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11. W: Have Todd and Lisa started a family yet? They’ve been married for two years now.
M: Todd indicated to me that they’d postpone having children until he gets his law degree.
Q: How do Todd and Lisa feel about children?
12. W: This doesn’t look at all familiar. We must be lost, we’d better get some directions.
M: Let’s pull in here. While I’m filling the tank, you ask about the directions and get me a soft drink.
Q: Where will the man and the woman go for assistance?
13. W: Excuse me sir, but I have to use your phone. There’s been an accident and I have to call an ambulance.
M: Well, I suppose that’ll be all right. This phone is usually for office use only, but since it’s an emergency.
Q: Why did the woman sound urgent?
14. M: Now you can begin taking the plates to the customers. Well, don’t carry too many plates. You may drop them.
W: Oh, I won’t drop them. I’ve never dropped a plate in my life.
Q: Where does this conversation probably take place?
15. M: I thought that you said that Bob went to Searing High School.
W: No, he used to attend Clark High School, but after graduation last year, he enrolled in Melrose Community College where he is presently studying.
Q: Where does Bob go to school now?
16. M: Your blood pressure is quite normal and there was nothing wrong with your heart or lung.
W: But what about these headaches I am always getting? I’m still worrying about them.
Q: What’s wrong with the woman?
17. M: I bought this sweater as a gift last week but have just discovered that it is the wrong size. So I want to return it.
W: If you have your receipt, I can give you credit for the purchase. But I can’t repay you.
Q: Where did the conversation probably take place?
18. M: How many people will be coming to the party on Saturday?
W: We had to cross off fifteen names from our original list of one hundred and fifty.
Q: How many people do they expect to attend the party?
Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
M: I see you still got all your suitcases with you too. We must have the same problem.
W: Let me guess. Your room’s been given to someone else?
M: Yes.
W: I don’t get it! They sent me my room number a long time ago.
M: Me too. Well, at least there is room in another dorm, Bundy Hall.
W: That’s where they’re putting me too. But you’ll realize that unless you have a car, Bundy is at least 25 minutes’ walk from the center of campus. And don’t count on taking the campus bus. It runs at really inconvenient times.
M: Great way to start your college career. But, I don’t know, maybe there is a positive side of all this. Since we’ll be so far away from everything, we’ll be forced to use our time wisely.
W: True. I’ve heard lots of first year students get into trouble because they hang out every day in the student center till it closes.
M: Exactly! And not only that, we will get plenty of exercise from all that extra walking.
W: Yeah. And that is not exactly easy walking either. Around here you just need a pair of hiking boots, and to enjoy mountain climbing.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What problems do the students have?
20. What is one disadvantage of living in Bundy Hall?
21. What do they think of the campus bus?
22. What does the man think of the extra walking?
Conversation Two
M: Sara, I’ve heard that you want to move into a home stay family. Is that correct?
W: Yes, that’s right. I’ve been staying with my aunt. Now my cousin is arriving from Singapore and my aunt needs the room for him.
M: Oh, that’s bad luck. Well, I’ll need to get some particulars first. Sara, what’s your full name?
W: Sara Lim, and that’s Sarah without the "h" at the end.
M: Mmm. How old are you, Sara?
W: 23, only just. It was my birthday on the 21st of August.
M: Happy Birthday for yesterday. How long have you been in Australia?
W: A year in Adelaide and six months in Sydney. I prefer Sydney, and I’ve got more friends here.
M: What’s your address at your aunt’s house?
W: Flat one, 539 Forest Road, Canterbury. And the post code is 2036.
M: OK. What are you studying now?
W: I was studying General English in Adelaide and now I’m doing Academic English, because I’m trying to get into Medicine next year.
M: That sounds good, but it’ll take you a long time. When would you like to move out from your aunt’s?
W: My cousin arrives on Friday morning, so I’d better be out on Thursday.
M: Is that the seventh of September?
W: Yes, that’s right.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. Why does the woman want to move into a home stay family?
24. How long has the woman been in Australia?
25. What does the woman want to study?
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