A2.

2 LISTENING

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5

1. The main characters in the 1. Peggy and Maddie noticed 1. The color of the sharpener was 1. Maddie felt glad about not 1. Wanda won the medal for the
story are Wanda, Peggy, and that Wanda was not in her red. making fun of Wanda. girls and Jack Beggles won the
Maddie. seat. medal for the boys.

2. The story happened in the 2. Boggins Heights was good for 2. A slight frown puckered on 2. Maddie wished she had the 2. The judges thought that any
school. picking wildflower in the Maddie’s forehead. nerve to write Peggy a note. one of Wanda’s drawings was
summer. worthy of winning the prize.

3. Wanda usually sat in the next 3. The people called old man 3. Maddie’s question was, “How 3. Maddie started writing a note 3. Maddie and Peggy were the
to the last seat in the last row. Svenson no good because he had the hundred dresses game to Peggy when she finished first to reach the blackboard to
didn’t work. begun?” her arithmetic. look at the drawings.

4. No one really knows why she 4. Wanda’s brother was Jake. 4. They turned to Maple Street. 4. Maddie’s mother tried to 4. The monitor from the
was seated there. disguise the dress with new principal’s office brought a
trimmings so that no one in note to Miss Mason.
Room 13 would recognize it.

5. Wanda lived in Boggins 5. The names that were easy to 5. They were all exclaiming about 5. If Peggy could only decide on 5. The letter was all about
Heights. say in Room 13 were Thomas, Cecile’s crimson dress with cap her own accord, she would Wanda not coming to school
Smith, and Allen. and socks to match. stop having fun with Wanda. anymore.

6. The students sometimes 6. Wanda always wore a faded 6. Jake had to get to school very 6. Peggy was the best-liked girl in 6. Wanda and Jake won’t come
waited for Wanda to have fun blue dress. early because he helped the the whole room. to school anymore because
with her. school janitor clean before they moved to a big city.
school opened.

7. The teacher and probably Big 7. Wanda said she has one/a 7. Wanda’s pale blue dress 7. When the teacher tried to help 7. The letter was from Jan
Bill Byron noticed Wanda's hundred dresses. looked like a piece of the sky Wanda, she just stood there Petronski, Wanda’s father.
absence on Tuesday. in the summer. until the teachers told her to
sit down.
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DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10

1. Maddie hoped that they would 1. Maddie and Peggy wrote a 1. The main characters in the 1. James’ foot slipped and he fell 1. Not far away, in the middle of
find Wanda. friendly letter to Wanda. story is James Henry Trotter. flat on his face in the grass the garden, James could see
when he was passing the giant peach towering over
underneath the old peach everything else.
tree.
2. The old rickety house belongs 2. They mailed the letter to 2. The story happened in London. 2. The tiny green things were 2. James noticed that there was a
to old man Svenson. Boggins Heights. scattered in all directions hole in the side of the peach
when James fell. while he was rubbing his
cheeks against the peach.

3. The Petronskis’ house looks 3. They felt happier and more 3. James’ parents were suddenly 3. When James was about to 3. James poked his head and
shabby but clean. carefree the minute they eaten up by an enormous start chopping away again, he shoulders inside when he knelt
dropped the letter on the angry rhinoceros in London. heard a shout behind him that down in front of the hole.
mailbox. made him stop and run.

4. The cat was crouching on the 4. Jack Beggles drew a jolly fat 4. James’ horrible aunts were 4. Aunt Spiker saw a peach. 4. The wall inside the tunnel
one small step close to the Santa Clause in red and white Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. were wet and sticky.
front door. chalk on one narrow
blackboard.

5. They saw nothing inside 5. The children in Peggy and 5. James has been living with his 5. Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge 5. James noticed a small door cut
Wanda’s house. Maddie’s class had a Christmas aunts for three whole years. were standing underneath the into the face of the peach
party on the last day of school peach tree. stone.
before the holidays

6. If they write a letter to Wanda, 6. The children were acting the 6. James was chopping woods 6. Aunt Sponge suggested that 6. The small door swung open
the post office might forward story of Tiny Tim. while his aunts were sitting they should eat the peach. when he gave a push.
it. and sipping lemonade.

