BANKING UNIVERSITY-HCMC Students name: .

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Class: ......

Reg. No.:

PROGRESS TEST 3: ANSWER SHEET

Subject: Listening 4 Semester: 2 School year: 2016-2017
Time allotted: 30 minutes Date: ././2017

Score Examiners signatures Proctors signatures

In figures In words 1 2 1 2

(Students are not allowed to use any dictionaries or materials)

1. SECTION 21.
2. 2 22.
3. 23.
4. 24.
SECTION 5. 25.
1 6. SECTION 26.
7. 3 27.
8. 28.
9. 29.
10. 30.
11. 31.
12. 32.
13. 33.
14. 34.
SECTION 15. SECTION 35.
2 16. 4 36.
17. 37.
18. 38.
19. 39.
20. 40.

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BANKING UNIVERSITY-HCMC Students name: .
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Class: ......
Reg. No.:

KEY TO PROGRESS TEST 3

Subject: Listening 4 Semester: 2 School year: 2016-2017
Time allotted: 30 minutes Date: ././2017

Score Examiners signatures Proctors signatures

In figures In words 1 2 1 2

(Students are not allowed to use any dictionaries or materials)

1. SECTION 21.
2. 2 22.
3. 23.
4. 24.
SECTION 5. 25.
1 6. SECTION 26.
7. 3 27.
8. 28.
9. 29.
10. 30.
11. 31.
12. 32.
13. 33.
14. 34.
SECTION 15. SECTION 35.
2 16. 4 36.
17. 37.
18. 38.
19. 39.
20. 40.

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BANKING UNIVERSITY-HCMC Students name: .
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Class: ......
Reg. No.:

PROGRESS TEST 3
Subject: Listening 4 Semester: 2 School year: 2016-2017
Time allotted: 30 minutes Date: ././2017
Score Examiners signatures Proctors signatures

In figures In words 1 2 1 2

(Students are not allowed to use any dictionaries or materials)

Section 1: Questions 1-10 Complete

IELTS 5-6.5 Workbook, Unit 6
You are going to hear a manager talking about
new machines in a museum
Questions 1-4
Choose FOUR answers from the box and
write the correct letter, A-F, next to questions
1-4.
Where will the following machines be?
1 cash machine ........
2 ticket machine ........
3 games machine ........
4 drinks machine ........

A visitor centre
B in front of the building
C next to elevators
D entrance hall
E exhibition halls
F reception area

Questions 5-10
Label the diagram below. Write ONE OR TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Section 2: Questions11-22
Questions 11-16 Economy LC2, Test 1, Part 3, Qs 59-61 // Test 2, Part 3, Qs 50-52
Listen to two conversations. Then answer the questions below.
CONVERSATION 1

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11. Why do they have to get to the conference 14. When will the annual conference be held?
early? (A) At the end of this week
(A) To get ready for the presentation (B) In the middle of next month
(B) To meet someone before the meeting (C) At the end of this year
(C) To avoid the heavy traffic on the road (D) In the early part of next year
(D) To have lunch near the conference center 15. What is Ms. Wells waiting for?
12. When does the woman want to leave? (A) A call from the head office
(A) At 12 o'clock (B) One of her colleagues
(B) At 1 o'clock (C) An e-mail from her client
(C) At 2 o'clock (D) A meeting to start
(D) At 3 o'clock 16. How did Ms. Wells get the confirmation
13. Where will they meet? from the head office?
(A) At a restaurant (A) By phone
(B) At the conference center (B) By fax
(C) In the front foyer (C) By e-mail
(D) In the woman's office (D) By messenger
CONVERSATION 2

Questions 13-15 Economy LC2, Test 1, Part 4, Qs71-73 // Test 2, Part 4, Qs77-79
Listen to the following talk. Then answer the questions below.
TALK 1 20. Who is the intended audience of this
17. Where is Mr. Stone now? announcement?
(A) On vacation (A) Shoppers
(B) At a seminar (B) Children
(C) In his office (C) Employees
(D) In the reception area (D) Teachers
18. When will Tom check his messages? 21. How long will the sale last?
(A) In the morning (A) All this week
(B) In the afternoon (B) Only today
(C) In the evening (C) All weekend
(D) Whenever he can (D) For two hours
19. What should a caller do if the call is urgent? 22. How can a listener get free tickets to the
(A) Call Sam's cellular phone play?
(B) Contact the hotel (A) By purchasing over 50 dollars worth of
(C) Talk to the receptionist products
(D) Leave a message on the answering machine (B) By coming to the store early this weekend
TALK 2 (C) By bringing their children to the theater
(D) By not being late to school for the entire year

Section 3: Questions 23-30 Market Leader Advanced 3rd Edition, Unit 10, CD3. Track 22, 23, 25
Listen to David Bowen, a senior consultant for Bowen Craggs & Co., a website consultant group. Decide
whether each of the following statements is True or False.
23. There are three types of companies that are more likely to do business online successfully.
24. The giant bookseller Amazon was set up specially to do business online

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25. The second type of winners in doing business online is small companies to sell in their traditional markets.
25. The third type is companies that can buy things locally to sell online at a much cheaper price.
26. Effective global websites share four common characteristics: complexity, navigation, design and branding.
27. The main audiences of truly global websites are geographically dispersed and characteristically different:
customers, shareholders and employees.
28. With global websites, everything has to be much more diverse to reach customers in different locations.
29. Companies will be more responsive to their customers in the future.
30. Television and computers will be far more divergent than they are now.
Answer:
23. True
24. True
25. False
26. False
27. False
28. False
29. True
30. False

