W: OK. But well have to leave very early, or else well get caught in the traffic.
Q: What does the woman suggest?
8. M: Do you know James? He is in your class.
W: Certainly. In fact he was the first person I got to know in my class. I still remember the look on his face when he showed up late on the first day of school.
Q: Why did the woman remember James so well?
9. W: The man at the garage thinks that I take good care of my car.
M: So do I. I cant see any scratches on the outside, and the inside is clean, too.
Q: What does the man think of the womans car?
10. M: Wonderful day, isnt it? Want to join me for a swim?
W: If you dont mind waiting while I get prepared.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Passage One
A friend of mine told me that when he was a young man, he went to work as a teacher in one of the states of India. One day, he received an invitation to dinner at the rulers palace. Very pleased, he went to tell his colleagues. They laughed, and told him the meaning of the invitation. They had all been invited, and each person who was invited had to bring with him a certain number of silver and gold coins. The number of coins varied according to the persons position in the service of the government. My friends income was not high, so he did not have much to pay. Each person bowed before the ruler, his gold went onto one hip, his silver went onto another hip. And in this way he paid his income tax for the year. This was a simple way of collecting income tax. The tax on property was also collected simply. The ruler gave a man the power to collect a tax from each owner of land or property in a certain area, if this man promised to pay the ruler a certain amount of money. Of course, the tax collector managed to collect more money than he paid to the ruler. The difference between the sum of money he collected and the sum of money he gave to the ruler was his profit.
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