ECCE TEST ONE – LISTENING

Listening Section Instructions

This section of the test has two parts. Mark all your answers on the separate answer sheet. Do not make any stray marks on
the answer sheet. If you change your mind about an answer, erase your first answer completely. If you do not know the
answer, you may guess. Try to answer as many questions as possible.

Listening Test, Part 1

In this part, you will hear 25 short conversations. After each conversation, you will hear a question about it. You will hear
each conversation and question once. The answer choices are shown as pictures. Mark your answers on the separate answer
sheet, not in the test booklet. You should mark A, B, or C.

Here is an example:
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Listening Test, Part 2

In this part, you will hear four short talks. After each talk, you will hear five questions about it. Before each talk begins, you
will have time to preview the questions that are printed in the test booklet. You will hear each talk twice. Then you will hear
the questions once. If you want to, you may take notes in your booklet as you listen. Mark your answers on the separate
answer sheet not in the test booklet. You should mark A, B, C, or D.

Now you will hear the first talk. Look at the questions. Now you will hear the second talk. Look at the questions.
Listen to a teacher in a geography class. Listen to a member of a faculty staff brief some
exchange students.
26. What information did the students receive in the
handout? 31. What is the “goal” the speaker is talking about?
a. a list of assignments a. to attract a lot of exchange students to the
b. a list of field-trip options to choose from university
c. information about places they will visit for their b. to have students and influences from all over
assignment the world at the university
d. a full list of North American national parks c. to have at least one student from every
continent attending the university
27. When should students make their diary entries? d. to have a university campus on every continent
a. at the end of the year eventually
b. during the field trips
c. after each field trip is over 32. What must the students do after the introduction?
d. each evening for the duration of the course a. register at the table
b. go to the administration offices
28. What are the consequences of submitting your diary c. check their details have been correctly
late? registered
a. You will lose some credits. d. check their timetable is correct
b. You will automatically fail the course.
c. You will have to repeat the first year. 33. Which of the following problems could Mary Mills
d. You will have to repeat the course. help with?
a. a student who wants to switch courses
29. Why is one of the chosen field-trip locations b. a student who needs extra lessons
Dinosaur Provincial Park? c. a student who has been in trouble with the
a. The area is full of fossils. police
b. The are is said to be full of precious stones. d. a shy student who is struggling to make friends
c. The ground is very rocky and little grows there.
d. The area has impressive glacial features. 34. In which of these cases should a student contact Jess
Maxwell?
30. On which field trip are the students likely to see a. only when they have questions about financial
glaciers? matters
a. the Dinosaur Provincial field trip b. when they have a little culture shock
b. the Gros Morne and Yellowstone field trips c. when they have a serious personal problem
c. the Kluane field trip d. when they have a mild cold
d. the Gros Morne and Grand Canyon field trips
35. What does the speaker say about accommodation?
a. There are a limited number of single rooms for
postgraduates.
b. Postgraduate students must share their rooms
with 6-8 people.
c. Not every undergraduate student will get the
type of accommodation they asked for.
d. Not all postgraduate students will have to share
part of their accommodation.
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Now you will hear the third talk. Look at the questions. Now you will hear the fourth talk. Look at the questions.
Listen to a lecture from an agricultural course. Listen to a radio announcement.

36. Why do poor farmers on desert land prefer goats to 41. What is the purpose of this announcement?
other farm animals? a. to provide information about an upcoming
a. Goats can find their own food. event
b. Goats provide both meat and milk. b. to announce the winners of a competition
c. Goats only eat bushes and scrub. c. to explain the judging process for a competition
d. Other animals produce less meat and milk. d. to promote an interest in art

37. What is a serious disadvantage of keeping goats on 42. How many pieces of art will be on display in total?
dry hot land? a. 5
a. Their overgrazing can make the land even more b. 10
dry. c. 50
b. Their movements kick up dirt and speed up d. 100
desertification.
c. Goats only eat new, young plants. 43. Why does the speaker mention the drawing of the
d. Goats will also eat food that humans could town-hall clock?
consume. a. It has already become famous.
b. It shows the clock being struck by lightning.
38. Why are goats a danger to future plant growth? c. It was drawn by a local hero.
a. They prefer to eat young seedlings. d. The subject of the painting no longer exists.
b. They only eat whole plants – roots and all.
c. They eat all the mature plants. 44. What do we learn about the critic Gary Broode?
d. They eat both young and mature plants. a. He is kind.
b. He has a bad reputation.
39. What is said about plant roots in the talk? c. He has a criminal record.
a. They help to stabilize the soil. d. He is honest.
b. They take years to recover from damage.
c. They can be washed away and destroyed by 45. What does the speaker mean when he says:
heavy rain. a. Entry is free at all times except on the opening
d. They take the nutrients out of the soil. night.
b. The opening night is expected to be very busy.
40. What does the speaker mean when she says: c. You can only visit the exhibition by reservation.
a. Most people know that the goat’s reputation is d. There is a waiting list for people who want to
unfair. come to the opening night.
b. Goats live up to their reputation as animals that
will eat almost anything.
c. Not many people know about goats’ eating
habits.
d. The notion that goats are fussy about what they
eat is justified.
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Reading Section Instructions

