PART A

Directions: In Part A you will hear short conversations between two people. After
each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. This
conversations and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read
the four possible answer in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on
your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
correspond to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Listen to an example.

On the recording you hear:

Sample Answer

(man) That exam was just awful.

(woman) Oh, it could have been worse.
(narrator) What does the woman mean?

In your test book, you read: (A) The exam was really awful.
(B) It was the worst exam she had ever seen.
(C) It couldn’t have been more difficult.
(D) It wasn’t that hard.

You learn from the conversation that the man thought the exam was very
difficult and that the woman disagree with the man. The best answer to the
question, “What does the woman mean?” is (D), “It wasn’t that hard.”
Therefore, the correct choice is (D).

1. (A) He’ll correct the exams by noon.

2. (A) Martha applied for a visa
this afternoon.
last month.
(B) The exam will be at noon.
(B) Martha’s visa will last for
(C) He will collect the exams
only a month.
at 12:00
(D) The test will be graded (C) Martha arrived last month
 without her visa. 6. (A) He thinks he got a good
(D) One month ago Martha grade.
got her visa. (B) The history grades were
all C or above.
3. (A) The professor described
what the students (C) No one got history

should do. grades.

(B) There was a long line to (D) There were no high score.

register for the required

class. 7. (A) The parking lots
(C) It is a requirement for were full before
each professor to teach at 10:00
least one course. (B) It was impossible to
start class by 10.00.
(D) The professor required
(C) The parked the car
the class to prepare an
before class at 10:00.
outline. (D) The possibility of
4. (A) Chuck has improved.
finding a place to
(B) This visit was better than
park increased.
the last.
(C) Chuck looked at him in 8. (A) She’s found a new
the hospital. ring.
(B) She needs to helps
(D) Chuck didn’t seem to be
him find something.
doing very well.
(C) She’s shopping for a
5. (A) She thinks the tuition carpet.
should be raised. (D) She’s thankful she
has a rag.
(B) The semester’s tuition is
quite affordable. 9. (A) In a department store.
(C) She doesn’t have enough (B) In a bank.
(C) In an accounting
money for her school
firm.
fees. (D) In a checkout line.
(D) She has more than
enough for tuition. 10. (A) Jane usually visits
 San Francisco for (B) The chance to make
her vacation. the headlines.
(B) Jane’s cousin often (C) Her reading ability.
visits San Francisco. (D) The daily
(C) Whenever there’s a newspaper.
holiday, Jane’s
cousin goes to San 14. (A) The bus trip is only

Francisco. five minutes long.

(D) Whenever there’s a (B) The man missed the
holiday, Jane leaves bus by five minutes.
(C) The man should
to San Francisco.
hurry to catch the
11. (A) He’d really like to bus.
have something to (D) The bus was five

eat. minutes late.

(B) Because he’s weak,
15. (A) It’s not possible to
he can’t eat
(C) It’s been weeks since pass the class.
(B) She’ll definitely fail.
he’s had anything to
(C) It’s always possible.
eat.
(D) He hasn’t felt like (D) She shouldn’t say

eating for weeks. anything about the

class.
12. (A) Traffic should not be
allowed. 16. (A) She gave Tom money
(B) She thinks that the to pay the rent.
traffic should stay (B) She was given

outside. money for the rent.

(C) She agrees that the (C) Tom borrowed

traffic is noisy. money for the rent.

(D) She’ll stay outside (D) She had some money
with the man. to lend.

13. (A) The headings for 17. (A) The cake is

today’s assignment. extremely good.

(B) He never tasted the
 cake. beginning of the
(C) He wished he hadn’t
month.
tasted the cake. (C) The landlord will not
(D) The cake has never fail to collect your
been very good. rent on the first of
next month.
18. (A) At the corner she ran (D) It is important to call
into another car. the landlord about
(B) She ran to Carl
the rent on the first
because she cared.
(C) She unexpectedly of the month.
21. (A) Taking the car out
met one of her
for a test drive.
relatives. (B) Listening to the
(D) Carl was running
noises.
from place to place. (C) Fixing the car
herself.
19. (A) She shouldn’t leave her (D) Getting the car
purse here. repaired.
(B) She’s probably in the 22. (A) Martha’s jobs are
apartment. easy.
(C) Her purse must not be in the (B) It’s easy to hold two
apartment. jobs.
(D) She left without taking her (C) It’s better for Martha

purse. to have two jobs.

(D) Martha should slow
down.
23. (A) The plane took off
just after he
arrived.
20. (A) The landlord failed (B) He arrived just after
to collect rent on the the plane took off.
(C) He wasn’t in time to
first of last month.
(B) The tenants catch the plane.
(D) He arrived too late to
absolutely must pay
catch the plane.
rent at the 24. (A) He agrees with the
 woman’s suggestion. angry.
(B) Parking is not free on
the weekend.
(C) It is not necessary for
them to park.
(D) He thinks they
don’t have to pay.
25. (A) He is eager to leave his
job.
(B) He is unhappy at the
thought of retiring.
(C) He couldn’t be
unhappier about retiring.
(D) He is retiring too soon.
26. (A) He got the car he really
wanted.
(B) He didn’t get a new car.
29. (A) The man would do the
(C) The car that he got was
dishes.
not his first choice.
(B) The plates didn’t need to
(D) He didn’t really want a
be washed.
new car.
(C) The man would not be
27. (A) Mr. Drew pointedly ready to go.
(D) The dishes would not
asked the president
be done.
about the committee.
30. (A) He knew the grapes
(B) The president pointed to
were cheaper than
Mr. Drew’s head.
(C) Mr. Drew became head cherries.
(B) He didn’t know that
of the new commission.
(D) Mr. Drew was grapes were cheaper
committed to the than cherries.
(C) He bought grapes
president’s
because they were
appointments.
28. (A) She felt inferior. cheaper than cherries.
(B) She wasn’t furious. (D) He didn’t buy either
(C) She felt there should
grapes of cherries
have been more fairness.
because of the price.
(D) She was extremely