Dialogue: W: I can't decide whether to go to university or get a job. What's your opinion? M: Well, if I were you, I would go on studying. W: But I don't even know what to study. M: I advise you to major in economics. W: That's what my parents want me to do. M: You should take their advice. They know what's best for you. The more you learn, the better job you'll get. W: But my friends will have jobs and have a lot of fun while I'm spending all my time doing reading and writing. M: But if you go to university, you still have time for fun. W: What you say makes sense. I'll think it over. Thank you for your advice. Question: What do her parents want her to do? - To start working at once. - To wait until a proper job. - To study economics at a university.
To study economics at a university.
Dialogue: M: Thanks for agreeing to this interview,Mrs. Rogers. My teacher wants me to interview someone who lived during the 1940s. W: Of course, Joey. What's your first question? M: Well,where were you living in 1940? W: In Minneapolis, Minnesota, where I was born and raised. M: Did you live with your family? W: Yes,with my parents and my younger brother. In 1943,I moved to Washington D. C. by myself. I got a job as a typist for a newspaper. M: What was D. C. like? W: It was an exciting time to be living there. I got my interest in politics from being in the nation's capital. When I moved to California,I went straight to Sacramento and got a job working for a state lawmaker. M: Were you in California when the war ended? W: No, I was still in D. C. I met my husband there, and we moved the following year, in 1946. M: How long did you work for the lawmaker? W: Well, I was a secretary for that politician for two years. Then I had my two girls and stayed home for a few years. But as soon as they were old enough, I ran for office myself. M: Really? Did you win? W: I did. I spent the next 20 years as a local politician. M: Wow. I've lived next door for years, and I didn't even know that! Question: Who did the woman live with in 1940? - By herself. - With her husband. - With her parents and brother.
With her parents and brother.
Q: Dialogue: M: Excuse me. Can you do me a favor? W: What's your problem? M: I just can not find the right place here. I've never been here before. W: You must be a freshman. What do you want anyway? M: I want to find a book that I need for my term paper, but I cannot find it anywhere. W: The library has five reading rooms. You may try the General Reading Room. You can find almost all the books there. But you can not take the book out of the reading room. M: It doesn't matter. I just want to refer to it for some figures. Where is it? W: Go out of this building, cross the sports field, and you will see a white house. The General Reading Room is inside it. M: No wonder! It's not here! Thank you very much. W: My pleasure! Question: How many reading rooms does the library have? - Four. - Five. - Six.
A: Five.
Question: Dialogue: M: Lin Yang. It's twelve already. What about having some thing to eat? W: Are you hungry? M: Well, I am a bit. Aren't you? W: Not very. But I don't mind going somewhere for a light meal. M: Where shall we go? What about McDonald's? W: I'm fed up with French fries and hamburgers. I think we'd better go to the restaurant around the corner. It's a family-type. It serves good food at very reasonable prices. M: OK, let's go. Question: What meal are they going to have? - Breakfast. - Brunch. - Lunch.
Answer: Lunch.
*Question*
Dialogue: M: How is the weather today? W: It's very hot and humid. M: Quite different from the forecast. W: The weather changes often at this time of the year. It's possible to cool down in the late afternoon. M: How are the summers here generally? W: They are usually hot and rainy. M: I have been here for about a month. It's very hot and humid. W: It's just June now. The rainy season hasn't arrived yet. M: What shall we do today? Good weekends shouldn't be wasted. W: What about swimming? M: That's a great idea. Question: What will the mall and the woman do this weekend? - Go swimming. - Go out for a picnic. - Have a party.
**Answer**
Go swimming.
(Q).
Dialogue: W: You've sold your car. You don't need one? M: Not really. I've never liked driving anyway. Now we've moved to a place near the subway entrance. We can get about quite conveniently. Question: What do we learn from the conversation? - The man enjoys traveling by car. - The man lives far from the subway. - The man used to own a car.
(A).
The man used to own a car.