I. Listening Comprehension (20%)

Section A

Directions: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about it. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. For one week.        B. For less than a week.

C. For two weeks.       D. Hard to say.

2. A. Go to her sister’s wedding ceremony.   B. Stay at home.

C. Go to George’s birthday party.    D. Go to George’s house-warming party.

3. A. 50 dollars.   B. 40 dollars.   C. 60 dollars.   D. 55 dollars.

4. A. She feels bored with the idea.     B. She thinks ballet is funny.

C. She will not go with the man anyway.   D. She shows interest in the show.

5 A. Snowy.    B. Sunny.    C. Windy.   D. Cloudy.

6. A. She hasn’t seen Monet’s paintings for ten years.

B. She hasn’t been to the museum for long.

C. She has been interested in Monet’s paintings for ten years.

D. She used to own one of Monet’s paintings.

7. A. Father and daughter.       B. Friends.

C. Husband and wife.       D. Boss and his employee.

8. A. The man is not interested in the game this weekend.

B. The man is not interested in the team that will play this weekend.

C. The man doesn’t want to mention the game.

D. The man is not interested in watching any game.

9. A. She would see Ellen at last.

B. She saw Ellen for the last time not long ago.

C She has many people to see before Ellen.

D. She wouldn’t like to see Ellen at all.

10. A. The woman is sorry for not being able to spend the holiday with the man.

B. The man is a bit annoyed because the woman didn’t tell him her plan for the winter holiday.

C. The man is sorry about not being able to go to Malaysia.

D The woman is excited about spending the winter holiday in Malaysia without the man.