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A．You will hear five sentences with tag questions．Listen carefully to the intonation patterns of these questions and decide which of the four choices in each problem expresses the speaker's meaning．

1．A．The speaker is certain that the boy can't drive．

B．The speaker is not certain whether the boy can drive or not．

C．The speaker is certain that the boy can drive．

D．The speaker is doubtful whether the boy can drive or not．

2．A．The speaker thinks that Barbara won't join them for the picnic．

B．The speaker wants to know if it's true that Barbara won't join them for the picnic．

C．The speaker hopes that Barbara will join them for the picnic．

D．The speaker is quite certain that Barbara will join them for the picnic．

3．A．The speaker is certain that the old lady hasn't got five dogs．

B．The speaker is certain that the old lady has five dogs．

C．The speaker wants it to be confirmed that the old lady really has five dogs．

D．The speaker doesn't care if the old lady has five dogs．

4．A．The speaker is eager to know if John's father has come back from work．

B．The speaker is doubtful whether John's father has come back from work．

C．The speaker thinks that John's father will come back from work soon．

D．The speaker thinks that John's father is still at work．

5．A．The speaker is certain that Sally married Bill a few weeks ago．

B．The speaker doesn't think Sally married Bill a few weeks ago．

C．The speaker wants to find out whether it is true that Sally married Bill a few weeks ago．

D．The speaker is certain that Sally didn't marry Bill a few weeks ago．

B．Choose the sentence which is the closest in meaning to the sentence you hear．

1．A．Deposit fifty cents before you remove the key．

B．Remove the key and close the door．

C．Close the door after you deposit fifty cents．

D．The locker is out of order．

2．A．The man's son always works at the store before Christmas．

B．The man does not want to buy a stereo．

C．The man bought a stereo．

D．The man works more hours than usual before Christmas．

3．A．Professor Jones is too busy to help her students after class．

B．Professor Jones does not have time to help her students．

C．Professor Jones is helpful．

D．Professor Jones is not very busy．

4．A．We have a box at the post office now．

B．We take our mail to the post office．

C．We do not get any mail．

D．The mailman brings our mail to us．

5．A．George will not pass his exams because he is not studying．

B．George is studying hard to pass his exams．

C．George has passed his exams．

D．George had trouble passing his exams．

6．A．It is around five o'clock．

B．It is around eight o'clock．

C．It is around ten o'clock．

D．It is around twelve o'clock．

7．A．Jack decided to get a Ph．D．program．

B．Jack's advisor decided to get a Ph．D．program．

C．Jack's advisor aGREed to get an M．A．program．

D．Jack decided to get an M．A．program．

8．A．He is a photographer．

B．He is a window shopper．

C．He is a bank teller．

D．He is a printer．

9．A．There were no ants at the picnic．

B．The ants spoiled the picnic．

C．The ants made the picnic nicer．

D．The ants were nice at the picnic．

10．A．Peter does not eat chocolate．

B．Eating chocolate is good for Peter．

C．Peter does not like chocolate．

D．Peter is allergic to chocolate．

C．Listen to the passage and fill in each blank with the information you get from the recording．

1．Throughout the day，our energy rises and falls，so we should synchronize our schedule to                                           ．

2．Between 9 a．m．and early afternoon           is the highest and           most focused．

3．During mid-afternoon，we can attend to                       ．

4．Around 4p．m．，we do              that give us a feeling of             ．

5．The dark side of our cycle requires that             to stay energetic for the whole day．