A、A year ago. B、Recently. C、Six months ago. D、Half a month ago. C

M: Hello, I’m calling about the job you advertised in Wednesday’s newspaper. It sounds suitable for me.
W: Yes, we did advertise for somebody on Wednesday, but that’s two days ago. Now we have already had one for the job.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

M: What do you think of the book written by a young writer?
W: Oh, it’s marvelous. I have read some of his books. For this one I read it half a year ago.
Q: When did the woman read the book mentioned by the man?