Listening Section

Listening Diagnostic Pre-Test

Questions 1-6

	A	B	C	D
1
2
3
4

5	YES	NO
A
B
C
D
E

	A	B	C	D
6

Questions 7-12

	A	B	C	D
7
8
9

10	1	2	3
A
B
C

	A	B	C	D
11
12

Listening Overview

LISTENIGN

6 passages and 34 questions - 2 student conversations - 4 academic lectures or discussions Part I - 1 conversation (5 questions) - 2 lectures (6 questions each) Part II - 1 conversation (5 questions) - 2 lectures (6 questions each)

50 minutes

Listening Skills

1. Understanding the gist

2. Understand the details

3. Understand the function

4. Understand the speaker's stance

5. Understand the organization

6. Understand relationships

Understanding the gist
How to identify the question	What is the … Subject Topic Main idea Purpose of the passage? Why … in the passage?
Where to find the answer	- at the beginning of the passage - draw a conclusion based upon information
How to answer the question	- develop an initial idea (beginning of the passage) - confirm your idea (the rest of the passage)

Listening Exercise 1

Passage 1 Questions 1-2

	A	B	C	D
1
2

Passage 2 Questions 3-4

	A	B	C	D
3
4

Passage 3 Questions 5-6

	A	B	C	D
5
6

Passage 4 Questions 7-8

	A	B	C	D
7
8

2. Understand the details
How to identify the question	What is … Stated Indicated in the passage? According to the speaker, …?
Where to find the answer	- directly stated in the passage - answers are found in order in the passage
How to answer the question	- details - answers that restate the information - eliminate the wrong answers and choose the best from the remaining

Listening Exercise 2

Passage 1 Questions 1-6

	A	B	C	D
1
2
3
4
5
6

Passage 2 Questions 7-11

	A	B	C	D
7
8
9
10
11

Passage 3 Questions 12-17

	A	B	C	D
12
13
14
15
16
17

Passage 4 Questions 18-23

	A	B	C	D
18
19
20
21
22
23

Listening Review Exercise

(Skills 1-2)

Questions 1-7

	A	B	C	D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

3. Understand the function
How to identify the question	Listen again to part of the passage Why does the speaker say this?
Where to find the answer	Replayed part of the conversation
How to answer the question	- What the speaker says - Draw a conclusion about WHY the speaker says it

Listening Exercise 3

Passage 1 Questions 1-4

	A	B	C	D
1
2
3
4

Passage 2 Questions 5-9

	A	B	C	D
5
6
7
8
9

Passage 3 Questions 10-13

	A	B	C	D
10
11
12
13

Passage 4 Questions 14-19

	A	B	C	D
14
15
16
17
18
19

4. Understand the speaker's stance
How to identify the question	Listen again to part of the passage What is the … Attitude Opinion Point of view of the speaker?
Where to find the answer	Replayed part of the conversation
How to answer the question	- What the speaker says - Draw a conclusion about HOW the speaker FEELS

Listening Exercise 4

Passage 1 Questions 1-2

	A	B	C	D
1
2

Passage 2 Questions 3-4

	A	B	C	D
3
4

Passage 3 Questions 5-6

	A	B	C	D
5
6

Passage 4 Questions 7-8

	A	B	C	D
7
8

Listening Exercise

(Skills 3-4)

Questions 1-6

	A	B	C	D
1
2
3
4
5
6

Listening Exercise

(Skills 1-4)

Questions 1-8

	A	B	C	D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

5. Understand the organization
How to identify the question	How is the information in the passage organized? Click in the correct … Column Box
Where to find the answer	- It is not directly stated in the passage - Understand the main topic - Draw a conclusion
How to answer the question	- Listen carefully - Consider how these points are organized - Look for an answer that shows the organization of the point - Eliminate the wrong answers and choose the best from the remaining choices

