1.問候類(Greetings)
英語中的問候用語非常繁多，正式的通常有：
How do you do?(初次見面通常用語)
How are you?(比較熟悉的人之間用語)
How are you getting along with...?(你近來...可好?)
How are you doing?(您工作還順利吧?)
How is everything?(一切還好吧?)
How is your vacation/holiday(s)/Christmas Day/weekend?(假期怎麽樣?)
當今美國社會流行口語用語，大致有：
What’s up?(近來可忙?)
Hello?Hi?
What’s going on?(近來可好?)
How is life?
How is it going?anything new?
Pleased to meet you again!
對以上問候的對答通常有How do you do!
Fine!Thank you，and you?
Every is fine!
I’m just great!
Very(quite)well，thank you!
Couldn’t be better，thank you!
Not bad!
Can’t complain!
Just so so.
值得一提的是，隨著美語越來越廣泛地滲透，聽力中用美語朗讀且以美國社會為背景的題材的趨勢愈加明顯。考生要註意日常口語對話，及時吸取信息，將對聽力有很大的幫助。
請看下面的對話：
A：Good morning, Ms Lucy. This is Betty, can you still remember me?
B：Betty? Is it really? Surely I remember you. You are my good friend, and I haven??t seen you for ages, but how are you?
A：Fine, I??m just fine, Ms Lucy...
2.告別類(Farewell)
有聚總有散。告別情景的設定往往並非簡單、直接地告別，常伴隨著理由、托辭等。