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John Millen

Last week, your friend Melissa had a disaster that was pretty bad. Listen to what happened and then answer the questions about the incident
1 Where did Melissa's disaster happen?
 a. in her apartment 
 b. in the office where she works
 c. on her way to work
 2 What is special about Fridays at Melissa's office?
 a. employees can wear informal clothing
 b. everyone in the office behaves casually
 c. the employees get paid
 3 What does Melissa  wear during the week?
 a.
 b.
 c.
 4 What did Melissa expect to happen when she arrived at the office last Friday?
 a. her boss to fire her
 b. her colleagues to admire her new sandals
 c. everyone to joke about her footwear
 5 What caused Melissa's disaster?
 a.
 b.
 c.
 6 Whose fault was the disaster?
 a. nobody's 
 b. her own
 c. her work colleagues
 7 How did Melissa react to the disaster?
 a. she remained calm
 b. she fainted
 c. she panicked
 8 How did another passenger react?
 a. he quickly took emergency measures
 b. he burst out laughing
 c. he told Melissa how foolish she was
 9 Who came to help Melissa?
 a. the boss of the MTR
 b. station staff
 c. the fire and ambulance services 
 10 How did the other people around react to what happened?
 a. they were very supportive
 b. they ran away, terrified
 c. they were angry with Melissa for wasting their time
 11 How did Melissa feel when she calmed down?
a.
 b.
 c.
 12 What did Melissa see after the accident had happened?
 a. a warning notice
 b. an advert for plastic sandals
 c. an amusing cinema poster
 13 What do you think she did with her yellow plastic sandals?
 a. she wore them again the following day
 b. she gave them to her mum
 c. she threw them in the rubbish bin
 14 What lesson  did Melissa learn from the incident?
 a. to be very attentive when she is travelling up or down an escalator.
 b. to be careful when buying new footwear
 c. to always take the stairs, not the escalator, when possible
Answers: 
1. c, 2. a, 3. a, 4. c, 5. c, 6. b, 7. c, 8. a, 9. b, 10. a, 11. b, 12. a, 13. c, 14. a



What a disaster!