Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.

A. The winter has just begun.
B. Once it starts, it'll snow a lot.
C. They're ready for the rain.
D. It has been raining for some time.

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.

A. Mike was not able to go skiing.
B. Mike will go skiing next week.
C. Mike broke his leg and caught a cold.
D. It was too cold for Mike to go skiing.

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.

A. Four or five days.
B.Exactly a week.
C.About a week.
D.More than two weeks.

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.

A. Try on the jacket.
B.Try on the suit.
C.Continue looking.
D.Buy a coat.

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.

A. Taking an exam.
B.Coming to visit the class tonight.
C.Going to see the students in the class.
D.Visiting his class next Monday.

Section C The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first steam engine. He ____ to tell people exactly how powerful the engine was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.Watt decided to ____ how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.He ____ that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight ten feet ____ in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt ____ it a ten horsepower engine.

Section D 16. When is Thanksgiving Day celebrated?It is celebrated on _______________ of November.17. Where do they always go on Thanksgiving Day?They always go to _________________ on Thanksgiving Day.18. What do the women often do in grandmother's house?They go into the kitchen to help grandmother ______________.19. When do they have dinner?They all sit down to dinner at about ____________.20. Why is it always difficult for them to leave?Because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when the ___________ get together.