October 03-09, 2005
Toefl & Ielts
Choose the best answer to the questions below.

Conversation A
Man: I can never install a shelf properly without a power drill.
Woman: A poor workman blames his tools.

1. What does the man feel he is in need of?
A. drill
B. shelf
C. power
D. workman

2. What does the woman mean?
A. The workman did a bad job.
B. It is a pity the man has bad tools.
C. They need a workman for the shelf.
D. The man has all the tools he needs.

Conversation B
Woman: It's amazing! Paul and Mary fight like cats and dogs all the time but theyÕre still married after 15 years.
Man: I know what you mean; a creaking door hangs longest.

3. Paul and Mary are...
A. married
B. best friends.
C. total strangers.
D. new acquaintances.

4. What does the man expect is going to happen to Paul and Mary?
A. They are going to get married.
B. They are going to get divorced.
C. They are going to stay married.
D. They are going to find new friends.

Conversation C
Man: Listen to this! Bill Cowlman is marrying his seventh wife at age 84.
Woman: A merry heart makes a long life.

5. Who is 84 years old?
  A. the man
B. the woman
C. Bill Cowlman
D. Bill Cowlman's wife

6. What does the woman mean?
  A. A man needs many wives in order to live long.
B. Bill Cowlman's wife is going to make him very happy.
C. Bill Cowlman has lived that long because he knows how to enjoy himself.
D. Bill Cowlman's wife is going to live long because he is going to make her very happy.

7. What advice is the woman most likely to give her husband after reading this news?
  A. Cheer up.
B. You'd better die young.
C. Make me happy or IÕll die.
D. Make me happy or youÕll die.


 
 

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