Listening B - 33. BT–JUNE–08

LISTENING COMPREHENSION Copyright © November, 2011 DUONG MINH VU. All rights reserved. 1 HCMC UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HUFLIT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER BT–JUNE–08 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST LEVEL B PART A. BLANK–FILLING Listen to the following conversations and fill in the missing words / figures. Conversation 1. Front Desk Clerk: Good evening. Can I help you ? Mr. Peterson: Yes, a reservation for Peterson. Front Desk Clerk: Just a moment, please. That’s for ________ ________ ? (1) Mr. Peterson: Yes. Front Desk Clerk: Your reservation shows you’ll be here for ________ ________ (2). Is that right, Mr. Peterson ? Mr. Peterson: That’s correct. I’ll check out the ________ ________ ________.(3) Front Desk Clerk: A ________ ________ for ________ ________ (4) ; how would you like to pay for that, sir? Mr. Peterson: Credit card, please. Conversation 2. Pharmacist: Hi. Can I help you ? Man: I have a pretty bad cold and would like some cold medicine, please. Pharmacist: Well, all of those over there are cold medicines. It’s a good idea to call your doctor, too, if you find your cold is getting worse. Man: OK. I’ll take these. Oh, and I’d like some vitamin C, too. Pharmacist: That’ll be ________ ________ - - ________ (5) altogether, please. Man: Here’s ________ ________ (6). Pharmacist: ________ ________ (7) change. Hope you feel better. Man: Thanks. Conversation 3. Woman: Hello. I’d like to send this package, please. Clerk: How would you like to send it ? Woman: First class. ________ ________ (8) will that take ? Clerk: ________ ________ ________.(9) Woman: Oh, that’s good. Clerk: Anything else ? Woman: Yes, I’d like to send this letter airmail ________ ________.(10) 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 had not expected more people to come to the meeting. (b) Fewer people skipped the meeting than we had expected. (c) More people came to the meeting than we had expected. (d) We had expected more people to come to the meeting. LISTENING COMPREHENSION Copyright © November, 2011 DUONG MINH VU. All rights reserved. 2 2. (a) The professor was not sorry for announcing the examination sooner. (b) The professor said he was sorry that he had not proclaimed the examination sooner. (c) The professor said he was sorry that he had not announced the test results earlier. (d) The professor said he was sorry that he had not given the test sooner. 3. (a) Fewer people came to the rally than we had expected. (b) We expected eighty people at the rally but only half arrived. (c) One hundred and sixteen people came to the rally. (d) More people came to the rally than we had expected. 4. (a) There’s no worse cheese than Swiss cheese according to John. (b) John thinks that no cheese is better than Swiss cheese. (c) Swiss cheese is as good as other cheeses in John’s opinion. (d) John thinks that all other cheeses are better than Swiss cheese. 5. (a) Only thirty people gave the evaluation forms back although twice that many received them. (b) Thirty people received the evaluation forms on the summer lecture series, but only half returned them. (c) Thirty people received die evaluation forms. (d) Only thirty people returned the evaluation forms although fifty people received them. 6. (a) George offered $1000 for the car but the man disagreed. (b) George wanted more than $1000 for the car. (c) The man wanted more than $1000 for the car. (d) George offered $1000 for the car but the man shook his head. 7. (a) The game will be held if it doesn’t rain. (b) The game is temporarily delayed because of rain. (c) The game will take place whether the weather is stormy or it is fair. (d) No matter what the weather is like, the game will not be held 8. (a) No one except for the seven-year-old boy witnessed the accident. (b) No one at all saw the seven-year-old boy’s terrible accident. (c) The seven-year-old boy saw no one in the accident. (d) No one in the accident saw the seven-year-old boy . 9. (a) After a quarrel, Peter and Lucy are not friends again. (b) Peter and Lucy hate each other since their argument. (c) Peter and Lucy quarreled but made up after a while. (d) Peter and Lucy are closed friends and they have never had an argument. 10. (a) I usually wake up at 7:30, but this morning I woke up early. (b) This morning I woke up at 7:30, but I usually wake up late. (c) This morning I slept later than I intended. (d) This morning I woke up at 7:30, but I usually wake up earlier. THE END . will not be held 8. (a) No one except for the seven-year-old boy witnessed the accident. (b) No one at all saw the seven-year-old boy’s terrible accident. (c) The seven-year-old boy saw. LANGUAGES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HUFLIT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER BT–JUNE–08 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST LEVEL B PART A. BLANK–FILLING Listen to the following conversations and fill in. the seven-year-old boy . 9. (a) After a quarrel, Peter and Lucy are not friends again. (b) Peter and Lucy hate each other since their argument. (c) Peter and Lucy quarreled but made up