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 5. Homer tells Lisa that he's _____________ his fat guy hat. watching washing drying 4. How many "types of softness" does Homer say that he feels after putting on his hat? Two Three Four

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. What doesn't Bart 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

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 5. What does the expression "stick it to the man" mean? 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 to steal something to take revenge on someone who oppresses you to do something stupid 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

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 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 cable because he's not sure he did the right thing because he know that he's stealing cable 3. How much does the cable guy charge for an illegal hookup? $500 $150 $50

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? just as nice 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