Exercises on Listening Exercise 1
Exercise 2:
Answer the following questions after you have heard dialogues on Reversals which are played or read to you
1. How will the woman get to the airport? A. She will get ride with the man.
B. She will ride the airport shuttle. C. She will drive her car.
D. She will rent a car. 2. What does the woman want to eat?
A. She would like eggs and potatoes. B. She wants eggs and pancakes.
C. She wants to eat potato pancakes. D. Pancake is what she would like to eat.
3. How many boxes of cookies did the man order? A. The man bought one box of cookies.
B. The man ordered four boxes of cookies. C. He purchased five boxes of cookies.
D. He did not order any cookies this year. 4. What is the correct area code for the woman?
A. The number is 6-9-1. B. The area code is 1-9-6.
C. 9-1-6 is the area code. D. 6-1-9 is the correct number.
5. How much per copy will the woman pay? A. She will pay five cents per page.
B. The price is ten cents a copy. C. She owes fifteen cents per copy.
D. Twenty cents per page is the price. 6. How much will the woman pay?
A. One dollar a minute C. Two dollars and fifty cents a minute
B. One dollar a page D. Two dollars and fifty cents a page
7. What does the woman want to do? A. Go to a movie
B. Change the channel C. Watch television
D. See a documentary 8. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. He wants all twenty-dollar bills. B. He wants all fifty-dollar bills.
C. He wants all large bills. D. He wants some twenty- and some fifty-dollar bills.
9. Where will the man and woman eat lunch? A. The Country Kitchen
B. The Country Home C. The Old House
D. The Old Kitchen 10. When will the man be home?
A. He will not be home a little after seven o’clock. B. He will not be home late.
C. He will be home at six o’clock. D. He will be home earlier than usual.
Exercise 3
Answer the following questions after you have heard dialogues on Idioms which are played to you
1. What does woman mean? A. She does not think that the man is serious.
B. She thinks that the man is going to take her to Florida. C. She thinks that the man has a good idea.
D. She thinks that the man does not have any money.
2. What does the man mean? A. She needs one more semester.
B. She needs a hundred dollars. C. The increase will be difficult for her.
D. The paper is not dependable. 3. What did the man do?
A. He has left the lecture. B. He has used his last piece of paper.
C. He has said good-bye to the woman. D. He has finished giving the lecture.
4. How does the man feel about the test? A. He feels that the test was fair.
B. He agrees with the woman about the test. C. He does not want the woman to tease him about the test.
D. He is not worried about the test. 5. What does the woman mean?
A. The man does not pay attention. B. The man is very honest.
C. The man has gone away. D. The man needs to repeat.
6. On what do the speakers agree? A. The sign has Mickey Mouse on it.
B. They do not believe the sign. C. The course is very easy.
D. They did not register for the course. 7. What does the woman mean?
A. She does not want the man to come for her. B. She thinks that the man is a bother.
C. She does not want to go to class. D. She accepts the man’s offer.
8. What does the man mean? A. The man likes ice-cream.
B. The man will tell the woman later whether he wants ice-cream. C. The man does not want to say whether he likes ice-cream.
D. The man will get some ice cream for the woman. 9. What does the woman mean?
A. She is glad Joan is moving. B. She does not believe that Joan will move.
C. She saw Joan move. D. She believes Joan is moving because she saw her.
10. What does the man mean? A. He is angry with the woman.
B. He wants to talk with the woman. C. It was a bad day for the man.
D. He does not know what day it is.
Exercise 4
Answer the following questions after you have heard dialogues on Emotions which are played to you
1. How does the man feel? A. He is worried.
B. He is happy. C. He feels confident.
D. He feels tired. 2. How did the man feel about the movie?
A. He thought it was a very unrealistic movie. B. He was impressed with the movie.
C. He agreed with the woman about the movie. D. He liked the movie because it was a fairy tale.
3. How does the woman feel about the TOEFL? A. She does not know whether she did well.
B. She thinks that she improved her score. C. She believed that she scored about 490.
D. She is concerned about the reading comprehension section. 4. How does the woman feel about the man?
A. She believes that he is having a bad day. B. She does not like the man.
C. She thinks that he never pays attention. D. She likes to help the man every day.
5. How does the man feel about Rick? A. He forgot who he was.
B. He thinks that Rick and Lucy will forget to come. C. He likes Rick, but not Lucy.
D. He does not want to invite them. 6. What is man’s reaction to the news?
A. He is surprised. B. He is confused.
C. He does not agree. D. He does not want to know.
7. How does the man feel about the assignments? A. He does not care at all.
B. He does not like the lab assistant. C. He does not like the grading system.
D. He does not agree with the woman. 8. What best be describes the man’s opinion of Terry?
A. He feels protective of Terry. B. The man is supportive.
C. He has his doubts about Terry. D. He feels hostile toward Terry.
9. How does the man feel about the review session? A. He wants to go, but he won’t.
B. He does not want to go, but he will. C. He wants to go, and he will.
D. He does not want to go, and he won’t. 10. How does the man feel about Janine?
A. He thinks Janine would be difficult to live with. B. He thinks Janine and the woman will like living together.
C. He thinks it would be better to live with Janine than with Carol. D. He thinks that Janine and Carol should live together.