Section One



Text A

1. Listen to Text A twice. Do not look at your book. Put down the key words while listening. Then answer the following questions on Text A.
   1) What is the text about?
   2) What did Mr Bleaucher assure Mr Walker of?
   3) How was the woman Mr Bleaucher recommended selected?
   4) How did Mr Bleaucher categorize people?
   5) Why did Mr Bleaucher fling open the door?
   6) How did Mr Walker feel about Miss Dunfield?
   7) What did they talk about?
   8) Why did both of them look through the papers glued with an IBM card?
   9) What information did the computer provide about Mr Walker? And about Miss Dunfield?
   10) Who do you think was the real match-maker?
   11) What has become of this marriage?
2. Listen to Text A again. Then try to retell the story in your own words with the help of the following phrases.
   be pleased with
   turn out
   look through
   put down
   end in