EXERCISE 19

In this exercise, listen carefully to the short conversation and question on the tape, and then choose the best answer to the question. You should be particularly careful of idioms.

1.
(A) The man's never late.
(B) It's good that man was fifteen minutes late.
(C) It's never good to be late for class
(D) t's good that the man went to class, on time or not.

2.
(A) The woman's work is all in her head.
(B) The woman has to do two experiments rather than one.
(C) It's a good idea to work together.
(D) The biology experiments concerns two-headed animals.

3.
A. She has no time to work now
B. She doesn't want to work on the report either
C. It's best to get it over with now
D. There's no time to present the report now

4.
A. She's very lucky to get the last book
B. She's sorry she can't get the book today
C. She always has good luck with books
D. She just wanted to look at the book

5.
A. The man doesn't like eating inrestaurants
B. She doesn't really like that restaurant
C. Each of them has his own restaurant
D. Everyone has different tastes

6.
A. She'll do it immediately
B. It is not possible to do it
C. The man should have told her sooner
D. She would have done it if the had asked

7.
A. Abbie used a feather in his art project
B. He was knocked down
C. He was really surprised
D. Abbie's father knocked on the door

8.
A. They are taking a boat trip together
B. The six chapters are all about the boat
C. Everyone has to do the same thing.
D. The man will read while he's on the boat

9.
A. She is taller than the others
B. She put her science project on top of the others
C. She has a really good head on her shoulders
D. She's the best of them all

10.
A. The man needs to improve his penmanship
B. The man doesn't really need to apply for the scholarship
C. The man needs to fill out he application with dots and crosses
D. The man needs to pay attention to every detail