15.
M: Hi, Susan! Have you finished reading the book Professor Johnson recommended?
W: Oh, I haven' t read it through the way I read a novel. I just read a few chapters which interested me.
Q: What does the woman mean?
A) She seldom reads books from cover to cover.
B) She is interested in reading novels.
C) She read only part of the book.
D) She was eager to know what the book was about.
16.
M: Jane missed the class again, didn't she? I wonder why?
W: Well, I knew she had been absent all week. So I called her this morning to see if she was sick. It turned out that her husband was badly injured in a car accident.
Q: What does the woman say about Jane?
A) She was absent all week owing to sickness.
B) She was seriously injured in a car accident.
C) She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized.
D) She had to be away from school to attend to her husband.