EXERCISE 15

In this exercise, listen carefully to the short conversation and question in the recording program, and then choose the best answer to the question.

1.
a. She plans to talk a lot this month
b. she has a lot to say about the phone bill
c. the bill is high because she has a lot to say
d. she agrees with theman

2.
a. Bill had never really been sick
b. bill was too sick to come to class
c. bill was sick of calculus class
d. bill had forgotten about the calculus class thatb morning

3.
a. The man should go out tonight
b. the man shouldstay home and relax
c. the man should work on the paper tonight
d. the man should go out Monday instead

4.
a. The cafetaria was open in the morning
b. the cafetaria did not serve breakfast
c. the breakfast in the cafetaria was not very tasty
d. thewoman neverate breakfast in the cafetaria

5.
a. He believes that it is acceptable to park there
b. the parking lot is too far from their destination
c. he knows that they won’t get a ticket
d. he knows where the parking lot is

6.
a. He would be glad to say itover again
b. hewould like the woman to repeat what she said
c. he says that he would like to take the class again
d. he’s happy the class is over, too

7.
a. He finished all the problems
b. he doesn’t believe what the woman said
c. he was able to finish some of the problems
d. both he and the woman were unsuccesful on the math problems

8.
a. The man had mailed the package
b. the man had forgotten to go to the post office
c. the man had given the package
d. the man remembered the package after he went to the postoffice

9.
a. They should take both cars
b. the woman should try not to be afraid
c. the woman should buy a bigger car
d. they should go together in his car

10.
a. He wants to know if the muffins taste good
b. he thinks the muffins were recently prepared
c. the muffins are notreally fresh
d. he’sure that themuffins were just made