LISTENING

1. * Would you like me to read you the

1. A. He isn’t to fond of reading instructions again?
B. He would like to read the articles, too * Yes, please. I’m lost.
What does the woman mean?man mean?
C. He read two articles
D. He agrees with the woman
2. A. He hasn’t spoken to her for awhile 2. How long is Grace doing at her new job?
I haven’t heard from her lately.
B. She doesn’t hear well What does the man imply about Grace?
C. She has been going to work late
D. She enjoys her new job
3. A. In a Laundremat 3. Excuse me. Where can I find the milk?
B. On a farm It’s in the dairy section next to the
C. In a grocery store cheese.
Where does the conversation probably
D. At a restaurant
4. A. She’s going to bed
4. I heard you’re not feeling well.
B. She’s feeling much better I just seem to be going from bad to
C. She’s feeling worse all the time worse.
D. She’s going to see a doctor What does the woman mean?
5. A. She doesn’t like the painting
5. Isn’t this a gorgeous painting!
B. She thinks the man is joking No kidding!
C. There are no children in the painting What does the woman mean?
D. She agrees with the man
6. A. The woman shouldn’t study too hard
6. I need to study for my history midterm.
B. He doesn’t want to study for any more test
Shouldn’t you study for your English
C. The woman should study for both tests test, too?
D. There are too many tests this term What does the man suggest?
7. A. Happy 7. What the matter, Mary?
B. Lonely Are you having trouble with your lab experiment?
C. Apoligetic I’m at the end of my rope!
D. Frustrated How does Mary feel?
8. A. He has to check on a few things first 8. Professor Carvellas, would it be possible for me to take
B. He has never heard of such a thing my exama few days ahead of schedule
C. The woman may take the test early Sure thing.
D. He isn’t sure it will be possible What does Professor Carvellas mean?
9. A. Janice called someone for him 9. Did you ever make that phone call?
B. He didn’t actually make it home Actually, I got Janice to do it.
What does the man mean?
C. Janice called him
D. He took Janice home
10. A. She has finished her writing 10. When will Karen finish her thesis?
I don’t know.
B. He doesn’t know where she put her things She keeps putting it off
C. She is postponing her work What does the man say about Karen?
D. He doesn’t know when she will do the dishes
11. I went skiing yesterday
11. A. That the man had fallen in the snow
Oh, so there was snow after all.
B. That the man didn’t like to ski What had the women assumed?
C. That there wouldn’t be any snow
D. That the weather would be too bad for traveling
12. A. She is hungry 12. I’m not sure where the cafeteria is.
B. She will show the man where to go It’s not far.
C. The cafeteria is too far away to walk to Why don’t we walk over there together
What is the woman suggesting?
D. She has never been to the cafeteria before
13. A. Jane owns the dictionary the woman wants to borrow 13. Do you mind if I borrow your
B. He doesn’t want the woman to use his dictionary dictionary?
C. His dictionary is not available right now Jane has it right now.
What can be inferred from the man
D. Jane has the right information
14. A. He doesn’t want to go out in this traffic 14. Can you hear the birds singing?
B. It’s too noisy to hear the birds now I could if the traffic weren’t so heavy.
C. The birds are terrific What does the man mean?
D. He can hear the birds over the noise of the cars
15. A. He knows a tour guide in the park 15. Have you been visited Yellowstone
B. He knows the park very well National Park?
C. He has a good guide book the woman can use Visited! I used to be a tour guide there!
D. He isn’t used to taking tours What does the man mean?
16. A. She needs to finish her paper
16. Susan certainly looks tired today.
B. She always works at night She went up all night working on her
C. She hasn’t had many papers this term term paper
D. She didn’t go to bed last night What does the woman say about Susan?
17. A. She doesn’t want to see the movie
B. She’ll be ready in ten minutes 17. Aren’t you ready yet?
The movie starts in ten minutes!
C. She hadn’t planned on going out tonight I thought we were going out tomorrow
D. She’ll think about going out tomorrow night.
18. A. The woman must pay for her books now
B. He doesn’t sell books anymore 18. I don’t have enough money to pay for
C. The woman has enough money these books now.
Can you send me a bill?
D. He doesn’t need any more books We don’t do that anymore.
19. A. Jack was bussy repairing his car during her visit
B. Jack’s car isn’t new 19. So, what do you think of Jack’s new car?
C. She didn’t get to see Jack’s new car It was in the shop being repaired while I
D. She went shopping with Jack for a new car was visiting him.
What does the woman imply?
20. A. The rooms are now ready
B. The cleaning crew has no equipment 20. Aren’t our room ready to move into yet?
The cleaning crew is just gearing up!
C. They should look for someone to clean the rooms What does the woman mean?
D. The rooms haven’t been cleaned yet
21. A. Clara might be are now ready
B. Clara doesn’t seem interested in finishing her school work
C. Clara is too busy to work for him 21. What can I ask to type my final paper?
D. He could type his own paper at Clara’s house What about Clara?
22. A. Move to a more affordable apartment She doesn’t seem to be too busy these days.
What does the woman mean?
B. Pay the rent a little at a time
C. Look for a smaller place to live 22. I’m afraid I’ll have to get a job next semester.
D. Find a job near his apartment I can’t afford my rent anymore.
Have you thought about looking for a less expensive
apartment?
What does the woman suggest the man do?
23. A. He has several things to do in May 23. The project I’m working on will take
B. The woman needs to start her project today several months to finish.
Good thing it’s not due until May!
C. The woman has time to finish her project What does the man mean?
D. He will do some work with the woman in May
24. A. She wonders when Karen can take the test
24. Karen missed the test today.
B. She heard that Karen missed a few questions on the test I heard. What I need to know is
C. She wonders when Karen can help her write the test when she can make it up
D. She heard that the test was too difficult for Karen What does the woman mean?

