Listen to the tape then answer this question. How long did the exam last?

　　聽錄音，然后回答問題。 考試持續(xù)了多長時(shí)間?

　　GARY： How was the exam， Richard?

　　RICHARD： Not too bad. I think I passed in English and Mathematics. The questions were very easy. How about you， Gary?

　　GARY： The English and Maths papers weren't easy enough for me. I hope I haven't failed.

　　RICHARD： I think I failed the French paper. I could answer sixteen of the question. They were very easy. But I couldn't answer the rest. They were too difficult for me.

　　GARY： French test are awful， aren't they?

　　RICHARD： I hate them. I'm sure I've got a low mark.

　　GARY： Oh， cheer up!

　　perhaps we didn't to do badly. The guy next to me Wrote his name at the top of the paper.

　　RICHARD： Yes?

　　GARY： Then he sat there and looked at it for three hours! He didn't write a word!

　　New Word and expressions 生詞和短語

　　exam n. 考試

　　pass v. 及格，通過

　　mathematics (maths是縮寫)

　　n. 數(shù)學(xué)

　　question n. 問題

　　easy adj. 容易的

　　enough adv. 足夠地

　　paper n. 考卷

　　fail v. 未極格，失敗

　　answer v. 回答

　　mark n. 分?jǐn)?shù)

　　rest n. 其他的東西

　　difficult adj. 困難的

　　hate v. 討厭

　　low adj. 低的

　　cheer v. 振作，振奮

　　guy n. 家伙，人

　　top n. 上方，頂部

　　參考譯文

　　加 里：考試考得怎樣，理查德?

　　理查德：不算太壞，我想我的英語和數(shù)學(xué)及格了。題目很容易。加里，你怎么樣?

　　加 里：英語和數(shù)學(xué)試題對我來說不很容易。

　　我希望別不及格。

　　理查德：我想我的法語及不了格，我能回答其中的16道題。這些題很容易。

　　但我回答不出其作的題。那些題對我來說太難了。

　　加 里：法語太可怕了，你說呢?

　　理查德：我討厭法語。我的法語成績肯定很低。

　　加 里：啊，別灰心!或許我們考得還不太糟。坐在我旁邊的那個(gè)人只在試卷頂端寫自己的名字。

　　理查德：是嗎?

　　加 里：然后他就坐在那里，對著考卷看了3

　　個(gè)小時(shí)，一個(gè)字也沒寫!