Listening Comprehension
1. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) He regularly goes to communities
around Boston.
(B) He communicates with a Boston
company.
(C) He has been traveling back and
forth to Boston.
(D) He has been regularly using computer.
2. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) He wants to know what he said.
(B) He wonders if the woman enjoyed
herself.
(C) This party hasn’t been any fun at all.
(D) He’s enjoyed himself tremendously.
3. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) He’s flight attendant.
(B) He’s a pilot.
(C) He works clearing land.
(D) He’s a member of the ground crew.
4. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) Knows that she is not ready for
intermediate French.
(B) She wants to take neither beginning
nor intermediate French.
(C) She is not sure which course she
should take.
(D) She’s not sure if she should take a trip
to France
5. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) He’d really rather not answer.
(B) He’s not feeling very well.
(C) He’s feeling better today than
yesterday.
(D) He’s rather sick of working the
question.
6. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) The sweater’s the wrong size.
(B) The man’s feet aren’t sweating.
(C) The sweet girl doesn’t feel right.
(D) The sweater makes the man seem fat.
7. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) Use as many dishes as possible.
(B) Wash the dishes immediately.
(C) Wait until later to clean up.
(D) Wash the dishes for as long as
possible.
8. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) He had to wait for the plane to land.
(B) The plane arrived on time.
(C) The plane landed in the right place.
(D) He did not look at the right schedule
9. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) In the first frost, animals die.
(B) Frost can kill animals.
(C) Some animals started the first fire.
(D) Animals are killed by forest fires.
10. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) She needs a sweat suit to go running.
(B) She’ll change clothes quickly and
go swimming.
(C) She doesn’t want to go into the pool.
(D) She’s rather go running.
11. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) attend a football game alone
(B) go to a sporting event
(C) eat in the cafeteria and study
(D) see a play
12. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) It’s the final game of the season.
(B) It’s better than the drama department’s
play.
(C) It’s a very important game.
(D) It’s close to the cafeteria.
13. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) at the cafeteria
(B) at the music department
(C) at the campus
(D) at the drama department
14. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) a play
(B) a game
(C) a study group meeting
(D) dinner in the cafeteria
(D) The Smithsonian Arts and Industries
Building
19. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) The American History Museum
(B) The Smithsonian Arts and Industries
Building
(C) The Washington Museum
(D) The National Air and Space
Museum
20. Short Dialogue - Listening
Comprehension
(A) to the White House
(B) to the Smithsonian
(C) to the mall
(D) to various other museums

15. Short Dialogue - Listening

Comprehension
(A) Saturday night
(B) after dinner in the cafeteria
(C) Sunday afternoon
(D) maybe next weekend

16. Short Dialogue - Listening

Comprehension
(A) an artist
(B) a tour guide
(C) an Indian
(D) Overville Wright

17. Short Dialogue - Listening

Comprehension
(A) several
(B) sixty thousand
(C) sixteen million
(D) millions and millions

18. Short Dialogue - Listening

Comprehension
(A) The National Air and Space museum
(B) The Museum of Natural History
(C) The American History Museum
 Structure and Written Expression
1. The major cause ______________ the pull of the Moon and the Earth.
(A) the ocean tides are
(B) of ocean tides is
(C) of the tides in the ocean
(D) the ocean’s tides

2. The report with complete documentations ___________ the conference.

(A) which are delivered
(B) was delivered at
(C) delivering
(D) deliver

3. The North Pole __________ a latitude of 90 degrees north.

(A) it has
(B) is having
(C) which is having
(D) has

4. The company reiterated to reporters that nobody __________ because of the

incident.
(A) has been dismissed
(B) are dismissed
(C) have been dismissed
(D) are being dismissed

5. The patient _____________ in the emergency room for almost an hour before a
doctor finally treated him.
(A) had waiting
(B) have wait
(C) had been waiting
(D) had been wait

6. Should I ____________ you another cup of coffee?

(A) bringing
(B) brings
(C) has brought
(D) bring

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 Reading Comprehension

1. The topic of this passage is….

(A) the largest land animals
(B) the derivations of animal names
(C) the characteristics of the hippo
(D) the relation between the hippo and the whale

2. According to the passage, what is the maximum time that hippos have been known
to stay underwater?
(A) three minutes
(B) five minutes
(C) thirty minutes
(D) ninety minutes

3. The word "float" in line 5 is closest in meaning to….

(A) sink
(B) drift
(C) eat
(D) flap

4. The possessive "Its" in line 2 refers to….

(A) hippopotamus
(B) elephant
(C) rhinoceros
(D) horse
5. The passage states that the hippo DOES NOT….
(A) like water
(B) resemble the whale
(C) have a protective coating
(D) have much hair

6. The best title for this passage would be….

(A) The Size of the Bristle Cone Pine
(B) Three-Hundred-Year-Old Forests
(C) The Wonders of the Ancient World
(D) An Amazingly Enduring Tree

7. According to the passage, approximately how old are the oldest trees on Earth?
(A) two hundred years old
(B) three hundred years old
(C) five hundred years old
(D) five thousand years old

8. The word "estimate" in line 2 is closest in meaning to….

(A) measure
(B) approximate
(C) evaluate
(D) view

9. The pronoun “they” in line 2 refers to….

(A) living trees on earth
(B) trees
(C) the age of the trees
(D) people
10. The pronoun “it” in line 8 refers to….
(A) the pyramids of Egypt
(B) the bristlecone pine of California
(C) the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
(D) the Colossus of Rhodes

11. The passage above mainly discusses…..

(A) Earth’s atmosphere
(B) Earth‘s Greenhouse effect
(C) Venus’ hot temperature
(D) Venus’s sister planet

12. According to the passage Venus…

(A) is bigger than Earth
(B) has higher temperature than Earth
(C) has thick atmosphere
(D) has cooler surface than Earth.

13. The word “them” in line 1 refers to….

(A) similarities between Earth and Venus
(B) atmospheres
(C) Venus
(D) Earth and Venus

14. The word “its” in line 7 refers to ….

(A) planet
(B) Sun
(C) Venus
(D) Earth

15. The word “blanket” in line 5 can be replaced by….

(A) sheet
(B) bed
(C) casing
(D) cover