Listening Comprehension

The listening section has 42 questions. Follow along as you listen to the directions to the listening section.

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Bienvenido

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Nombre(Obligatorio)

Nombre Apellidos

Email(Obligatorio)

Teléfono(Obligatorio)

Dirección Personal(Obligatorio)

Colonia Municipio Estado

DIRECTIONS

In this section of the test, you will hear a teacher or other school staff member talking to students. Each talk is followed by one question. Choose the best answer to each question and mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet. You will hear each talk only one time.

Here is an example:

What does the teacher want the students to do?

The correct answer is (A), “Help a new classmate.”

(A) Help a new classmate

(B) Prepare for gyrfi class

(D) Return books to the library

Here is another example:

What will the students probably do next?

The correct answer is (B), “Listen to some music.”

(A) Sing a song

(B) Listen to some music

(D) Discuss the life of a musician

Go on to the next page, and the test will begin with question number one.

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3. What is the purpose of the talk?(Obligatorio)

(A) To remind students about an upcoming event at school

(B) To ask students to submit their homework on time

(D) To encourage students to invite their families to a presentation at school

4. What does the teacher instruct the students to do?(Obligatorio)

(A) Make a list of missing materials

(B) Repeat the experiment several times

(D) Clean the equipment after the experiment

5. Why is the principal talking to the students?(Obligatorio)

(A) To apologize for not giving them enough time

(B) To warn them not to pack too much for a trip

(D) To encourage them to behave properly on the bus

6. What is the subject of the announcement?(Obligatorio)

(A) A meeting for parents about the bus schedule

(B) Repairs being made at the entrance of the school

(D) A new building that is being constructed at the school

7. What is the teacher mainly talking about?(Obligatorio)

(A) How to do research in a library

(B) A special trip to the public library

(D) Different ways students can get to the library

8. What is the purpose of the talk?(Obligatorio)

(A) To announce a trip to a garden

(B) To warn students not to eat in class

(D) To remind students what to bring to class

9. What is the speaker’s purpose?(Obligatorio)

(A) To ask students not to eat on the bus

(B) To tell students where they can get food

(D) To explain the procedure for getting off the bus

10. What is the teacher probably going to do next?(Obligatorio)

(A) Count the students

(B) Dial a phone number

(D) Order lunch for the students

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Now you will hear some conversations. Each conversation is followed by three or more questions. Choose the best answer to each question and mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet. You will hear each conversation only one time.

11. What is the woman explaining to the boy?(Obligatorio)

(A) How to use the library

(B) How to buy textbooks

(D) How to sign up for activities

12. What does the boy say he did not have at his old school?(Obligatorio)

(A) School maps

(B) Internet access

(D) Electronic card catalogs

13. What does the librarian imply when she says, “You do have an ID card, don’t you?”(Obligatorio)

(A) She remembers giving the boy his ID card.

(B) The boy might not realize that he needs an ID card.

(D) Students have not always been required to carry ID cards.

14. What will the boy probably do next?(Obligatorio)

(A) Go directly to his literature class

(B) Begin writing a report about John Steinbeck

(D) Use the electronic card catalog to find a book

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15. Why was the boy not at the cafeteria?(Obligatorio)

(A) He was not feeling well.

(B) He was at an art competition.

(D) He needed to speak to a teacher.

16. What does the girl imply about the rules of the competition?(Obligatorio)

(A) There are a lot of them.

(B) They are followed strictly.

(D) They are different every year.

17. What does the girl ask the boy to do?(Obligatorio)

(A) Help her draw a picture for art class

(B) Work with her on a school assignment

(D) Explain how she can participate in the competition

18. What are the boy and girl probably going to do after school?(Obligatorio)

(A) Meet at the library

(B) Attend a club meeting

(D) Talk to their science teacher

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19. Why does the girl talk about a volleyball?(Obligatorio)

(A) To recommend that the boy try a different sport

(B) To suggest that the teacher has an interest in sports

(D) To explain how math can improve an athlete’s performance

20. What is the boy’s main complaint about the teacher?(Obligatorio)

(A) He talks too fast.

(B) His explanations are too long.

(D) He does not give enough time to finish assignments.

