Listening 3

A 1. c 2. a 3. b
She Looks Pretty.
B 1. Musicians 2. The speaker
3. in the 90s 4. for women
B 1. c, h, i 2. a, b, f
3. d, e, g C Sample response:
C Sample response: The man has curly hair. He has on a
baseball cap. He looks like a college
1. John looks well-dressed today. He
student.
is wearing slacks and a button-down
The woman is wearing sunglasses. She
shirt today.
looks warm. She has short, brown hair.
2. Yesterday, I had on jeans and a
short-sleeved shirt.
3. No, I didn’t put on a watch or TEST
jewelry today. A 1. b 2. a
B 3. c 4. a
Listening 1
C 5. b 6. d 7. c 8. d
A 2, 3, 4
D 9. c 10. a 11. a 12. b
B 1. are wearing this season
2. has on a jacket E 13. a 14. c 15. c
3. I’ll try one on.
4. They go well with
5. look like my grandmother
C 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. False

Listening 2
What’s on TV Tonight?
A 1. Boy:  likes her jewelry B 1. taller than 2. smarter
doesn’t like her jewelry 3. the fastest 4. bigger
Girl:  likes her jewelry C Sample response:
doesn’t like her jewelry
1. John, Mr. Brown (our teacher)
2. Boy:  expensive 2. Janice
not expensive 3. Tom, Sally
Girl:  expensive 4. Sally
not expensive
Listening 1
3. Boy: likes her makeup
A 1. Boy 2. Boy 3. Girl 4. Boy
 doesn’t like her makeup
B 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True
Girl:  likes her makeup
doesn’t like her makeup C 1. b 2. c 3. c

B 1. c 2. c 3. b Listening 2
C 1. b 2. a 3. c A action better than romance, stronger
than, funny movies are better, more
exciting, some of the funniest movies

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 B 1. b 2. a 3. d C 1. b 2. c 3. a
C 1. a 2. d 3. b 4. c
Listening 1
Listening 3 A 1. 2.  3.
A John: charming B 1. b 2. d 3. b
 clueless C 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. False
Charlie:  most problems
cute Listening 2
Paula: pretty A wendy123@chatting.com
computergeek54@chatting.com
 funny
B 1. b, d, f 2. a, c, e
Rebecca: smart
 rich C 1. with a “y” 2. Chat-Dot
3. at 9:00 p.m.
B 1. a huge international success
2. is the most clueless Listening 3
3. has the most problems
4. is the funniest A 4, 1, 3, 2
5. has the most money B 1. email account
2. accepted for an interview
C Sample response:
3. the next two weeks
A: The Sound of Music
4. i, e
B: Mary Poppins
5. ask her to spell
C: Bambi
1. Of all three, Bambi is the oldest C Sample response:
movie.
1. Mary Jones
2. I have watched Bambi more often
maryjones@chatting.com
than Mary Poppins.
2. Bill Brown
3. Of all three, The Sound of Music is
brownbillyboy@email.com
my favorite.
3. Lucy Smith
computergirl002@online.com
TEST
A 1. b 2. b TEST
B 3. a 4. a A 1. b 2. b
C 5. a 6. b 7. c 8. d B 3. d 4. d
D 9. a 10. c 11. d 12. b C 5. c 6. a 7. a 8. d
E 13. c 14. b 15. b D 9. c 10. a 11. b 12. b
E 13. d 14. b 15. a

What’s Your Email Address?

It Wouldn’t Be Difficult.
B 1. Could you spell that?
2. Do you spell that B-O or B-E-A-U?
B 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. c
3. Is that with an “er” or “re”?
4. Is that right?

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 C Sample response:
1. Jill 2. Kevin
3. Maria Have You Ever Seen the
Mona Lisa ?
Listening 1
A boots, picnic, scenery B 1. a 2. a 3. b
B 5(a), 2(b), 3(c), 4(d), 1(e) C Sample response:
C 1. a 2. d 3. a 1. Yes, I have been to America. / No, I
haven’t been to America.
Listening 2 2. No, I’ve never tried papaya before.
/ Yes, I’ve tried papaya before.
A Dad: c
3. I have sent three text messages so
Julia: a, d
far today. / I haven’t sent any text
Mikey: b, d
messages so far today.
B 1. anything to get Mom
2. all of her friends Listening 1
3. expect two celebrations
4. everyone can make it A Joanne: France, seen, adds mystery
Chris: National Museum, never
C 1. False 2. False 3. False 4. True seen, is boring
B 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True
Listening 3
C 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. b
A 1. natural history museum
2. won’t be able to go
3. a sack lunch Listening 2
4. 10:00 A
B 1. e 2. c 3. d has hasn’t
4. b 5. a finished the writing

