MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE ENGLISH TEST
ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY LISTENING TEST 05 – LEVEL B1
Time allowance: 45 minutes
Full name:…………………......……….....
Date of exam: …………...……….......
Date of birth: ………………....……….......
Supervisor 1: ……………..……….....
Candidate number: …………………….....
Supervisor 2: …………………….....
Score in number: Score in words: Examiner 1: …………….………......
Examiner 2: ……………..……….....
INSTRUCTION
There are THREE parts to the test. You will hear each part twice. For each part
of the test, there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to
check your answers. Write your answers on the question paper. You will have six
minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers on to the answer sheet. The recording
will now be stopped, please ask any questions now because you MUST NOT speak
during the test.
PART 1
Questions 1-7:
There are seven questions in the part.
. For each question, there are three pictures and a short recording.
. Choose the correct picture and put a tick (√) in the box below it.
Example: What’s the time?
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1. Where is the boy’s family going to eat?
2. Which lesson does the girl have next?
3. Where has the boy just been on holiday?
4. Which work experience would the girl like to try?
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5.What did the boy leave at his friend’s house?
6. Which painting did the girl like best?
7. Where will the students’ tour of the town end?
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PART 2
Questions 8-13
For each question, choose the correct answer.
8 .You will hear a boy telling his friend A. He damaged some equipment.
about a snowboarding trip. What B. He injured himself.
problem did the boy have on the trip?
C. He became ill.
9. You will hear two friends talking A. the staff are helpful.
about the new library at their school. The B. there should be more books.
girl thinks that
C. it’s a good place to do homework.
10. You will hear two friends talking A. the assistants were more friendly.
about a new clothes shop. They agree the B. there was more choice of clothes.
shop would be better if
C. it was in the town center.
11. You will hear two friends talking A. is very clever.
about a new classmate. The boy thinks B. likes playing sport.
the new classmate
C. talks too much.
12. You will hear a girl talking about her A. pleased there’s less noise
big brother going away to college. How B. surprised that she’s so sad
does she feel about it?
C. upset he’s gone so far away
13. You will hear two friends talking A. practice with him regularly.
about playing tennis. The boy wants the B. recommend a tennis coach.
girl to
C. teach him some new techniques.
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PART 3
Question 14-25
You will listen to Claudia and Roberta talking about online learning.
For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
Roberta Hi, Claudia. What are you reading?
Claudia I’m just looking at the course (14) _________ for next year.
Roberta Oh, OK.
Claudia It says that one of the psychology courses I have to do is going to be online.
Roberta That’s good.
Claudia Do you think so? I’ve never (15) __________ an online course.
Roberta I did one this year – it was great. I wouldn’t (16) ________ doing my whole degree
online.
Claudia Really, Roberta? What’s so good about it?
Roberta Well, we only had about two (17) _______ on the whole course. And they recorded
them and put them online anyway. I was free to study whenever I wanted. Good for (18)
________ like me who are always late for classes!
Claudia Yeah, I don’t have a problem with that, but it sounds good.
Roberta I mean, you still have to write essays and (19) _______ things in on time and all that
kind of thing.
Claudia Of course.
Roberta And I got good (20) _________ on that course.
Claudia But did you … I mean didn’t you miss asking your teachers questions? And what about
(21) ________ other students?
Roberta Well, we could go and meet the teachers if we wanted to … you know, (22)_________
an appointment and ask about something one-to-one. And at the beginning of the
course, we had to write an online (23) _________ . We had students from all round the
world in our class, so the profiles were really interesting.
Claudia How many international students were there?
Roberta Er ... about 15, I think. And from all kinds of (24) ________ places – Colombia, China,
Morocco, Turkey, Oman – all over the place.
Claudia And did they talk about their countries a lot?
Roberta Yeah, that’s what I really enjoyed.
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Claudia The only thing I’m not sure of … well, you know that my IT skills aren’t very good.
Like, I’m OK making documents and using the Internet. But this could be a bit more …
I don’t know ... difficult?
Roberta Not really. You don’t need any special (25) _________ . It’s quite easy. And there’s an
introduction course you can do.
Claudia Yes, I was just reading about that. At least it’s free.
Roberta Yes, you should do it, Claudia. It’s only two weeks long and you can do it any time. It
really helped me.
Claudia OK – that sounds like a good idea.
THE END
