II. Listening Skills
Understanding Times and Dates
1. W: Oh, look at the clock. It’s 5:15. I’ll be late for Jennifer’s birthday party! I was supposed to leave at 5 o’clock.
M: Don’t worry! You still have some time. The clock is twenty minutes fast.
Q: What time is it now?
2. W: It’s 7:50, lazybones, and you’re going to be late for the meeting.
M: God! I was sleeping like a dog. Well, I still have ten minutes.
Q: When is the man’s meeting?
3. M: Thank you, Laura. We’d like to go to the barbecue with you. What time should we be there
W: Some people are coming around 11:00, and we’re going to play badminton, but we won’t eat until around 12:30.
Q: At what time are they going to eat?
4. M: I knew Dr. Smith’s birthday was October 26th, but I didn’t realize it was this Saturday.
W: Let’s give him a surprise party. We could ask him to meet us at his office at 5, and then we could take him to dinner at the restaurant around 5:30.
Q: What time does the woman suggest meeting Dr. Smith?
5. M: I just read that Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, when very little was understood about time and energy.
W: Absolutely. But when he died on April 18, 1955, people knew a lot more, and nuclear power stations had been built.
Q: When was Einstein born?
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B
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