21. Why can’t the boy work on the assignment with the girl tonight?(Obligatorio)

(A) He has a piano lesson.

(B) He has basketball practice.

(D) He has to return a book to the library.

22. What does the girl imply when she asks the boy to bring his basketball?(Obligatorio)

(A) She will use the basketball to help the boy learn math.

(B) The boy can practice basketball on the way to the library.

(D) She would like the boy to teach her how to play basketball.

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23. What are the students mainly talking about?(Obligatorio)

(A) An idea the boy has for a club

(B) A club meeting that the boy went to

(D) A new science club that will be starting

24. What does the girl forget?(Obligatorio)

(A) The name of a club

(B) The student leader of a club

(D) The room where a club meets

25. What will the students probably ask the school to do?(Obligatorio)

(A) Offer more clubs to students

(B) Announce club meetings earlier

(D) Give students a list of all the school clubs

26. What point do the students make about their science classes?(Obligatorio)

(A) All the classes have the same science homework.

(B) The classes are more difficult than they expected.

(D) Ms. Campbell teaches all the science classes at their grade level.

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Now you will hear some talks and discussions about academic topics. Each talk or discussion is followed by four or more questions. Choose the best answer to each question and mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet. You will hear each talk or discussion only one time.

27. What is the talk mainly about?(Obligatorio)

(A) Structures built by a kind of rat

(B) Rats that prefer to live near people

(D) A species of rat that lives in wooden shelters

28. What would a wood rat probably do if it found a watch? *(Obligatorio)

(A) Break it into pieces

(B) Bury it in the ground

(D) Use it to build its home

29. Why does the speaker mention a fox?(Obligatorio)

(A) To compare rat shelters to the homes of other animals

(B) To describe the personality of the wood rat

(D) To give an example of another animal studied by scientists

30. According to the teacher, why do scientists study rat shelters?(Obligatorio)

(A) To study how wood rats live

(B) To copy the design of the shelters

(D) To find out what plants existed in the past

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31. What is the talk mainly about?(Obligatorio)

(A) How cheese was first produced

(B) The origins of one of the oldest foods

(D) Areas where ancient people drank milk

32. What does the speaker find surprising?(Obligatorio)

(A) That milk was first used in the form of cheese

(B) That ancient milk contained little fat

(D) That ancient people used different types of animal milk

33. Based on the talk, what was probably true about the milk supply in early human communities?(Obligatorio)

(A) It was steady and dependable.

(B) It varied depending on the animal.

(D) There was not enough of it to meet the demand.

34. Based on the talk, what is probably true about the first livestock herds kept by ancient people?(Obligatorio)

(A) They provided little milk.

(B) They were very large.

(D) They consisted mostly of females.

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35. What is the teacher mainly talking about?(Obligatorio)

(A) Why scientists study ancient climates

(B) Where scientists study changes in the climate

(D) How scientists can determine what ancient climates were like

36. Based on the talk, what aspect of a tree’s rings would a climate scientist be interested in?(Obligatorio)

(A) How thick they are

(B) What color they arew

(D) The number of them found in a tree trunk

37. How do scientists learn about climate from shells?(Obligatorio)

(A) By determining the hardness of the shells

(B) By comparing the shells found in different areas

(D) By analyzing small changes in the color of the shells

38. What is different about the information given by the shells?(Obligatorio)

(A) It tells scientists about specific periods of time.

(B) It gives less information than tree rings.

(D) It is not always accurate.

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39. What is the speaker mainly talking about?(Obligatorio)

(A) Where the tallest buildings are constructed

(B) Why buildings are constructed with so many floors

(D) How it became possible to construct tall buildings

40. According to the discussion, what is the major advantage that steel has over bricks?(Obligatorio)

(A) Steel is cheaper.

(B) Steel is stronger.

(D) Steel is a lighter material.

41. Why does the boy talk about animals?(Obligatorio)

(A) To argue that tall buildings harm the natural environment

(B) To illustrate how animals assisted in early construction

(D) To explain how animal skins were once used to build walls

42. What are the curtain walls of a building?(Obligatorio)

(A) Outer walls that support little weight

(B) Walls of brick made with steel in them

(D) Interior walls made of steel

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