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W: Not yet. Are there a lot of changes?
M: There sure are. Instead of paying one fee to cover all meals for the whole semester, we are now able to choose by seven, ten, fourteen or twenty-one meals per week. They give you a card with the number of meals you get for a week marked on it.
W: That's a big change, and a complicated system.
M: Yeah. But it will be much better for people who don't eat three meals a day , seven days a week in the cafeteria, like me, because they don't have to pay for meals they don't eat.
W: So what's the deal for those who eat at school all the time?
M: It's better for them, too, because the more meals you contract, the cheaper each one is.
W: I see. It still sounds rather complicated.
M: True. It took me several hours to figure it out. I decided to go with the ten meals.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, I never eat breakfast and I often go away on weekends. So the ten meal plan gives me lunch and dinner each weekday at a fairly low price. And I won't be paying for meals I don't usually eat.
W: And what about the weekend when you are on campus?
M: Well, there are often guests on campus at weekends. So they allow you to buy single meals on a walk-in basis on Saturdays and Sundays. The price per meal is much higher in that way. But I am away so much that it will still be less money for me to pay single prices on the weekends rather than sign up for the fourteen-meal-a-week plan.
W: Oh, I guess I'll have to sit down and figure out my eating pattern so I can get the best deal.
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A. It is cheaper.
B. It is dearer.
C. It is more flexible.
D. It is simpler.
听力原文:W: Hi, Larry, are you waiting to see Professor Gilmore, too?
M: Yah, since I got one of the five highest grades in her class, she asked me if I'd be interested in working as her assistant next semester, I'm here now for my interview.
W: Oh, yes. I know all about that job. I did it two years ago.
M: Really? Did you like it?
W: I think it was the best I've had at school. It paid eight dollars an hour, which was three dollars an hour more than I got working at the school post office the year before.
M: That is a good salary. What did you do?
W: I was in charge of grading all the problem sets that were assigned as homework. I never had trouble doing it, and of course, Prof. Gilmore was always available to help me if I had any questions.
M: I think I'd enjoy doing that sort of work. It would be very good experience for anyone thinking about becoming a teacher.
W: Absolutely. You also learn how to use the computer data base, because the records are kept on it. And building up your computer skills is a good preparation for lots of jobs.
M: The job sounds great, but I'm a little worded about how much time it might take.
W: It's pretty reasonable. It never took me more than five hours a week to do all the grading and then another thirty to forty minutes to record the grades on the computer.
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A. She is a good friend of Professor Gilmore.
B. She used to work for Professor Gilmore.
C. She heard of it form. other students.
D. She arranges the job for Larry.