Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Sally,here is a letter for us. It's from Tom. W: Can you read it, please? My hands are wet with all this washing. M: Well, OK. "Dear Sally and John. Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from you. Just a short note in reply. I was happy to hear that you two will be in town in January. I think that is the first time that you will have come to visit us after your marriage. Please do call me when you arrive so that I can pick you up at the station and then we may have dinner together in town. In case you don't have my number, it's 7807842. I look forward to meeting you soon. Yours, Tom." Question: What is Sally doing? - Reading a letter. - Washing clothes. - Making a phone call.
Washing clothes.

Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Mr. Hudson, where were you born and raised? M: I was born in Chicago, but I didn't live there any more. I was raised in Washington, grew up there until I went to college in New York and then Harvard. W: Looking back. How did you think your parents shaped your character? M: Well, it's hard to estimate entirely. I was quite fond of my parents and considered them very good people. My mother was a kind of very feminist and a well-known Jewish poet. She became internationally known. My father was a lawyer. And though it's hard to say how much they influenced me, I liked them, I respected them and I'm sure I was influenced to some degree by them. W: You were educated in the public schools? M: We moved almost every year, so I went to a different public school each year. W: So you would have been in high school and what years... approximately? M: Oh, I was in high school when... 26 or 27? I forgot. I graduated from high school in 32. W: What did you study in university? M: Well, that's a difficult question. I started out thinking I'd be an economist, and then I got disappointed with that. And after an odd experience in my junior year, I decided that I'd go out and study agriculture or management, but I enrolled in both for a whole year and tried to learn the required courses. I lasted a year, and then I came back to the main campus and finished up as an economics major specializing in labor economics. W: Did you go right graduate school or join the army after you graduated from the university? M: Well, I went to Harvard as a graduate student in philosophy in 1936, and stayed there until the war broke out. I was drafted after I took my PhD exams in the early part of 1941. So I went into the army before Pearl Harbor. Question: When did Mr. Hudson join the army? - At the time of Pearl Harbor. - Before his PhD exams. - In 1941.
In 1941.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Zhu, how do you like this coat? W: Come on, George. Isn't that color too bright for me? M: Then how about this one? W: Oh, I'm afraid this color is too light. It easily gets dirty. M: Well, well, Zhu, you're being a bit difficult. W: What would you say if I buy this one? M: It's nice. Try it on. Now you look quite smart, but doesn't it feel a bit tight at the shoulders? W: Yeah. Let's see if there's a larger size. Well, they don't seem to have anything larger. M: Why don't we go and ask that salesgirl over there? I think she can help us. Question: Who are they going to ask for help? - A classmate. - The manager. - The salesgirl.
A: The salesgirl.

Question: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Mary, do you think it will take long to complete the homework? W: No, I finished it last night. Question: What does Mary say about the homework? - It was difficult. - It didn't take her long to finish it. - She hasn't finished it yet.
Answer: It didn't take her long to finish it.

*Question*
Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Hello, glad to see you. Come in, please. M: Thanks. It looks like the party is exciting and all are in high spirits. W: My brother, Tom is visiting me for the weekend. M: Where is he? W: He is sitting in the corner over there, and beside the yound woman. M: And who is the yound woman? Uh, the woman wearing a red coat. W: Oh, that's Ann, my piano teacher. M: Piano teacher! I never knew you were practicing the piano. Question: How does the woman know Ann? - She has just been introduced to her. - She has taken piano lessons from her. - They have met at a party before.
**Answer**
She has taken piano lessons from her.

(Q).
Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Excuse me, how much does an ice cream cost? W: Two yuan. And how many do you want? M: Two, please. W: Anything else you want to buy? M: Oh, yes, I still want some bread. A piece of bread, please. W: Here you are. 1.5 yuan a piece. M: By the way, do you have any fruit here, such as apples or oranges? W: I'm sorry we haven't got any. M: All right. Here's the money for you. W: Thank you. Question: How much should the man pay in total? - 1.5 yuan. - 2 yuan - 5.5 yuan
(A).
5.5 yuan