In this section of the test, you will hear talks and conversations. Fach 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 mainly discussing?
Mr. Sanders’ teaching style
The test that they just took
A tutorial they are going to attend
The material they need to know
What does the teacher say about the boy’s essay?
It was better than his previous one.
It will lose points for being late.
It should be about French history.
It needs to be turned in next week.
When is the teacher going to return the girl’s test?
By today
By Wednesday
By Thursday
By next week
What is the boy going to do after the next period?
Give the girl his science notes
Meet the girl for lunch
Copy from the girl’s notebook
Attend science class with the girl
Why does the teacher mention the girl’s poem?
To criticize how she wrote it
To tell her she got an A on it
To ask so when she will submit it
To praise its creativity
What does the girl mean when she says: “Tell me about it”?
She agrees with the boy’s opinion.
She wants some more information.
The boy needs to repeat himself.
She does not know the new student.
What is the purpose of the announcement?
To encourage the students to try harder
To explain why they are restudying some material
To give the students a new homework assignment
To ask what the students thought of the lesson
What is the teacher mainly discussing?
The class time
Perfect grades
Pop quizzes
Final grades
Why is the principal talking about field day?
To give the date when it will be held
To explain what will happen during it
To mention that it will be postponed
To say that parents may not attend it
Now you will hear longer talks and conversations. Each talk or conversation is 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 talking about?
The AP classes that they are taking
The sporting events they will play soon
The boy’s difficulty studying for his classes
The girl's desire to become a starter
What does the girl say about the volleyball team?
It had a losing record last year.
It won the state championship last year.
It has all of last year's starters returning.
It has already lost three games this year.
Which class do the speakers take together?
P.E.
History
English
Biology
What does the girl suggest about Jenny and Karen?
They are her two best friends at school.
They have not spoken to the boy before.
Their grades are going down this semester.
They are members of the volleyball team.
Listen and answer the questions.
What is the main topic of the conversation?
How to conduct a lab experiment
When the students are going to have a lab class
What kinds of animals are in the laboratory
How the boy feels about a lab assignment
Why is the boy worried about the upcoming class?
He might become sick during it.
He does not want to dissect a cat.
He has never had a lab class before.
He thinks it will be too hard for him.
What does the boy imply when he says this: “In fact, I use worms as bait every time I go fishing”?
He wants to go fishing with his friends.
He is comfortable cutting up worms.
He does not want to do the assignment.
He enjoys fishing in his free time.
What does the teacher imply about her class?
It does not take much skill to dissect an animal.
Most of the students are uncomfortable during it.
The students will dissect animals other than worms in it.
The students have to do the lab to get good grades.
Listen and answer the questions.
What is the main topic of the conversation?
The girl's progress on her science project
When the girl will cam in her paper
How the girl is going to complete her research
The girl’s need to get a good grade on her work
What does the girl suggest about Tommy?
He is one of her best friends at school.
He promised to help her with her assignment.
She thinks he was playing a trick on her.
She believes he needs to work harder.
What does the girl say about her status report?
She has not started writing it yet.
She forgot to email it to the teacher.
She needs to write one more page.
She is going to send it the next day.
Why does the girl talk about the lab work she is doing?
To answer the teacher's question
To describe her father’s role in her project
To complain about her results
To ask the teacher to interpret the results
What does the teacher ask the girl to do by next Monday?
Complete all of her lab work
Submit a status report
Turn in her science project
Conduct another experiment
Listen and answer the questions.
Why does the girl mention her history test?
To tell the boy that she is studying for it
To state that she is likely to do poorly on it
To ask the boy some questions about it
To find out what the boy's grade on it was
What does the boy tell the girl to do when she is studying?
Use the Internet to find important information
Avoid lying down on her bed
Play some rock music to motivate herself
Focus on studying one subject at a time
What is probably true about the girl?
She dislikes listening to classical music.
Her grades are as good as the boy.
She enjoys learning history at school.
Her blog is popular with her classmates.
What is the girl going to do tonight?
Review for her history test
Meet the boy at the library
Try to follow the boy’s study tips
Complete the paper she has to write
Listen and answer the questions.
What is the teacher mainly discussing?
DNA testing of animals
The domestication of dogs
Dig sites in Europe and Asia
How to tame wild animals
What does the teacher suggest about domesticating animals?
Only intelligent animals can be tamed.
Humans need to be patient to do it.
It is a fairly difficult process to do.
It may take hundreds of years to do.
Why does the teacher mention DNA testing?
To focus on some genetic traits that only dogs have
To admit he is skeptical about claims dogs evolved in Asia
To note when dogs and wolves became individual species
To claim it can prove when dogs were first domesticated
According to the teacher, why did humans and dogs develop a close relationship?
Humans bred dogs to be dependent upon them.
Each of them provided assistance to the other.
Dogs preferred being tame to living in the wild.
Humans wanted dogs to be their companions.
Listen and answer the questions.
What is the teacher mainly talking about?
The three main species of anteaters
The feeding habits of the anteater
The characteristics of the giant anteater
The life cycle of the anteater
What does the teacher say about the snout of the anteater?
It can be up to one meter in length.
The anteater’s teeth are in it.
The anteater’s mouth is at its end.
It is what the anteater uses to dig up anthills.
What does the teacher imply about the anteater?
It may attack animals that enter its territory.
It sometimes lives in small family groups
It is an endangered species in some countries.
It eats both plant and animal matter.
What will the teacher probably do next?
Answer some of the students’ questions
Display some more pictures on the screen
Show the class a video about anteaters
Assign the students some homework to do
Listen and answer the questions.
What does the teacher say about hoar frost?
It is most common during the morning.
She thinks that it looks pretty.
The blowing of icy wind forms it.
It happens more often in winter than in the fall.
Why does the teacher suggest that the students look in their books?
To read an important passage
To consult a chart on frost
To see a picture of Rime frost
To learn how to spell some words
Why does the teacher talk about farmers?
To note how frost affects their planting schedules
To discuss how frost can affect their crops
To stress how much they dislike frost
To describe how much money they can lose due to frost