Listening B - 03. SG–MAY–05

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

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HCMC UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
HUFLIT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER
SG–MAY–05

LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST
LEVEL B

PART A. BLANK–FILLING
Listen to the recording and complete the following answers.
1. What’s the number I have to dial ?
2. Have you got the reference number ? Yes, it’s 7 /
3. What’s the book’s code number ? It’s BN – 1 9
4. What’s the Stockholm postcode ? It’s –
5. What’s his phone number ? It’s 429.
6. Have you got the reference number then ? Yes, It’s – / N
7. What’s the Kenyan number, then ? It’s 689.
8. Do you know the reference number ? It’s A
9. I need the code number. It’s AA
10. When was the contract signed ? On the

PART B.
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. In order to deposit this money before the bank closes I need to hurry.
b. If I hurry, I’ll get to the bank before opening time.
c. I have to take some money out of the bank before it closes.

d. The bank closed before I could deposit my money.
2.
a. The people were total strangers.
b. Dan knew the people very well.
c. Dan was going to visit the people whom he hardly knew.
d. Dan wasn’t sure whether he knew the people or not.
3.
a. The book costs $50.95, and I have only $40.15
b. The book costs less than I have with me.
c. I have got $14.50 but the book costs $15.95
d. I need three more dollars to pay for the book.
4.
a. My keys are lost forever.
b. I expect to find my keys soon.
c. My keys were lost, but now I have found them.
d. Someone showed up with my keys soon after I had lost them.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

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5.
a. We attended the concert even though the tickets were expensive.
b. We could afford the tickets for the concert.
c. The tickets were so inexpensive that we attended the concert.
d. We couldn’t attend the concert because the tickets were so expensive.
6.
a. The train was supposed to depart at 6:15, but it was an hour and a half late.
b. The train was supposed to depart at 6:50, but it was a quarter late.
c. The train was an hour and a quarter late, so it left at 7:30

d. The train was supposed to depart at 7:30, but it left at 6:15
7.
a. Lucy didn’t wear the coat, because she doesn’t like red.
b. Lucy is allergic to wool.
c. Lucy wore the coat, but broke out in a rash.
d. Lucy couldn’t wear the coat because she was in a rush.
8.
a. They managed to pull all the victims through the wreckage.
b. The crash victims were pulling each other through the wreckage.
c. None of the victims of the crash will survive.
d. All those involved in the accident will probably survive.
9.
a. There were so many tickets left that they had to sell them again the next day.
b. Not many showed up to purchase tickets on opening day.
c. There were a few tickets left by noon of the opening day.
d. The tickets on opening day were sold out by noon because so many people showed up to buy them.
10.
a. The kidnapper escaped with both the money and the child.
b. The kidnapper escaped with the child, but left the money.

c. The kidnapper left the child and took the money.
d. The kidnapper escaped with neither the child nor the money.

THE END