Section 4: Questions 31-40 Market Leader Advanced New Edition, Unit 10, Track 10.1+10.2
Listen to the interview with Maija Pesola, IT correspondent for the Financial Times. Complete the
summary with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The problem was that there was too much investment money coming into the market too quickly.
Therefore, this money was used to fund dotcom companies that didnt have (31) business
plan. Even though these companies were very enthusiastic about the change in the way people shopped, they
didnt have the (32)to carry out their plans.
Another reason for the 2000 dotcom bubble to (33) was that the market wasnt ready for
the Internet shopping. In 2000, there were very few people who had (34). This prevented
them from spending time browsing online and looking for things.
The positive effect of this was that it has weeded out some of the (35)and those that
survived have to refine their business model, the way they work and their ability to compete on
(36).
Businesses that sell goods that are very (37), such as books or music, have done well
because they dont required physical touch. Secondly, (38) has greatly developed in sale. It
is because theres only a small amount of paperwork that needs to physically (39)to the
customer. Online booking a journey on the Internet can add some (40) experience as the
customer has more choice than going to the travel agency.

Answer:
31. well thought-out 35. weak companies 39. be handed over
32. back-end systems 36. a global scale 40. genuinely different
33. burst 37. easy to ship
34. broadband connections 38. issuing electronic tickets

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BANKING UNIVERSITY-HCMC Students name: .

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Class: ......

Reg. No.:

PROGRESS TEST 3
Subject: Listening 4 Semester: 2 School year: 2016-2017
Time allotted: 30 minutes Date: ././2017
(Students are not allowed to use any dictionaries or materials)
Section 1: Questions 1-10
You are going to hear a manager talking about new
machines in a museum.
Questions 1-4
Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the
correct letter, A-F, next to questions 1-4.
Where will the following machines be?
1 cash machine ........
2 ticket machine ........
3 games machine ........
4 drinks machine ........
A visitor centre
B in front of the building
C next to elevators
D entrance hall
E exhibition halls
F reception area
Questions 5-10
Label the diagram below. Write ONE OR TWO
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Section 2: Questions11-22
Questions 11-16
Listen to two conversations. Then answer the questions below.
CONVERSATION 1 CONVERSATION 2
11. Why do they have to get to the conference early? 14. When will the annual conference be held?
(A) To get ready for the presentation (A) At the end of this week
(B) To meet someone before the meeting (B) In the middle of next month
(C) To avoid the heavy traffic on the road (C) At the end of this year
(D) To have lunch near the conference center (D) In the early part of next year
12. When does the woman want to leave? 15. What is Ms. Wells waiting for?
(A) At 12 o'clock (A) A call from the head office
(B) At 1 o'clock (B) One of her colleagues
(C) At 2 o'clock (C) An e-mail from her client
(D) At 3 o'clock (D) A meeting to start
13. Where will they meet? 16. How did Ms. Wells get the confirmation from the
(A) At a restaurant head office?
(B) At the conference center (A) By phone
(C) In the front foyer (B) By fax
(D) In the woman's office (C) By e-mail
(D) By messenger

Questions 13-15

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Listen to the following talk. Then answer the questions below.
TALK 1 TALK 2
17. Where is Mr. Stone now? 20. Who is the intended audience of this
(A) On vacation announcement?
(B) At a seminar (A) Shoppers
(C) In his office (B) Children
(D) In the reception area (C) Employees
18. When will Tom check his messages? (D) Teachers
(A) In the morning 21. How long will the sale last?
(B) In the afternoon (A) All this week
(C) In the evening (B) Only today
(D) Whenever he can (C) All weekend
19. What should a caller do if the call is urgent? (D) For two hours
(A) Call Sam's cellular phone 22. How can a listener get free tickets to the play?
(B) Contact the hotel (A) By purchasing over 50 dollars worth of products
(C) Talk to the receptionist (B) By coming to the store early this weekend
(D) Leave a message on the answering machine (C) By bringing their children to the theater
(D) By not being late to school for the entire year
Section 3: Questions 23-30
Listen to David Bowen, a senior consultant for Bowen Craggs & Co., a website consultant group. Decide whether
each of the following statements is True or False.
23. There are three types of companies that are more likely to do business online successfully.
24. The giant bookseller Amazon was set up specially to do business online
25. The second type of winners in doing business online is small companies to sell in their traditional markets.
25. The third type is companies that can buy things locally to sell online at a much cheaper price.
26. Effective global websites share four common characteristics: complexity, navigation, design and branding.
27. The main audiences of truly global websites are geographically dispersed and characteristically different: customers,
shareholders and employees.
28. With global websites, everything has to be much more diverse to reach customers in different locations.
29. Companies will be more responsive to their customers in the future.
30. Television and computers will be far more divergent than they are now.

Section 4: Questions 31-40

Listen to the interview with Maija Pesola, IT correspondent for the Financial Times. Complete the summary with NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The problem was that there was too much investment money coming into the market too quickly. Therefore, this
money was used to fund dotcom companies that didnt have (31) business plan. Even though these companies
were very enthusiastic about the change in the way people shopped, they didnt have the (32) to carry out their
plans.
Another reason for the 2000 dotcom bubble to (33) was that the market wasnt ready for the Internet
shopping. In 2000, there were very few people who had (34). This prevented them from spending time browsing
online and looking for things.
The positive effect of this was that it has weeded out some of the (35)and those that survived have to refine
their business model, the way they work and their ability to compete on (36).
Businesses that sell goods that are very (37), such as books or music, have done well because they dont
required physical touch. Secondly, (38) has greatly developed in sale. It is because theres only a small amount
of paperwork that needs to physically (39) to the customer. Online booking a journey on the Internet can add
some (40) experience as the customer has more choice than going to the travel agency.
~~~THIS IS THE END OF THE PROGRESS TEST 3.~~

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