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Conversation 1

Janet: What are you reading, Kate? 

Kate: Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Do you know it? 

Janet: I've heard of it, yes, but I've never read it. It's a 19th century children's story, isn't it? 

Kate: That's right. It's very famous. It's set in Oxford. It starts with this young girl sitting on a river bank. The interesting thing is, the author, Lewis Carroll, he was an Oxford professor and he used to have tea with the girl's family on this river bank. 

Janet: Oh, that's fascinating! I'll put it into my diary. 

Kate: Is that what you're writing? I know you've been keeping a diary all the year. 

Janet: It's been a great year. I've had such a good time – so lucky to have Mark and Kate as friends. Feel I've been doing well with work. Much happier about asking questions in tutorials[a period of study with a tutor and a small group of students(英国大学）导师指导时间]. 

Janet: My screen's gone dark. 

Mark: You're using the battery, remember. It's run out, obviously. 

Janet: It can't be the battery. It's still charged. Oh no it's still black. Oh dear, I hope it's nothing serious. I haven't backed anything up recently[备份]. 

Kate: That's not like you, Janet. 

Janet: I know, but I lost my memory stick. I really should have backed things up. How stupid of me not to do that! Supposing I've lost everything! 

Mark: Let me take a look. The power is still on. And also the operating system still seems to be working ... I think it has to be the graphics card ... But maybe that's not the problem ... 

Janet: If only I'd backed things up! 

Kate: Relax, Janet! We'll take it to the computer shop this afternoon. I'm sure it'll be OK. 

Janet: I hope so. 

Answers

2  The true statements are 1, 6 and 8.

3 

  1 The battery

  2 It can't be, the battery is still charged.

  3 Her memory stick.

  4 She hasn't backed anything up for a while and she may lose these things.

  5 The operation system.

  6 The graphics card.