TEST 5
A: LISTENING
Directions: This is the listening test for levels from 3 to 5 of the Vietnam's 6-level Language Proficiency Test. There are three parts to the test. You will hear each part once. 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 5 minutes at the end of the test to transfer your answers onto the answer sheet.
PART 1
There are eight questions in this part. For each question there are four options and a short recording. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You now have 48 seconds to look through the questions and the options in each question.
Câu 1: What time is it?
- A. 02.10
- B. 02.20
- C. 02.30
- D. 03.20
- A. book
- B. letter
- C. newspaper
- D. magazine
- A. $19
- B. $90
- C. $99
- D. $9
- A. sunglasses
- B. something to read
- C. pills
- D. food
- A. a dress with no button
- B. a dress with many buttons
- C. a dress with collar
- D. a dress with no collar
- A. 08:00
- B. 08:30
- C. 08:45
- D. 03:15
- A. windsurfing
- B. swimming
- C. sailing
- D. running
- A. a painting with boats
- B. a painting with flowers
- C. a painting with horses
- D. a painting with white clouds
PART 2
You will hear three different conversations. In each conversation there are four questions. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the conversations only once.
Conversation 1. You will hear a conversation between Matthew and his mother
Câu 9: Why doesn't his mother lend him her car?
- A. Because her car doesn't work well today
- B. Because he can't drive
- C. Because she needs the car
- A. move his books
- B. move his flat
- C. help his friend
- D. repair his car.
- A. Thursday 19th
- B. Friday 9th
- C. Wednesday 9th
- D. Not discussed
- A. Matthew forgot to ask his mother about her car
- B. His mother refused to lend him her car.
- C. His mother agrees to take him to school by car.
- D. This problem is due to his mother's mistake
Conversation 2. Listen to an interview about indoor skydiving
Câu 13: Where does he play this sport?
- A. in a wind tunnel
- B. from an aeroplane outdoor
- C. in a park
- D. from a high hill
- A. Vertical tunnel center
- B. Extreme sports center
- C. Runway
- D. Adventure sports center
- A. you stand on bars
- B. you stay afloat
- C. your hair is dried
- D. you fly up high.
- A. A glass might break and hurt you
- B. You suffer from small injuries
- C. You might fly off the tunnel
- D. You can't stop flying up
Conversation 3. Listen to a conversation between a director of study in an English language center and a student representative talking about their self-access center.
Câu 17: What are the main topic of the conversation?
- A. to know how students used the center
- B. to talk about the use of the resources of the library
- C. to talk about the effective use of the library
- D. to learn how to use the library effectively
- A. too many resources
- B. slow computers
- C. lack of valuable resource
- D. lack of computers
- A. looking for personal resources
- B. relocating documents
- C. reading their emails
- D. learning computer skills
- A. move it to the library
- B. purchase more equipment
- C. ask teacher to come to the center
- D. ask students to stop using emails
PART 3
You will hear three different talks or lectures. In each talk or lecture there are five questions. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the talks or lectures only once.
Talk/Lecture 1. You'll hear part of a talk about dolls
Câu 21: What is the main purpose of the talk?
- A. to describe how the man's favorite dolls look like.
- B. to explain how dolls used to look like in the twelfth century.
- C. To compare the differences in all doll examples in the museum.
- D. To explain how dolls've been made.**
- A. Existed from the twentieth century.
- B. Existed from the seventeenth century.
- C. Existed from the eighteenth century.
- D. Existed from the nineteenth century.
- A. Babies.
- B. Adults.
- C. Elderly.
- D. Males.
- A. They existed fairly early.
- B. They were made from solid wood.
- C. They are very expensive today.
- D. Their decorations are original.
- A. Buy them with thousands of pounds.
- B. Take off their hair.
- C. Replace their hair with real hair.
- D. See the maker's name on the body.
Talk/Lecture 2. Listen to a man called Stephen Mills talking to a group of people about a trip to India to see tigers
Câu 26: When is the best time to see the tigers?
- A. November
- B. October
- C. September
- D. The following day
- A. Twenty days.
- B. Eighteen days.
- C. Ten days
- D. No information
- A. Meals.
- B. Transportation.
- C. Accommodation
- D. Schedule.
- A. Photographer.
- B. Tour guide.
- C. Traveller.
- D. Artist.
- A. Going sightseeing in Delhi.
- B. Going shopping in Delhi.
- C. Breakfast on the last day.
- D. Lunch on the last day.
Talk/Lecture 3. You'll hear a talk on local radio about a children theme park.
Câu 31: Simon's idea for a theme park came from ..................
- A. his childhood hobby.
- B. his interest in landscape design.
- C. his visit to another park
- D. his wife's idea.
- A. The weather was expected to be good.
- B. There were not many people in the neighborhood.
- C. the children weren't at school.
- D. There were fewer farming commitments.
- A. 50, 000 visitors.
- B. 1000, 000 visitors.
- C. 5000 visitors.
- D. 1,500,000 visitors.
- A. Trains.
- B. Theme park.
- C. Farm work.
- D. We weather.
- A. Closed on holidays.
- B. Opened all year.
- C. Closed every two months.
- D. Opened on weekdays.
