LISTENING TEST 10
Directions: In this section of the test, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to understand conversations and talks in English. Answer all the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied by the speakers in the recording. There will be time for you to read the instructions and you will have a chance to check your work. The recording will be played ONCE only.
Time allowance: about 40 minutes, including 05 minutes to transfer your answers to your answer sheet.
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. Then, on the answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer that you have chosen.
Câu 1: What does the caller ask Ms. Cook to do?
- A. Take along her medical insurance card
- B. Make an appointment
- C. Call the receptionist
- D. Drive his car to the clinic
- A. a job applicant
- B. A receptionist
- C. A client
- D. A personnel officer
- A. Order a new phone
- B. Call back
- C. Go to the office
- D. Contact the speaker
- A. To confirm an order
- B. To order some furniture
- C. To ask for order information
- D. To inform a change
- A. To reschedule an interview
- B. To arrange a class
- C. To postpone an exhibition
- D. To request an application
- A. Return a phone call
- B. Deliver a printer
- C. Meet him on Friday
- D. Change the order
- A. 7 percent
- B. 11 percent
- C. 17 percent
- D. 70 percent
- A. She can answer questions about safety equipment.
- B. She can teach people how to skate.
- C. She can provide a safety helmet.
- D. She can stake with others.
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 refer to the following conversation.
Câu 9: What is the conversation mainly about?
- A. Giving a presentation
- B. Organizing an essay in a clear way
- C. Finding a partner for a class project
- D. Finding information and taking notes
- A. Writing as quickly as possible
- B. Making a summary
- C. Checking the information
- D. Getting lots of information
- A. She only needs to read the summary.
- B. She should use computers to search for information.
- C. She should go to the library to find information.
- D. She should organize her notes.
- A. The student will need help doing the research.
- B. The student will not be able to finish her project.
- C. The student will have plenty of information.
- D. The student will like books more than the computer.
Questions 13 to 16 refer to the following conversation.
Câu 13: What is the main topic of this conversation?
- A. The different sections of the library
- B. How to check out library books
- C. How to return the due books
- D. The use of computer in the library
- A. A librarian
- B. A janitor
- C. A shopkeeper
- D. A student
- A. Librarian's permission
- B. A library account
- C. Money
- D. A receipt
- A. By mentioning the ways to check out books
- B. By describing which books to check out
- C. By giving information about the self-service machine
- D. By explaining the procedure of borrowing books
Questions 17 to 20 refer to the following conversation.
Câu 17: Why is the student looking for help?
- A. He is supposed to meet with one of his friends.
- B. He is looking for a part-time job.
- C. He wants to know how to find a book.
- D. He is struggling with his job.
- A. Economics
- B. Poetry
- C. Geography
- D. History
- A. Alphabetically
- B. By the author's name
- C. By the subject and then title
- D. By the subject and then the author's name
- A. He thinks it will be easier than he expected.
- B. He doesn't think that he can do it.
- C. He is not looking forward to trying to find a book.
- D. He thinks that the librarian should find it for him.
PART 3 QUESTIONS 21 - 35
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE talks, lectures or conversations. The talks, lectures or conversations will not be repeated. There are five questions for each talk, lecture or conversation. For each question, choose the right answer A, B, C, or D.
Questions 21 to 25 refer to the following professor's lecture.
Câu 21: What is the lecture mainly about?
- A. What heat is
- B. How heat transfers
- C. The properties of heat
- D. Heat in hot air balloons
- A. The balloon's air is heated.
- B. The balloon becomes filled with gas.
- C. The balloon goes up and goes down.
- D. The balloon's flame gets hotter and hotter.
- A. He finds it easiest to teach by cooking.
- B. He feels that it is good for making buildings.
- C. He believes that it is useful for heating buildings.
- D. He thinks many people get hurt from it.
- A. To explain how toast is made by convection
- B. To discuss how conduction makes toasters hot
- C. To give an example of something that bums people
- D. To give an example of heat radiation
- A. Heat moving through solid materials is convection.
- B. Convection is not a pattern that repeats.
- C. Heat cannot move through solid materials.
- D. Some materials are better at conducting heat than others.
Questions 26 to 30 refer to the following lecture.
Câu 26: What is the lecture mainly about?
- A. The Impressionist painters and their work
- B. Why people didn't like Impressionism
- C. How people posed in impressionist paintings
- D. The key features of Impressionist paintings
- A. It featured people instead of landscapes.
- B. It used new and different blends of colors.
- C. It created a three-dimensional effect.
- D. It was created outside using natural light.
- A. She likes it because it is different.
- B. She likes it because the colors blend so well.
- C. She thinks it's difficult because it uses natural light.
- D. She doesn't like it because it's blurry.
- A. In the order that the painters painted
- B. From most difficult to least difficult
- C. In the order the textbook mentions them
- D. By describing the most important points
- A. To show why older styles of art were better
- B. To show how older styles of art were different
- C. To explain how the students should paint
- D. To describe a famous canvas
Questions 31 to 35 refer to the following conversation.
Câu 31: What is the talk mainly about?
- A. The writer of Watership Down
- B. The main characters of Watership Down
- C. The themes of Watership Down
- D. The political ideas behind Watership Down
- A. They do not have any freedom.
- B. Their home is going to be destroyed.
- C. They want to have an adventure.
- D. They want a new government.
- A. To show the government style of Efrafa
- B. To compare Efrafa and the Tharn Warren
- C. To describe how the rabbits typically acted
- D. To show that the rabbits lived peacefully with others
- A. The themes of the story and how they are shown.
- B. The characters and then what the themes aren't.
- C. The character comparisons followed by the contrasts.
- D. The steps the author took in writing the book.
- A. She thinks that it shows real life very well.
- B. She believes that Watership Down is a very simple book.
- C. She thinks that the book is just about rabbits.
- D. She thinks that it is hard to understand.