This section of the examination contains 65 questions. Each question has only one correct answer.
You have 75 minutes to answer all 65 questions. If you finish before the time is over, you may check your answers within the
reading section only. Do not go back to the listening section of the exam.

READING: GRAMMAR

46. Kathy and Bob ______ if they are coming yet. 54. Paul has a lot of nerve ______ late to his own
a. were deciding bother’s wedding.
b. are decided a. turning to
c. don’t decide b. showing out
d. haven’t decided c. showing in
d. turning up
47. I have run out of sugar.
On you way home, could you please ______? 55. George ______ been at the scene of the crime
a. buy any because he was at my house.
b. get some a. shouldn’t have
c. take it b. can’t have
d. bring one c. needn’t have
d. didn’t have to
48. Jill ______ to bake a cake for the party.
a. agrees to happily 56. What are you thinking of doing for this Easter
b. has happily agreed vacation?
c. will happy agree We aren’t sure yet but we ______ to go to Rome.
d. had agreed happy a. have to hope
b. needn’t hope
49. I love to ski ______ been snowboarding. c. are hoping
a. but I’ve never d. are going to hope
b. so I never have
c. because I haven’t 57. Have you been swimming lately?
d. and I have ever No, I haven’t swum ______.
a. six months before
50. Why do you look so awful, Ben? b. six months ago
Well, I didn’t get enough sleep and I still have c. in six months
______ a lot of work to do. d. since six months
a. some
b. more 58. I’m sorry I can’t go with you but I’m ______ my
c. quite friend’s dog this weekend.
d. very a. looking into
b. looking after
51. She ______ to fix that calculator since this morning. c. looking over
a. has to try d. looking at
b. has always tried
c. hasn’t got to try 59. You should try harder to get ______ your neighbor.
d. has been trying a. along with
b. better to
52. The signpost directed all customers ______ staying c. nice by
in the hotel to pay at the desk. d. together
a. whoever was
b. whoever were 60. Jerry was at home last night.
c. who were You ______ him at the shopping mall with George.
d. who was a. shouldn’t have seen
b. needed to see
53. Jane ______ her nails and this is really annoying. c. must have seen
a. is always biting d. can’t have seen
b. doesn’t always bite
c. has never bitten
d. bites always
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READING: VOCABULARY

61. Why are you celebrating? 68. Mary always avoids discussions about ______ issues.
What’s the ______? a. corrupt
a. situation b. sensible
b. chance c. consistent
c. occasion d. controversial
d. approach
69. The scientist’s new invention will ______ his theory.
62. They hired an architect to ______ the new medical a. disapprove
center. b. reinforce
a. rise c. suggest
b. design d. object
c. sponsor
d. construct 70. Our house in Hudson Bay is very small but it’s warm
and ______.
63. My father knows a lot of ______ people in the a. remote
Senate who could help us. b. sympathetic
a. aggressive c. distant
b. ideal d. cozy
c. influential
d. arrogant 71. I am ______ that she told you the truth about the
accident.
64. My parents ______ of my new girlfriend. a. concentrated
a. disagree b. believed
b. disapprove c. convinced
c. reject d. persuaded
d. oppose
72. The teacher ______ pride in his student’s success in
65. My father tried to ______ his voice but my mother the UCLA university exam.
realized who it was. a. demonstrated
a. disguise b. revealed
b. blow c. showed
c. hide d. took
d. rearrange
73. The FBI ______ every effort to find the missing boy.
66. The water in Lake Tahoe is quite ______ in fall. a. made
a. chilly b. did
b. moderate c. preformed
c. variable d. tried
d. bleak
74. Don’t be disappointed! I’m sure you’ll manage
67. Don’t be lazy! Please, put the dirty dishes in the ______!
______. a. somewhat
a. pot b. somewhere
b. pan c. somehow
c. sink d. sometimes
d. cupboard
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READING

