Task 1

A.
1. She wanted to see St. Paul’s Cathedral.
2. She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike.
3. They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers.
4. She had often read about them and seen photographs of them. They all looked as if they were wearing a uniform.
5. No, he didn’t.
6. He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his opinion.

B. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be!

Task 2

A.
1. people were much busier
2. colder than England, minus thirty degrees, last longer
3. much more mountainous, much higher and much more rocky, more beautiful
4. tend to be more crowded
5. the houses, smaller

B.
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. F

Task 3

A.
1. In the US, people usually dance just to enjoy themselves; they don’t invite other people to watch them.
2. Usually eight people dance together.
3. People form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of the square.
4. He usually makes it into a song.
5. They wear old-fashioned clothes.
B. Remember what I said in class about plurals. Sometimes it is difficult to hear the “s” on the end of a word, but you can still tell if it is a singular or plural by paying attention to if there is an article such as (a, an) in front of the word. If there is such an article in front of the word, it is singular e.g. a book. If not, it is plural e.g. the books or some books. Also pay attention to the verb form. This can change when you go from singular to plural e.g. the book is on the table; the books are on the table.
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T
C.
1. eight people form a square, on each side of the square
2. what they should do, makes it into a song, sings it
3. don’t have much time to think
4. old-fashioned clothes

Task 4 skip

Task 5

A. Remember to pay attention to what I say about certain questions before I play the tape. I have gone through these tasks beforehand and I know what the trick questions are. These are questions that require you to think a little longer about the answer. Sometimes the obvious answer is, in fact, incorrect; and the less-obvious answer is the correct one. I suggest you mark off in your book those questions which I tell to you to pay attention to. Then when you go to answer them, you will take extra time to think and improve your chances of choosing the correct answer.
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. T
7. T

B. skip

Task 6

A.
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
B. skip
C.
1. mother, father, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby
2. only the parents and the children
3. previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriages into a new family

Task 7
A. table
both, men, both, women, men, men, women, women, women, women, men, women
B.
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. C

Task 8 skip

Task 9 dictation

Social customs and ways of behaving change. But they do not necessarily always change for the better. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room. The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable; especially if they are your guests.