Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Paul, is that you? M: Yes, Mary. What can I do for you? W: Sorry to call you. But I just delivered my new computer. I am afraid I can't lift it by myself. Could you give me a hand to get it upstairs? M: Sure. Could you just give me a minute to finish off what I am doing? W: Yes, of course. But please hurry. The box is getting in the way. M: Don't worry. I'll be right down. Question: What is the conversation about? - Offering a lift - Buying a computer - Asking for a favor
Asking for a favor

Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Have you booked a table, madam? W: Yes, we've booked one for two. The name is Morrison. M: Oh, yes, we have the table for you near the group. This way, please. W: The music group? I can't stand the noisy places. Now where's the menu? M: It's on the wall, madam, on the blackboard. W: Indeed. I suppose you can't afford proper menus. M: I'm sorry, madam, but that's what we always do. W: Oh, If I weren't so hungry, I would leave immediately. Question: What is the woman going to do next? - Start to work immediately. - Talk to the group. - Sit down to order.
Sit down to order.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. Interviewer: Right then, Roger, what made you take off to the country in the first place? Roger: Well, I suppose any one who moves to the country wants their life to be different in some way. I mean, if you have always lived in a city, as I had, then something must happen to make you want to move. In my case I was made redundant, and, when it came to looking around for a new job, I just couldn't face going back into an office again. So I sat down and thought about what I'd really like to do. Interviewer: And that, I suppose, turned out to be something in the country? Roger: No, initially I didn't think of moving, but just of getting a different kind of job, you know social work with kids or old people, that kind of tiring. Interviewer: So what happened, why didn't you? Roger: Well, I hadn't got any of the right qualifications, and it would have taken me two years to get qualified and I certainly didn't want to go back to formal education again. Interviewer: Couldn't you have learned while on the job sort of picked it up as you went along? Roger: No, you have to have a diploma. Anyway, after talking it over with friends who had moved out I thought I'd like to give it a try--after all, a change of scene... Interviewer: Is better than.., yes, we all know that. So, where did you go when you did decide to move? Roger: I went right out to Shropshire. After all I thought if you're going to go rural you might as well do it properly. The first problem though was how I was going to make a living. There are fewer jobs in the country, so I decided to start up on my own. Interviewer: That's pretty ambitious, a townie moving off to the depths of the country and setting up his own business. How did you start, had you got any skills? Roger: I'd always had a garden and grown some vegetables and flowers, you know, usual things, salad stuff, carrots, peas, beans, a bit of fruit, some roses.., so I thought of a small holding, a kind of small farm. But when I looked at the prices to buy, I changed my mind; I didn't... Question: What is true of the man? - He moved to another country. - He didn't buy a small holding. - He studied for a social diploma for two years.
A: He didn't buy a small holding.

Question: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Have you booked the airplane tickets to spain yet? W: Well, I thought we should go traveling by ship for a change, so I booked two ship tickets instead. M: You should have told me or discussed it with me. W: I wanted to give you a surprise. Don't you like the idea? M: I like it all right, but it takes much more time to travel by ship than by plane. W: We have time, don't we? Every time we went on a trip, we were always tied down by schedules. This time will be different. We don't have to rush. M: You're right. This is our first trip since you retired. We can travel as long as we like. W: We'll have an easy trip and enjoy every minute. M: Have you bought traveler's cheques yet? W: Not yet. I'll go to the bank tomorrow. M: I'll go with you. Question: What's the probable relationship between the two speakers? - Mother and son. - Husband and wife. - Brother and sister.
Answer: Husband and wife.

*Question*
Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Hi, are you Don? I'm Lynn. I saw the advertisement you put on the Internet about selling your car. M: Hi, Lynn. Nice to meet you. Thanks for your interest. Here's my car. It's a 2006 Honda Civic. I took a lot of road trips in it! It is not perfect, but it is safe to drive and it has new tires. W: Is anything broken? M: The radio is broken and the heater is broken, but the air conditioner works well. W: I think you should lower the price because the radio and the heater are broken. If you don't lower the price, I don't think I want to buy it. M: Sorry, but I'm not lowering the price. It's a very safe car, even if the radio is broken. Would you like to drive the car so you can see if you like it? W: No, thank you. I am worried something else is broken too. Question: Why doesn't Lynn want to buy the car? - It is not safe. - The price is too high. - It doesn't drive smoothly.
**Answer**
The price is too high.

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Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: So, tell me, what's the one thing that really makes you unhappy about modem technology? W: I'm happy to get a chance to speak out. I know that a lot of people like the convenience of cell phones, but I find them truly irritating. People don't seem to know when to leave them at home. I hate it when people use their cell phones in a restaurant or a store. It's probably none Of my business, but it drives me crazy. One night in a movie theater, some cell phone began to ring and a guy behind me began to have a conversation right there during the movie. And the people who talk on the phone while they drive, well, they're putting the rest of us in danger, aren't they? There should be a law against it. Question: What makes the woman unhappy about? - That she gets a chance to speak out. - People like the convenience of cell phones. - The way people use their cell phones in public places.
(A).
The way people use their cell phones in public places.