This passage is about extreme weather phenomena. 75. What is this passage mainly about?
a. what the weather has been like recently
In almost every corner of the U.S. last week, the news b. what causes extreme weather
was bad and the forecast was for more of the same. In the c. how man is responsible for extreme weather
Midwest, where the swollen Mississippi continued to turn d. how the climate is changing for the better
streets into rivers and fields into lakes, the floodwaters
reached record heights and kept climbing. In the South and 76. Why were weather reporters frying eggs on the
the East – weather reporters were reduced to such sidewalks?
timeworn tricks as frying eggs on sidewalks. In South a. Because the weather was so hot.
Carolina, which had been spared the Midwest’s downpours, b. Because they were hungry.
the total rainfall for June was 1.9 cm instead of the normal c. Because they wanted to be chefs.
12.2 cm, causing millions of dollars in agricultural losses. d. Because there was no electricity so they could not
cook food at home.
But meteorologists have more than just last week to
answer for. Last March, 20 states, from Florida to Maine,
77. According to the passage, what happened in early
were briefly paralyzed by something that scientists called
winter in some Southwest cities?
an ‘extratropical cyclone’. In early winter, some Southwest
a. There was a drought.
cities got a year’s supply of rain in six weeks. A record
b. There was a hurricane.
number of tornadoes touched down on U.S. soil last year,
c. There was a heatwave.
as well as America’s costliest weather disaster, Hurricane
d. There was too much rain.
Andrew.
Nor is the outrageous weather limited to North America. 78. In the last sentence of paragraph 2, which word could
Hailstones, the size of tennis balls, last week bombarded replace touched down?
France, a country whose precious vacation time has been a. landed
spoiled lately by hot springs, cool summer sand snowless b. flew
ski slopes. Farmers in western Queensland, Australia, are c. destroyed
now through the state’s longest and most widespread d. stopped
drought. New Delhi recorded its hottest day in more than
40 years in June; Rome last week had its hottest day of this 79. Why does the author mention the drought in Western
century. Torrential rains have become so severe in Hong Queensland, Australia?
Kong that meteorologists developed a new term – black a. to say it’s not causing alarm
rainstorm alert – to signal their approach b. to explain it’s not very widespread
c. to show it’s the longest in history
d. to warn it’s due to begin in March

80. if there is a ‘black rainstorm alert’ what can you

expect?
a. a hailstorm
b. a storm during the night
c. rain which has turned black from pollution
d. very heavy rain
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READING

This passage is about reading. 81. What is the main purpose of the passage?
a. to encourage people to become teachers
Even if you have only read one book in your life, you will b. to promote the idea of reading more
appreciate what reading offers. It gives you unparalleled c. to encourage people to write books
pleasure, cultivates the mind, and provides the reader with d. to sell more books
both data and knowledge.
82. According to the author, what is true about reading?
We learn to read and write at an early age. Our first
a. Only those who read a lot can appreciate how
encounter with reading is probably when we are read fairy
reading benefits us.
tales by our loved ones. Then, at school, we begin learning
b. There is no form of entertainment that can
the alphabet and basic maths, and this opens up a whole
compare with reading.
new world to us. Coursebooks escort us right through our
c. The only purpose of reading is to get new data and
primary-level education, and indeed all the way to our final
knowledge.
day at university.
d. Many people will only ever read one book in their
We learn to read, then read to learn, and keep reading lives.
to keep learning. It’s only through reading that we are
exposed to information from different sources. Reading 83. Bases on the information in the second paragraph,
informs us on just about everything around us and all that is when, according to the writer, are we first introduced
going on in the world. to books?
a. in the first years of primary school
Book-readers from a young age, typically excel
b. after we learn the alphabet and basic maths
academically. The way they think and act is different from
c. when we read fairy tales at home
those who have not been exposed to reading in the same
d. when our carers read stories to us at a young age
way. Reading influences their personalities; it teaches them
about life through the eyes of others, fills them with morals
84. What does the writer say about people who start to
and principles and gives them a sense of optimism which
read early in life?
can rarely be imparted so effectively as from a book with a
a. They tend to look on the bright side of situations.
happy ending.
b. They typically lead very successful lives.
Reading good books is, therefore, clearly very important c. Their personalities influence their choices of
during the formative years of a child’s development. It is reading material.
during childhood and the teenage years that reading d. They tend to live in a fantasy world full of happy
inspirational stories can have a profound effect. If, during endings.
these years of a child’s life, books become their
companions, the child will develop a love of reading and 85. In the first sentence of paragraph 4, which phrase is
grow up to be more resourceful than they would have closest in meaning to formative years?
without this passion. a. the years in which a child learns to read
b. the years of formal education
The more you read the more creative and imaginative
c. the years when a child is developing their
you become. Reading improves your comprehension skills
personality
and refines your analyzing and problem-solving abilities.
d. the very early years of childhood
Basically, reading broadens your horizons and enables you
to understand both yourself and the world around you
86. In the last sentence of paragraph 6, what does it refer
more clearly. But, most important of all, reading provides
to?
fuel for the soul and, without it, life would be very dull
a. the world
indeed.
b. fuel
c. your soul
d. reading
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READING
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READING

