LISTENING PRACTICE 1

PART A (Practice 1-A)

Listen to the five following short conversations and choose the best answer for each
question.
1. What does the woman mean?
a. She is sure that the man will be ideal to assist her research.
b. She does not believe that she can assist his research.
c. She would be happy to help the man in his research.
d. The research that she is doing needs a confident assistant.
2. What does the woman imply about Greek?
a. Greek is the language they use in the calculus course.
b. The Advance Calculus course is a required course to take the Greek course.
c. The Advance Calculus coursse is not as difficult aas the Greek course.
d. The Greek course is not as challenging as the womans Advance Calculus course.
3. What does the woman imply?
a. Its amazing that Charles can finish his study with great results while having some
part-time jobs.
b. Charles is not going to graduate early because he is working two part-time jobs.
c. Charles is planning to improve his grades by quitting his part-time jobs.
d. Its not surprising that Charles can graduate with great grades while working a parttime job.
4. What does the man say about the party?
a. The party did not go for long last night.
b. The party did not start until dawn.
c. The party lasted until early in the morning.
d. The party last night went long until midnight.
5. What will the man do?
a. Go to the womans address to talk about the apartment.
b. Get the womans address, and provide her with information about the apartment sheis
interested to buy.
c. Show the woman the information and requirement to rent the apartment when she
visits.
d. Inquire the woman about the address of the apartment that she wants to purchase.

PART B (Practice 1-B)

Listen to the following conversation. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE
(T) or FALSE (F)
1. The student thinks that she can work for at least 10 hours a week.
2. The advisor feels that the students study load this semester

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is already quite heavy.

3. The student wants to work hard because she needs money.

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4. The student advisor believes that the student needs to spend

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all of her time studying.

5. The advisor encourages the student to choose the most suitable job.

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6. The student is advised to take a 6-hour work everyday in a week.

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7. Working in the library is ideal for the student because she can study

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while working.
8. The advisor doesnt think that the working atmosphere in a library is

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conducive for the student.

9. The money from the job will be used entirely to pay he student loan.

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10. The student decides not to check out other jobs but the library job.

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