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Listening Section
In this section of the test, you will have the chance to
show how well you understand spoken English. There are three parts to this
section with special directions for each part.
PART I: Questions 1 to 4.
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues and
questions spoken in English. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken
twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully
to understand what the speakers are saying.
After you listen to the
dialogue and the question about it, read the five possible
answers, and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have
heard. Now listen to a sample question.
You will hear
Man : How can I help
you, Mum?
Woman : Please buy a
kilo of rice, two kilos of sugar, a half kilo of eggs and a pack of tea.
Man : Do you need
some chicken nuggets?
Woman : No, we still
have some in the refrigerator.
Narrator : What shouldn’t the man buy?
A. Eggs.
B. Tea.
C. Rice.
D. Sugar.
E. Nuggets.
Narrator : The best answer to the question “What shouldn’t
the man buy?” is nuggets. Therefore you should answer (E).
Number 1
Man : Hot today,
isn’t?
Woman : Yes, it is. I
wish that it would rain and cool off.
Man : Me too. This
is unusual for March. I don’t remember it ever being so hot and dry in
March before.
Narrator : According
to the conversation, what kind of weather is usual for March?
A. Warm.
B. Drier.
C. Hotter.
D. Cooler.
E. Very hot.
Number 2
Man : An oil and gas
company is carrying out a science competition to support its effort to
provide means of educating the nation’s youth.
Woman : Are all
students allowed to take part in the competition?
Man : Oh yes.
College students from all the country’s provinces.
Narrator : What is
the topic of the dialog?
A. A sport
competition.
B. Nation’s youth
education.
C. The country’s
college students.
D. Oil and gas
company’s science competition.
E. Means of educating
the nation’s youth.
Number 3
Man : I don’t know
what to order. I could drink everything on the menu.
Woman : Why don’t you
try guava juice, orange juice or ice tea?
Man : Guava juice
sounds good. I’ll take it.
Woman : I think I’ll
have a big glass of cola float.
Narrator : What would
the woman do?
A. Take a guava
juice.
B. Order an orange
juice.
C. Try an ice tea.
D. Order a cola
float.
E. Drink mineral
bottled water.
Number 4
Man : Who wrote
that exciting spy adventure novel, Topez ?
Woman : That was Lion
Yuris.
Man : Didn’t he
also write the famous stories about bullfighting in Tempelona, Spain.
Woman : No, that was
Ernest Hamingway.
Narrator : What did
Lion Yuris do?
A. He was spy.
B. He was a
bullfighter.
C. He wrote famous
stories.
D. He wrote about
bullfighting.
E. He wrote an
adventure novel.
PART II Questions 5 to 6.
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some incomplete
dialogues spoken in English, followed by four responses, also spoken inn
English. The dialogues and the responses will be spoken twice. They
will not be printed
in your test
book, so you must
listen carefully to
understand what the
speakers are saying. You have to
choose the best response to each question. Now listen to a sample question.
Woman : Do you have any plans for next weekend?
Man : I am thinking of going mountain climbing.
Woman : That’s interesting. Can I go with you?
Man : Sure. Do you have any suggestions for
activities there?
Woman : …
Narrator : What does the woman probably respond?
A. Sorry, but I don’t
know much about that.
B. Yes, we could have
a barbeque there.
C. Yes, I think that
mountain is too high.
D. Yes, I really love
mountain climbing.
Narrator : The
best answer to
the question “What
does the woman
probably respond?” is “Yes, we
could have a barbeque there.” Therefore you should choose
answer (B).
Number 5
Woman : Whose car is
it in front of my house?
Man : It is yours,
Madam. Congratulations. An air company had decided that you won the
painting competition which was held last month.
Woman : …..
Narrator : What would
the woman reply?
A. You had better not
do that.
B. The painting
competition was really tough.
C. Are you sure? I
can’t believe it.
D. The car is very
unique.
Number 6
Man : Hi Anita. We
finish the national exam today. We can refresh our mind. How do you
feel?
Woman : ….
Narrator : What does
the girl probably response?
A. I’m very doubtful.
B. I’m very stress
C. I’m very obsess
D. I’m very relieve.
PART III Questions 7 to 10
Directions:
In this part
of the test,
you will hear
several monologues. Each
monologue will be
spoken twice. They will
not be printed
in your test
book, so you
must listen carefully
to understand what
the
speakers are saying. After you hear the monologue and the
question about it, read the five possible answers and decide which one would be
the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following monologue.
Angkor Wat was faced a Hindu temple, a man of Budhist temple
completed in Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world. The
temple was built by the Khmer King, Suryawarman II in the early twelveth
century in Yosadapura, the capital of the Khmer Empire as this temple of
eventual moslem. It is dedicated to Wisnu. It is designed to represent Khmer
Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mithology within the mouth and has an outer
wall which is 3 to 7 km long. It has three rectangular galleries which races
about the neck. At the centre of the temple stand Queen Cap of Tower.
Number 7, what is the monolog about?
A. Gallery complex.
B. Buddhist
mythology.
C. Cambodia.
D. Khmer Empire.
E. Angkor Wat.
Number 8, in the twelveth century which Empire was strong
enough to build the biggest temple of the world?
A. Old Empire.
B. Yosadapura Empire.
C. Meru Empire.
D. The King Empire.
E. Khmer Empire.
Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following monologue.
Once upon a time, a mouse who always slept on the land had
found an unlucky chance for the intimate
accountance with a frog who lived
for the mouse herd in the water. One day, the frog was intent
on making mischief.
He tight the
foot of the
mouse tightly to
his arm. Once
joined together, the frog lady’s friend, the male went to the meadow
where usually searched for food.
He gradually led
the mouse for the
pond in which
he lived and
when reaching the
bank of the water, he suddenly jumped in, dragging
the mouse in with him.The frog really enjoyed the water and swam croaking
about, ignoring the dead mouse body floating about on the surface.
A hawk observed
the floating mouse from
the sky and
flied down and
grabbed with his
talon carrying back to his nest. The frog still being fasten to the leg
of the mouse was also carried over as prisoner and was eaten by the hawk.
Number 9, who lived in the pond?
A. The poor mouse.
B. The prisoners.
C. The frog.
D. The mouse.
E. The hawk.
Number 10, how did the hawk caught the mouse?
A. By using his beak.
B. By using his
talons.
C. By shouting
loudly.
D. By flying in the
sky.
E. By observing a
mouse.
This is the end of listening section