[originaltext]M: I am so relieved that I just finished the story I was working

M: I am so relieved that I just finished the story I was working on for our creative writing course.
W: I haven’t quite finished mine yet. I had trouble getting pass the beginning.
M: How come?
W: Well, I was really happy to write a detective story. But after the first few pages, I was sort of frozen up mentally. I just couldn’t write any more.
M: The same thing happened to me. I thought it meant I lack imagination.
W: Well, Prof. Wilson said it’s pretty common for writers to get stuck like that.
M: You went to talk to her about it?
W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the assignment, but instead she gave me some advice about how to keep from getting stalled like that. She said that the first thing I should do is just write anything that comes into my head even if it doesn’t make any sense, sort of warm-up exercises.
M: That is interesting. When I get stuck, I shift to something else, you know, do some work for one of my other courses.
W: Well, her methods seem to have worked for me. I’ve written most of the story, and I should be able to hand it in on time. But first, I need to go to the jewelry store.
M: You are going shopping? Can’t you wait until you finish your story?
W: I am going there for my story. My detective solves a jewelry store robbery. So I want to take a look at how the jewelry cases are arranged, where the security cameras are located, that sort of thing.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. What is the woman writing for her creative writing course?
6. What did the woman go to Prof. Wilson for?
7. What does the man do when he gets stuck in writing?
8. Why is the woman going to the jewelry store?