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In this section you will hear ten statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following ten questions.
Now listen to the statements.
1.
a. Christ caught the early train on time.
b. Christ failed to catch the early train.
c. Christ arrived at the railway station 3 minutes earlier than the first train.
d. It took Christ only 3 minutes to get to the railway station.
2.
a. John had an appointment with his former teacher in New York.
b. John spent his vocation with his former teacher in New York.
c. John met his former teacher by chance in New York.
d. John hit his former teacher while driving in New York.
3.
a. It takes a long time to grow pineapples.
b. We have not eaten pineapples for too long.
c. Pineapples don't taste good.
d. We often eat pineapples.
4.
a. Take more oranges as you want.
b. Please help me to pick up these oranges..
c. More oranges do good to your health.
d. There are too many oranges to eat up.
5.
a. That type of milk cost 55 pence in the past, but now the price was 1 pound and 10.
b. The price of that brand of milk doesn't change much.
c. The cost of that brand of milk comes down.
d. The price of that brand of milk at present is half that before.
6.
a. We hadn't thought the lecture would be long, but we were wrong.
b. The lecture was expected to be 3 hours long.
c. The lecture was shorter than 3 hours.
d. The lecture lasted until 3 o'clock..
7.
a. We must meet next Tuesday morning.
b. I suggest we meet next Tuesday morning.
c. I am too busy to meet you next Tuesday morning.
d. Any time but next Tuesday morning would be suitable for me.
8.
a. Miss Smith would like to wash up than do something else.
b. Miss Smith hates to wash up of all the housework.
c. Miss Smith enjoys very much doing housework.
d. Miss Smith is too lazy to do any housework.
9.
a. I have seen this firm twice.
b. I dislike this film.
c. I enjoy seeing this firm again.
d. The film isn't worth seeing.
10.
a. I didn't water the plants because it rained.
b. The rain started just as I began to water the plants.
c. It rained until I watered the plants.
d. It rained before I watered the plants.
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. B
