Exercise 1.2. (File name EN1-M1-Exercises1.

2)

Now listen to these following short conversations. Try

to completely write down the scripts. Then, underline
the key words. After all, pick your best answer for every
question below!

1 Woman: a. The exam was not very

difficult.
b. He thought the exam
Man:
would be easier.
c. There were two exams
Narrator: rather than one.
d. The final exam was harder
than the others.

2 Woman:
a. He’s feeling better this day
than yesterday.
Man: b. He’d better not to answer
the question.
c. He is not feeling very
Narrator:
good.
d. He is rather ill because of
working.

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 3 Man: a. The business only lasted a
year.
b. The company was
Woman:
established a year ago.
c. It was just established that
Narrator: he could go into business.
d. Her family is
wellestablished.

4 Woman: a. The plane arrived on time.

b. He must wait for the plane
to land.
Man:
c. The plane landed in the
right spot.
Narrator: d. He did not see the correct
schedule.

5 Man: a. She needs a sweatsuit for

running.
b. She will change clothes
Woman:
quickly and go to swim.
c. She doesn’t want to get
Narrator: into the pool.
d. She’d better go running.

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 6 Man: a. The houses were not
destroyed.
b. The firefighters saved the
Woman:
homes for last.
c. Last night, a firefighter
Narrator: rescued the hillside.
d. The houses on the hillside
were burned.

7 Man: a. The spices are adequate.

b. There is adequate soup.

Woman:

c. The man should put more

Narrator: salt and pepper into the

soup.
d. In her opinion, the soup is
too salty.

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 8 Woman: a. He paid to get
a scholarship.
b. He is a scholar at a college
Man:
with low fees.
c. He used his fortune for
Narrator: paying his fees.
d. He was fortuitous to accept
a grant for his studies.

9 Man: a. This was the last year that

it would generate profit.
b. It profited from its previous
Woman:
mistakes.
c. It did not really succeed.
Narrator: d. It earned much money.

10 Woman:
a. There is not sufficient
money in Chuck’s account.
Man: b. He thinks that Chuck is
going to his house from the
bank.

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 c. He thinks Chuck has the

Narrator: incorrect kind of bank

account.
d. Chuck’s bank account
contains a lot of money in
it.

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