VSTEP LISTENING PRACTICE TEST #3
Time allowance: approximately: 40 minutes
Number of questions: 35 minutes
Directions: In this section of the test, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to understand conversations and talks in English. There are three parts in this section with special directions for each part. Answer all the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied by the speakers in the recording.
The recording will be played ONCE only.
LISTENING TEST 3
PART 1: Questions 1-8
Directions: In this part, you will hear EIGHT short announcements or instructions. There is one question for each announcement or instruction. For each question, choose the right answer A, B, C or D.
Now, let's listen to the example. On the recording, you will hear:
Man: May I have your attention, please? Please be advised that there has been a change in the conference schedule. The speaker for the 2 o'clock presentation has a family emergency, so he won't be able to make it. So please note that there is no presentation at 2.
On the screen, you will see:
What is being announced?
A. a change in a speaker
B. the cancelation of a lecture
C. the change of a venue
D. the confirmation of a schedule
The correct answer is B. the cancelation of a lecture. Now, let's begin with the first question.
How will the woman get to the airport?
- A. she will get a ride with the man
- B. she will ride the airport shuttle
- C. she will drive her car
- D. she will rent a car
- A. she would like eggs and potatoes
- B. she wants eggs and pancakes
- C. she wants to eat potato pancakes
- D. pancakes is what she would like to eat
- A. the man bought one box of cookies
- B. the man ordered four boxes of cookies
- C. he purchased five boxes of cookies
- D. he did not order any cookies this year
- A. the number is 6-9-1
- B. the area code is 1-9-6
- C. 9-1-6 is the area code
- D. 6-1-9 is the correct number
- A. she will pay eight cents per page
- B. the price is ten cents a copy
- C. she owes 15 cents per copy
- D. 20 cents per page is the price
- A. one dollar a minute
- B. one dollar a page
- C. 2 dollars and 50 cents a minute
- D. 2 dollars and 50 cents a page
- A. see a documentary
- B. change the channel
- C. watch television
- D. go to a movie
- A. he wants all 20 dollar bills
- B. he wants all 50 dollar bills
- C. he wants all large bills
- D. he wants some 20 dollar and some 50 dollar bills
PART 2: Questions 9-20
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE conversations. The conversations will not be repeated. There are four questions for each conversation. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Questions 9 to 12
Listen to a conversation about a tragic event
What is the topic of this conversation?
- A. Fire damage to some apartments
- B. How to prevent fires
- C. An apartment fire and what one can learn from it
- D. An early morning news story
- A. One was damaged more severely than the others
- B. All the apartments were completely destroyed
- C. There was one thousand dollars of damage
- D. All twenty apartments suffered some damage
- A. They were killed
- B. They were taken to the hospital
- C. The damage to the apartments was more serious than the harm to the residents
- D. They weren't frightened
- A. Call the fire department
- B. Rush to the hospital
- C. Listen for a smoke alarm
- D. Have an alarm and extinguisher in good condition
Questions 13 to 16
Listen to a conversation between two students
What are the man and woman discussing in this conversation?
- A. A presentation for political science class
- B. How quickly time passes
- C. The differences between the various types of courts
- D. A schedule for preparing for a political science exam
- A. Three levels of courts
- B. Only the municipal courts
- C. The state but not the federal courts
- D. Only the state and federal courts
- A. On Thursday
- B. On Monday
- C. In a week
- D. Before Monday
- A. Plenty of time
- B. Until Monday
- C. About one week
- D. Until a week from Monday
Questions 17 to 20
Listen to a conversation between two friends
When does the conversation probably take place?
- A. Just before a vacation
- B. Just after the end of a school semester
- C. At the end of the summer
- D. Just after a break from school
- A. A trip to visit the Eskimos
- B. A trip the woman is planning to take
- C. A trip the man has already taken
- D. A camping trip the man and the woman took
- A. Sleeping outside on the ground
- B. Spending time in a hot tub
- C. Relaxing at the lodge
- D. Enjoying excellent food
- A. She'd be scared, but she'd like to try
- B. She can't wait
- C. It would be quite exciting for her
- D. She'd prefer not to cry
PART 3: Questions 21-35
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE talks or lectures. The talks or lectures will not be repeated. There are five questions for each talk or lecture. For each question, choose the right answer A, B, C or D.
Questions 21 to 25
Listen to a talk given by a professor
What prompted the conversation?
- A. The man wants to place a classified ad in the newspaper.
- B. The woman wants to find an apartment close to school
- C. The man wants to pay for a newspaper subscription
- D. The woman wants to fill out an application for employment
- A. furniture
- B. books
- C. garden supplies
- D. an apartment
- A. Martin
- B. Martyn
- C. Wynn
- D. Wartin
- A. He will pay by check
- B. He will have the amount billed to his home address
- C. He will give the woman cash
- D. He will come back to pay when he is billed
- A. To make it clearer to understand
- B. To make it longer to read
- C. To make it cheaper to print
- D. To make it easier to use
Questions 26-30
What is the purpose of the conversation?
- A. To help the woman make a purchase
- B. To request the woman's identification
- C. To show the woman how to make out a check
- D. To register the woman for a course at City colleage
- A. Money
- B. Money or credit cards
- C. Credit cards or checks
- D. Checks or money
- A. Credit card
- B. money
- C. debit card
- D. check
- A. She used her student ID and a charge card
- B. She used her credit card
- C. She used her driver's license and her student ID card
- D. She used her telephone number and her student ID card
- A. A clerk
- B. The woman's husband
- C. A police officer
- D. A bank teller
Questions 31-35
What is the main subject of the conversation?
- A. The man's last appointment
- B. Professor Irwin's office hours
- C. Student advisement during registration
- D. The man's health problems
- A. Tuesday at 2 o'clock
- B. Thursday at 2 o'clock
- C. This afternoon at three o'clock
- D. Now
- A. He should have made an appointment
- B. He should have called to cancel his appointment
- C. He should have come for his appointment
- D. He should have stayed at home until he was well
- A. He was not well
- B. He was out of town
- C. He did not know what to do
- D. He forgot the time
- A. uninterested
- B. apologetic
- C. sick
- D. annoyed
