ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

PAPER 1: LISTENING (Approximately 30 minutes)

Part I.
There are 7 short conversations in this part. There is a question for each conversation.
For Questions 1 to 7, choose the best answer by circling A, B or C. All the
conversations will be played twice. The following conversation is an example.
Example:
Question: What are the boy and the girl talking about?
A. The boy’s free time activities.
B. The boy’s holiday last week
C. The boy’s school day last week
Answer: The correct answer is B.
Question 1: What are the two people talking about?
A. Favorite food
B. Favorite TV programs
C. Favorite sports
Question 2: What is the topic of the conversation?
A. Describing hobbies
B. Describing sports
C. Describing subjects
Question 3: What is Sam talking about?
A. Why she likes reading stories
B. Why she didn’t enjoy school today
C. Why she likes writing stories
Question 4: What is the topic of the conversation?
A. A description of the place of the window
B. A description of the place of the chair
C. A description of the place of the shoes

Question 5: Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a restaurant
B. In a cinema
C. In a cafe
Question 6: What is the topic of the conversation?
A. The first time taking a taxi.
B. The first time taking an airport bus
C. The first time driving a car.
Question 7: Where is this conversation most likely taking place?
A. At a market
B. At a train station
C. At a Post Office
Part 2
Task 1: You will hear a tourist guide talking to some tourists about places to have
lunch in Bournemouth. For Questions 8 to 12, fill in the gaps with the missing
information. The recording will be played twice.

A day Bournemouth

Tourists free until: (Question 8) 1 o’clock

Fast food restaurants: (Question 9) near the supermarket

Name of hotel: (Question 10)blue Sky Hotel_

Hotel lunch costs (Question 11) £8.40

You can buy: (Question 12) fishes and chips.

Task 2: You will hear a woman asking for some information about a job. Listen
and fill in the gaps with the missing information. You will hear the conversation
twice. For Questions 13 to 19, fill in each gap with only ONE word or number. An
example has been done for you. The recording will be played twice.

Jones Department Store needs a (Example) shop assistant to work in their

women’s department selling (Question 13) coat, a small department but a busy one.
The shop opens at nine o’clock but the assistants must start work at eight (Question
14) thirty. They finish at three thirty. The shop closes on (Question 15)monday and
they don’t need any more staff on Saturday or Sunday. The job is (Question 16)4 days
a week, from Tuesday to Friday. At the moment the shop will pay (Question 17)6.27
without (Question 18) lunch break for this position. You can contact Mrs. Grable, her
phone number is (Question 19)5762384 to get more details before the end of the week.
Part 3
Task 1.
You will hear a teacher talking to a group of students about some activities they
are going to do this weekend. For Questions 20 to 22, put the pictures into the correct
order as you hear. An example has been done for you. The recording will be
played twice.

Play basketball Play football

Have a picnic Take photos

Have a guitar music party Go to the beach

 D

Go to Disco Sam Have a birthday party

Weekend plan:
Example: -Friday night: ......D.......
- Saturday morning: (Question 20): A
- Saturday afternoon: (Question 21): C
- Sunday: (Question 22): B
Task 2.
You will hear a girl talking about steps to learn English vocabulary. For
Questions 23 to 25, put the items into the correct order according to what you hear.
Item A has already been put in its correct order, as an example. The recording will be
played twice.
A. Reading and doing English exercises
B. Making friends
C. Practicing English
D. Watching videos on YouTube
Example: A
Question 23: D
Question 24: C
Question 25: B
The end