23. (A) He has been asked to join the committee.
(B) There are several new people on the committee.
(C) He'd like to take the woman's place on the committee.
(D) The woman should try to join the committee.

24. (A) Choose the gift she will buy.
(B) Decide on the paper for the gift.
(C) Go to Customer Service.
(D) Wrap the gift herself.

25. (A) Move the plants away from the window.
(B) Water the plants more often.
(C) Put the plants in a place where there is more sunlight.
(D) Let her take care of the plants for a while.

27.(A) Sally should think more before talking.
(B) She doesn't think Sally listens well either.
(C) She doesn't understand the man's point.
(D) Sally is preparing for her role in a play.

28.(A) The meeting is not expected to last a long time.
(B) He expects to meet the woman at the meeting.
(C) Members will be told to be brief in their comments.
(D) Committee members will be informed.

29. (A) The frame is not too expensive.
(B)The woman paid too much for the poster.
(C) The poster looks better without the frame.
(D) The woman got a bargain.

30. (A) She expects Mary to win.
(B) She thinks Mary will run again in the next election.
(C) Mary shouldn't have campaigned against Steve.
(D) The man should vote for Mary in the election.

31. (A) To improve his skating techniques.
(B) To take a vacation.
(C) To take a vacation.
(D) To learn to ski.

32. (A) Her sister lives there.
(B) She attended college there.
(C) She lives thirty minutes from there.
(D) She visited there last year.

33. (A) He has been to New Mexico many times.
(B) He has just graduated from college.
(C) He enjoys sports.
(D) He has relatives in Albuquerque.

34. (A) The low humidity.
(B) The changing climate.
(C) The high altitude.
(D) The extreme temperatures.

35. (A) All students pay the same amount per year.
(B) Students choose how many meals a week they will pay for.
(C) Students get money back for meals they don't eat.
(D) Some students get free meals.

36. (A) When they get the meal.
(B) At the beginning of the week.
(C) At the beginning of the year.
(D) At the end of the year.

37. (A) They can invite guests to meals at a reduced price.
(B) They receive cards that allow them to be served first.
(C) They can help decide what will be on the menu.
(D) They pay less per meal than those who eat there only part of the time.

38. (A) By paying for meals one at a time.
(B) By borrowing a student's meal card.
(C) By ordering their meals in advance.
(D) By buying a weekend meal card.

39. (A) She works fir a museum.
(B) She's a Lincoin scholar.
(C) She does it as a hobby.
(D) She teachers a course on currency exchange.

40. (A) They identify the city where the penny was minted.
(B) They are the initials of a famous coin collector.
(C) They stand for the government agency that mints coins.
(D) They are the initials of the person who created the penny's design.

41. (A) All of her friends collected them.
(B) Pennies were cheap to collect.
(C) Someone gave her a rare penny.
(D) She needed the money.

42. (A) Trade coins with club members.
(B) Show the audience her coins.
(C) Explain how the penny is minted.
(D) Discuss the life of Lincoln.

43. (A) The male and female wasps together.
(B) The male wasp.
(C) The female wasp.
(D) The new offspring.

44. (A) Only female wasps transmit diseases.
(B) Male wasps do not leave the nest.
(C) Female wasps are bigger than males.
(D) Only female wasps have stingers.

45. (A) To protect the nest.
(B) To lay eggs.
(C) To gather food.
(D) To replace nest cells.

46. (A) Mud.
(B) Stone.
(C) Paper.
(D) Grass.

47. (A) Jefferson's view about commercialized agriculture.
(B) International trade in the nineteenth century.
(C) Improvements in farm machinery in the United States.
(D) Farmers' loss of independence.