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Listen to a man and a woman talking about a TV show. Choose the correct words to each sentence. 1. "Say Yes to the Dress" is mainly about a store where ...

2. The woman thinks that the show is ...

3. At first, the man think that the show seems ...

4. One woman on the show cried because ...

5. One woman on the show was able to get a dress because __________ gave her money for it.

6. At the end of the show, they sometimes show ...

B. Complete the sentences. 7. City Hall is a place __________ a city official often performs __________.

8. A __________ is a person __________ business is finding partners for others.

9. I have a lot of friends __________ sons are _________. They haven't gotten married yet.

10. Many people cry at the end of a wedding. __________ the couple exchanges __________.

11. There was a touching moment at my friends' wedding reception __________ the __________ said something nice about the bride and groom.

C. Complete the sentences. Choose the word with the OPPOSITE meaning of the word in parentheses. 12. We should __________ Tom's proposal for hiring an assistant. (accept)

13. What's the __________ of hiring someone locally? (benefit)

14. Do you think that the __________ of culture in modern society is a concern? (loss)

15. The company wants to sell holiday cards that appeal to a __________ market. (local)

16. The fireworks celebration in town will __________ past traditions. (revive)

17. In what ways are commercial holidays a(n) __________? (threat)

Rewrite the sentences. Use either indirect object + direct object (e.g., my sister + a birthday cake) or direct object + prepositional phrase (e.g., a birthday cake + for my sister), if the sentence cannot be rewritten, copy the sentence as it is. Example: I made my sister a birthday cake. I made a birthday cake for my sister. 18. I like making homemade snacks for my guests.

19. I usually offer them to my guests before dinner.

20. I don't usually give my friends birthday gifts.

21. I bought my sister a sweater.

22. Then she lent it to her friend.

23. I sometimes send birthday cards to my cousins.

E. Choose the correct words to complete the conversations. 24. A: What do you think of this dress my mother bought me? It's not me, is it? B: I guess it's __________ your style. You usually wear modern clothes.

25. A: What did you think of the movie? B: It was __________ bizarre.

26. A: Did you like the food at Matt's party? B: You know, I'm __________ sure. I mean, some of it was good, but a lot of it was too spicy.

27. A: Did you and Kim have fun shopping? B: Well, yes, but I'm __________ annoyed with her. She didn't invite me to her party!

F. Read the article. Then read the statements and choose True, False, or NG if the information is not give. 28. Gift giving is not a recent field of study.

29. The guests at a potlatch give food or money.

30. Potlatch ceremonies involve most of the families in a village.

31. A minority of Americans think that holidays are too materialistic.

32. Experts think that gift-giving traditions should be dismissed.

33. Gift-giving can help make relationships stronger.