Fill the blanks with the proper words based on the context and the first letter given:
( 1 )
M: Have you ever visited a redwood forest? I r 1 had a chance to go to Muir-woods national Monument north of San Francisco.
W: I have never seen a red wood tree. I really can’t imagine how big they are.
M: the coastal redwoods are the t 2 living things. Some are more than three hundred and fifty feet high. But none of the trees at Muir-woods is t 3 high. You have to go farther north in California to see the tallest trees.
W: You said that Muir-woods is near San Francisco? I guess it m 4 be quite a tourist a 5 .
M: Yes, it is l 6 than an hour’s drive, so it is easy to go to.
W: I’ve heard that many trees are thousands of years old. Are the o 7 in Muir-woods that old?
M: The oldest documented age for a coastal redwood is more than a thousand years. The trees at Muir-woods are 400 to 800 years old.
W: Why have they s 8 so long?
M: They have remarkable r 9 to forest fires. Their tough thick bark
p 10 the trees during a fire. The coastal redwoods also like a damp, foggy climate.
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( 2 )
W: Who is it?
M: John smith. I live on the t 1 floor.
W: Come in. I’m Mrs. Gold. I saw you move in the o 2 day. What can I do for you?
M: Can I use you p 3 , please.? I don’t have one y 4 ?
W: Well, it’s no t 5 . The phone’s over there.
M: I was on the r 6 just now, and … and I …
W: John. You look p 7 . Are you all right?
M: Yes I’m all right, thanks. I was on the roof just now and …and I saw a dead body l 8 in the corner.
W: A dead body on our roof? How t 9 !
M: Yes, it is! So I’ll call the police to report it.
W: Go a 10 , John.
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( 3 )
W: Please sit down. Let me see, you are Mr. Brown, is that right?
M: Right. I’ll graduate from college next June.
W: Have you e 1 done any work in this field?
M: No, nothing. But we did some p 2 work in class.
W: You seem to be doing well at college. What kind of pay are you hoping to get?
M: From what I’ve read, it s 3 that the pay at the beginning would be
a 4 $12,000 a year.
W: Here we start at $10,500 for the first year – a kind of training period. Then you would go to $15,000. After that your raises would d 5 on how well you worked.
M: That sounds f 6 enough. What about other things? Like vacations?
W: Those are e 7 in this paper. You can take it a 8 and look at it at home.
M: Do you think I’ll have he chance to get a job?
W: Well, I’m talking to three people today and four tomorrow. We’ll be
h 9 two people.
M: I sure hope that I can work here. But I guess I’’ just have to go home and wait.
W: You’ll hear s 10 next month. Good luck and thanks for coming today.
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( 4 )
W: United Airline. May I help you?
M: Yes, I’d like to b 1 some tickets on your Flight 220, departing for Honolulu on Dec. 22 at 7:30 in the evening.
W: Your name, please.
M: Mr. Wang ling and Mrs. Li Fang.
W: Do you want to fly first or economy c 2 ?
M: Economy, please.
W: Yes, we still have room on that f 3 . Will this be a one-way trip?
M: No, r 4 trip back to Chicago – on January 3. B 5 the way, do you have any direct flights coming back?
W: Yes, we do. Flight 414 leaving Honolulu at 3:00 p.m. flies non-stop back to Chicago.
M: That’s perfect. What’s the exact air f 6 ?
W: Economy fare round trip from Chicago to Honolulu is $476 during busy s 7 .
M: I see… then our tickets are c 8 .
W: Yes, your seats are confirmed on those two flights. Please be at the airport at l 9 one hour before d 10 .
( 5 )
W: You’ve had a very d 1 life, haven’t you, Joe?
M: That’s right.
W: When was your worst accident?
M: Last year. It was during the British Grand Prix. I knocked i 2 a wall. The car was c 3 destroyed and my left leg was broken.
L 4 nobody was killed.
W: Is that the only time you’ve been… er … close to d 5 ?
M: No. I had a very f 6 experience quite recently. I was frightened to death! I thought I was going to be killed at any m 7 .
W: R 8 ? When was that?
M: It was on m 9 way to this studio. I had to drive through London
d 10 the lunch hour.
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Suggested keys:
( 1 )
1. recently 2. tallest 3. that 4. must 5. attraction 6. less 7. ones
8. survived 9. resistance 10. protects
( 2 )
1. top 2. other 3. phone 4. yet 5. trouble 6. roof 7. pale
8. lying 9. terrible 10. ahead
( 3 )
1. ever. 2. practice 3. seems 4. around 5. depend 6. fair
7. explained 8. along 9. hiring 10. sometime
( 4 )
1. book 2. class 3. flight 4. round 5. By 6. fare 7. season
8. confirmed 9. least 10. departure
( 5 )
1. dangerous 2. into 3. completely 4. Luckily 5. death
6. frightening 7. moment 8. Really 9. my 10. during