Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Can I help you? M: Well. I'm looking for something I saw at a friend's house a few days ago. W: What is it? M: It's a light metal shelf. W: You're in the right department, but we don't have them in stock now. M: Oh, that's too bad. Are you going to be getting more? W: They're on order, but I should warn you that the price has gone up. M: Just my luck. W: They were $12.50, but the new ones will be about three dollars more. Come in next week. We should have them by then. M: OK. I will be back. Thank you. Question: How much will the new item become after price increase? - $12.50. - $12.50. - $15.50.
$15.50.

Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: So, Macy, how was your holiday? W: Oh, we loved it. Tom liked Germany best, but France was my favorite. M: So did Rachael finally go with you? W: No, she wasn't able to. She was called away for a business trip to China. M: That's a pity. So where exactly did you go and visit? W: Well, we traveled all over, Italy, Spain and Holland; we even bathed in a Swiss lake M: You did, really? Question: What are the two speakers talking about? - A Family holiday. - A business trip. - A travel plan.
A Family holiday.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Good evening and welcome to this week's Business World, the program for and about business people. Tonight, we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over and established bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run yourown store? M: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I'll do it. I had my heart set on it and I didn't let anything stand in my way. When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I'd love being myown boss. Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when I want. W: You mean you don't keep regular hours? M: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business isslower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early. W: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet? M: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me out a few days a week. It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers. W: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business. Question: What do we learn about the people working in the shop? - They work five days a week. - They are all the man's friends. - They are paid by the hour.
A: They are all the man's friends.

Question: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: How many years of science did you have in high school? W: I had one year each of biology and chemistry. I wish I had had more. Question: How many science courses did the woman take in high school? - One. - Two. - More than two.
Answer: Two.

*Question*
Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Is Jane looking forward to going home for the summer? M: She is counting the days. Question: What does the woman imply? - Jane is eager to go home for the vacation. - Jane is packing for the summer vacation. - Jane is on her way home.
**Answer**
Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Police in North London are treating as murder the death of a man thought to be in his forties whose body was found in a pedestrian subway in Neasden. The man leading the hunt is Detective Chief Superintendent John Day, who explains what they know of the man's movements in the early hours of this morning. M: What we've learned is the fact that he left the Level One Club, which is a drinking club in Neasden Lane, about 1:30 a.m., and we're trying to account for movements up till 2:15 a. m., because it was about that time he was found by a member of the club, an employee. He was found in the underpass, the pedestrian way, under the North Circular Road. Death was due to multiple head injuries. We understand that there may have been two girls and a man who was drunk in close proximity to the entrance to the subway, who may have seen the man walking in that direction, or any attacker who may have been following him. W: About what time would you think that they were there? M: Just after half past one to a quarter past two. W: Then in that case the gap you have is really quite short. It's only more or less half a hour or forty minutes. M: In fact, yes, as short as that. W: And how far away from the Neasden underpass was the drinking club? M: Fifty meters. W: And at the moment you know of no other people in the area whom you want to talk to, other than the drunken man and the two women who were seen with him or near him at some time? M: Yes. The club closed at half past one and there may have been other people who left the club who went that way. We understand that there were also minicab drivers parked in the area who may have seen something as well. W: As it is, I take it you haven't been able to identify them. M: No, not at this stage. W: Well, thank you very much. Question: Where was the body found? - In a drinking club. - In the underpass of a certain road. - In the London underground.
A: In the underpass of a certain road.