[00:-1.00]Section A [00:-2.00]1. M: Hello, this is John Hopkins at the riverside Health Cente [00:-3.00]I'd like to speak to Mr. Jones. [00:-4.00]W: I'm sorry, Mr. Hopkins, my husband isn't at hom [00:-5.00]But I can give you his office phone numbe [00:-6.00]He won't be back until 6 o'clock. [00:-7.00]Q: Where does Mrs. Jones think her husband is now? [00:-8.00]2. M: Let me see. I have printed my family name, first name, date of brith, and addres [00:-9.00]Anything else? [00:10.00]W: No. That's all righ [00:11.00]We'll fill in the rest of it if you'll just sign your name at the bottom. [00:12.00]Q: What had the man been doing ? [00:13.00]3. W: I had to deal with so many courses last term that I really had a hard time. [00:14.00]M: I told you it would be better for you if you took fewer courses during the first semester. [00:15.00]Q: What do we learn about the woman? [00:16.00]4. W: Weren't you nervous when the professor called on you in class? [00:17.00]M: I'd say I was shaking all over. [00:18.00]Q: How did the man feel when he was called on? [00:19.00]5. W: hey, Mike, what's that you're reading? [00:20.00]M: It's a letter from a company where I applied for a jo [00:21.00]They're offering me a job after I graduate. [00:22.00]Q: What do we learn about Mike? [00:23.00]6. M: Think it over carefully, you must have left it somewhere. [00:24.00]W: But the problem is that I have to have it no [00:25.00]I need it to use my car, and when I get home, to open the door. [00:26.00]Q: What happened to the woman? [00:27.00]7. W: How much time did you have for writing the paper? [00:28.00]M: We were given three hours, but I finished in less than half the time. [00:29.00]Q: How long did it take the man to write his paper? [00:30.00]8. M: Let's see if the basketball game has started yet. [00:31.00]W: Started? It must be clear who is winning by now. [00:32.00]Q: What does the woman mean? [00:33.00]9. M: What do you think of my paper? [00:34.00]W: The ideas are good [00:35.00]If I were you, though, I'd rewrite the last two paragraphs to make it better. [00:36.00]Q: What's the woman's comment on the man's paper? [00:37.00]10. W: Excuse me, sir, but have you seen a young gentleman looking for his wrist watch? [00:38.00]M: A young man, Madam? [00:39.00]Q: What's the woman doing? [00:40.00]Section B [00:41.00]Passage One [00:42.00]Susan Anthony was born in Massachusetts in 1820 and died in Rocheste [00:43.00]N.Y., in 190 [00:44.00]In the 1850s, she saw many problems in her country and wanted to do something about them. [00:45.00]One of these problems was that women did not have the right to vote in the United State [00:46.00]Susan Anthony and many others thought women and men should have equal right [00:47.00]In 1869 she helped start the National Women's Associatio [00:48.00]This group worked hard to get women the right to vote in the United States. [00:49.00]In 1869, the State of Wyoming gave women the right to vot [00:50.00]Some other states also allowed women to vot [00:51.00]But Susan Anthony and the National American Women's Associatio [00:52.00]wanted all women to have the right to vot [00:53.00]They worked to add this to the Constitution of the United State [00:54.00]Finally, in 1920, fourteen years after Susan Anthony's deat [00:55.00]an article was added to the Constitution. [00:56.00]It gave all American women the right to vote. [00:57.00]11. What did Susan Anthony think about her country? [00:58.00]12. Who among the American women had the right to vote before 1920? [00:59.00]13. When did all women finally get the right to vote in the United States? [-1:00.00]14. What do we learn about Susan Anthony from the passage? [-1:-1.00]Passage Two [-1:-2.00]John Steinbeck is one of American's greatest writer [-1:-3.00]Many of his novels and short stories are about people with troubles and problem [-1:-4.00]"Travels with Charley" is differen [-1:-5.00]it's a book aobut traveling around the United State [-1:-6.00]John Steinbeck and Charley traveled together from New York to Maine and then to the Midwes [-1:-7.00]From the Midwest, they went west to Californi [-1:-8.00]On their way back eas [-1:-9.00]they visited Texa [-1:10.00]Finally, John and Charley traveled through the South [-1:11.00]and back up north to New York. [-1:12.00]John Steinbeck's journey took three months to complet [-1:13.00]When he got home, he wrote about what he saw and heard when he crossed the countr [-1:14.00]He decided that Americans were wonderful peopl [-1:15.00]and that the United States was full of peaceful town [-1:16.00]great cities, huge mountains, and beautiful park [-1:17.00]Charley seemed to enjoy the tri [-1:18.00]although he didn't say or write anythin [-1:19.00]You might wonder why Charley had no ideas about Americ [-1:20.00]The reason is: he was John Steinbeck's dog, a big black dog. [-1:21.00]15. What are most of Steinbeck's books about? [-1:22.00]16. What does the passage tell us about Steinbeck? [-1:23.00]Passage Three [-1:24.00]In the local newspaper of my community recentl [-1:25.00]there was a story about a man named Virgil Spear [-1:26.00]He lived in a small town about 40 miles from my hom [-1:27.00]He had served five years in a New York prison for robbing a restauran [-1:28.00]When he returned to his family, Mr. Spears couldn't find a jo [-1:29.00]Everyone knew he had been in prison and nobody trusted hi [-1:30.00]Finally, in desperatio [-1:31.00]he calmly walked into a local barbershop where he was well know [-1:32.00]pulled out a gun, and took all the money the barber ha [-1:33.00]Up to this point it had been a fairly routine crim [-1:34.00]but then something unusual happene [-1:35.00]Mr. Spears didn't try to get awa [-1:36.00]He got into his car [-1:37.00]drove slowly out of tow [-1:38.00]and waited for the polic [-1:39.00]When they caught hi [-1:40.00]he made only one reques [-1:41.00]He turned to the arresting policemen and said: [-1:42.00]"Would you please ask the court to put my family on welfare just as soon as possible?" [-1:43.00]17. What made it difficult for Virgil Spears to find a job? [-1:44.00]18. Why did Virgil Spears rob the local barbershop? [-1:45.00]19. What did Mr. Spears do after he robbed the barbershop? [-1:46.00]20. What can we infer from the passage?