23. (A) Put a little more pepper in the stew.

　　(B) Taste the stew to see if it needs paper.

　　(C) Check the recipe to see if they followed it correctly.

　　(D) Serve the stew as it is.

　　24. (A) She wants to know where Tom heard the stories.

　　(B) She's surprised Tom was so serious last night.

　　(C) Tom doesn't usually tell funny stories.

　　(D) The stories probably weren't true.

　　25. (A) He plans to sell the books to a collector.

　　(B) He won't sell the books until he has read them.

　　(C) The books probably aren't worth a lot of money.

　　(D) The woman can borrow any of the books if she wants to.

　　26. (A) Leave with the man.

　　(B) Get ready to leave for the weekend.

　　(C) Stay where she is for the weekend.

　　(D) Meet the man later.

　　27. (A) The man is upset that the wasn't invited to the party.

　　(B) The man and the woman live in different buildings.

　　(C) The woman's friends were louder than she expected they would be.

　　(D) The woman hadn't intended to serve food and beverages at the party.

　　28. (A) Mary hadn't planned to attend the seminar.

　　(B) Mary has been ill for several weeks.

　　(C) Mary forgot about the seminar.

　　(D) Mary wasn't able to attend the seminar.

　　29. (A) Do more research before they meet.

　　(B) Meet several days before the presentation.

　　(C) Change the day of the presentation.

　　(D) Try to solve the problems before they meet.

　　30. (A) She'll talk to Judy about the problem.

　　(B) She may not be available later to help the man.

　　(C) She isn't sure if Judy can solve the problem.

　　(D) The man will be able to solve the problem himself.