Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• He has been going to parties.: He attributes his late homecoming to overtime, not parties.
• He has been taking evening walks.: Evening walks are not his reason.
• He has been looking for someone.: He is not described as searching for anyone.

Correct Answer: A woman being robbed in the neighbourhood.

Why this is correct: Mrs. Annie reports a woman was robbed nearby.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Late-night transport being cancelled.: No cancelled transport is reported.
• Residents being ordered home early.: No instruction ordering residents home early is reported.
• Her family needing to move away.: Mrs. Annie does not report that her family must move.

Correct Answer: He cannot change where he works just because of the safety problems.

Why this is correct: Mrs. Annie says Martin cannot change where he works just because of the safety problems.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Nothing can be done to improve local safety.: She proposes safety measures, so she does not say improvement is impossible.
• The residents are already completely safe.: She describes robberies, not complete safety.
• Traffic prevents older residents from working.: She does not discuss traffic preventing work.

Correct Answer: She thinks cameras would not deter crime enough.

Why this is correct: She says cameras are not much of a deterrent, then favours the security guard idea.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• She thinks cameras are too expensive.: She does not object to the price of cameras.
• She thinks residents should never discuss security.: She encourages raising security at a residents’ meeting.
• She thinks all cameras would be stolen.: A theft of all cameras is not predicted.

Correct Answer: Sunday afternoon.

Why this is correct: Martin asks about Sunday, and Mrs. Annie gives twelve o’clock in the afternoon.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Sunday morning.: Twelve in the afternoon is not morning.
• Sunday evening.: The stated meeting is not in the evening.
• Saturday night.: They say Sunday, not Saturday.