25. A. She doesn’t understand what the man wants

25. Have you read that novel I lent you?
B. She hasn’t been able to find the book
I can’t seem to get into it.
C. She doesn’t like reading novels What does the woman mean?
D. The book doesn’t interest her very much

26. A. She will drive the man to see the eye doctor
26. I can hardly see to drive, the sun is so
B. The sun won’t be as bright in the afternoon bright.
C. The man shouldn’t be driving in this weather All you need is a good pair of sunglasses.
D. The man’s problem could easily be solved What does the woman imply?

27. A. The wind will not last through the night

27. Listen to that wind!
B. This strong wind could be dangerous The paper said it should die down by this
C. The man should check the paper tonight evening.
D. The sound of the wind doesn’t bother her What does the woman mean?

28. A. She works at the bookstore 28. What’s that big book you’re carrying?
B. She is majoring in English You mean this one?
C. She doesn’t know what the man mean Oh, that’s my new dictionary.
All English majors had to buy one
D. She doesn’t want to carry her dictionary What can be inferred about thewomen?

29. A. Start coming to meetings on time

29. Look, we know you’re busy, but you come late
B. Stop going to the meetings
to every meeting!
C. Go to a different meeting I’m so sorry!
D. Find out what is bothering the meeting I didn’t realize that it bothered you all so much.
What will the woman probably do?

30. A. He doesn’t know why Sharon didn’t bother to come to the meeting
B. Sharon has been missing too make meeting lately
C. Sharon seems bothered by the ….of work she has to do
D. He didin’t fell it was necessary Sharon to attend the meeting

30. Didn’t Sharon go to the meeting with you last

week?
Even if she hadn’t had other things to do,
I wouldn’t have bothered her to go to that one.
What does the man mean?
Questions 31 through 34. Listen to a conversation between two friends

 Yesterday a man came and tested the water in my apartment.

 He told me that it was “hard” and that I should have it “softened.”
 What did he mean by that?
 Well, hard water is water that has a lot of mineral in it.
 So, what? What difference does that make?
 It is dangerous to my health?
 Not usually.
 But hard water reduces the cleaning power of some kinds of soap.
 The mineral in hard water react with soap to form a substance that sticks to your clothes and can
make them turn gray or yellow.
 No wonder my socks are grey!
 How do I “soften” my water?
 Well, one thing you can do is add a mineral dissolving powder to your washing machine every time
you wash.
 But that take a lot of time and it gets expensive.
 A better idea is to buy a machine called a water softener that softens all the water in your house at
one time.
 Most people prefer to do this. Don’t forget-you’re using hard water every time you shower or wash
dishes, too.
 It can leave a residue on your skin, in your hair, and on your dishes.
 In that case, I guess I really should buy a water softener for my apartment
 Do you know where I can get one or how much they cost?
 I’ll bet the man who tested your water yesterday knows that information.
 You’re right.
 He probably does
 Can I borrow your phone to give him a call?

