1. Bob and Jessica were on a business-and-pleasure trip to London.

2. They both liked London because they could speak English at a bar or a restaurant.

3. Bob didn’t understand why the English businessmen did not talk business over lunch.

4. All the time Bob was thinking of blue jeans market in England and nothing else.

5. Jessica went up to town and did shopping the whole day.

6. Jessica had a plan to take Bob on a tour of the city of London the next day.

7. Bob would agree to go with her.

8. Bob is a good businessman. London is attractive to him not as a cultural city but as a big market for blue jeans.

9. Bob can speak three languages: English, French and Italian.

10. Bob thought Hemingway might be a businessman in blue jeans like him. This shows he is quite ignorant.

11. Jessica thought London was a dull place, unlike Rome or Paris. The only thing she could do there was going shopping.

12. The Thames River was once called “liquid history” because it had witnessed so many invasions.

13. As husband and wife, Bob and Jessica have the same interests and tastes.

1. Bob liked London because .

A) Mr. Needle was there

B) it was a historical city

C) he enjoyed its food

D) he thought he would make it a big market for jeans

2. Judging from his letter, Bob is the kind of person who .

A) likes to use foreign languages when ordering dinner

B) feels at ease with strangers

C) thinks of making money most of the time

D) enjoys going to the world’s cultural capitals

3. Jessica liked London because .

A) there were dozens of shopping centres in London

B) it was the second largest city in the world

C) it was a cultural city with a long history

D) the Thames ran through the centre of the city

4. Judging from her letter, on a rainy, cold day, Jessica would feel .

A) unhappy about having to stay indoors

B) quite bored and would probably sleep all day

C) very happy to sit at home reading a good book

D) eager to go out and buy clothes

5. The expression “buy up the town” means to .

A) buy everything possible

B) buy something one needs downtown

C) buy a few dresses, hats, etc., that one really doesn’t need

D) buy the whole city

6. In the long history of England, the Thames River was noted for .

A) its beautiful scenery

B) its geographical position

C) the big population of London

D) the dozens of invading armies which had crossed over it

7. If Bob and Jessica had lunch together, which of the following topics do you think they would talk about for a while?

A) The blue jeans market.

B) The writers of the Bloomsbury group.

C) Their impressions of London.

D) The joy of using foreign languages.