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W: If I were you, I would have accepted the job.M: I turned down the offer because it would mean "frequent business trips away from my family". Why didn’t the man accept the job()

A. Because he doesn’t enjoy business trips as much as he used to.
Because he doesn’t think he is capable of doing the job.
C. Because he thinks the pay is too low to support his family.
D. Because he wants to spend more time with his family.

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W: I need a car this weekend, but mine has broken down.M: I’m sorry to hear it, but you can always rent one if you have a license. What does the man mean()

A. She can use his car.
B. She can borrow someone else’s car.
C. She must get her car fixed.
D. She can’t borrow his car.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19-22M: Hi, Ashley, how is your research going on It’s complicated.W: It is OK. I referred to so many literatures.M: I also did that, but I still cannot focus on the main point of my research.W: Don’t worry. Let’s try. People nowadays are faced with a work- related problem.M: So you mean workplace friendships are like a double- edged sword.W: That’s true, although the benefits of a friendly workplace can be really positive.M: What is the other side of the coinW: Well, organizations should be aware of the potential difficulties and how to manage friendships at work.M: I take for granted the leaders of the organizations would be so happy to see such friendly working atmospheres.W: According to the study and data, many people were concerned about going "softer" with their friends and being expected to treat them with special privileges.M: Yes, I understand in this way people naturally want to make their friends feel special.W: Actually, this conflicts with organizational practices or norms of fairness and equality. Then tension would be created in the relationship.M: Oh, it sounds like a dilemma. Workplace friendship is favored by people; however, new problems come into being.W: Absolutely, it is really difficult for the organizations to try to provide friendly environments and encourage workplace friendships, and at the same time they should have policies in place to manage potential difficulties.M: I see. Your analysis is logical. Thank you for helping me.W: You are welcome. What is the man’s problem()

A. He has difficulties going on with his research.
B. He doesn’t understand the workplace friendship
C. He hasn’t read any literature.
D. The literature on this content is complicated.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23-25W: Hi, Mike, do you have a minute to spareM: Yes, Sherry, how can I help youW: Well, I have been getting noisy music coming from your apartment and it is always there from 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock in the evening when I am trying to study. Is it possible to turn down and contain your noise to your apartmentM: Oh, I’m sorry about that. I hadn’t been back to my apartment for two weeks and in fact, I just got back today. It must be Jimmy, my new roommate. I forgot to tell him how thin the walls are around here, so it may be my fault.W: I realize that. Could you have a word with that guy Jimmy and get him to lower the volume, for it is really disturbing It’s not that I don’t enjoy that kind of music. It’s just that.., well you know how it is around this time of the year with midterms and everything.M: No problem. And I tell you that I won’t even mention that it was you who complained.W: Well, Mike, I appreciate it, but I’m afraid that this is not the only issue I have to bring up. Jimmy is also taking up two parking places in the parking lot. As you know, we are kind of short on parking spaces here.M: Really, I didn’t know that! That’s selfish of him to do so. Well, Sherry, I’ll give him piece of my mind tonight.W: I just hope you can settle things peacefully. I don’t want to be the villain causing you guys to have a stir up.M: Oh, don’t worry. Yeah, it’s not like it’s the most pleasant thing to do and it is not what I want to do, but I want to set the rules clear.W: That’s very kind of you. What’s the second issue the woman complained about()