7. The girls were feeling 7. Wanda’s letter said about 7. James hid himself behind that 7. The peach was growing and 7. James’ knees were shaking so
downcast and discouraged where she would give the clump of dirty old laurel it’s getting bigger and bigger much that he had to sit down
when they closed the door and dresses. bushes. as they were staring at the again on the floor because he
started for home. peach. heard voices coming from the
peach.
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DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 DAY 15

1. Miss Spider’s bed was hanging 1. The whole thing became a 1. Half of Earthworm looked like 1. Earthworms eat the soil to 1. Everybody was arguing about
from the ceiling. nightmare as soon as the a great, thick, juicy, pink make it nice, light, and the best way to get the paint
peach rolled out of the garden. sausage. crumbly. off from Centipede’s body.

2. James likes his bed soft. 2. They were bobbing up and 2. James was crouching close 2. Ladybugs gobble up all the 2. Centipede’s legs were sticking
down in the middle of the sea. beside Earthworm waiting for nasty little insects on the farm. out straight in front of him.
the first seagull in tunnel
entrance.

3. There were 21 pairs of boots 3. A strong current and high wind 3. Old-Green-Grasshopper and 3. James’ special question for 3. It was a rainbow paint.
lined up in a row on the floor. carried the peach so quickly Ladybug were holding on to Ladybug was, “Is it true that I
away from the shore. Earthworm’s tail in the tunnel. can tell how old a Ladybug is
by counting her spots?”

4. Miss Spider made a lovely web 4. Earthworm hates to be happy. 4. The Glow-worm lit up the 4. Aunt Sponge flushed Miss 4. Miss Spider’s grandmother
for herself across one corner room so that the spinners Spider’s father down the lived upside down on the
of the room. could see what they were plughole in the bathtub. ceiling with her legs stuck
doing. permanently in the paint for
six months.
5. James saw a Glow-worm when 5. According to Earthworm, they 5. James watched the seagulls as 5. Silkworm was very tired from 5. Aunt Sponge spotted a spider
he glanced at the ceiling. can’t eat the peach because it came swooping down spinning all the silk for the when she glanced up at the
it’s the only thing that is toward the Earthworm. seagulls. ceiling.
keeping them up.

6. A thick stem attaching to the 6. Earthworm couldn’t think of a 6. They were hurling themselves 6. Old-Green-Grasshopper 6. Old-Green-Grasshopper
tree kept the peach from problem that made everyone at the peach more furiously played the Funeral March on suggested to peel him like a
rolling away. laugh. than ever. his violin. banana.

7. The furniture went sliding 7. The giant peach was like a 7. The peach started rising up 7. A dripping-wet James with a 7. Ladybug suggested to rub him
across the floor and crashed massive golden ball sailing slowly out of the water when dripping wet Centipede with sandpaper.
against the far wall and each upon a silver sea with the James got the five hundred clinging to him tightly with all
other when the peach rolled. sunlight glinting on its side. and first seagull. forty two of his legs appeared
over the side of the peach.
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DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20

1. The seagulls were flying faster 1. In the City of New York, 1. They were clinging desperately 1. James was excitedly telling his
and faster because they got a something like pandemonium to the stem to save story to a group of
bad frighten in the storm. was breaking out. themselves form being flung flabbergasted officials when
into space. they were all safely down.

2. The clouds looked like ghostly 2. Air-raid sirens began wailing in 2. The people were screaming, 2. The Mayor made a speech of
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white in the moonlight. every section. praying, and saying goodbye welcome in the City Hall.
to each other while the peach
was rolling in front of them.

3. The Cloud-Men used long 3. There were one million people 3. Everyone inside the peach was 3. James and his friends were
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hammers to beat the huge walking in the streets on the saying good-bye to each other seated in the leading car
drums. way to work. because they were thinking during the procession.
that they were going to fall
right in among the tallest
buildings. K
4. Cloud-Men’s wives were 4. They saw a monster hovering 4. James could see skyscrapers 4. There was a bit of a hole in the
crouching over the little stoves above them as they looked up rushing up to meet them at bottom of the peach.
with the frying-pans in their into the sky. the most awful speed.
hands.
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5. An immense gray bat-like 5. The mayor of New York called 5. A long sharp point that looked 5. Behind the Mayor’s limousine
creature went swooping down the President of the United like an enormous silver needle came about twenty other
toward them out of the dark. States of America. was on the top of the tallest limousines carrying all the
building. important people in the city.
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6. They all sat in silence as the
sun came up slowly.
6. The President was summoning
his admirals and generals.
6. The peach fell onto the top of
the needle.
6. The little girl in a red dress
shouted to James if she could
have just a tiny taste of the
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marvelous peach.
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7. (Answer may vary) 7. The big news that went out all 7. The giant peach was caught 7. The giant peach was
across America was the and spiked upon the Empire completely eaten up by the
biggest bomb in the history State Building. time the procession was over.
was hovering over New York
City.