A Coincidence in New York
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) What did the narrator want in the public library?
(2) Why did the narrator leave the cinema-like room? a. Because she didn't find the book that she wanted. b. Because it was time that the room should close. c. Because she had waited too long and she wanted to find out what had happened.
(3) How was the woman dressed in the corridor? a. Poorly. b. Beautifully. c. Strangely.
(4) What had happened to the woman, according to her? a. She lost her way home. b. Her handbag had been snatched away, and had no money left to return home. c. She was so poor that she had had nothing to eat all day.
(5) How much did the narrator give that woman? a. Two dollars. b. Ten dollars. c. Twelve dollars.
(6) What had happened to the narrator had when she was in a hotel? a. She saw the woman once again and the woman also recognized her (the narrator). b. She saw the woman once again and the woman wore the same clothes. c. She saw the woman once again and the woman told her the same story.
2. True or False Questions.
(1)
The public library is different from any other libraries because you cannot find a book on a shelf.
(2)
The narrator's attention was attracted by a woman wearing a new fur hat with a long crook-like feather in the library.
(3)
The woman said her handbag and umbrella had been caught in the closing door of the underground train.
(4)
The woman appeared quite innocent after she had opened the bag when the narrator went to get the tea and left her bag on the chair.
(5)
The narrator was surprised to find that there were about fourteen dollars in her bag while she had taken only twelve with her when she set off.
3. Fill in the detailed information according to what you hear on the tape.
So I thought to myself "well, it's
. I wonder if I will
if I go over there. So I went over to the
and took out my
and
and pretended to
my face, when the lady
to me and without
at all
the same story. So I turned to her and looked her
and I said, "You and I
in the public library." And then I
.
A Coincidence in New York
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) What did the narrator want in the public library?
(2) Why did the narrator leave the cinema-like room? a. Because she didn't find the book that she wanted. b. Because it was time that the room should close. c. Because she had waited too long and she wanted to find out what had happened.
(3) How was the woman dressed in the corridor? a. Poorly. b. Beautifully. c. Strangely.
(4) What had happened to the woman, according to her? a. She lost her way home. b. Her handbag had been snatched away, and had no money left to return home. c. She was so poor that she had had nothing to eat all day.
(5) How much did the narrator give that woman? a. Two dollars. b. Ten dollars. c. Twelve dollars.
(6) What had happened to the narrator had when she was in a hotel? a. She saw the woman once again and the woman also recognized her (the narrator). b. She saw the woman once again and the woman wore the same clothes. c. She saw the woman once again and the woman told her the same story.
2. True or False Questions.
(1)
The public library is different from any other libraries because you cannot find a book on a shelf.
(2)
The narrator's attention was attracted by a woman wearing a new fur hat with a long crook-like feather in the library.
(3)
The woman said her handbag and umbrella had been caught in the closing door of the underground train.
(4)
The woman appeared quite innocent after she had opened the bag when the narrator went to get the tea and left her bag on the chair.
(5)
The narrator was surprised to find that there were about fourteen dollars in her bag while she had taken only twelve with her when she set off.
3. Fill in the detailed information according to what you hear on the tape.
So I thought to myself "well, it's
. I wonder if I will
if I go over there. So I went over to the
and took out my
and
and pretended to
my face, when the lady
to me and without
at all
the same story. So I turned to her and looked her
and I said, "You and I
in the public library." And then I
.