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Man: A penny for your thoughts.

Woman: Oh! I didn't realise I was looking pensive.

Man: You're not worried about something, are you?

Woman: 'Worried' is probably the wrong word. But I can't help wondering what Charles meant by, "Whitledecker will see what I think of his assignments."

Man: Don't tell me he is still upset that Whitledecker made him rewrite the last paper.

Woman: Upset? He is absolutely furious.

Man: Charles is lucky Whitledecker was decent enough to let him rewrite the paper instead of just giving him a bad grade. Soclwood would have shown no mercy.

Woman: But Charles believes there was nothing wrong with his assignment.

Man: Most people would expect a paper on the late Triassic period to include a mention of dinosaurs, however fleeting.

Woman: In this case he is lucky indeed.

Man: I told him before he handed in his paper but he wouldn't have any of it.

Woman: Still, I hope he isn't going to do anything stupid.

Man: With Charles you never know.

1. What does the man mean when he says, "A penny for your thoughts"?

a. What are you thinking?

b. What you think is useless.

c. Your ideas always pay off.

d. You have very good ideas.

2. What is the woman doing when she is 'pensive'?

a. smiling  b. thinking

c. weeping  d. feeling sleepy

3. What does the man think of the professor's action?

a. mean  b. generous

c. insufficient  d. outrageous

4. What does Charles study?

a. heraldry  b. alchemy

c. sociology  d. palaeontology

5. What does the man think of Charles?

a. reliable  b. creative

c. irrational  d. imaginative

 

Solutions

1. a. 2. b. 3. b. 4. d. 5. c.

By MrTest