www.nhantrivietcom Listening Comprehension ‘The listening estion hae 42 questions, Fellow along aa you listo tv the Usetins fo she listening section. 3 ____— In this section ofthe test, you will hear a teacher or other school staff members talking to students. Each tlk is followed by one question. Choose the best answer to each question and mark the letter ofthe correct answer on your answer sheet. You will hear each talk only onetime, Hes n sample: ‘What does the teacher want the students t da? (A) Help a new classmate (B) Prepare for gym ease (©) Welcome & guest speaker (D) Return books tothe Worary ‘The correct answer is (A), “Help a new classmate”, “Here is another example: ‘What will the students probably do next? (A) Sing a sone (®)Listenio some music (© Choose nstrsments to play (D) Discuss the life of a musician ‘The correct answer is (B), “Listen to some music” Go on to the next page, andthe tet will begin with question number one. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE1 4 7 ‘What is probably true about the principals talk? (A) The performance was held on weekend. (B) Totara class students received the final award. (© Some junior children were not present at the perforce. (D) The performance was completely held by students. ‘What is the purpose ofthe talk? (A) To explain that anyone wi is absent should go to oom 423 (B) To stress that anyone who is absent should call the homeroom teacher directly (©) Toannounce thatthe students should ask the society to gota form (D) Toask what the students should do when they re slbsent fom class ‘What is probably NOT true about the announcement? (A) Tests were held atthe end of April. (B) Students who get I are not required to attend ‘summer school. (C) The Tth-grade test scores are submitted as part of «student's application. (D) | means the student has too many problems to center the next grade directly. ‘What does the teacher want students to do? (A) Tey recording music or making videos inthe ‘Audio-Visual Chub (B) Use a music program on computers (©) Learn the function of Movie Maker (D) Choose an instrument to learn ‘What is the teacher explaining? (A) Why the story is 0 important (B) How Romeo loved Juliet (C) The story of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (D) Theirhomework tasks 6, Whats probably true about the principal's talk? (A) All the Year 8 students have been in the school sine junior school (B) The End-of Year Mass willbe held in the oming. (©) The principal will not show up for Term 1 next year. (D) The new school term will start next January. 7. Whatis the purpose of the talk? (A) To teach students how to use a hammer effectively (B) To imsruct students how to make a useful sculprare (©) To stress that adults must be around students ‘when they make a can (D) To.explain why students have to paint can 8, Whats the purpose of the talk? (A) To introduce a winter driving race (B) To suggest some ways of paying tuition (©) Tocencourage students to donate clothes (D) ‘ell students to donate money to school 9. What isthe purpose of the talk? (A) To give a brief introduction toa movie about an army with black soldiers (@) To introduoe the Civil War (©) To introduce a movie about black men and white men (D) To stress the roe of volunteers in the Civil War 10. What will the students do next? (A) They will sing tome songs. (B) They will demonstrate how they love the film. (C) They will watch the musical film. (O) They will listen to “The Sound of Music” E www.nhante eee remiss 2285+www.nhaai ee meal sete eon Mattie cae eee Pee gec ain 11, What do the boy and the gil talk about? (A) Why there are always so many students registering fora class at the same time (B) Which subject they choose is more dificult (©) Which subject is easier to get a good grade (D) What clases to take if students forge to register 12, Why does the boy say, “OF course, Registering for ‘lasses is not something you want to mise”? (A) Boch student wil mies contain classes, (B)_ Almost everyone won't forget such an important thing, (©) Registering for classes is not as important as other things. (D) Registering for classes ean be very troublesome, 13, Why does the boy suggest the girl try Psychology? (A) The professor will probably sign a card that will let her study in is class. (B) The class is big enough, (©) The professor isso cnat (D) The boy doesn't want to drop out of the lass. 14, What does the girl suggest doing this weekend? (A) Seeing a movie (B) Eating pizza (©) Meeting Karen (D) Applying forajob 1S. Why does the boy fel ita good iden to meet at ‘Summer Pizza House? (A) Thev can see Karen there (B) They can watch films there (C) They can enjoy pizza there. (D) They can play games there, -288- Si stetat seine oc ge oie ane han Mere reeneere i/o 16, When will they probably meet? (A) 12:00 pam (8) A1400 pan, (© At1200 pam. (D) 16:00 pam, 17. Why does Karen like to be a kindergarten teacher? (A) She likes making friends with people, (B) She likes working with children, (©) She likes communicating with parent, (D) She likes playing with kids. 18. What are they talking about? (A) Aconcert (B) A popular dress style (©) Armusie fanclub (D) Aboy band 419, Whats NOT true about singers of One Direction? (A) They are very prety. (8) ‘They are famous around the worl (©) They are very young. (©) Thov have not ha fan chu ys 20, What kind of people does the One Direction’ fan base consist of? (A) Only tenage girs (B) Teenage girls and