A. Leaky roof.
B. Thin walls.
C. Parking places.
D. Noisy music.

Creative Book Report IdeasAre you at a loss for creative book report ideas for your students If yes, then this article will help you make reading and reviewing books more creative for your class.In an age of PSPs, Xbox, anime and gaming arcades, reading has lost its foothold in the list of hobbies that children tend to cite. Most of the reading that kids do today, comes in the form of compulsory books that they need to read for school and maybe that is the reason they find reading to be an insurmountable and boring task. If you want to inculcate the love for languages and literary masterpieces in your students and want them to devour books everyone should read, then a good way of going about the same would be to get them to start working on creative book report ideas. While working on creative ideas for book reports, your students will have to understand the book in a way that allows them to come up with new ways to present to the class, the essence of the book.As a teacher, while egging your students to activate their creative gray cells, you will have to help them out with basic ideas that they can work on. Depending on the age bracket that your students belong to, the creative book report ideas will vary. This is so, not just because of the varying attention spans that children of various age groups posses but also because of the amount of work that kids can put into the report. While a middle school student will be comfortable handling a handy cam, a student from elementary school will be more fascinated if he is working with paints and puppets. So do you want to know how to write a book report creatively In this article, we will list out for you, a couple of good creative book report ideas for elementary students and for middle school students.Creative Book Report Ideas for Elementary SchoolBook Report SandwichA book report sandwich is a good creative idea for book reports. As a teacher you can get drawings of a sandwich on sheets of paper that are of the color of the ingredients of your sandwich, for example, a cream sheet of paper to resemble mayonnaise, red to represent tomato and likewise. Obviously, each ingredient should be cut in a way that when assembled together, it looks like a sandwich. Now, give each of your students one of these book sandwiches to create their book report. It can start with the name of the book and the author’s name on the top slice of the sandwich. The second ingredient can have the summary of the book on it. Each subsequent ingredient can have a description of the main characters, the setting of the book, the plot, and then his or her views about the book. Once they are done with their book reports, they can staple the book sandwich together and then, you can create a class bulletin board with all the book report sandwiches on display. Oral RetellingOne of the good techniques to retell a story, it is also one of the favorite creative book report ideas among students. The job that the student will have is to read the book and then pick a few objects at his/her home which will allow him/her to retell the story in a way that makes it interesting for his/her audience. Every time he/she picks out an object from the bag to report the book he/she has read, there has to be a valid connection between the book and the object, which the student can first ask the audience to guess and then go ahead and explain it. This idea is spin-off on the normal show and tells and allows for an interactive book report session.Act It OutThis is one of the creative ideas for book reports in which, as the teacher, you will have to divide your class into groups and give them one book each. The students can then read the book and get together and write a play and act it out for the class. To give a deeper insight into the book, one of the students can play the role of the author and as a group, the students can try and recreate the thought process of the author. The student playing the role of the author can then interrupt the play at important junctures and talk about the reasons for these twists in the play and how he/she came up with these plot lines.Creative Book Report Ideas for Middle SchoolKnow Your AuthorAs a young adult, your student’s fascination may go beyond the immediate concerns of the book. He/she may want to understand the circumstances in which the book was written, the times then, the events happening in the world and get the author’s perspective about the book. Encourage your students to think on those lines. Divide the class into pairs and give each pair one book to read. Let them then do the roles of the author and a journalist. You can have an interview session in front of the class, enabling them to dissect the book and get a peek into the author’s world.Lights, Camera, ActionIn a technology-obsessed world, it maybe a very tiny minority of your class that does not get excited with the prospect of shooting a film. One of the best creative book report ideas for middle school, you will need to divide the class into groups and give them at least two months to adapt the book that they have been assigned, into a film. The movie should have a well-adapted screenplay, and all other prerequisites, like a lighting engineer, sound engineer, costume designer, etc. At the end of the given time, the film can be screened in front of the class and then discussed.Behind the ScenesIf you are on the lookout for good individual creative book report ideas, then this one could be for you. Assign every student a book and then ask them to start maintaining a diary, from the author’s point of view. Ask them to come up with imaginary incidents from the author’s life and use historical events to explain why the author wrote the book in a certain manner. Alternately, you can also ask your students to give a surrogate ending to the story.These are just few of the options that you could use to inspire your students to come up with creative book report ideas. As kids we tend to be more imaginative and creative. Encourage your students to think out of the box and appreciate them for their efforts. This will help you have a class that is not only lively and inquisitive by nature but also a class that will cultivate a love for words. According to this article, nowadays, most of books children read are()

A. those they like very much
B. those they need to read for school
C. those they read according to their interests
D. difficult to understand

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