听力原文：M: Hurry up, Kate. We'll be late.W: I am hurrying. I can't move any faster.M: It'

听力原文：M: Hurry up, Kate. We'll be late.

W: I am hurrying. I can't move any faster.

M: It's always the same. We can never get anywhere on time.

W: Right! I'm ready. Really, David, if you gave me some help around the house, we'd never have to hurry like this. I can't do everything, you know.

M: Well, we'd better be off. We're late already.

W: Oh, no! It's absolutely pouring. We can't go out in that. We'll be soaked.

M: Nonsense! Come on. It's only a shower. It won't last long.

W: A shower？ That! It's set in for the night. I'm not going out in that.

M: Well, you've got your umbrella, haven't you？ Use that. And anyway. it's only five minutes to the Johnsons' house.

W: It might just as well be five miles in that rain. And I haven't got my umbrella. I left it in the office.

M: That wasn't very clever of you, was it？

W: Well, we could use your umbrella, I suppose.

M: We can't. I left it on the train six weeks ago.

W: Oh, David, Really, you are impossible.

M: Well, we can't stand here all night. We're late enough as it is. Let's go.

W: I'm not going out in that. And that's final.

M: I'd better ring for a taxi then.

W: Yes. You'd better, hadn't you？

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A．Because she hasn't got ready yet.

B．Because she is waiting for David.

C．Because she is waiting for a taxi to pick her up.

D．Because it is raining very hard and she doesn't have an umbrella.