VSTEP LISTENING PRACTICE TEST #2
Time allowance: approximately: 40 minutes
Number of questions: 35
Directions: 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 in this section with special directions for each part. Answer all the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied by the speakers in the recording.
The recording will be played ONCE only.
LISTENING TEST 2
PART 1: Questions 1-8
Directions: In this part, you will hear EIGHT short announcements or instructions. There is one question for each announcement or instruction. For each question, choose the right answer A, B, C or D. Then, on the screen, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer that you have chosen.
Câu 1: How far was the man from the beach?
- A. one mile
- B. two miles
- C. three miles
- D. four miles
- A. at a party
- B. in college
- C. a family reunion
- D. at high school
- A. $130,000
- B. $135,000
- C. $145,000
- D. $115,000
- A. 1,010 miles
- B. 1,011 miles
- C. 1,100 miles
- D. 1,000 miles
- A. a nurse
- B. a doctor
- C. their mother
- D. their sister
- A. It was broken
- B. The parrot imitated the sound
- C. They didn't have one
- D. It wasn't very loud
- A. In Italy
- B. In China
- C. In the U.S
- D. In Spain
- A. cotton
- B. leather
- C. wool
- D. wood
PART 2: Questions 9-20
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE conversations. The conversations will not be repeated. There are four questions for each conversation. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Questions 9 to 12 refer to the following conversation
Câu 9: How many cakes did the man order?
- A. Four
- B. Five
- C. Ten
- D. Twelve
- A. The cakes
- B. The people who are coming
- C. The roses
- D. The budget
- A. spend more money
- B. make sure everything is enough for the event
- C. cut the cakes in small pieces for many people
- D. tell people not to come
- A. their preparation
- B. to let them spend some more money
- C. the fixed budget
- D. the new budget
Questions 13 to 16 refer to the following conversation
Câu 13: Who is the man?
- A. A store clerk
- B. A doctor
- C. A patient
- D. A teacher
- A. Don't smoke
- B. Make an appointment next week
- C. Take an X-ray
- D. Drink only a little
- A. She was mean to other people
- B. The woman's name is Bothering
- C. He heard a lot of complaints
- D. Joking around, they are close together
- A. She will see the man next time
- B. She will call the man next time
- C. She is setting the appointment for the man
- D. She does not want to be bothered
Questions 17 to 20 refer to the following conversation
Câu 17: What are the receipts for?
- A. Travel expenses
- B. Office supplies
- C. Product sales
- D. Delivery costs
- A. A loan from her company
- B. An airplane ticket for her business trip
- C. Insurance money for her trip
- D. Her money back from her company
- A. She is trying to invest more money into stocks
- B. She is getting loans to buy a house
- C. She is short of some money
- D. She is making a good salary
- A. check his mailbox again
- B. pay the woman
- C. go to conference trip in Singapore
- D. miss her email
PART 3: Questions 21-35
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE talks or lectures. The talks or lectures will not be repeated. There are five questions for each talk or lecture. For each question, choose the right answer A, B, C or D.
Questions 21 to 25
Listen to a talk given by a professor about the poet Sylvia Plath
Câu 21: What is The Bell Jar?
- A. about her father
- B. her first novel
- C. a very successful collection of poems
- D. her last poem
- A. won the Pulitzer Prize twenty years after it was published
- B. were written during the last year of her life
- C. won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982
- D. were never published
- A. made movies
- B. died in 2003
- C. was also a poet
- D. had a movie made about him
- A. was about her husband
- B. wasn't very good
- C. was about work life
- D. was of great interest to women
- A. was born two years after her
- B. was two years older than her
- C. was a professor at Boston University
- D. was a highly educated academic
Questions 26-30
Listen to a lecture given by a professor about facial recognition
Câu 26: Where does the TV show ‘Las Vegas' take place?
- A. in a shopping mall
- B. in a police department
- C. in a casino
- D. in a crime lab
- A. a code which identifies a face
- B. distinctive curves in the face
- C. a 2D image of the face
- D. the number of nodal points on the face
- A. It is still effective if a picture is dark
- B. the person in the photograph must face the camera
- C. facial curves change over time
- D. Nodal points cannot be measured.
- A. It can only be used when the individual is directly facing the camera.
- B. the image might change over time
- C. It is impossible to match a 3D image to a 2D image
- D. It cannot distinguish between identical twins
- A. the curve of the chin
- B. the skin's depth
- C. the existences of lines on the face
- D. the distance between the eyes
Questions 31-35
Listen to the lecture about population growth
Câu 31: What is the number of children born per 1000 people per year?
- A. Replacement Level
- B. Fertility Level
- C. Birth Rate
- D. Fertility Level
- A. England
- B. Scotland
- C. Wales
- D. Northern Ireland
- A. Couples are choosing to have larger families
- B. a higher proportion of women are having children
- C. women who delayed childbirth are having children now
- D. Fewer women are interested in their careers
- A. 10%
- B. 4%
- C. 25%
- D. 40%
- A. women are increasingly focused on their jobs
- B. Children are considered to cost a lot of money
- C. Parents do not have time to have many children
- D. People want to enjoy their lives before taking on responsibility
