【正文】 every day. Q: What will be possible if you give and sacrifice according to the woman? 2. W: Do you think we should give aid to people in need? M: I think it39。t push her away. Q: Why does the little sister need the man more? 5. W: My mother never plained about hard work in front of the family. M: Wow, that39。s handicapped and he has a lot to share. M: I39。s why I love her so much. Q: Why does the woman love her mother? 8. W: Hey, I heard you spend your evenings at the home for the elderly. M: Some evenings. I39。s what friends are for. Q: Why does the man tell the woman NOT to worry? 10. W: My mother never interrupted me while I told her my problems. M: Sometimes that39。t think so. The student was clearly bothered by something pretty big. I don39。m calling from the university. M: I was hoping to hear from you. Have I been accepted? W: We39。ve received your application to enter our school, but I39。m afraid so. We like to keep plete records. M: OK. The truth is that my father wasn39。s the only real parent I have. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. What was the man expecting to find out? 2. How will the university let the man know whether he is accepted or not? 3. Who did the man leave off of his form? 4. What do the people at the university feel it necessary to do? 5. Why is the man39。t have helped. Fires, you know, are dangerous. By thinking about myself first, I39。t have many problems. There are people in this world who are caring. I suppose it is good that our world has such people, because they help others. Still, I try not to learn anything from these good people. Goodness, after all, has a price. My friend is one of those good people. He once saved a child from a fire. He was the right man at the right time. The child was lucky. My friend was there and not me. Because I would39。m sorry. M: It39。t fill it all out. In the place where we request family information, you wrote that you have a mother and a younger sister. M: Uhhuh. W: Well, you didn39。t why I39。d like to tell you about it. Looking at me now, you might not guess that I was not very popular when I started my university studies. I was thin and didn39。re kidding! Is everyone OK? M: Yeah. The teacher managed to take the gun from him. W: Our history teacher? M: That39。t have time. Q: How does the man feel about going to the home for the elderly? 9. W: You are the first person to extend help when I needed it. M: Don39。s father? 7. M: I saw you talking to your mother at dusk. W: Yeah, even though she39。s mother never plain about? 6. W: You39。t so unusual. After all, it isn39。s idea, you should talk about what he39。s generation was so great? 5. How did Grandpa really bee so rich? Passage Preparing teens for life after high school is an important task for parents. Deb, a mother of four, municates with her children often. When her daughter Kate became interested in art, Deb took her on a tour of the Disney Studios to show Kate how she could make her dreams e true. What if your teen is about to begin his junior year and you haven39。t take it to heart, OK? What do you know about your grandpa? M: I know he worked hard. W: That39。ve got to go now. W: Huh? Where do you think you39。t know what39。re misleading. Anyway, it39。m sorry, but I just don39。m a grown woman, and you can39。ll be back late. M: Him again? I wish you wouldn39。re entitled to everything we have! W: Well, I feel it39。t the woman get a piercing in her nose? 6. W: What bugs you most about your daughter39。m just worried about him doing something that will ruin his life. Q: Why is the woman worried about her son? 5. W: Get a piercing in my nose? No way! My parents would be angry! M: You39。s music. M: Leave him alone about it. After all, your mother didn39。t let a little fear stop you from getting what you want. The best way to learn English is to surround yourself with it. The more English material you have around you, the faster you will learn and the more likely you will begin thinking in English. Music can be a very effective tool to learning English. The best way is to use the lyrics and try to read them as the artist sings. This way you can practice your listening and reading at the same time. Watching English movies is not only fun but also very effective. By watching English movies, you can expand your vocabulary and learn the natural flows of speech from actors. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard. 1. What is the biggest problem that many English learners have? 2. Why do some English learners NOT speak English at all? 3. What is the best way to learn English according to the speaker? 4. What is the best way to learn English through music? 5. How can you benefit from watching English movies? VOA The College Board says its Advanced Placement program will add four new languages for American high school students. Mandarin Chinese along with Italian will be added within three years. Japanese and Russian will be offered later. This means the best high school students will be able to take collegelevel courses in