日常问候用语是考生必须熟练掌握的部分，而且日常问候要视人而定，如英国人见面谈天气，美国人见面问身体等。下面作详细介绍：

　　问候类(Greetings)

　　英语中的问候用语非常繁多，正式的通常有：

　　How do you do ?(初次见面通常用语)

　　How are you?(比较熟悉的人之间用语)

　　How are you getting along with...?(你近来...可好?)

　　How are you doing?(您工作还顺利吧?)

　　How is everything?(一切还好吧?)

　　How is your vacation/holiday(s)/Christmas Day/weekend?(假期怎么样?)

　　当今美国社会流行口语用语，大致有：

　　What's up?(近来可忙?)

　　Hello?Hi?

　　What's going on ?(近来可好?)

　　How is life?

　　How is it going?anything new?

　　Pleased to meet you again!

　　对以上问候的对答通常有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 soso.

　　值得一提的是，随着美语越来越广泛地渗透，听力中用美语朗读且以美国社会为背景的题材的趋势愈加明显。考生要注意日常口语对话，及时吸取信息，将对听力有很大的帮助。请看下面的对话：

　　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...