Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

6. Man: Betty is always complaining about her son.

Woman: She should take care of my three teenage boys and see what it's like.

Question: What does the woman mean?

A. Betty's life is easy compared with her own.

B. Betty has a more difficult life than she does.

C. Betty would like to take care of the three boys.

D. Taking care of her three teenage sons is easy.

7. Woman: I paid 50 dollars for these books at the Eaglewood Bookstore. They're really too expensive.

Man: Too expensive? They cost a lot more in other bookstores.

Question: What does the man mean?

A. He thought they were expensive.

B. He didn't think they were expensive.

C. He wanted the woman to buy books in other bookstores.

D. He thought books in other stores were just as expensive.

8. Woman: Did you think it was a good play?

Man: What I didn't understand was the very beginning.

Question: What does the man mean?

A. He didn't know how to begin to write a play.

B. He didn't like plays very much in the past.

C. He didn't want to talk about it right away.

D. He wasn't sure what the first part was about.

9. Man: I'm frustrated. We're supposed to do our assignment on the computer, but I have difficulty getting access to the computers in the library.

Woman: I understand the way you feel. I'm looking forward to the day when I can afford to get my own.

Question: What does the woman mean?

A. She can't finish her assignment, either.

B. She can't afford a computer right now.

C. The man can use her computer.

D. The man should buy a computer right away.

10. Man: I'm sorry I missed the football game, but I had a terrible cold.

Woman: You didn't miss anything We couldn't have played worse.

Question: What does the woman mean?

A. She's never watched a better game.

B. Football is her favorite pastime.

C. The game has been canceled.

D. Their team played very badly.

Part II Vocabulary (10minutes, 10 points)

Section A