Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) She was found stealing in a bookstore.

B) She caught someone in the art of stealing.

C) She admitted having stolen something.

D) She said she was wrongly accused of stealing.

27. A) A book. B) $ 3,000.

C) A handbag. D) A Christmas card.

28. A) She was questioned by the police.

B) She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes.

C) She was insulted by the shopper around her.

D) She was body searched by the store manager.

29. A) They refused to apologize for having followed her though the town.

B) They regretted having wrongly accused her of stealing.

C) They still suspected that she was a thief.

D) They agreed to pay her $ 3,000 damages.

Passage Two

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. A) His friend gave him the wrong key.

B) He didn’t know where the back door was.

C) He couldn’t find the key to his mailbox.

D) It was too dark to put the key in the lock.

31. A) It was getting dark.

B) He was afraid of being blamed by his friend.

C) The birds might have flown away.

D) His friend would arrive any time.

32. A) He looked silly with only one leg inside the window.

B) He knew the policeman wouldn’t believe him.

C) The torch light made him look very foolish.

D) He realized that he had made a mistake.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. A) The threat of poisonous desert animals and plants.

B) The exhaustion of energy resources.

C) The destruction of energy resources.

D) The spread of the black powder from the fires.

34. A) The underground oil resources have not been affected.

B) Most of the desert animals and plants have managed to survive.

C) The oil lakes soon dried up and stooped evaporating.

D) The underground water resources have not of oil wells.

35. A) To restore the normal production of the oil wells.

B) To estimate the losses caused by the fire.

C) To remove the oil left in the desert.

D) To use the oil left in the oil lakes.