Unit 3 Part B Text 1 A Marriage Agreement (Part One) (Tom and Linda have signed a marriage agreement. Both agree not to break the rules outlined in the agreement. John, a reporter, is talking to them about the agreement.) John: Tom, Linda, first I'd...
Unit 1 Part B Text 1 Dating with My Mother (Part One) After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating with another woman. It was Peggy's idea. One day she said to me...
2-test2-A Passage 1: Born in January 1756 in Salzburg, Vienna, Mozart is one of the greatest musicians of all time. He began learning to play the violin when he was 4 years old and by 6 he was already composing music and performing in his first conce...
Test 1 Part A Directions:You are going to hear eight dialogues between two speakers. Each dialogue will be read just once. After you hear a dialogue you will be asked a question about what you have heard. Listen carefully and choose the right answer...
2-16-A Passage 1: Students and teachers at 20 schools in China's poor rural areas will have their own computer labs by the end of 2001. The labs are being jointly funded by the China Youth Development Foundation and Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Ltd.,...
2-15-A The environment on our planet is a closed system: nothing new is ever added. Nature recycles its resources. Today, the Earth is in trouble. Factories pour dirty water into our rivers. Many fish die and the water becomes unhealthy for people to...
2-14-A Passage 1: To start with, rainwater is collected in a large 3,000 gallon tank on the highest point of land on the island. The tank is so large that it measures about 12 feet in diameter. Once the tank is filled with rainwater, fish are added t...
2-13-A Passage 1: Although children have little or no money of their own, they certainly have the capacity to be givers. And because children often need so much help -- even with everyday things, they might think that they are the only ones who shoul...
2-12-A Drawing Inferences College students are familiar with the initials, WWW, which stand for World Wide Web. But do you know who invented this? According to the magazine Time, Tim Berners-Lee was the creator. Tim Berners-Lee is extremely intellige...
2-11-A Passage 1: Napoleon was many things but he was, first of all, remembered as a military leader. Rising from an artillery officer to the commander of the French army, he waged war after war against neighboring countries. In 1804, he declared him...
