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You are going to watch six extracts related to The Simpsons TV series. What is happening in each one? Choose the correct

answer for each question.

a) Fat Guy Hat

1. Homer gets excited because ______________________.

the mail comes

he gets to take a break

his friend comes over for a visit

2. What comes for Lisa?

a letter from the Utne Reader

a letter from Edward James Olmos

a free sample of fabric softener

3. Homer is most excited about getting _________________.

a new hat

a letter from Edward James Olmos

a free sample of fabric softener

4. How many "types of softness" does Homer say that he

feels after putting on his hat?

Two

Three

Four

5. Homer tells Lisa that he's _____________ his fat guy hat.

watching

washing

drying

b) Bart's Cranberry Sauce

1. What's the first thing that Marge tells Bart?

That he needs to help her with something

That he needs to stop eating

That he's in the way

2. Where's the can of cranberry sauce?

On the top shelf of the cupboard

In the cupboard, on the bottom shelf

In the refrigerator

3. Bart says that the can opener __________________.

doesn't work

is not broken

is from a cheap store

4. Whatdoesn'tBart do at the end?

Leave the cranberry sauce on the counter

Put the cranberry sauce in the refrigerator

Leave the kitchen

5. Bart ends up ____________________.

helping his mother a lot

helping his mother a great deal

not really helping his mother at all

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c) No Room in my Brain

1. Homer thinks he can feel better by ____________ malt

liquor.

drinking a lot of

going to buy some

taking a bath in

2. Marge thinks that Homer should ________________.

take an adult education course

go back to university

go back to high school

3. Homer, for the most part, is _________________ the idea.

excited about

indifferent to

annoyed by

4. Homer claims that when he learns something new, he

__________________.

he doesn't remember it for too long

forgets something else

his brain hurts

5. What course has Homer already taken?

A course on how to brew beer

A course on how to make wine at home

A beginner's French course

d) Trapped in Vending Machines

1. Homer volunteered for an army experiment

____________________.

because he's patriotic

because he needed money

to avoid eating dinner with Marge's sisters

2. "You can't back out" means "____________________".

You can't move backwards without looking

You can't promise to do something and then not do it

You can't lie

3. The army doctor warns homer that the serum's side

effects include giddiness, hair loss, and a loss of

____________________.

appetite

motivation

balance

4. Carl asks Homer if he wants to ____________________.

get a beer on the way home

go to his house for beer

buy him a beer

5. What does the expression "stick it to the man" mean?

to steal something

to take revenge on someone who oppresses you

to do something stupid

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e) Free Cable

1. Ned threatens to ______ the cable guy's ears (a colloquial

expression meaning "to hit someone on both ears using the

palms of your hands").

box

punch

beat

2. Why is Ned so angry?

Because the cable guy didn't agree to hook him up

illegally

Because the cable guy offered to hook him up illegally

Because the cable guy told him he wouldn't be getting

the channel he wanted

3. How much does the cable guy charge for an illegal hook-

up?

$500

$150

$50

4. According the pamphlet that Homer gets, it is OK to steak

cable because cable corporations are _________________.

rich

big and faceless

dishonest

5. At the end, Homer cries ___________________.

because he's happy he has free cablebecause he's not sure he did the right thing

because he know that he's stealing cable

f) Looking for Lisa

1. Homer tells Marge ______________________.

to go home

to help him look for Lisa

to keep driving

2. Mr. Burns ______________________.

fires Homer

doesn't recognize Homer

asks Homer for directions

3. Why is the police chief dressed as a woman?

Because he likes dressing as a woman

Because he finds women's clothing more comfortable

Because he's on a stake-out (he's trying to catch a

thief)

4. What does Homer gives the construction worker balloons?

To get permission to use his cherry picker

To get him to look for Lisa

To make him go away

5. Although the construction worker already has balloons, the

ones Homer gives him are ____________________.

not as nice

nicer

just as nice