Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Hi, Claire. How does it feel to be back on campus? W: Hi, Gee. Well, to tell you the truth, I have mixed feelings. M: Oh, why? W: I have this great summer job that I really hated to leave I worked at the wild life research center in Maryland. M: That makes sense for a genetic major. What did you do? Clean the cages? W: This is a wild life center, not a zoo. This place breeds endangered species and tries to prepare them for life in the wild. M: You mean the endangered species like the tiger and the panda? W: Well, endangered species, yes. But not tigers or pandas. I work with whooping cranes and sandhill cranes. I taught the baby crane how to eat and drink, and I help the vets to give medical check-ups. M: I can see it was hard to leave that job. But how did you teach a bird how to eat and drink? W: We covered ourselves up with cloth and used puppets made out of stuffed crones to show the baby chicks what to do. Then the chicks copied what the puppets did. M: Cloth? Puppets? Sounds like fun. W: It was. The cloth and puppets are the key tools. We all covered ourselves up, the scientists, the vets, the junior staff, everybody. You see, baby cranes will become attached to their caretakers. M: So if the caretaker is a person, the crane will stay in places where people are. W: Yeah. And their chances for survival aren't very good. But by covering ourselves and using cloth and puppets the chicks are more likely to seek out other birds rather than people. And their transition to the wild has a better chance of being successful. M: A chance of being successful? Hasn't this been done before? W: It's been done with sandhill cranes and everyone is optimistic about its work with whooping cranes too. M: If this works, it should increase the number of cranes in the wild. W: Yeah. It's exciting, isn't it? Question: What was the woman's job? - Counting wildlife. - Cleaning cages. - Training baby birds.
A: Training baby birds.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Good morning! This is Clean Air hot line. May I help you? M: Yes, I'd like to report a smoking vehicle running on King Street. Question: What can we learn from the conversation? - It is a hot and smoggy day. - There is a traffic jam on King Street. - A vehicle is polluting the air.
A: A vehicle is polluting the air.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: What are you doing, Mum? W: I'm planting cabbage. M: What's that in your hand? W: Cabbage seed. You see, I put some soil in the box, sow the seed carefully like this, and then cover it with more soil. I'll keep the box in the shade so that the sun doesn't burn the little plants. M: Is that all? W: No. Later, in a few weeks' time I'll put the little plants in the earth. Then I'll water them to stop the soil from getting too dry. Several weeks after that, I will plant them in rows in the field. M: Do you have to feed plants like you feed chickens? Or do they grow up by themselves? W: In fact they grow better if you feed them. When the plants are in the ground I'll put some powder on the soil. The powder is made from fish, blood and bones. It'll make the cabbage plants grow big and strong. M: Like me! Question: What does the woman do to make the plants grow big and strong? - She waters them every day. - She puts some powder on the soil. - She plays some music for them.
A: She puts some powder on the soil.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Let's go to Disneyland after supper, Sue. W: That's a realty good idea, but I have to meet Mr Black at the airport. Question: What will Sue do after supper? - To meet Mr Black. - To visit Disneyland. - To visit an airport.
A: To meet Mr Black.