Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices A , B, C, and D.
听力原文：M: Mary, will you come home right after class today？
W: I'm afraid not. There will be a class meeting after class. I won't be able to come home until 10:00.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation'？
（1)
A．Mary will come home after class.
B．Mary is going to attend the class meeting at 10: 00.
C．The class meeting will be over at 10: 00.
D．Mary will come home late because of the class meeting.

听力原文：Why did the man also want to buy a dress？
（8)
A．As a present to his wife.
B．As a present to his girl friend.
C．As a present to his daughter.
D．As a present to his sister.

The author mentions Lilly Ledbetter's case to show that ______.
A．she did not receive equal treatment as her male colleagues
B．her complaint is not timely enough to be validated
C．the new rule is problematic in practice due to its ambiguous wording
D．there is pay discrimination against women at work

The word "fizzle" in the first sentence of paragraph 4 can best be paraphrased as ______.
A．make voice
B．fail
C．come out
D．stagger

Harriet Moore luxury bags are______for their small logo and timeless designs.
A．fine
B．styled
C．current
D．popular

The report showed four out of 10 cities ______had poor drinking water standards.
A．looked
B．surveyed
C．prepared
D．measured