Dialogue: W: What's for lunch, Mum? M: Bread, eggs and milk. Question: What are they talking about? - Bread, eggs and milk. - Lunch. - Dad.
Lunch.
Dialogue: W: Please sit down. Let's see. You're Mr. Brown, is that right? M: Right. I'll graduate from college next June. W: Have you ever done any work in this field? M: No, never. We did some practice work in class. W: You seem to be doing well at college. What kind of pay do you hope to get? M: From what I've read, it seems that the pay at the beginning would, be around $12,000 a year. W: Here we would start at $10,500 for the first year of training. Then you would get $15,000. After that it would depend on how well you work. M: That sounds fair enough. What about other things, like vacation? W: Those are all explained in this paper. You can take it along and look at it at home. M: Do you really think I can get a job here? I really hope that I can work here. But I guess I'll just have to go home and wait. W: Well, I'm talking to three people today and four tomorrow. The company will be hiring two people. You'll hear sometime next month. Good luck and thanks for coming today. Question: How much does the man want to be paid a year at the beginning? - $15,000. - $12,000. - $10,500.
$12,000.
Q: Dialogue: Sarah: Ooo, this is so exciting. So, where do you want to get married? I know, I know, I know. Um, up in the mountains. You know, that beautiful waterfall? Why don't we get married by the waterfall? Ronald: Uh, I don't know. Sarah: Oh, come on. It would be great. It's so beautiful, and it's peaceful, and it's really romantic. Come on. Ronald: I don't know. You know I'm allergic to 32 types of wild flowers ... Sarah: You'll be okay. Take an allergy pill. Ronald: ... and I might break out in a terrible rash. Sarah: You'll be okay. Come on. Well, let's .... I'm sure we can come up with something nice. Come on. Let's think about it. Ronald: Wh .. wh ... wh ... We could get married in my parent's backyard. [ What? ] Yeah. We just need to move the dogs for a few hours. Sarah: No! Don't even think about it. Their backyard is really tra ... tra (She means to say, trashy). It's ... it's in bad shape. And their house is like, right next to the freeway. It's only half a block from the freeway. It's so noisy. Come on. There is a real nice reception hall only a couple miles away. We can do that. You don't have to worry about your allergies. Ronald: Ah, that sounds expensive! Sarah: It's not that expensive ... just a little bit. And then, and then, look. We can have a catering service come, and they serve shrimp and lobster tails, and when my friend got married, they had the best desserts. Come on, and then, you know, for our breakfast, our wedding breakfast, we could go to that Japanese restaurant ... I can't remember. What's it called? Ronald: You mean, Samarai Sushi? Sarah: Yeah, Samuri Sushi! Their food is so good. Come on, come on. Ronald: That sounds so expensive. Sarah: But it's okay. It's worth it. Come on, Ron! Come on! Ronald: How about my mother's tuna fish sandwiches instead? Sarah: Ronald. We can spend a little bit more money than what you keep in that old stupid jar on your desk. Come on. Ronald:Well, I was trying to save money for the honeymoon. Sarah: Well, yeah. [ Yeah. ] Well, okay.... Question: Sarah wants _______________ to prepare the refreshments at the reception. - her close friends - a food service company - her parents and family
A: a food service company
Question: Dialogue: W: Hi, I'm calling about the three-bedroom house you sell in yesterday's paper. Can you give me more details? M: Of course. Question: What do we learn from the conversation? - They are talking about nice children. - The man has a house for sale. - The man has a three-bedroom house for the children.
Answer: The man has a house for sale.
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Dialogue: W: Rod must be in a bad mood today. What's wrong with him? M: He was passed over in the selection process for the dean of the admissions office. He'd been hoping for the position for a long time. Question: What does the man mean? - The selection process was a little unfair. - He had long dreamed of the dean's position. - Rod was eliminated in the selection process.
**Answer**
Rod was eliminated in the selection process.
*Question*
Dialogue: W: Come to my office, Billy. Look at your messy hair. This is the third time you have been late for class within this week. And every time you went in, you disturbed the teacher's class. M: Sorry, Miss. I didn't mean to do that, but it was my alarm clock that didn't wake me up. W: That is not a proper excuse. You could set it ahead of the exact time so that you could have got up earlier and not have been late. M: I did that, but it seemed useless when I found the batteries had run out after I woke up this morning. I rushed to school and luckily, my neighbour Mr. Green gave me a hand and took me to school with his car. W: So you could have made it. But you were still late for class. M: The thing is, when I got off, I found I had left my bag in his car. And it was too late to get it back when I realized that. I went straight to the nearest shop and gave him a call. I waited for five minutes before Mr. Green drove back. W: Finally, he gave you your bag and you came to the classroom and you were already 15 minutes late for class at that time. Is that all? M: Miss, you seem to know the entire story. May I go back to class now? Otherwise I will be late for the following class. Question: What can we know about the boy? - He was careless. - He liked telling lies. - He was lazy.
**Answer**
He was careless.