Question

II Listen to the passage and choose the best answers.

() 1. were going to send their first men to the moon.

   A. The Americans   B. The Australians   C. The Englishmen

() 2. The Australian and the Englishman were watching TV .

   A. in the cinema   B. outside a shop   C. in a restaurant

() 3. The Englishman thought .

   A. the Americans were clever

   B. the Australians were clever

   C. the Englishmen were clever

() 4. Both the Englishman and the Australian knew that .

   A. the moon was much farther away from the earth than the sun

   B. the sun was much farther away from the earth than the moon

   C. the sun was much hotter in the day than at night

() 5. The Australian thought that .

   A. the sun was very hot at night

   B. the sun is not hot at night

   C. the sun was too cold for people to go to at night

Answer 1

1. A  2.C 3.A  4,B 5.B

   When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon,an old Australian was watching TV in a restaurant. There was an Englishman in the restaurant,too. And he said to the Australian, “The Americans are clever,aren’t they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It is a very long way from our world. ” “Oh,that's nothing,” the Australian answered quickly. U0ur country is going to send some people to the sun in a few months. That's much farther away than the moon,you know. ” “Oh,yes,it is ,” the Englishman said ,
   

   “but the sun is too hot for people to go to. ” The Australian laughed and said ,“Wewon’t go to the sun in the day,of course. We’ll go there at night. ”