(Man)       But you’ve come to the city and had several jobs.

(Woman)  That’s true. The thing is that after all these years of working, I am still a secretary or assistant to someone. No transfer. No promotion. It’s so annoying and frustrating. I didn’t come all the way up to the city for that, did I?

(Man)       Do you think you’ll ever go back to West Virginia to live?

(Woman)    Someday, maybe, but not until I’ve had more experience. I’d like to know that I could have a real career if I wanted to.

(Man)     Well, the first step in a successful career is to get some work done. Here are some letters that have to be answered right away.

(Woman)   All right, I’ll take care of them. But you just wait. Someday I might be your boss!

Question No.19. What has the woman just done?

Question No.20. According to the woman, what would have become of her if she had married her boy friend?

Question No.21. Why is the woman complaining now?

Question No.22. Who is the man?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.

       (Woman)  Colds have always been a nuisance, and people have tried many strange ways to cure them. None however, have worked. One Roman historian even recommended kissing the nose of a hairy mouse! But even though the cold is the illness we most love to hate, we are only a little closer to finding a cure for it.

       Scientists have discovered, through thousands of different tests and experiments, that a cold is not caused by a single virus, but by many. They have proved that people under stress are more likely to catch colds, although why this happens is still unknown. Experiments also showed that women suffer more colds than men. But again, scientists are unable to explain why this is so.

       Another experiment proved that getting cold does not cause colds. For this experiment, one group of human volunteers were showered with water and then made to stand in a windy corridor. Another group remained dry and inside a heated room. While you might expect people in the first group to catch cold more easily, they didn’t.

       One other thing that we now know is that colds are spread by water vapour from breath. This would explain why colds are more common in the winter than at other times: people spend more time indoors closer to other people, and also away from fresh air.

Question No.23. According to the talk, what did the Roman historian recommend doing in order to cure colds?

Question No.24. Which group of people are more likely to catch colds?

Quest

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