VSTEP LISTENING PRACTICE TEST #6
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 6
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.
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 meals
The correct answer is A. Breakfast. Now, let's begin with the first question.
What is the man calling about?- A. A document
- B. A flight voucher
- C. A piece of luggage
- D. A flight ticket
- A. The store will have new products
- B. A website will be open
- C. A special movie is being shown
- D. The store will open earlier
- A. A travel agent
- B. An actor
- C. A tour guide
- D. A pilot
- A. A new high-tech product
- B. A board meeting
- C. A reduction in costs
- D. An increase in sales
- A. News reporter
- B. Athlete
- C. Guitarist
- D. Movie actor
- A. He is a close personal friend
- B. He has read several of Mr. Lambough's books
- C. He attended one of Mr. Lambough's lectures
- D. He read Mr. Lambough's newspaper columns
- A. Two years
- B. Five years
- C. Ten years
- D. Fifteen year
- A. Free additional products
- B. Product warranty
- C. Free delivery
- D. Discounts
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
What do the two speakers have in common?- A. They are both studying social anthropology
- B. They are both going to the museum on Saturday
- C. They both have the same teacher
- D. Both of them have studied anthropology before
- A. In the morning
- B. In the afternoon
- C. In the evening
- D. Only on Saturdays
- A. Relationships between parents and children
- B. The tools used by ancient people
- C. Leadership in contemporary society
- D. Marriage customs
- A. He found it uninteresting
- B. He found it useful
- C. He found it fascinating
- D. He found it difficult
Questions 13 to 16 refer to the following conversation
Where does the woman work?- A. At a university
- B. At a television station
- C. At a newspaper office
- D. At a hospital
- A. He needs a well-paying position
- B. He was told to by a professor
- C. He wants the experience
- D. He recently lost another job
- A. Drama
- B. Journalism
- C. Telecommunications
- D. History
- A. Talk to Ms. Wagner
- B. Drop a class
- C. Change his major
- D. Complete a form
Questions 17 to 20 refer to the following conversation
Where does Mark work?- A. At a newspaper
- B. At an advertising agency
- C. At a furniture store
- D. At a real estate office
- A. A two-bedroom apartment
- B. A sofa
- C. A chair
- D. A roommate
- A. Her phone number
- B. The location of the apartment
- C. The best time to call her
- D. Her first name
- A. $5
- B. $15
- C. $30
- D. $250
PART 3: Questions 21-35
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE talks, lectures conversations. The talks, lectures, or conversations will not repeated. There are five questions for each talk, lecture, conversation. For each question, choose the right answer A, B, C or D.
Questions 21 to 25 refer to the following lecture
What is the main topic of this talk?- A. A football game
- B. Jet transportation
- C. The Hindenburg disaster
- D. Lighter-than-air craft
- A. Early twentieth century airships
- B. Blimps
- C. Jet aircraft
- D. Modern airships
- A. hydrogen
- B. helium
- C. oxygen
- D. non-flammable gas
- A. The age of zeppelins ended in disaster there
- B. It was there that the first blimp was designed
- C. The first blimp circled the stadium
- D. It was there that the last zeppelin was built
- A. They would be safer.
- B. They would use less fuel.
- C. They would be faster.
- D. They could fly higher.
Questions 26 to 30 refer to the following talk
What is the main topic of this talk?- A. The Uniform Time Act
- B. The role of daylight saving time in wartime
- C. Ways to save energy
- D. The history of daylight saving time
- A. In the spring
- B. In the summer
- C. In the fall
- D. In the winter
- A. In the 1790s
- B. In 1719
- C. In 1966
- D. In the World War I
- A. It was confusing
- B. It was innovative
- C. It was amusing
- D. It was wasteful
- A. To standardize daylight saving time
- B. To establish year-round daylight saving time
- C. To abolish daylight saving time
- D. To shorten daylight saving time
Questions 31 to 35 refer to the following lecture
What is the main topic of this talk?- A. New theories about the origin of language
- B. How to teach grammar to children
- C. Mistakes children sometimes make
- D. The stages of children's language learning
- A. "Koo, Koo."
- B. "Da-da."
- C. "More milk!"
- D. "Na-na."
- A. Between four and eight months
- B. Between one year and eighteen months
- C. Between two and three years
- D. Between three and four years
- A. They are the same in all languages
- B. They are often misinterpreted
- C. They are learned by imitation
- D. They are quite logical
- A. They are too complicated
- B. She doesn't have time to talk about them today
- C. The class didn't have a chance to read about them
- D. She doesn't agree with them
