 Consists of two long conversations

 Each conversation is followed by a number of

questions
 Topics in the part B are often about:
• Some aspects of school
• General living
• News in the United States
 Do not listen to the direction in this part
 Preview the answers to the listening questions
 Listen carefully to the first line of the conversation
 As you listen to the conversation, follow along with the
answers in your test book, and try to determine the
correct answers
 You should guess even if you are not sure
 Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers
to the questions that follow
Example 1
Try to anticipate the question.
Question: …
A. Nothing.
B. Three dollars.
C. A few cents
D. Fifty cents
Example 2
Try to anticipate the question.
Question: …
A. What the assignment is.
B. How good the professor is.
C. The information in Chapter six.
D. What questions they should ask the professor.
Example 3
Try to anticipate the question.
Question: …
A. A bee stung him.
B. He saw some bees and hornets.
C. He was stung by a hornet.
D. He took some eggs from a nest.
Example 1
On the recording, you hear:
Narrator : Listen to the conversation between two
students.
Man : What did you think of that history exam?
Woman : That was the hardest exam I’ve ever seen.
Man : And it wasn’t just hard! It was long, too.
What is the topic of the conversation?
Example 2
On the recording, you hear:
Narrator : Listen to the conversation between two
students.
Woman : Did you understand the assignment the
professor gave us today? I’m not sure that
I did.
Man : He said to read chapter six, didn’t he?
What is the topic of the conversation?
Example 3
On the recording, you hear:
Narrator : Listen to the conversation between two
students.
Woman : Did you hear what happened to Greg?
Man : I heard he got stung by a bee.
Woman : Well, he did get stung. but it wasn't by a bee.
It was a hornet that stung him while he was
out walking in the park.
What is the topic of the conversation?