GARY：How was the exam, Richard?<br>RICHARD：Not too bad. I think I passed in English and Mathematics. The questions were very easy. How about you, Gary?<br>GARY：The English and Maths papers weren't easy enough for me. I hope I haven't failed.<br>RICHARD：I think I failed the French paper. I could answer sixteen of the questions. They were very easy. But I couldn't answer the rest. They were too difficult for me.<br>GARY：French tests are awful, aren't they?<br>RICHARD：I hate them. I'm sure I've got a low mark.<br>GARY：Oh, cheer up! Perhaps we didn't do too badly.<br>The guy next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper.<br>RICHARD：Yes?<br>GARY：Then he sat there and looked at it for three hours!<br>He didn't write a word! <ul><li><b>New words and expressions 生词和短语</b></li></ul><br>exam /ig'zæm/ n.考试<br>pass /pa:s/ v.及格，通过<br>question /'kwestʃən/ n.问题<br>easy /'i:zi/ adj.容易的<br>enough /i'nʌf/ adv.足够地<br>paper /'peipə/ n.考卷<br>fail /feil/ v.未及格，失败