C Sample response: assignment
1. I went on a field trip to the zoo.  written half of the essay
2. I couldn’t go on the field trip without
permission from my parents. regretted delaying a project

3. The teacher said we shouldn’t feed before
the animals during our field trip. had the assignment for

more than one week
TEST done a project like this

before in less than two days
A 1. c 2. a
B 3. c 4. b B 1. be 1000 words long
2. 100 words of it
C 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. c 3. times in the past
D 9. b 10. c 11. c 12. b 4. then regretted it afterwards
5. three weeks to do it
E 13. d 14. c 15. d 6. other assignments and forgot
7. less time than you
C 1. c 2. c 3. a

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 Listening 3 Listening 1
A 1.  2. 3.  4. A
B 1. nervous, excited Sarah Michael
2. sets, costumes I don’t think I’m ready
3. studied/character, memorized/lines 
to return to school.
C Sample response: I hope the class material

won’t be too hard.
1. I have been in the play Romeo and
Juliet. I can’t wait for the

2. The play was performed at my semester to start.
school. I suppose there are some
3. I really enjoyed practicing for the  things I am looking
sword fight. forward to, too.

B 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. False

TEST
C 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. b
A 1. b 2. c
B 3. a 4. c Listening 2
C 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. a A 1. Girl 2. Boy 3. Girl 4. Girl
D 9. d 10. b 11. d 12. c B 1. a trip like this
2. else I can’t wait for
E 13. b 14. b 15. d 3. try skiing this year
4. find that tree again
5. she has any babies
C 1. a 2. a 3. c

I’m Looking Forward to the Listening 3

Coming Semester. A excited, scared, sad, worried, nervous
B 4, 1, 3, 2
B 1. can’t wait for C Sample response:
2. expects that
3. waiting all day for 1. When I was in high school, I started
4. looking forward to karate classes.
2. Before I started, I expected that I
C Sample response: would learn to kick, jump, and
1. I can’t wait for winter. punch well in that class.
(I love winter!) 3. I was looking forward to learning
2. I look forward to playing video how to break boards with my hand.
games in my free time.
3. I expect that I will have soup for TEST
dinner. A 1. b 2. a
B 3. c 4. c
C 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. a
D 9. d 10. b 11. d 12. c
E 13. b 14. c 15. c

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 C 1. I needed help once because I got
lost.
Let Me Help You Clean up 2. At that time, a stranger on the subway
offered to lend me a hand.
This Mess. 3. With the stranger’s help, I figured
out where I needed to go.
B 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. I said thanks, and I bowed to him
C 1. What can I do for you? because he was Asian.
2. Thanks a lot for your help.
3. Do you need a hand? TEST
4. I owe you one. A 1. b 2. d
B 3. a 4. d
Listening 1
C 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. a
A on the dresser, on the floor, under the
bed, under the rug D 9. d 10. b 11. a 12. c
B 1. a 2. c 3. c E 13. b 14. b 15. a
C 1. b 2. b 3. b 4. d

Listening 2
A 1, 4
B She Is the Smartest
Betty Ryan Student.
1. Asked for help  B 1. more 2. the most
2. Couldn’t go to school 3. the least 4. the most

for a week C Sample response:
3. Took good notes in class  1. The most interesting sport to watch
is bowling.
4. Said biology is difficult  2. The least interesting sport to watch
is Olympic archery.
5. Set up a study session 3. English is more difficult for me

with other classmates than math.
C 1. False 2. True 3. True 4. False 4. I usually have less homework in
history than in science.
Listening 3
Listening 1
A 2(a), 1(b), 5(c), 4(d), 3(e)
A 1. Toby: a, c, d
B 1. in the middle of 2. Karen: b, e
2. sit by the road
3. could lend a hand B 1. True 2. False 3. True 4. False
4. over and over again C 1. c 2. b 3. c 4. d
5. thanks to a stranger
Listening 2
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 B 1. the most useless thing C Sample response:
2. important thing I have
1. I intend to get a job after finishing
3. one of the neighborhood
school.
4. most beautiful thing here
2. I want to earn money so that I can
5. It’s more practical than
buy a car.
C 1. a 2. a 3. a 3. The purpose of saving money is to
pay for expensive things in the
Listening 3 future.
4. I plan to open a savings account at
A Silky Touch
the bank to save money for the
smells, expensive, convenient
future.
Soft and Smooth
expensive, natural, Europe Listening 1
B 1. Silky Touch [<] Soft and Smooth A 1. 2. 3.  4.
2. Silky Touch [>] Soft and Smooth
3. Silky Touch [>] Soft and Smooth B 1. to do this summer
2. fun and relaxing
4. Silky Touch [<] Soft and Smooth
3. relax and have time
C Sample response: 4. get a good score
Product #1: black tea 5. other plans in mind
Product #2: green tea C 1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a
1. I like the lower price of black tea
more (than the higher price of green Listening 2
tea).
2. I like the flavor of green tea more A 1, 2, 4, 5
(than the flavor of black tea). B 1. c 2. c 3. a
3. I buy black tea more often (because
C 1. supplies 2. buy
it is cheaper).
3. folders 4. borrowed
TEST Listening 3
A 1. c 2. a
A a GPS, a sunroof, a spacious trunk, an
B 3. b 4. a automatic engine, a hybrid car
C 5. b 6. d 7. c 8. b B 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. False
D 9. b 10. d 11. b 12. b C Sample response:
E 13. a 14. a 15. c 1. I want to buy a new backpack.
2. I intend to use it for school.
3. When I am ready to buy it, my
older brother could help me make a
good choice.