The following question refers to section A. The following questions refer to section D.
87. What is the main purpose of section A? 93. What is the main purpose of section D?
a. to describe last year’s Thanksgiving parade a. to request parental permission for a trip
b. to explain the origin of the Thanksgiving parade b. to explain why children need to be creative
c. to explain who chooses the floats c. to discuss the projects at Macy’s studio
d. to describe the floats in Macy’s Thanksgiving d. to explain what will happen in Macy’s parade
parade
94. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, what does
The following questions refer to section B. them refer to?
88. According to the passage, why did the writer visit a. the designers
Macy’s design room? b. the floats
a. to be reminded of this childhood c. the drawings
b. to see the designs before they went on public d. the schoolchildren
display
c. to find out how Macy’s floats are made 95. According to the passage, what will the children learn?
d. to offer advice to Macy’s designers a. what it is like to work for Macy’s
b. how to draw and design their own float
89. In the first sentence of paragraph 2, what does it refer c. the process involved in creating a float
to? d. how designers find their inspiration
a. a childhood memory
b. the studio visit 96. What does the author suggest in paragraph 3?
c. a float a. Children need to be more creative.
d. the Thanksgiving parade b. Children could be inspired by the trip.
c. Children need to go on more trips.
The following questions refer to section C. d. Children aren’t that interested in the trip.
90. According to the author, why do designers like school
visits? The following questions refer to two or more sections.
a. The visits encourage children to be creative. 97. Which idea does section B share with sections A?
b. They show off their amazing designs. a. Macy’s parade brings back memories from the
c. They gain inspiration for new float designs. past.
d. They have time off from a demanding schedule. b. Macy’s parade is more impressive than ever
before.
91. Why is the writer in favor of the visit to Macy’s studio? c. Macy’s parade is known throughout the world.
a. It is a unique learning experience. d. Macy’s designers are more talented than previous
b. It gives children a break from school. ones.
c. It teaches children about design.
d. It encourages children to work harder. 98. Which sections refer to a preview?
a. A, B and C
92. In the last sentence of paragraph 3, what word could b. B, C and D
replace stimulates? c. A, B and D
a. changes d. A, C and D
b. encourages
c. directs
d. lacks
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The following questions refer to section A. The following questions refer to section D.
99. What is the main purpose of section A? 105. What is section D mostly about?
a. to ask students to attend the homework club a. running a homework club effectively
b. to ask for volunteers for the homework club b. why homework clubs can fail
c. to advertise the homework club for students c. why homework clubs are important
d. to describe changes to the homework club d. who needs homework clubs

100. How will children be divided into groups? 106. In the second sentence of paragraph 2, what does
a. according to individual needs regard mean?
b. according to the child’s age a. criticize
c. according to teacher – student ratio b. prefer
d. according to volunteer numbers c. think of
d. worry about
The following questions refer to section B.
101. In the first sentence of paragraph 2, what does 107. According to the passage, what has a positive impact
facilitate mean? on student performance at a homework club?
a. start a. a sense of freedom
b. make easier b. a fun learning environment
c. arrange c. a competitive atmosphere
d. examine d. maintaining discipline

102. According to the passage, what is the main 108. Who sets the classroom rules?
requirement for a parent helper? a. teachers
a. previous teaching experience b. teachers and students
b. an interest in education c. students
c. to have a lot of free time d. the principal
d. to be able to work in a team
The following questions refer to two or more sections.
The following questions refer to section C. 109. What idea does section A share with section C?
103. What is the main purpose of section C? a. The homework club is expected to be popular.
a. to promote the homework club b. It is difficult to maintain discipline in homework
b. to provide information about the homework club clubs.
c. to explain the reason for the homework club c. Homework clubs do not have enough staff.
d. to check volunteer numbers for the homework d. Homework clubs attract underperforming
club students.

104. What do we learn about the homework club? 110. How is section A different from the other sections?
a. It has the same helpers every year. a. It describes a passive role taken by volunteers.
b. It has a limited number of students places. b. It mentions the academic performance of the
c. It is not goal oriented. homework club.
d. Its existence depends on volunteers. c. It refers to the popularity of the homework club.
d. It describes the people responsible for running the
homework club.