Listening Exercise 5

Passage 1 Questions 1-3

	A	B	C	D
1

2	YES	NO
A
B
C
D
E
F

3	1	2	3
A
B
C

Passage 2 Questions 4-6

	A	B	C	D
4

5	1	2	3	4
A
B
C
D

6	YES	NO
A
B
C
D
E

Passage 3 Questions 7-9

	A	B	C	D
7

8	YES	NO
A
B
C
D
E

9	1	2	3
A
B
C

Passage 4 Questions 10-14

	A	B	C	D
10

11	1	2	3
A
B
C
D
E
F
G

12	1	2	3
A
B
C

13	1	2	3
A
B
C

14	1	2	3
A
B
C

6. Understand relationships
How to identify the question	What is … most likely …? implied …? What can be inferred …?
Where to find the answer	- It is not directly stated in the passage - Understand the main topic - Draw a conclusion
How to answer the question	- Listen carefully - Consider how these points might be related - Look for an answer that shows how the points are related - Eliminate the wrong answers and choose the best from the remaining choices

Listening Exercise 6

Passage 1 Questions 1-2

	A	B	C	D
1
2

Passage 2 Questions 3-4

	A	B	C	D
3
4

Passage 3 Questions 5-6

	A	B	C	D
5
6

Passage 4 Questions 7-9

	A	B	C	D
7
8
9

Listening Exercise

(Skills 5-6)

Questions 1-7

	A	B	C	D
1
2

3	1	2	3
A
B
C

4	1	2	3
A
B
C

5	YES	NO
A
B
C
D
E
F

	A	B	C	D
6
7

Listening Exercise

(Skills 1-6)

Questions 1-6

	A	B	C	D
1
2

3	1	2	3
A
B
C

4	1	2	3
A
B
C

	A	B	C	D
5
6

Listening Post-Test

Questions 1-6

	A	B	C	D
1
2

3	YES	NO
A
B
C
D

	A	B	C	D
4
5
6

Questions 7-12

	A	B	C	D
7
8
9
10

11	YES	NO
A
B
C
D

	A	B	C	D
12

ANSWERS

Listening Section

Listening Diagnostic Pre-Test

1. B	5. Y,N,N,Y,Y	9. A
2. C D	6. A	10. C1, C3, C2
3. C	7. D	11. C
4. B	8. A,C	12.D

Listening Exercise 1

1. C	3. B	5. A	7. A
2. A	4. D	6. C	8.D

Listening Exercise 2

1. C	9. B	17. B,D
2. B	10. A,C	18. A
3. D	11. B,D	19. B
4. A,D	12. D	20. B,D
5. B	13. C	21. A,B
6. B,C	14. A,C	22. D
7. C	15. B,C	23. C
8. C	16. B

Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-2)

1. B	3. C	5. A, D	7. C, D
2. D	4. A	6. B

Listening Exercise 3

1. B	5. D	9. B	13. B	17. B
2. A	6. B	10. D	14. D	18. A
3. C	7. C	11. A	15. C	19. D
4. D	8. A	12. C	16. A

Listening Exercise 4

1. B	3. D	5. B	7. D
2. C	4. A	6. D	8. B

Listening Exercise (Skills 3-4)

1. D	3. B	5. B
2. A	4. D	6. A

Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-4)

1. D	3. A	5. D	7. B D
2. C	4. D	6. B	8. C

Listening Exercise 5

1. B	8. Y N Y Y N
2. Y N N Y N Y	9. C2 C3 C1
3. C1 C3 C2	10. C
4. A	11. C1 C2 C1 C3 C2 C2 C3
5. C3 C1 C4 C2	12. C2 C3 C1
6. N Y N Y Y	13. C1 C2 C3
7. D	14. C2 C3 C1

Listening Exercise 6

1. D	3. D	5. B	7. C	9. A
2. A	4. B	6. C	8. D

Listening Exercise (Skills 5-6)

1. A	4. C3 C1 C2	7. C
2. D	5. N Y Y N N Y
3. C2 C3 C1	6. B

Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-6)

1. A	3. C2 C1 C3	5. A D
2. B D	4. C3 C1 C2	6. B

Listening Post-Test

1. B	5. C	9. B
2. A	6. D	10. C
3. N Y N Y	7. A	11. Y Y N N
4. A C	8. D	12. A

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