Part I ScriptDirections: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Valentine's Day should be done away with.B. The man's girl friend is asking for too much.C. The man should buy gifts for his girlfriend.D. The man is poor.2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. A housewife.B. A housekeeper.C. A President.D. It is not known.3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. In the club.B. At Jane's home.C. In the national park.D. In the shopping mall.4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The cookies.B. The CD.C. The camera.D. The map.5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. 2.B. 12.C. 20.D. 24.Part II ScriptDirections: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read forthe first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear.For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hearor the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers.Many Americans buy an evergreen tree for Christmas. They put the tree in their homeanda pine or a fir tree. It during the cold, dark months of winterin the northern part of the world. So it is aThe Christmas tree may have developed in part from a popular playhundreds of years ago inheld on December 24th, the day before Christmas. The play was about the first people—Adam and Eve. People put apples on an evergreen tree toThey shared the food among family members and friends after the holiday season.Some people say the German religious reformer Martin Luther was the first person to add lighted candles to an evergreen tree.In the early 1800s, German settlers in the state of Pennsylvania were the first to celebrate the holiday with Christmas trees in the United States.Some people put a star on top of their Christmas tree. It represents the star that led the three wise men to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)Part III ScriptDirections: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the firstplaying, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1. On what day was the beginning of the New Year first observed in 16th centuryFrance?A. On January 1st.B. On February 1st.C. On March 1st.D. On April 1st.2. On whom did people play tricks after Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar?A. Those who celebrated the New Year's Day on April 1st.B. Those who celebrated the New Year's Day on January 1st.C. Those who followed Gregory's idea.D. Those who accepted the new calendar.3. How did French children fool their friends?A. By hiding a fish in their friends' bag.B. By putting a paper fish on their friends' back.C. By saying, "School has been canceled."D. By saying, "Look! A flock of geese!"4. What is mentioned as a common trick in the United States?A. Telling a classmate that the teacher has fallen ill.B. Telling a friend that a bird is flying past.C. Saying "Your shoelace is untied."D. Saying "Your pants are unzipped."5. What is considered the cleverest April fools joke?A. One that is played with a large audience around.B. One that is first played on April Fool's Day.C. One that makes everyone laugh except the victim.D. One that makes everyone laugh, including the victim.Part IVDirections: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.1.I used to love giving my mother a present on Mother's Day. It always madeher cry, and then she'd hug me hard enough to squeeze the _______ out of me.A. airB. gasC. breathD. breathe2.Boxing Day is a holiday ___________ some British Commonwealth countrieslike Britain, Australia and Canada.A. exclusive toB. exclusive inC. inclusive toD. inclusive of3.Boxing Day is a perfect date for a holiday, ________ the day after ChristmasDay.A. beB. beingC. to beD. to have been4.I absolutely hate Christmas shopping. I can never __________ what to buyfor everyone.A. count outB. calculate outC. figure outD. compute out5.I know you enjoy celebrating holidays again and again, but it's hard ____my wallet.A. inB. forC. onD. to6.If we spend money at this rate, I'll _______ in the poorhouse.A. end upB. accomplishC. completeD. achieve7.April Fool's Day is a day people play __________ one another.A. tricks againstB. tricks onC. tricks withD. jokes at8.The lead flight attendant ___________ telling her fellow crew members abouther boyfriend's stopover at the same airport.A. do a point inB. do a point ofC. made a point inD. made a point of9.The cockpit door flew open, and ___________ it was the disappointed flightattendant mumbling something like, "What shall I do?"A. sure enoughB. surely enoughC. certain enoughD. certainly enough10.The Wilsons began holding a yearly Thanksgiving dinner for _____ theycalled their "extended family".A. thatB. whichC. whatD. it。