LISTENING PAPER 1
Levels 3-5
Time permitted: 40 minutes
Number of questions: 35
Time allowance: about 40 minutes, including 07 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. 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 your chosen answer.Now, let’s listen to an example. On the recording, you will hear:
Woman: Hello. This is the travel agency returning your call. You left a message about the holiday you’ve booked, asking which meals are included in the cost during your stay at Sunny Hotel. Lunch and dinner are free but if you wish to have breakfast in the hotel, you will need to pay an extra amount of money, depending on what you order. Let me know if I can help you with any other information. Goodbye.
On the test book, you will read:
Which meal is NOT included in the price of the holiday?
A. Breakfast B. Lunch C. Dinner D. All
The correct answer is A. Breakfast. Now, let’s begin with the first question.
1. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
- A. Sunny and rainy
- B. Cloudy
- C. Cloudy and windy
- D. Sunny
- A. Play golf
- B. Have his hair cut
- C. Ring Peter
- D. Play baseball
- A. In the bag with the bread
- B. In the orange pack
- C. In the cucumber pack
- D. In the petrol station
- A. She cycled in the strong wind
- B. Her bike was broken.
- C. She fell off her bike.
- D. She met a boy.
- A. An old bald man with glasses
- B. An old man with glasses and blond hair
- C. A young bald man with sunglasses
- D. A young man with sunglasses and blond hair
- A. 7.49 P.m
- B. 10.10 P.m
- C. 11 P.m
- D. 9.50 P.m
- A. The bridge of the old city
- B. The church
- C. The beach
- D. The sea
- A. Some perfume
- B. A scaft
- C. A box of chocolate
- D. A purse
PART 2 – Questions 9-20
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE conversations. There are four questions for each conversation. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the conversations only ONCE.
Questions 9 to 12.
Conversation 1:You will hear conversation between a male insurance agent and a female client who wants to make changes to her policy.
9. What is the policy number?
- A. ZQW5009
- B. XQW5009
- C. ZYW5009
- D. ZYY5009
- A. The engine’s size
- B. The engine’s shape
- C. The engine’s price
- D. The engine’s power
- A. Her first name
- B. Her middle name
- C. Her family name
- D. All of them
- A. 2nd, August 1955
- B. 12th, August 1950
- C. 22nd August 1955
- D. 22nd August 1950
Questions 13 to 16.
Conversation 2:You will hear a conversation between a clerk at the enquiries desk of a transport company and a man who is asking for travel information.
13. Where does the man want to get to?
- A. Helenvale
- B. Helendale
- C. Bayswater
- D. Habour City
- A. Helenvale
- B. Helendale
- C. Hedenvale
- D. Hevendale
- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4
- A. Walk and then take a bus
- B. Take a bus and then walk
- C. Go there on foot
- D. Take the bus for two routes
Questions 17 to 20.
Conversation 3:You will hear a part of an interview with a girl called Elena, a young film-maker who wrote, directed and starred in her own film.
17. What does Elena think about Susie?
- A. She is artistic and cares about other people.
- B. She is an optimistic girl.
- C. She is different from Elena.
- D. She is arttistic but doesn’t care about people around.
- A. It was easy for her.
- B. It was quite relaxing.
- C. It was demanding for her.
- D. It was beyond her ability.
- A. 5-6scences
- B. 2-3 scences
- C. 3-4scences
- D. 1-2 scences
- A. Saturdays
- B. Mondays
- C. Sundays
- D. None of these above
PART 3 - Questions 21 - 35
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE talks or lectures. There are five questions for each talk or lecture. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the talks or lectures only ONCE.
Questions 21-26: You will hear a talk about learning a language.
21. Which area in the world has the speaker not lived in?
- A. Asia
- B. Europe
- C. South America
- D. Middle East
- A. go to classes and speak to people
- B. watch TV and listen to the radio
- C. speak to people and use a dictionary
- D. Go to classes and watch TV
- A. It was easy to learn a lot of new words quickly.
- B. It helps you save time learning a language.
- C. Other people could explain new words the writer found.
- D. It is so boring to read.
- A. You should rehearse in your head before you go.
- B. People feel embarrased to talk to you.
- C. people reacted negatively .
- D. People are not eager to talk to you.
- A. They took ten years to learn.
- B. They were never written down.
- C. They were often unnoticed.
- D. They were often written down.
Questions 26-30: You will hear a talk about aging society.
26. What is Dr. Howard Miller’s major?
- A. Psychology
- B. History
- C. Sociology
- D. Geology
- A. Leaving his home of many years
- B. The loss of his wife
- C. The decline in his health
- D. The loss of his hearing ability
- A. Creative things
- B. New things
- C. Expensive things
- D. life-long things
- A. The elderly
- B. Teachers and public affairs
- C. The youth
- D. Working people
- A. the contributions the elderly can make in our societies
- B. the swelling burden of supporting welfare programs in the future
- C. our responsibility of building retirement homes for our graying society
- D. the need of paying more attention to the elder’s health problem
Questions 31-35: You will hear a talk about British festivals.
31. What is the Clavie?
- A. a whisky container
- B. a wooden cross
- C. a bonfire made of things people don’t need
- D. a kind of whisky
- A. Some of their clothes
- B. A Viking boat
- C. A line in the grass
- D. A wooden man
- A. Eat as many pancakes as possible
- B. Run as fast as possible while tossing a pancake in a pan
- C. Run and jump over the ropes without dropping the pancake
- D. Run and jump over a hole without dropping the pancake
- A. top athletes
- B. people from the village
- C. visitors from all over the world
- D. people from other villages
- A. Extra lettuce
- B. A cup
- C. Some garlic and butter
- D. Nothing
