LISTENING

COMPREHENSION
 LISTENING QUESTIONS
I. Asking about the Topic
a. What is the text about?
b. What is the talk about ?
c. What does the text talk about ?
d. What is the topic of this talk ?
II. Asking about Conclusion/ Interference
a. What can be inferred about the man?
b. What is the conclusion of this meeting?

II. Asking about Detailed Information (Who, What,

Where, When and How)
c. Where did the accident happen?
d. When does the woman want to get up tomorrow?
e. How does she feel when she leaves her office ?
f. Who won the prize?
g. what time did the class begin?
IV. Asking about Suggestion/ Advice
a. What does the woman suggest the man do?
b. What should the woman do ?

V. Asking about Implication

c. What does the man imply about the woman?

VI. Asking about Assumption

a. What had the man assumed about the
woman ?
VII. Asking about Prediction
a. What will the man probably do?

VIII. Asking about Problem

b. What I the woman’s problem?

IX. Asking about Purpose?

c. What is the purpose of the talk?
X. Asking about the Title?
a. What is the best title of the talk?

XI. Asking about the Speaker’s view; satisfied,

sad, happy, critical, etc.
b. What is the speaker’s impression about the
event?
c. What does the speaker feel about it?
XII. Asking about the Audience
a. Who is the audience for this lecture?
b. Whom is the speaker talk to?
 Procedures for the long talks
1. If you have time, preview the answers to the
questions to anticipate the topic and the questions.
2. Listen carefully to the first line of the talk.
3. As you listen to the talk, draw conclusion about the
situation of the talk, where and when it takes place.
4. While listening, follow along with the answers in
your test paper and try to determine the correct
answers.
5. Guess even you are not sure.
6. Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answer
to the questions that follow.
 Practice 1

W: DanI’d like to change my job

M: You’re at the Hamburger Express in the High St,
aren’t you? What’s the problem ?
W: well, I never know what hours I’m going to work.
I start at 7pm and I’m supposed to finish at 11 pm,
but sometimes they keep me until 2 or 3 am.
M: Yes that is a bit late if you have to make at 9 am
lecture the next day.
W: And the other thing is the pay. They are supposed
to pay me on Thursday, but they nevr pay me on
the correct day, often not until Friday or Saturday.
QUESTIONS

1. Where does the woman work now

A. At Dan’s office
B. At the subway
C. At a college
D. At the Hamburger express

2. What’s the woman’s main problem ?

E. She has to work overtime
F. She is always late to work
G. She feels bored working at the Hamburger express
H. She dislikes her coleagues
3. What’s the main attitude toward the woman’s problem ?
A. Annoying
B. Excited
C. Surprised
D. Understanding

4. When should the woman get her pay ?

E. every Thursday
F. every Friday
G. every Saturday
H. every Sunday