Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Example:
Man: Why couldn’t Mark come with us?
Woman: He was searching for a new apartment
Narrator: What does the woman say about Mark?
Answer options
a) He was in the department office
b) He was looking for a place to live
c) He was working for a research project
d) He had an appointment at the church
The key words in the second line are search and apartment in the answers
C and D the words search and church sound like search, these answers are
incorrect. In the answers A and D the words department and appointment
sound like apartment, these answers are incorrect. The correct answer is B.
2
The clues your class, homework, and quiz in the conversation tell you that
the man is probably a teacher. The correct answer is C.
3
Example:
Woman: Are you going to read those books here in the library?
Man: I think I’d rather check them out now and take them home
Narrator: What will the man probably do next?
Answer options
a) Sit down in the library
b) Look for some more books
c) Return the books to the shelves
d) Go to the circulation desk
The man says that he would like to check the books out now.
The Circulation desk is where you go to check the books from a library, the
man will probably go to the circulation desk next. The correct answer is D.
4
Example:
Woman: Are you going into the water or are you just lie there in the sand?
Man: I think I need to put on some suntan lotion
Narrator: Where does this conversation probably take place?
Answer options
a) At a beauty salon
b) At the beach
c) In a sandbox
d) At an outdoor restaurant
The clues water, sand, and suntan lotion tell you that this conversation
takes place at the beach. The correct answer is B.
The woman uses an active statement: Sally open a new checking account.
The correct answer is C because it uses a passive structure: A new checking
account was opened to express the same idea.
The woman talks about two people (Mara and Robert) These two nouns can
confuse your answer choice. Mara replaced Robert in the band. The best
answer is letter D