1. downstairs2. spontaneous3. creativity4. jovially
5. wander6. shriek7. chore8. poisonous
9. relieve10. interruption11. reckless12. wretched
Ⅱ. Dictation
The United States is becoming more and more a “cashless society”. People are making purchases by cheque, charge accounts or credit cards, rather than carrying large amounts of money in their pockets or purses.
Normally people pay by cheque at the end of each month at department stores and some food markets and drugstores. They also pay monthly by cheque for rent, telephone calls, electricity, milk, newspaper deliveries, and similar household expenses. Mary have charge cards to pay for petrol and service station expenses and credit cards for restaurant, hotel, and travel costs.
Many other people, however, prefer to pay?as?they?go and not accumulate monthly bills. Most people work out a combination, paying some bills in cash and charging others. This is a matter of personal choice. But if you have charge accounts, be sure to pay promptly; the interest charged for late payments can be high.
K 1?4Ⅲ. Listening ComprehensionA. Income: ￡2?000 a year
Expenses
Housing: ￡50 a month for mortgage
Food: ￡60 a month
Car: a large repair bill every now and then
Electricity: ￡16 a year
Gas: ￡70 a year
Books: /B. The man on the doorstep says he is doing a survey for the Department of Health and Social Security. He is actually a salesman, trying to sell The New World Children's Encyclopaedia.
Ⅳ. Translation
A. 1. Every time he returned home from work at midnight, he would tiptoe upstairs, trying not to disturb his neighbours.
2. To establish some kind of rapport with his new neighbour, Mr.Jones lost no chance in offering to carry her luggage into the house.
3. The article recommended by Dr. Miller centres on the problem of air pollution; meanwhile, it touches upon other issues such as water pollution, noise pollution and visual pollution.
4. If it had not been for the constant encouragement and help from her friends, she couldn't have accomplished anything.
5. It was only a few days ago that he was full of contempt for the new project, but he is now working hard with zest for its realization. What a baffling change!
6. Judging from what she wrote in her autobiography, she always had mixed feelings for that pianist.
7. While waiting in the lounge for the flight, he struck up a conversation with two American travellers and touched on many interesting cross?cultural issues.
8. These girls all dread working alone on night duty.
9. I don't mind working overtime. What I do mind is working on those insignificant trivial things