Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Come in. Please have a seat. W: Thank you. M: I'm Paul Turner. Branch Manager. W: Katie Thomas, nice to meet you. M: I hear that you're looking for temporary office work. W: That's right. M: How old are you, Katie? W: Eighteen. M: That's rather young. What experience have you had? W: Well, I've just left school, in fact, and I'm looking for a job between now and when I go to college. M: It doesn't sound as if we can help, Katie. You see, our clients are very demanding, especially when it comes to new office technology. W: Oh, that's no problem. I took extra classes in office skills at school. M: Oh, perhaps you'd like to outline what you've been doing? W: I started by learning keyboard skills. Then I went in to learn about word processing. M: Good. You seem qualified from the technical point of view. But how well do you think you'll get along with people in an office? W: I think I'm quite adaptable. I belonged to the drama society, as well as working on the school magazine. And I played a bit of sports. So I'm used to working as part of a team. M: Sounds good. Let's see... There's a request from Johnson's Imports for "a bright youngster..." . Question: What kind of job is Katie looking for? - A short-term job in an office. - A full-time job at a college. - A permanent job at Johnson's Imports.
A short-term job in an office.

Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Mrs. Jones, you look very beautiful in the blue skirt, why not make one? W: Urn... just take a measure for me. Question: What is the woman going to do? - She is going to make a blue skirt. - She is not going to make a blue skirt. - She is not going to do anything.
She is going to make a blue skirt.

Q: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Hey, Karen, it looks like you've got some sun this weekend. W: Yeah, I guess so. I spent the weekend at the beach. M: Oh, yeah, that's great. Where did you stay? W: Some friends of my parents' live out there and they invited me for as long as I wanted to stay. M: So what are you doing back here already? W: Oh, 1 have a paper to work on, and I just couldn't do any serious studying at the beach. M: I don't blame you. So what did you do out there? I mean besides lying out in the sun. W: I ran slowly up and down the beach, and 1 played some volleyball. You know I never realized how hard it is to run on sand. I couldn't even get through a whole game before I had to sit down. M: Did you go swimming? W: I wanted to, but they said the water isn't warm enough for that until a couple of months from now. M: It all sounds nice. I wish I could get away to the beach like that. Question: Why did the woman come home so soon? - She was tired. - She caught a cold. - She had school work to do.
A: She had school work to do.

Question: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: how is it going, Mary? You look a little overwhelmed. W: Exactly. You know, I've got a million things to do and all of them have to be finished in the next 30 minutes. Question: What does the woman mean? - She doesn't expect to finish all her work in thirty minutes. - She has to do a lot of things within a short time. - She has been overworking for a long time.
Answer: She has to do a lot of things within a short time.

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Read the following conversation and answer the question. W: Do you collect cola cans, Steve? M: No. Why do you ask? W: You have so many empty cans here. M: Well, my mum wants me to keep all the cans, so that we can sell them after a while. W: Aha, you are going to make a millionaire of yourself sooner or later with all those cans. M: You bet I will. Well, that's not the point. The point is we separate reusable things from other rubbish. We have to pay the dustman for dealing with rubbish, but if we sell him these cans and other reusable material we pay less. W: That sounds a clever idea. Now what are reused in China? M: Metal, plastic, paper, books and the like. W: Just as we do back home in the States. M: And to avoid waste, the government is limiting the production of goods that can be used only once, such as bamboo chopsticks. For example, all the fast food boxes should be made of paper instead of non-reusable material. W: That will surely be helpful for a clean environment. Question: What does the government do to avoid waste? - The government limits the use of plastic. - The government produces a lot of bamboo chopsticks. - The government encourages the use of paper for fast food boxes.
**Answer**
The government encourages the use of paper for fast food boxes.

Read the following conversation and answer the question. Daughter: Dad, can I go to a movie this week with Shannon? Father: Here. Try this. It's called a book. [Ah, Dad!] Moby Dick. An American classic. [Dad!] Okay. Let me look at the schedule here. Hmm. When are you thinking about going to the movie? Daughter: Uh, we're thinking about seeing a movie on Wednesday after school. Father: Well, that's not going to work. You have piano lessons after school and then you have to babysit for the neighbors until 9:00. Daughter: What about Monday? Father: Monday's out. You haven't practiced your clarinet at all ... for an entire month, so you have to catch up on that. And, don't you have an essay due in your English class on Tuesday? Daughter: Oh, I forgot about that [Yeah], and anyway, I was going to finish that during first period at school. [Great. I've never heard of a three-sentence essay.] So, what about Tuesday? Father: Uh, you have soccer practice from 4:00 until 5:30, and after that, you have to do your homework. Daughter: Ah, you can help me with that. Oh, I forgot you don't know how to do geometry. So, can I see the movie on Thursday? Father: Well, remember the science fair at school is on Friday, right? Is, is your project finished yet? Daughter: Umm, what about Friday night? I checked the paper, and there's a midnight showing. Father: Uh-uh. Forget that idea. Daughter: And Saturday? Father: Well, you have to do your chores in the morning before noon. [You can help me with that.] Oh no. And then, we have to clean out the garage. You said you'd help. [No, you volunteered me.] Well, that should only take a couple of hours. [Dad, you're ruining my social life.] And then, after that, we can go to the movie. Daughter: We? Father: Yeah, We. Mom and I and you and Shannon. Daughter: Uh, Dad, actually. We weren't planning on company. Father: Now, let me check the paper for showtimes. [The movie plays at three oh five, five, seven fifteen, and nine.] You already checked, I see. Daughter: Yeah. So is it okay? Can I go see the nine O'clock showing? Father:... Question: Which movie showing is the girl going to see? - 5:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.