Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Directions:In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
    16.
  • A Reading books of wisdom.
  • B Tidying up one's home.
  • C Sharing with others.
  • D Donating to charity.
    17.
  • A Things that make one happy.
  • B Things that are becoming rare.
  • C Things that occupy little space.
  • D Things that cost a lot of money.
    18.
  • A Itjoined the city's clean-up campaign.
  • B It sold as many as fifty boxes of books.
  • C It received an incredibly large number of donated books.
  • D It did little business because of the unusual cold weather.