boys (©) Mainly teenage gies and also many adults (©) Bot ccerae boys and adults GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE2. . ‘What can we infer from the dialogue? (A) Hairy band members receive more welcome. (B) Wider fan base means more clubs. (C) All famous bands must be on the top of the chats. (D) The boy und he yal have ther own favorite band, ‘What do the boy and the gir tall about? (A) Building « new dotthouse (B) Breaking a dolthouse (©) Paying fora dolthouse (D) Buying a dotthouse ‘Why does the girl ask the boy to help her build a new dolinouse? (A) She knows that the boy is good at making dollhouses, (B) She broke her sister's dollbouse and wants to make a new one for her. (C) The boy broke her dollhouse and has to compensate. (D) Sho wants to send her sister a dolthouse as a birthday gif. 24, Why does the boy say, “I is more than jst puting pleces of wood together” (4) 183 very easy to build a dottouse (B) The dollhouse just need some piees of wood. (©) The dollhouse doosn’t need any windows and doors. (©) The dolthouse needs to have windows and doors, 125, What can be inferred from the conversation? (A) Nancy will not be satisfied with the new doll- house. (@) The gis and the boy will probably build a dotl- ‘house with windows and doors. (©) Nancy will likely be satisfied with the new doll- house (D) The girl and the boy will probably go tohuy & dollhouse with windows and doors. www.nhantrivietcom, Cee rei a uzAcs 251+www.nhante bang Gi cee ete cca were eee 26, What is the talk mainly about? (A) Why Viking people invaded other counties (B) The material ofthe clothes wom by Viking people (©) Abriet introduction to Viking people (D) Advanced technology in agriculture Why did the Viking people invade other countries? (A) They just wanted to show thei strength, (B) They wanted to unite the whole world (©) There were not enough places to live in. (D) It’s not mentioned in the talk 28. Who were the slaves in Vikings? villages? (A) They were prisoners captured in battles. (B) They were Vikings who were bor slaves, (©) They were farmers captured during Vikings’ (D) They were impoverished farmers who sold themselves to rich people, 29, What can be inferred from the talk? (A) Vikings prefer city life. (B) Vikings used ships to anspor their merchandise, (C) Some rch Vikings had houses with wo floors (D) Vikings used to cook outside their houses. 30. What is dhe talk manly about? (A) The reason wiay men nudge thei spouse during sleep (B) When a baby can roll over (C) The theory of rolling over during sleep (D) The ide effect of rolling over 788 Ciao en cet nena nee romeo Sager ane Poser ub nig neice) 31. Why do babies start to roll at about four months? (A) Their parents push them todo that. (B) is usually regarded as an innate reaction (©) Wshelpful for babies’ grown, (©) tis fn trol 32, In what condition will we fel uncomfortable? (A) When we are pushed during sleep (B)_ When we are awakened by babies (©) When the bed isnot very soft (D) When we keep a certain posture for too long 33, Why do men snore during sleep? (A) It's not mentioned inthe discussion. (B) Is thei habit, (C) They were interrupted during thir sleep. (D) They keep a certain gesture fora long time. 34, Which statement about t Maldives is NOT true? (A) The Maldives has deep blue seas. (B) The Maldives has white sandv beaches. (C) The Maldives isa perfect place to watch sunset. (D) The Maldives is famous for its local culture. environment of the 35. Where isthe Maldives located? (A) is located ona large stretch of land. (B) tis located on open sands. (C) tis located ina (D) tis located on some coral islands, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 36, What ean be inferred from the passage? (A) Visitors can navigate freely inthe waters around the Maldives. (B) Visitors must know enough information about these waters before navigating in them. (C) Visitors are not allowed to navigate in these (D) Itis impossible for visitors to navigate inthe ‘Maldives even if they are familiar with the surroundings there. 37, Which is true about the Maldives? (A) Ninety-nine percent ofthe Maldives is made up of islands, (B) Ninety-nine percent ofthe Maldives is made up of oa (©) About 200 islands are developed into tourist resorts (D) There are about 100 inhabited islands in the Maldives. 38, What is the weather like inthe Maldives? (A) is too hot (B) There are four distinctive seasons. (©) The weather is usually picture-perfect. (D) The temperature always changes. 39, What do the man and the girl talk about? (A) The phenomena ofthe earthquake (B) The truth ofthe earthquake (©) The prediction of earthquakes (D) The forms of earthquakes 0. a 2 ‘Why does the gil say, “So i they measure the pressure, surely they can predict the earthquake”? (A) She thinks earthquakes can be predicted in advance, (B) She thinks al scientists have no ability to prediet ‘earthquakes. (©) She thinks the man cheats her. (D) Sho thinks the earthquake has some certain characters ‘Why does the girl talk about global warming? (A) She thinks it can be predicted, too. (B) She wants to give another example of scientists cheating people (©) She ust wants to compare scientists, (D) She doubes scientists ability to predict disasters, ‘What can be inferred from the discussion? (A) es hard to believe any authority. (B) There must be some mistakes in te textbook. (©) Scientists hide some important sere (D) Noone can predict disasters. E 2 2 oe 5