III Reading Comprehension
A
1. To get advice on which courses to take.
2. Sometimes it is hard for them to get into required courses.
B
1. Li3 Da4cheng2
2. November, 1962
3. Shanghai Foreign Language Institute
4. English
5. Four years
6. Bachelor (xue2shi4)
7. It's handwritten towards lower mid-right. Hu2 Meng3hao4.
8. July 10, 1984
C
1. Telling jokes.
2. To take an exam.
3. Yes, but his name was last on the list of those who passed.
4. If his son had passed the exam or not.
5. Because his son hadn't passed. (Embarrassing!)
6. That Sun Shan's own name was last on the list and the
neighbor's son's name was behind that. His son didn't pass.