In this section of the test, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to

understand conversations and talks in English. There are three parts to this section with
special directions for each part. Answer all the questions on the basis of what is stated or
implied by the speaker's you here do not take notes or write in your test book at any time. Do
not turn the pages until you are told to do so.

Part A directions in part A. You will hear short conversations between two people after each
conversation. You will hear a question about the conversation the conversations and
questions will not be repeated after you hear a question read the four possible answers in your
test book and choose the best answer. Then on your answer sheet find the number of the
question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer. You have chosen.
Listen to an example on the recording. You will hear that exam was just awful. Oh, it could
have been worse. What does the woman mean? In your test book, you will read

A. the exam was really awful

B. it was the worst exam. She had ever seen.
C. it couldn't have been more difficult.
D. it wasn't that hard.

You learn from the conversation that the man thought the exam was very difficult and that the
woman disagreed with the man. The best answer to the question. What does the woman mean
is D? It? Wasn't that hard. Therefore the correct choice is D. Go on to the next page.

Now we will begin part A with the first conversation.

1. Do you know when the next train is? I need to be at the Museum of Fine Arts by 10:30.
Actually, there's a shuttle bus at 10 that takes you directly there and it's only a 25-
minute ride. What does the woman imply?
2. Number two. It was such a great weekend. I saw two really good movies into play.
What did you do? What you were supposed to be doing studying. Did you forget we
have an exam today? What does the woman mean?
3. Number three. So what are they supposed to be building over there another gym, isn't
that where the new libraries going? What are the speakers talking about?
4. Number four. Do you mind if I use your computer to write a history paper? Mine's out
for repairs? Sorry, but I'm in the middle of typing something and it's gonna be a while.
No the computer lab is still open. What does the man imply the woman should do?
5. Number five. Hygena, that's a really cool. Watch. Where did you get it? Well, my sister
works at the jewelry store right off campus. What does the woman imply?
6. Number six. do you think classes are going to be cancelled because of this snow storm?
I sure hope so. It says on the radio that roads are treacherous. Why don't you check with
the administration office? What does the name suggests the woman do?
7. Number 7. So where's Gloria these days? It's like she's disappeared. You obviously
haven't been to the library a while. What can be inferred about Gloria?
8. Number 8. I don't know what you did to this computer, but it keeps giving me these
error messages all sorry. I was playing around with it before you came in. Let me take a
look at it. What will the man do?
9. Number 9. chicken or fish I know they're both good here, but I just can't make up my
mind. Come on. We haven't got all night. What does the woman mean?
10. Number 10. Oh, no. I just remembered. I was supposed to give Tom his CD back when
I see him in class today, but I left it sitting on the kitchen table. I don't think it's any big
deal. I'm sure he can do about it until our next class. What does the man imply about
the woman?
11. Number 11. I'm starting to lose my voice which usually means I'm about to catch a
cold. Do you think I should go to the clinic and have my throat looked at as soon as
possible, especially since we have oral exams next week in German class. What does
the man suggest the woman do?
12. Number 12. Are you sure you want to rent that apartment? It's the first one you saw
you're right. I shouldn't be so Hasty. It wouldn't hurt to check out a few more. What
will the woman probably do?
13. Number 13. Wow, you're really tall. Are you a basketball team? I may be tall, but that
doesn't mean I've ever been any good as a player. What does the man imply?
14. Number 14, which of these shirts do you think I should buy the red or the green one?
Well, didn't you already buy a red one last week a little variety would be good. What
does the woman imply the man should do?
15. Number 15. I was surprised to hear that you accepted the job offer from the bank. Are
you sure you'll like working there? I just thought I'd give it a try if I don't like it I can
quit anytime. What can be inferred from the conversation?
16. Number 16. I'm having a party tonight. Can you make it I'd love to but my aunt's here
only one day and I promised to take her to a play. What will the woman probably do?
17. Number 17. How you going to pay for classes next year. Did you apply for financial
aid? Well, I'm working at the bookstore and doing some tutoring. That should be
enough don't you think? What can be inferred about the woman?
18. Number 18, excuse me. I didn't order this cake becomes would you get him? What does
the man say about the cake?
19. Number 19, you know something I can't wait to go home for spring break. My home
town is so small that everybody knows you. Yeah, but everybody knows your business
to and talks about it all the time. What does the name mean?
20. Number 20, you did a great job coordinating the student volunteers for the campus open
house Phil. I hope we can count on you again. I'm glad things worked out but this is it
for me. It's too time-consuming. What does the man mean?

Go on to the next page.