31. What is the main topic of this conversation

A. Washing clothes
B..The effects of hard water.
C. How to buy a water softener
D. How to keep your pipes from freezing
32. In this conversation, what does hard mean?
A. Containing minerals
B. Frozen
C. Difficult
D. Soapy
33. According to the woman what is the best solution to the man’s problem?
A. Moving to a new apartment
B. Buying a machine
C. Using a powder
D. Heating his home better
34. What will the man probably do next?
A. Wash some clothes
B. Buy some water-softening powder
C. Clean his house
D. Call the man who tested his water
Questions 35 through 38. Listen to a telephone conversation between a students and her friend.

 Hello
 Hi, Rick.
 This is Amanda
 Hi Amanda
 Nice to hear from you
 What’s up?
 Well, I call to let you know when my last day of school is here at Ivy College and to ask you if I
could still take you up on your offer to take me to the airport that day to catch my flight home.
 I’d be happy to help you out if I can, but what are your travel plans?
 Well, my last exam is on June 13.
 My plane leaves at 11:00 that right.
 I guess I should leave here sometime around 9:00 or so if I could.
 Let’s see …
 What day of the week is that?
 It’s Friday
 Friday the thirteenth.
 I hope you’re not superstitious!
 What do you mean?
 Some people think it’s bad luck to do anything important on Friday the thirteenth-like driving
around in cars and things like that.
 Oh, I don’t pay any attention to superstitious.
 Let me look at my calendar …
 I’ll be flying back from a conference in Chicago early that evening.
 I should be able to come and get you, but I might not be able to make it until a little after 9:00,
depending on when my plane arrives.
 It might be closer to 9:30
 Will that be too late?
 That should be all right, I think.
 My flight does leave pretty late, and the airport isn’t far from here.
 If you come at 9:00, I’ll also have time to go out for dinner with some friends and finish my
packing without feeling too rushed.
1. By the way, how much stuff do you have?
 Should I bring my car, or should I borrow my Dad’s van?
 It would probably be easier to fit everything into a van.
 Your car is pretty small.
 Do you think your Dad would mind lending you his van, though?
 I don’t think so.
 He doesn’t use it much anymore.
 We only need it one in a while for doing things like-well-like helping friends like you move
stuff around.
 Great! Thanks a lot Rick.
 I’ll see you Friday evening!
 See you then. Bye.

35. What is the main topic of this conversation

A. Superstitions
B. Transportation arrangements
C. Borrowing a van
D. Moving to a new home
36. Why does Amanda think that Rick might not want to help her out?
A. He might be superstitious
B. He’ll be in Chicago that evening
C. He won’t be able to borrow his father’s van
D. He won’t be able to get there on time
37. Why does Rick think he might be a little late?
A. He’s having dinner with some friends that evening
B. He will be driving his father’s van instead of his car
C. He will be flying in from Chicago earlier that evening
D. He always drives more slowly on Friday the thirteenth
38. How does Rick feel about borrowing his father’s van?
A. He would rather take his own car
B. His father might need it to help a friend move
C. He is quite sure it won’t be a problem
D. He doesn’t know if it is big enough to hold all of Amanda’s things

Questions 39 through 42. Listen to a biology professor give an introductory lecture to his
students.

 You are about to begin a course in biology, the study of life.

 The focus of this course will be the study of different kinds of organism, or living things.
 In the first part of this course you’ll learn to colonize the major groups of organism that exist
today.
 To do this, you’ll learn about the physical characteristics which set one type of organism apart
from others.
 However, biology is more than just a study which describe the many differences among living
things.
 There are nearly two million known kinds of living organism.
 You could not possibly learn about all or even most of them in a one-semester course like this
one.
 Therefore, during the second part of this course, your study of life will focus on the similarities
among organism.
 These similarities most often involve the life processes of organism-their activities and
functions.
 By studying these processes, you will see that there are certain features common to all living
things.
 In this way, by the time you complete the course with me, you will have a good understanding
of what is meant by the word life.

39. According to the speaker, what is an organism?

A. A branch of biology
B. A group of people working together
C. A club
D. A living thing
40. What will students learn to do during the first part of the course?
A. Categorize major groups of organisms
B. Write a comprehensive definition of the word life
C. Study all of the organisms that exist today
D. Study similarities in the activities and functions of organisms
41. According to the speaker, why is it impossible to learn about every organism?
A. Because there are too many of them
B. Because they are too complex to understand
C. Because they are not easy to find
D. Because no one knows everything about them
42. According to the speaker, what is it that usually makes living things similar?
A. Their appearance
B. Their activities and functions
C. The means by which they make food
D. Their methods of communication

Questions 43 through 46. Listen to a talk given by a college running coach.

