In this section of the test, you will hear talks and conversations. Each talk or conversation is followed by one question. Choose the best answer to each question. You will hear each talk or conversation only one time.
What are the speakers talking about?
The topics of their English papers
How to do research at the library
A report for their history class
Why they have so much homework
What is the girl going to do tomorrow morning?
Have a meeting with her teacher
Give her homework to Mr. Patterson
Complete her homework assignment
Introduce her mother to Mr. Patterson
According to the boy, why did his parents buy him a bike?
They wanted him to get more exercise.
He got good grades in the previous semester.
They gave it to him for his birthday.
It was a reward for getting an A in math.
What does the girl imply about her grade on the test?
It is lower than the boy’s grade.
It is her best grade for the semester.
It will make her parents proud of her.
It is better than she had expected.
What are the speakers mainly discussing?
Where the girl lives
How the girl will get home
What time school finishes
What the boy’s parents do
What does the teacher suggest about the girl?
She needs to act better in class.
Her attitude is getting better.
She does not pay attention to him.
Her test scores have not improved.
What is the purpose of the announcement?
To provide some information about the science fair
To encourage the students to come in their topics
To cell the students about last year’s science fair winner
To warn the students about forgetting to submit a topic
What is the subject of the announcement?
How to join the cross-country team
The need for the students to run more
The formation of a new sports team
The new coach of the school’s athletic teams
What does the teacher say about chemical changes?
They happen by adding chemicals to a substance.
One example is boiling water to make steam.
They change the molecules that are inside objects.
It is difficult to make them actually take place.
Now you will hear longer talks or conversations. Each talk or conversation will be followed by three or more questions. Choose the best answer to each question. You will hear each talk or conversation only one time.
Listen and answer the questions.
What are the students mainly discussing?
The importance of voting in all elections
What the girl intends to do as school president
How they can make the school a better place
The upcoming election that the girl is involved in
Why does the girl mention Randy?
To say she had expected to lose to him
To talk about how popular he is
To note his friendship with the boy
To complement the campaign that he ran
What does the boy say about the food in the cafeteria?
Its taste has improved.
There is a wide selection.
Its price is too high.
It is not very good.
What does the girl imply when she says this: “I don’t want to do too much at once”?
She wishes she had lost the election.
Being president will keep her very busy.
She would like the boy to give her some help.
She wills only focus on the cafeteria at first.
Listen and answer the questions.
What does the teacher say about the boy's recent homework?
It has been better than she had expected.
He has failed to turn it in most of the time.
He has not been doing well on it.
It has been some of his best work.
What does the teacher suggest about the study group?
It will help the boy’s math scores improve.
It will teach the boy some new concepts in math.
It will make the boy more attentive in class.
It will prepare the boy for the upcoming classes.
What is the boy going to do after lunch today?
Speak with his football coach
Submit his math homework
Go to a study group meeting
Study one-on-one with the teacher
Listen and answer the questions.
What is the main topic of the conversation?
The topic of the paper the girl needs to write
The work the girl missed in the teacher’s class
The girl's recent performance in the teacher’s class
The most recent topic that the teacher covered
Why was the girl absent from class?
She was in the hospital.
She broke her leg.
She was in a car accident.
She had an illness.
What does the girl imply about Mark?
He is her lab partner in science class.
He is one of her closest friends.
She often studies with him after school.
She will ask him for his class notes.
What does the teacher give the girl?
An assignment sheet
A test paper
A permission slip
A report that she wrote
What will the girl probably do next?
Submit her assignment
Take a makeup exam
Attend her next class
Ask the teacher a question
Listen and answer the questions.
Why is the girl talking about doing another extracurricular activity?
She wants to learn a new skill.
Her parents want her to do that.
It will give her something else to do.
She has a lot of free time.
What does the boy mean when he says this: “It seems like your plate is already full”?
The girl is doing a large number of activities.
The girl ought to listen to her parents.
The girl should stop eating so much food.
The girl needs to ask someone for advice.
Why does the boy talk about the track team?
To complain about his last track meet
To say that he is the captain of the team
To claim that it takes up a lot of time
To advise the girl to try out for it
Which extracurricular activity does the girl decide to do?
The track team
The computer club
The softball team
The band
Listen and answer the questions.
Why does the professor mention Watertown?
To note the location of a cave
To describe a Native American tribe from there
To name the place where the three boys live
To say it is where he teaches
According to the professor, when was the newly discovered art most likely made?
One century ago
Five centuries ago
One thousand years ago
Several thousand years ago
What was found along with the art?
Jewelry
Pottery
Weapons
Bones
What is probably true about the recent discovery?
It occurred thanks to research done by the professor.
Archaeologists from all over the country are studying it.
It is one of the most important archaeological finds in the region.
Many of the paintings are currently in poor condition.
Listen and answer the questions.
What is the teacher mainly discussing?
Mathematical formulas for the laws of motion
The life of Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion
The research that Sir Isaac Newton did
What can be inferred about the teacher?
He used to conduct research on optics.
He wrote his master’s thesis on Sir Isaac Newton.
He would rather be teaching a math class.
He is familiar with Sir Isaac Newton’s achievements.
How does the teacher demonstrate the first law of motion?
By writing a formula on the board
By rolling a ball on his desk
By showing a rocket taking off
By talking about a car accelerating
What is the third law of motion?
There is an equal reaction for every action.
An object at rest stays at rest.
All objects move in straight lines.
Force equals mass times acceleration.
What will the teacher probably do next?
Have the students ask some questions
Conduct a science experiment
Talk about Sir Isaac Newton's life
Have the students watch a video
Listen and answer the questions.
Why does the girl mention her sister?
To say that her sister gives her stress
To claim that her sister is unaffected by stress
To explain how her sister reacts to stress
To note that her sister gets stressed out by the school
What does the teacher imply when she says this: “Be serious, Brad”?
She is going to kick the student out of class.
She is pleased with the student's answer.
She wants the student to be quiet.
She thinks the student is making a joke.
According to the teacher, how can traffic jams cause stress?
They give people a sense of helplessness.
They can cause people to get physically ill.
They make people late for their appointments.
They force people to waste a lot of time.
Why does the teacher suggest that the students should do their homework early?
To recommend it as one way to save time
To name a way they can get rid of their stress
To encourage them to stop delaying their work
To claim that it will improve their grades
Listen and answer the questions.
What is the teacher explaining?
The way that a train operates
The development of railways
George Stevenson’s role in the history
The inventing of the steam engine
How were carts that ran on wooden tracks moved?
By oxen
By steam engines
By horses
By electric power
What did George Stephenson do?
He made a train engine.
He worked as a miner.
He designed a railway line.
He invented the steam engine.
What is probably true about railroads?
They could transport goods faster than automobiles could.
It was cheaper to make them than to build steamships.
People in countries other than Britain learned to make them.