pie? I made it myself. Speaker B: ______

A．When did you learn to make apple pies?

B．Thank you, but I"m afraid I don"t like apple pies.

C．Really? Can you show me how to make it?

D．Very delicious indeed. Even my mother"s cannot match this.

em in their work. In most places motor scooters and police patrol cars have done away with the need to patrol on foot or on horseback. Policemen use telephones, conveniently located throughout their districts, to make immediate contact with headquarters. Radio, television, and computers help to speed the work of the modern force. Even boats and helicopters are part of the equipment of metropolitan police departments. New technical inventions are widely used to fight crime and speed the solution criminal cases. Electronic computers reduce from hours to minutes the time spent in searching for fingerprints. Witnesss descriptions of a criminal are coded and fed into a computer. The machine then sorts through the picture file of known criminals and selects the name and photograph of the most likely suspect. Lie detectors are used to uncover the truth.

nge of courses from country to country or the connecting of a student in a country, say Singapore, to a computer-communicated course from the New School in New York, for instance. A university is also a research institution. Antonio Ruberti, Italys minister of research and former rector of the University of Rome, proposes "abroad expansion of cooperative research" as being essential to international economic growth and development. Current ex-peri-ments in "distance education" suggest new ways of bringing greater excellence into Third World research as well as education. The constant growth and improvement of Internet have made it possible for exchange and cooperation among libraries. There is increasing cooperation among libraries, which will generate a satellite library to serve educational institutions all over the world. The "world brain" would bring the worlds knowledge together in one interactive system.