 I’m glad to see that so many of you that turned out for the cross-country running team.
 Before we start our first practice, though, there are some things I want you to know.
 Running long distances is not an easy undertaking.
 You are going to need months of training to gradually build up your stamina and strength for
this spot.
 This is going to mean demanding workouts for three hours a day, in all kinds of weather.
 We will be working out every morning before school and after school and on Saturday
mornings as well, when we don’t have a race.
 Sunday will be your day of rest, but I will recommend that you do some light weight lifting and
muscle workouts on your own Sunday, too, so you don’t lose any muscle tone.
 Most of our races will take place on Saturday mornings.
 That means that we’ll sometimes be traveling long distances by bus on Friday nights to get to
where the races take place.
 We’ll often get back home late on Saturday nights.
 So, if you don’t want to give up your weekend social life for a while, the cross-country running
team is not for you.
 I hope you’re still interested in being a member of the team after hearing about some of the
sacrifices you’ll have to make.
 I felt that it was important for you to know what will be expected of you.
 If you’re still as interested in running as I am, then let’s get started!

43. What is the purpose of this talk?

A. To explain the rewards of long distance running
B. To raise some funds for a sports event
C. To describe the sacrifices necessary to be on the running team
D. To discuss the first day of team practice
44. What does the speaker recommend that team members do on Sundays?
A. Rest all day
B. Work out on their own
C. Meet with their coach
D. Participate in a race
45. What does the speaker say about weekend social activities?
A. Team members will enjoy a busy social life on weekends
B. Team members won’t have much time for social activities on weekends
C. Friday nights will be free for social activities
D. Team members will be too tired to do much on the weekend
46. What will probably happen next?
A. Practice will begin
B. The speaker will talk about the advantages of sports
C. The speaker will collect the money
D. Parents will go home

Questions 47 through 50. Listen to a college professor speaking to an art history class.

 Winslow Homer was an American artist who lived from 1836 to 1910.
 He became famous primarily for his dramatic paintings of the sea.
 Homer was born in Boston, and as a young man he became apprenticed to a lithographer.
 He later became a magazine illustrator, and during the American Civil War, he was hired by a
magazine called Harper‘s Weekly to illustrate battlefield scenes.
 He also began painting with oils at that time and depicted rural American life in all of its
simplicity and plainness.
 The country people in Homer’s paintings have a charm and, at the same time, a heroic quality
that make them very appealing.
 After a trip to a coastal town in England in 1881 and 1882, Homer turned his attention to the
sea.
 When he returned to America, he settled in a town on the coast of Maine, and there he
completed many of his paintings of the sea.
 These paintings often have a strong romantic quality and are well known for their drama and
subtle use of light.
 During the late 1800s, Homer became fascinated with what he considered to be the particularly
American struggle between humanity and the forces of nature.
 This struggle was clearly depicted in his paintings of the sea.
 His fishermen and ship captains were not so much individuals as they were symbols of the
courage and strength found in the men who made their living on the sea.
 Just as the people in his paintings had a universal quality, so did the sea itself.
 The sea in his paintings often has a quality of violence, or near-violence.
 In his painting entitled The Gulf Stream, we see a young Black man, alone on a small boat in a
rough sea, surrounded by sharks.
 He will clearly face a struggle for survival.
 It seems unlikely that he can win.
 Homer’s paintings of the sea are romantic yet highly realistic.
 During his years on the coast of Maine, he was able to paint many of the changing moods of the
Atlantic Ocean.
 It was here that the perfected his ability to portray drama in at and developed his use of
transparent liquids to convey a strong scene of light.

47. What kinds of paintings is Winslow Homer most famous for?

A. Simple lithographs depicting farm people
B. Painting of civil war battlefields
C. Magazine illustrations
D. Intensely dramatic paintings of the sea
48. What characterized Homer’s paintings of American country people?
A. A sense of the charm and simplicity of country life
B. The depiction of the violence or near violence of country life
C. The depiction of the struggle for survival on American farms
D. A sense of the changing moods of American farmers
49. What is portrayed in the painting called The Gulf Stream?
A. Fisherman and ship captains heading for sea
B. A single man, a small boat, and an unfriendly sea
C. Farm children in simple clothes struggling to survive
D. A scene of the northem coast of Maine
50. For what purpose did Homer use transparent liquids?
A. To create the impression of rough seas
B. To give drama to his paintings
C. To convey a strong feeling of light
D. To convey the changing moods of atlantic ocean