LISTENING COMPREHENSION Copyright © November, 2011 DUONG MINH VU. All rights reserved. 1 HCMC UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HUFLIT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER SG–JAN–06 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST LEVEL B PART A. BLANK–FILLING Listen to the telephone conversation on the cassette. While you are listening, fill in the missing words/numbers. ASKING ABOUT FLIGHT PRICES Travel agency: Globe Travel here. Can I help you ? Customer: Yes, please. This is Fusako Matsumoto speaking. I’m planning to fly to Penang next month. What’s the price of a flight at the moment ? Travel agency: Well, er, that depends. D’ you want to fly first or economy class ? When will you be going ? And how long would you like to say ? Customer: Well. I’m planning a short holiday, may be ______ ______ (1) or so. But I don’t want a package tour. Just the flight, er, economy class I suppose. Travel agency: And when is it you ‘d like to leave ? Customer: On ______ ______ ______ ______ (2) Travel agency: Then I can get you an excursion ticket. That’s on Malaysian Airlines and it’ll cost HK$ ______ (3) return Customer: And what would it be if I flew Cathay Pacific ? Travel agency: Now, let’s see. That’s ____________ time (4). It’s only slightly more, HK$ ______ (5) in fact. Customer: Well. I’ll have to think about. Travel agency: There is one thing with the Cathay Pacific flight. The time might be more convenient for you because it leaves rather later in the morning, at ______ (6). That’s ______ ______ (7). Customer: And the other one ? When’s that ? Travel agency: That’s much earlier, at ______ (8). That means you’re in Penang at about ______ ______ (9), whereas the Cathay Pacific flight lands at about ______ ______ ______ (10) Customer: Er I’ll have to think about that. Er, what about the return flight ? Could you tell me PART B. SHORT STATEMENTS After you hear a statement, read the four choices and choose which one is closest in meaning to the statement you’re heard. Then, mark your choice on your answer sheet. 1. A. We will be here shortly. B. We may cause Mary to be late. C. Mary will probably be late if we don’t come soon. D. Unless Mary comes soon, we will probably be late 2. A. The program will begin at 20 minutes to 9:00 B. The president was supposed to begin at 9:20. C. The program cut off the president’s speech. D. The program started at twenty minutes after nine. LISTENING COMPREHENSION Copyright © November, 2011 DUONG MINH VU. All rights reserved. 2 3. A. We will go to a party either Friday or Saturday night. B. We will go to a party if the weather is good C. We will go to a party on both Friday and Saturday nights. D. We will not go to a party because of the weather. 4. A. Helen hates fish. B. Helen often fishes with her husband, because she likes it. C. Helen doesn’t like going fishing with her husband although she goes quite often. D. Helen hates her husband after he has been fishing. 5. A. I learned the difficult extremes. B. It was hard material for me to remember. C. Studying all that material was difficult for me. D. I found the material after a difficult search. 6. A. Maria is angry because there is too much chlorine in the pool. B. The chlorine in the swimming pool bothers Maria’s ears. C. The chlorine in the pool makes Maria’s eyes painful and sore . D. Maria doesn’t believe that there is enough chlorine in the pool. 7. A. The coat cost $20 on sale. B. The coat actually cost $2 more than the advertised price. C. Ted said that he had bought a coat for $20, but he was lying. D. The coat actually cost $2 less than the advertised price. 8. A. The class started twenty minutes late due to the fire drill. B. Because of a fire, class was cancelled. C. The class ended at 2:20 because there was the fire drill. D. The fire drill was postponed until 2:20 so the students could finish class first. 9. A. Sandra returned the shoes and took a pair of pants instead. B. Sandra took the shoes back to the store and got some different ones. C. One of Sandra’s shoes didn’t fit properly so she returned them both. D. Because of a problem with the heel of her shoes, Sandra returned them. 10. A. John didn’t go to class because he knew there wasn’t going to be a test. B. John didn’t want to take the test, so he skipped class. C. If John had known about the test, he would have gone to class. D. John went to class although he didn’t want to take the test. THE END . will be here shortly. B. We may cause Mary to be late. C. Mary will probably be late if we don’t come soon. D. Unless Mary comes soon, we will probably be late 2. A. The program will begin. CENTER SG–JAN–06 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST LEVEL B PART A. BLANK–FILLING Listen to the telephone conversation on the cassette. While you are listening, fill in the missing words/numbers go to a party on both Friday and Saturday nights. D. We will not go to a party because of the weather. 4. A. Helen hates fish. B. Helen often fishes with her husband, because she likes