LISTENING LONGMAN TEST 2 PRACTICE 1

LISTENING SCRIPT

DIRECTION:
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE AUDIO TEXT.

PART A, SHORT CONVERSATION

1. Woman : Why did the class ________________ to a different room?

Man : We couldn’t get into our _________________ ________________. Someone

___________________ the key to it.

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

2. Man : Do you __________________ the book that you borrowed from Jim?

I need to _____________________ it.

Woman : No sorry. I don’t. I already _____________________ it to Jim.

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN MEAN?

3. Woman : Are you still ______________ checks?

Man : I’ve written the checks for rent and _________________, but I still have a few

more to ____________ _____________ of

NARRATOR : WHAT IS THE MAN MOST LIKELY DOING?

4. Man : Should we _____________ _______for____ class now?

Woman : But it’s still not _______________ for class yet.

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN MEAN?

5 Woman : Is the physiology class ________ difficult ______ I’ve ___________?

Man : It’s not terribly difficult, but it is time _____________.

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN

6. Man : These _____________ rooms could certainly use a new coat of ___________.

Woman : I’ll say!

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN MEAN?

7 Woman : Are you ready to ______________ ________ the history paper?

 Man : I’ll be in a _____________ of minutes. I have to finish the math ___________

before I ____________ _________ history.

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

8. Man : Do you know where the file __________________ are?

Woman : Sorry, I don’t. They were _______________ and now I don’t know

_______________ they are.

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN IMPLY ABOUT THE FOLDERS?

9. Woman : We __________to have a difficult problem to ___________.

Man : The problem is repairable.

NARRATOR : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

10. Woman : I hope we don’t _____________________ a quiz today. I’m not really very

___________________ on the material for today.

Man : I don’t think we will. This professor __________________, if ever, gives quizzes.

Narrator : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

PART B, LONGER CONVERSATION
Question 31 to 34

Narrator : Listen to a conversation about a college course.

Woman : Hi, Mike. I’ve been trying to ___get________ _in touch___ ___________

with you. I wanted to __ask___ __ ___you__about__ _______the Introduction to

_____sociology________ course you took last semester _with___________

Professor Patterson.

Man : Why did you want to know about that ___course_____________?

Woman : Well, Professor Patterson is teaching it again next semester, and I think I might

____________take_____ it.

Man :I wouldn’t do that if I _______were___________ you.

Woman : Why not? Was it a ___________terrible ________ course?

Man : All the professor did was _____lecture___________ day after day after day.

He’s a good ______enough lecture_________ lecturer, but I prefer courses

______with_____the students can ___participate______________ more. I

found it quite ___boring_____________.

Woman : That course doesn’t sound __so___bad__ _____________ to me. In fact

(mrenekankan) , I like that kind of course. You can ____listen to____________

_______ the professor’s ideas and not feel any _____pressure______________

to come up with (fine) something to say.

Man : Well, _________than______, maybe this course is for you.

31. Who is taking part in this conversation? Student

32. Why does the woman want to talk with Mike?

33. What kind of course does the man prefer?

34. How does the woman feel about Professor Patterson’s course?

PART C. MINI LECTURE

Talk 1, question 39 to 42

Narrator: Listen to a man talking to a group of students.

Man:

Hello, I’m John Rogers, the ______manager______________ of the student bookstore. All of

you have _____been selected_________ __________ to work __part time___________ in

the bookstore while you are completing your university ___studies___________. One of the

first things I _________ _need to_____ do is prepare________________ a work schedule,

and I need two pieces of _____information____ __ from each of you in order to

_______make up_________ ____________ the schedule.

First of all, I need to know the hours you are _______________ to work. Each of you will be

______________________ twenty hours of ________ ________ week, and ___________

hours could be anytime that the bookstore is __________________, on weekdays, in the

evenings, or on _______________. I would like each of you to _______________

__________ for me the hours when you have classes _______ ________________ I will

know when you are free to ____________________.

The second _________________ of information that I need is your job ________________.

Most of the jobs that are ________________________ are working as a cashier or stocking

____________________ with books. There are also a few positions working in the

____________________ office.

Please write down which ________________ you would prefer. I cannot _______________

that everyone will get the first ___________________ when I make the schedule, but I will

do what I __________________.

39. Who is John Rogers?

40. What does John Rogers need ______ ______________ now?

41. What does John Rogers need ______ _______________?

42. Which is not ____________________ as a possible job open to the students?