Part A

Directions: In Part A you will hear short conversations between two people. After each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. The conversation and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your text book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Here is an example.

On the recording, you hear.

( Man ) That exam was just awful.

( Woman ) Oh, it could have been worse.

( Narrator ) What does the woman mean?

In your test book, you read:

(A) The exam was really awful.

(B) It was the worst exam she had ever seen.

(C) It couldn’t have been more difficult

(D) It wasn’t that hard.

You Learn from the conversation that the man thought the exam was very difficult and the woman disagreed with the man. The best answer to the question, “What does the a women mean? ” is (D), “It wasn’t that hard.” Therefore, the correct choice is (D).