21. Number 21 what time should Peter have been here to meet us as soon as a psychology
class was finished. I hope he didn't forget. What can be inferred about Peter?
22. Number 22 I missed the meeting about on-campus job openings this afternoon. Were you
there? I don't have time for a job this semester, but my roommate went and I can get you
copies of the forms you need from her. What does the woman mean?
23. Number 23 one thing I definitely recommend make sure you get enough sleep the night
before your presentation. Trust me. It'll make a difference. I don't know professor and
we'll pz probably I'll lie awake all night rehearsing my talk. What does the man mean?
24. Number 24. Do you think we'll have a say in what musical our theater group will be
presenting next year. I doubt it. I heard the director say she'd already picked one out.
What does the man mean?
25. Number 25. Hi Jim. I hear you're looking for an apartment closer to work. Yes. I'm sick
and tired of spending so much time in my car. What does the man imply?
26. Number 26. I've got great news. Ben's going to be senior class president next year.
They've had the elections already. What had the man assumed?
27. Number 27. Someone said we really should go to that guest lecture tomorrow. Well, it
wasn't me I couldn't care less about astronomy. What does the man mean?
28. Number 28, trust me. You don't want to go to that movie. It's not nearly as good as the
reviews said. I don't care. I need a break from studying and it's the only thing showing
that I haven't already seen. What does the woman mean?
29. Number 29 if this dry weather keeps up we're going to be restricted again and how we
use water this summer unless we really start doing something about it now. What does
the man mean?
30. Number 30. Hi Mike. I heard that you were revising the instructors manual for the
computer class. Is there any way I could get a copy of the new version? Well, I'm still
working on it. So for right now everyone should just use the one they have what does the
man imply?

This is the end of part A go on to the next page.

Now read along as the directions for Part B are being read

Directions in this part of the test. You will hear longer conversations after each conversation.
You will hear several questions the conversations and questions will not be repeated. After
you hear a question read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best
answer then on your answer sheet find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the answer. You have chosen. Remember you are not allowed to
take notes or write in your test book.

Go on to the next page.

Now we will begin Part B with the first conversation. Questions 31 through 33 listen to a
conversation

Hi Ed. Looks like we're here early. Yeah class doesn't start for 10 more minutes. So I pulled
out the novel I'm reading. What is it? It's called sister Carrie. It's about a woman named
Carrie who owns our country home to earn a living in Chicago and New York. Oh, I studied
Theodore Dreiser. His walk is a little depressing but I like him even though his character is
always get in trouble. He treats them with sympathy. How do you like sister Carrie? It's not
what I expected on the back cover. It says that the book.

And a lot of controversy when it was first published in 1900 it even says the publisher
withdrew from the market after only five hundred copies were sold, but I don't see why well,
the novel might not be shocking by our standards but it sure created a stir then think about
what Carrie does she leaves her country home and gets caught up in some personal scandals
in the city. Now most other authors of that time would have punished the character to provide
a moral lesson, but dreicer has carry become a successful actress at the end. Well that puts
The story in a different perspective. I bet dreicer must have been discouraged when the
publisher took it off the market. He sure was he stopped writing fiction for a while and did
work as a journalist and an editor. Well, how did the book because I recognized some British
reviewers praised a novel and then another publisher released it in 1907. Eventually people
recognize the novel for its realism and dreicer went on to write some other successful works.

31. Number 31. What is the conversation mainly about?

32. Number 32 according to the woman. How is Sister Carrie different from other novels of
its time?
33. Number 33, how did sister Carrie eventually gain recognition?

Questions 34 through 38 listen to part of the discussion in a Linguistics class before we begin
today's topic. I'd like to review the phases of child language acquisition that we went over
yesterday would like to summarize for us is Lisa. Well, first of all, you said that newborns
only make rudimentary vocalizations because the voice box isn't in position for speech yet,
but that at about three months of age babies. Are two other the first sounds that resemble
language sounds the sounds of consonants like and gah. That's right. And after this stage
come to meaningless syllables a consonant followed by a vowel. For example, the data
sounds at the next stage comes a real breakthrough. Can you tell us about that Lisa? Well
between 6 months and 1 year of age babies begin to associate sounds with meaning So when
you say die Dog, they know you're referring to the four-legged animal that's their house pet at
this stage. They start to build a vocabulary and in a matter of months. They're learning 10 to
20 new words a day this vocabulary growth continues until adolescence right and isn't it?
Amazing the by the time children are two or three years old, they're stringing sentences
together. Certainly. No one will dispute the children have a tremendous capacity for learning
language with linguists are still trying to determine

How does language acquisition takes place?

34. Number 34. What is the class mainly discussing?

35. Number 35. Why does the student mention the sounds and gun?
36. Number 36 according to the student why are newborns not able to make language like
sounds?
37. Number 37 according to the discussion when this vocabulary growth first start to
increase dramatically.
38. Number 38 according to the discussion what do linguists still not know?
This is the end of part me go on to the next page.

