Listening test

45 mins (100 Questions)

 Listening tasks
Part 1: Photos (10 items)
Part 2: Question-Response (30 items)
Part 3: Conversations (30 items)
Part 4: Talks (30 items)
 Photos
See picture on the book
4 statements
Select the best statement
 Pay attention to what, and where
things happening
Prepositions (by, near, at, etc)
List the things in the picture, from
general to specific
Your guess may not be true, but must be
based on pictures (compare with other
choices)
Physical relationships of objects or
persons
Pick out the irrelevant answers
Wh-Questions: Who, what, where
Similar sounds
Example Part 1
 Question-Response
2 speakers
1 ask question/make statement
1 give 3 possible responses
 Wh- Questions and their response
Yes/no questions
How for method of doing something
Example Part 2
 Conversations
Conversations between 2 people
Read 3 questions in the book for each
conversation
Choose the best response
 Identify performance level, questions of
how
Identify characteristics of specific thing or
person
Identify a method, using how using
simple present
Identify emotions find words describe
feelings
Recommendations (suggest, should, could)
Requests, using what
Topic of conversation (what is the problem)
Reason for action (why)
 Example Part 3
How long does the man spend reading his email?
a. ten minutes
b. sixty minutes
c. two hours
d. all day
How often does the woman look at her junk email folder?
a. hourly
b. daily
c. weekly
d. monthly
How does the man feel?
a. exhausted
b. relaxed
c. annoyed
d. amused
 Talks
Single speaker
Read 3 questions in the book for each
talk
Choose the best response
 Specific dates
Responsibilities (who do what?)
Point of view (fact or opinion?)
Situation whats happening? Whats
next?
Problem (main idea)
Speaker & target listener
Possible solution
Quantity & amount
Example Part 4
 Reading test
75 mins (100 Questions)
 Reading tasks
Part 5: incomplete sentences (40
items)
Part 6: cloze passages (12 items)
Part 7: reading comprehension (48
items)
Multiple choice: 4 options
 Vocabulary
Grammar
Main idea
Details
 Example Part 5
Fifteen hundred pounds of cement
to arrive tomorrow for the housing
project.
a. are
b. am
c. being
d. is
 This ticket needs to be endorsed
the issuing agent.
a. on
b. with
c. by
d. at
 All workers have the right to review
the terms of their.
a. employ
b. employment
c. employee
d. employed
 With all the clutter, the customer
didnt have a very favorable of the
office.
a. revision
b. provision
c. impression
d. vision
Example
Part 6
Example Part 7
 Why was the notice written?
a. Because the number of accidents is low
b. Because the lists are outdated
c. Because everyone is supposed to lower
the number of accidents
d. Because employees have forgotten the
safety procedures