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instructions
Do not begin this section until the examiner
has played the recording of these instructions and examples.

Listening Test, Part II

Imagine you are listening to the radio. You are going to hear someone from a radio station interviewing
three people at a cherry festival.
First, you will hear about some of the events taking place at the festival.
Next, you will hear from someone who has participated in some of the events.
Finally, you will hear from a very special person at the festival.

You will hear the interviews in several parts. After each part, you will hear some questions. There are 3
answer choices for each question. You should select, from the three answer choices, the best answer to the
question. If you want to, you may take notes in your test booklet as you listen.

Now you will hear the beginning of the first interview. For this part, there will not be any actual test
questions. The questions that follow this part are examples only.

Example 1
a. at a cherry farm
b. at a cherry festival
c. at a radio station

The correct answer is b, at a cherry festival.

Example 2
a. a visitor to the festival
b. a cherry farmer
c. the director of the festival

The correct answer is c, the director of the festival.

Now we will continue this interview. Remember, after each section of the interview you will hear some
questions. In the test booklet, the sections are separated by double lines. You will have 12 seconds to
mark your answer to each question. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. There will be 20
questions. Are there any questions before we begin?

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31. a. fireworks
b. parade
c. the harvest ended

32. a. in hotels
b. at campsites
c. with cherry farmers

33. a. all of them

b. only a few of them
c. none of them

34. a. to buy cherries

b. to sell cherries
c. to attend activities there

35. a. the cherry fruit

b. a cherry seed
c. a cherry pie

36. a. They throw the pits.

b. They bake the pits.
c. They spit the pits.

37. a. only the daily winners

b. only winners from previous years
c. only winners from other festivals

38. a. enter the most unusual recipe contest

b. buy them some ice cream
c. enter the cherry pie contest

39 a. at the festival last year

b. her children found it
c. from her grandmother

40. a. a piece of her pie

b. her recipe
c. the location of the unusual recipe contest
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41. a. how children feed turtles

b. how children race turtles
c. how children paint turtles

42. a. carnival rides

b. the turtle race
c. art projects

43. a. people bring them from home

b. from cherry farmers
c. from a pet store

44. a. only farmers' children

b. only college students
c. only members of a special committee

45. a. by helping with the harvest

b. by promoting cherry products
c. by serving on a special committee

46. a. until she graduates

b. until next year
c. until the festival ends

47. a. a farmer who became a priest

b. a farmer from Ireland
c. a priest from Ireland

48. a. No one had ever grown cherries there.

b. The cherries were especially popular.
c. The crop was much bigger than last year's
crop.

49. a. organize the festivals

b. help harvest the cherries
c. bless the cherries

50. a. the original cherry trees

b. the religious part of the festival
c. crops other than cherries

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