Now read along as the directions for part C or being read Part C directions in this part of the
test. You will hear several short talks after each talk. You will hear some questions the talks
and the questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question read the four possible
answers in your test book and choose the best answer then on your answer sheet find the
number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer. You
have chosen. Here is an example on the recording you here listen to an instructor talk to his
class about a television program. I'd like to tell you about an interesting TV program that will
be shown as coming Thursday. It'll be on from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. On Channel 4. It's part of a
series called mysteries of human biology. The subject of the program is the human brain how
it functions and how it can malfunction topics that will be covered our dreams memory.

Depression. These topics are Illustrated with outstanding computer animation that makes the
explanations easy-to-follow make an effort to see this show since we've been studying the
nervous system in class. I know you'll find it very helpful now listen to a sample question.
What is the main purpose of the program? In your test book you read

A. to demonstrate the latest use of computer Graphics

B. to discuss the possibility of an economic depression

C. to explain the workings of the brain

D. to dramatize a famous mystery story.

The best answer to the question. What is the main purpose of the program is see to explain
the workings of the brain. Therefore the correct choice is C. Now listen to another sample
question. Why does the speaker recommend watching the program in your test book you read
a it is required of all science. Majors be it will never be shown again. See it can help viewers
improve their memory skills.

D.. it will help with coursework. The best answer to the question. Why does the speaker
recommend watching? The program is D. It will help with coursework. Therefore. The
correct choice is d Remember you are not allowed to take notes or writing your test book. Go
on to the next page.
We will begin part C with the first talk questions 39 through 41. Listen to a talk from a
Canadian history class. How did the Native communities of Southeastern Canada convey
information to one another in general? They used couriers who memorized all messages?
Among some people's Iraq or a any Algonquin for example, Messengers also used a code
based on strings of beads.

The bennets were called Wampum and the color of the beads signify the message for
instance. White beads were used for the use of peace prosperity or Goodwill purple beads.
Meant War disaster or death. The Courier's also carried messages for early European
explorers and missionaries one Jesuit missionary described in his journals how a courier
memorized 20 different detailed transactions delivered them to Montreal and then returned
with exact replies to each he had traveled 800 miles round trip.

Sometimes the messages were written not oral and would be passed from one career to
another. When one messenger arrived at the edge of his tribes territory, he would sell the
letter to the next messenger usually at a profit if the letter passed through any hands before
reaching the recipient the final bill could be very expensive.

39. Number 39. What is the main topic of the talk?

40. Number 40, what would cause a letter to be expensive to receive?
41. Number 41 what event would most likely have been symbolized by a purple Wampum
bead?

Questions 42 through 46 listen to a talk at the campus bird watchers club. We've talked
before about using special plantings water and feeders to attract birds to your garden this
afternoon. I'd like to tell you about a less well-known way to attract birds. It's by putting out
eggshells many birds eagerly consume them perhaps it's a method of replacing calcium lost
by Allison egg-laying know I have seen meals eat the shells to anyway, I've had at least eight
different species of birds. Come to eat. The egg shells. Here's how it's done. You should save
your egg shells and rinse them in water then cook them lightly on baking pan in the oven set
at a low temperature until they are dry but not brown. This sterilized has them and makes
them brittle you can crumble them into bite-sized pieces and spread them on the ground. And
a rock or a bird feeder. You may find are so popular. You want to go to your favorite
restaurant to ask for more egg shells.

42. Number 42. What is the talk mainly about?

43. Number 43, why are the birds attracted to egg shells?
44. Number 44. How are the egg shells prepared?
45. Number 45. How does the preparation process affect the egg shells?
46. Number 46 what can be inferred about the woman?

Questions 47 through 50 listen to part of the talk in a geology class last week when we talked
about landslides. We looked at what causes these huge masses of Earth to move down a
natural incline such as a Mountainside or slope with such destructive force. Now when these
landslides occur in populated areas, what can humans do to avoid or minimize damage?
Basically, there are three things that can be done. The first thing is to Simply avoid
construction in the areas where landslides are likely to happen. Typically when a site on a
slope is chosen for new construction. It is important that a Geological Survey of the area be
conducted the survey reveals unsafe conditions such as to little vegetation or soil that will
absorb water to easily conditions that might lead to a landslide say during periods of heavy
rains. The second thing is to build in a way that doesn't make stable slopes unstable. For
example, natural vegetation, like grass is needed to keep soil firmly in place. This vegetation
should not be entirely removed since without the grass the soil would loosen up and this
could result in a landslide. The third thing is to design good water drainage to ensure that the
water naturally runs down the slope and doesn't build up in soil.

Kind of water buildup on a slope is one of the most frequent causes of landslides water build-
up can easily result during long periods of heavy rain and sometimes the cause is part of the
construction itself such as a stone wall that blocks the water from draining off the slope.

47. Number 47. What does the professor mainly discuss?

48. Number 48 according to the professor. Why is it important to perform geological
surveys?
49. Number 49. What does the professor say about vegetation on a slope?
50. Number 50 according to the professor what might cause a buildup of water on a slope?