I Want to Enjoy the TEST

Summer. A 1. b 2. a
B 3. d 4. c
B 1. c 2. d 3. b
C 5. a 6. b 7. c 8. c
4. e 5. a
D 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. a
E 13. a 14. b 15. d

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 That leads to clouds forming in the
sky.
The Reason Is Clear to Me. 2. An event in the past:
An iceberg caused the Titanic to
B 4(a), 2(b), 1(c), 3(d) sink. That led to many people
C Sample response: drowning.

1. The first thing that happened to me TEST

was that I got the flu.
2. As a result of that, I missed several A 1. b 2. d
days of school. B 3. c 4. a
3. The resulted in my having to do
extra work at home to catch up C 5. d 6. b 7. a 8. d
with my classmates. D 9. c 10. a 11. b 12. a
E 13. c 14. d 15. b
Listening 1
A my allowance, spending money, make
a budget, taking money away, a good
idea
B 1. d 2. b 3. b
I’m Sherlock Holmes!
C 1. make a 2. can’t
3. result in
B 1. a 2. b 3. a
Listening 2 C 1. What dug the hole under the fence?
2. I don’t know for sure.
A Ms. Huggins 3. Did you figure out how to play the
 asked Donald to explain something game?
told Donald to stay after school 4. Sure. I know how to complete the
first level.
Donald
did not finish his homework Listening 1
 has a younger sister
A 1. 2.  3. 4.
B 1. I don’t have it
2. because of your sister B 1. False 2. True 3. True 4. False
3. a lot of problems C 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. d
4. homework impossible to read
C 1. True 2. False 3. True 4. False
Listening 2
A 4, 1, 2, 3
Listening 3 B 1. b 2. c 3. b
A 1(a), 4(b), 3(c), 2(d) C 1. lightning 2. roof
B 1. overflowing its banks 3. closed 4. stay home
2. washed away the dirt, the trees’
roots Listening 3
3. under a pipe
A 1, 3
C Sample response:
B 1. read me a story
1. A usual process: 2 playing tricks on me
The sun causes water to evaporate. 3. to know for sure

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 4. a ghost all along C 1. studying for a test
5. had him read me 2. note cards
3. next week
C Sample response:
4. hardest
1. A book that had a mystery in it was
Murder in the Rouge Morgue. Listening 2
2. A police detective figured out the
mystery. A 1. 2. 3. 4 
3. He concluded that an animal B 1. at a fancy restaurant
committed the murder. 2. a gift certificate for
3. tickets to the theatre
TEST 4. of her everyday chores
5. eat her favorite food
A 1. b 2. c
C 1. False 2. True 3. False 4. True
B 3. b 4. b
C 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. a Listening 3
D 9. d 10. b 11. a 12. b A 1, 3, 4, 2
E 13. b 14. c 15. c B 1. Her grandmother
2. The speaker
3. The speaker
4. Her teacher, the speaker
C Sample response:
That’s a Great Idea! 1. My father gave me good advice.
2. He advised me to save part of every
dollar that I earn.
B 1. b 2. a 3. c 3. I try to save ten percent of
C Sample response: everything I earn.

1. I think it would be a good idea for TEST

you to go to bed earlier.
2. I suggest you save up your money A 1. c 2. d
for that. B 3. b 4. d
3. Maybe you should go to an
amusement park. C 5. d 6. b 7. c 8. a
D 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. b
Listening 1
E 13. b 14. d 15. a
A reread the chapters, study with a friend,
make vocabulary cards, talk to the
professor
B 1. a 2. b 3. a

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