I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and _______.

W: Don't worry. I'm loaded right now.

Q: What does the woman mean?

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A．She will treat the man tonight.

B．She'd like to lend money to the man.

C．The man will also have lots of money soon.

D．The man shouldn't have spent all his money.

Douglas: Well, I suppose it started with seeing adverts for activity holidays in the national press week after week; it somehow got into my subconscious. Then there was one which said, 'Are you ready for the greatest physical challenge of your life? 5,000 metres. One weekend', and somewhat against my better judgement, I found myself picking up the phone straight away. You see, I simply hadn't trained for it, the nearest I'd got was a bit of hill-walking five years ago.

Interviewer: What did you think you would get out of the weekend?

Douglas: Generally when I go to things I enjoy meeting people, but in this case I was afraid the rest of the group would be a bunch of healthy types, and I wouldn't have much in common with them. And as for the physical effort of climbing the mountain, I thought I'd be lucky if I survived the weekend at all! It was more a kind of wanting to see what I was mentally capable of doing, would I get cold feet and not go at all, or go, but give up halfway up, that sort of thing.

Interviewer: But you made it to the top.

Douglas: Yes, I did. Much to my surprise, I can tell you.

Interviewer: And were you right about the other people?

Douglas: No, actually. There were a few serious walkers and climbers, but most of the participants were professional people who wanted to do something ,quite different once in a while, more or less like me, in fact. So not intimidating after all. Though I have to admit that nearly all of them were fleer than me. Actually I hadn't realised so many people did this sort of thing. It was funny, when I told a friend that I was going, she said, 'Oh, not another one. Everyone I know's going climbing this year. There's a big thing about pushing yourself to your limit at the moment, isn't there? You're welcome to it,' she said. 'You won't catch me up there.'

Interviewer: How did you all get on together?

Douglas: I suppose we were a bit suspicious of each other at first, but that soon went, and we somehow developed a really close group feeling, and nobody complained about having to wait for the slow ones, which usually included me. Or at least, if they did complain, they did it out of earshot. In fact, on the flight home we were busy exchanging cards and decided to book another weekend trip as a party-- but without a mountain in sight this time.

Interviewer: Se how did the weekend compare with your expectations?

Douglas: It was much better than I'd expected. It made me change, in subtle ways. As I'd hoped, I gained in self-knowledge, and I learnt to get on with people I couldn't escape from, but I also became much more observant, of the tiny little wild flowers, for instance, and that was quite a bonus.

Interviewer: I suppose you're going to be a regular mountain climber now.

Douglas: The pair of boots I wore, I'm keeping with the mud still on them, on my desk at work. They're a kind of trophy, to prove to myself that rve done it. But I somehow don't think I'll be using them again. I'm going to have to put them somewhere less visible, though, because it's sometimes a bit embarrassing when other people are impressed.

Interviewer: Douglas Turner, thank you very much.

Douglas: Thank you.

How did Douglas feel when he booked the weekend?

A．sure that he would enjoy training for it

B．uncertain if it was a good idea for him

C．surprised that such activities were organised

Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文：W: Good morning, please have a seat.

M: Good morning, it's a pleasure to meet you.

W: Could you tell me who you work for at the moment?

M:I work for Frank and Banowitz importers.

W: How long have you worked for them?

M: I've been working for Frank and Banowitz for the past three years.

W: And how long have your been working in the accounting department?

M: I've been in the accounting department for the past six months.

W: You know this job requires a lot of travel. Have you done much traveling for business?

M: Yes, the job I had before Frank and Banowitz required me to travel monthly.

W: And why did you leave that position?

M:I was offered a more interesting position at Frank and Banowitz.

W: Have you had any experience in sales?

M: Yes, I've spent a few years working part-time as an advertising consultant for schools offering summer language courses.

W: That's interesting. How successful have you been?

M: The schools I've worked for have all had increased registrations as a result of my collaboration.

W: Ok, thank you, Mr. Thomas. Please Walt for our reply. We'll call you as soon as we make the final decision.

This is a______.

A．media interview

B．profession discussion

C．job interview

D．talk show

Jane: Well, I'm trying to figure out where all my money has gone.

Harry: You've lost your money? Was there a burglary at your place?

Jane: No, no. I seem to have spent all my allowance for this month. Now I don't even have money to go out and eat.

Harry: Hey, I thought you had a good part-time job at the shopping mall.

Jane: 1 do. I work about twenty hours a week, and the pay's not had, nine dollars and fifty cents an hour.

Harry: Really? So that's, what, a hundred and ninety dollars a week.., times four weeks.., so that's seven hundred and sixty dollars a month. Hey, that's not a bad income for a student!

Sally: I know. And my parents send me two hundred and fifty dollars a month, too. But...

Harry: Wow, that's more than one thousand dollars a month. And you can't live on that?

Jane: No, I only manage to save about ten dollars a month. It's a drag!

Harry: It sounds like you have a budget problem. Simple, either work more or spend less.

Jane: I'm definitely not going to work more. I'll have no time to study.

Harry: So you'd better start spending less. Why don't you make a monthly budget?

Jane: A budget? Hmm, maybe... Hey, Harry, you work in a bank now, in the loan section, right?

Harry: Uh, yeah, why?

Jane: Well, you're the best person to help me make a budget!

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A．She doesn't know where all her money has gone.

B．She has no time to study.

C．She has to take more part-time work.

D．She is short of money.