Part I

Directions:Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.

1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

√ A. Splitting with the woman.

B. Marrying the woman immediately. C. Sharing the woman’s important experience with her. D. Helping the woman to find a boyfriend.

2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

√ A. Mark is more interested in movies than in Karen.

B. Karen is more interested in Mark than in the movies. C. Mark likes Karen, but Karen does not like Mark.

D. Karen and Mark are interested in each other.

3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

√ A. The man should not approach the girl to avoid getting beaten

up.

B. The man should not approach the girl, for her boyfriend is quite

rich.

4.

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C. The man should walk out with the girl. D. The girl fancies the man. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. She is head over heels in love with the man. B. She has broken off with the man C. She hasn't decided to marry the man. D. She has got a new boyfriend.

5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

√ A. Her new boyfriend has broken off with her without reason.

B. Her boyfriend intends to marry her. C. She is quarreling with the woman. D. She is chatting happily with the woman.

Part II

Directions:Listen to the following recording, then fill in the blanks with the missing words. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time to write the missing words. Use the second playing to check your answers.

W:Guess what? My older brother is getting married. !

M:He is? I didn't know he had a girlfriend.

W:He met her last month. He her the first time he saw her.

M:Really? She ?

W:Yeah. So he . Now they're tying the knot.

M:Wow! They're so quickly! Aren't you worried?

W:Why would I be worried? He used to be unhappy and ; but now

he's happy!

M:But so many couples nowadays get .

W:Oh, come on. My brother is .

Part III

Directions:Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.

1 What additional item is included in the full wording of the popular rhyme about bridal clothes?

A. Something old. B. Something blue. D. Something borrowed. A. A family jewel. C. The wedding dress of the bride's mother. D. The wedding dress of the bride's grandmother. √ C. A silver sixpence in one's shoe. 2 Which is NOT mentioned in the passage as an example of something old? √ B. A watch from the grandfather.

3 What does something new stand for?

√ A. Good fortune in the bride's new life.

B. The new wedding gown. C. Any new item. D. None of the above. A. It can be a handkerchief. B. It can be something like a necklace. C. It reminds the bride that she can depend on the family for help. 4 What is true of something borrowed?

√ D. All of the above.

5 What is true of a silver sixpence in the bride's shoe?

A. It is to bring new friends. C. It is quite popular now. D. Both A) and B). √ B. It is to bring spiritual and material wealth.

Part IV

Directions:Choose the right answer.

1 Why did you ask if Sarah is coming with us? Why is your face _______ red?

A. firing C. changing D. exchanging √ B. flaming

2 Ah, someone has a ______ on Sarah, doesn't he?

A. click B. clash D. crash √ C. crush

3 I love her, but I don't have the guts to ask her ________.

√ A. out

B. outside C. go out D. go outside A. for B. to C. with 4 Better talk to her. It's better than keeping everything ____ yourself.

√ D. at

5 The minister looked the man _____ the eye and said, "Will you please promise to kneel

before her?"

A. by C. into D. in √ B. with