14. W: Renting the conference room at the hotel will cost us too much. We’re already running in the red.

　　M: How about using our dining room for the meeting ?

　　Q: What’s worrying the woman ?

　　15. M: I wish you had told me your vacation plans sooner. I hope we could have a splendid vacation.

　　W: I’m sorry. I thought you knew I go to my parents’ beach house each August.

　　Q: Why is the man upset ?

　　16. W: The charity appeal raise only half of what it was expected. I didn’t expect the amount is so low.

　　M: One quarter of a million is respectable, however. I had hoped we could get all of it back.

　　Q:How much money did they expect to raise ?

　　17. W: Can you take me to the Palace Restaurant quickly ? I’m ten minutes late already.

　　M: I don’t know. I’ll try. It will take at least twenty minutes.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation ?

　　18. M: How do you get to Route 22 from the airport ?

　　W: Take the airport exit and immediately get onto Route 1 north. On account of the construction, there are several very sharp turns, so be careful.

　　Q: Why should the man be careful ?

　　Now you’ll hear two long conversations.

　　Conversation One

　　W: You are an expert on urban problem, Mr. Cross. I wonder how you would describe the characteristics of these enormous cities.

　　M: The first point to make is that they are different from large cities in Europe and America.

　　W: Surly all large cities are essentially similar.

　　M: It’s true that all large cities experience similar problems provisioning housing and services, but the difference lies in the time factor.

　　W: Surly some of the cities we are considering are just as old and, in some cases, much older, than cities in the United States, for instance.