[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?
