II.  LISTENING PRACTICE

1.Mini-Dialogues     

  Listen to the following five mini-dialogues and then, for each question that follows,   select the best answer from among the four choices given.

1) 

   A. She always comes up with a good idea.

   B. She does not agree with the man.

   C. The man couldn’t  have said it better.

   D. The man has misunderstood her.

2) 

   A.There is nothing that worries him.

   B.He did not do any studying.

   C.He studied very hard.

   D.H e was bored.

3) 

   A.She is trying to fool him.

   B.She already has tickets for both of them.

   C.She thinks it is going to be hard to get tickets.

   D.She doesn’t want to get tickets, so they might have to stay home.

4) 

   A.Apply for an additional part-time job.

   B.Come back again to apply for the job.

   C.Get some training before he quits his job.

   D.Thinking about whether he really wants to resign.

5) 

   A.She won’t use the same airline again this time.

   B.She doesn’t want a long drive to the airport.

   C.She will hang her luggage in the closet.

   D.She isn’t used to traveling very much.

2.Conversation.

  Section Two Intensive Listening 

  Conversation 1

  In this part, there are two recorded conversations. Listen to the conversations

  carefully and then, for each question that follows, select the best answer from among the   four choices given.

  

 Q1: 

      A. The man.

      B. The woman.

      C. The man’s wife.

      D. The woman’s husband.

 Q2: 

      A. She is a housewife most of the time.

      B. She works at home as a publisher.

      C. She is a mother of  ten children.

      D. She writes on her computer.

 Q3: 

      A. Nine.

      B. Ten

      C. Eleven

      D. Twelve.

Conversation 2

 

 Q4: 

      A. The company’s reorganization.

      B. A decrease in production.

      C. A mistake he has made.

      D. His loss of advantage.      

 Q5: 

      A. It began to lose  money.

      B. It increased its production.

      C. It started to lay off  its employees.

      D. It hired more employees than necessary.

 Q6:

      A. He is upset.

      B. He is crazy.

      C. He is penniless.

      D. He is out of job.

 Q7: 

      A. On his saving.

      B. With his new business.

      C. By doing part-time job.

      D. By borrowing money from the woman.

 Q8: 

      A. He never lost money in business.

      B. He stopped spending so much.

      C. He made smart  investment.

      D. He made more he spent.

      

Passage 1

 Listen to the following passage and then fill in the blanks with the missing words.The  passage will be read three times.

 What is investment? In general terms, investment means the use of money in the hope of  making 1) ______________. In  finance, it is the purchase of a financial product or other  item of value with an expectation of favorable future 2)  _______________. In business, 3)  ______________ the purchase by a producer of a physical good, 4) ____________ durable 

 equipment or inventory, in the hope of 5) ________________ future business.

 

 Passage 2

 6)What does the speaker suggest that we not do during an interview?

    Not jump into the ________.

 7)When are we going to raise the questions about benefits, hours, or salary?

    Not until after we have a written offer __________________.

 8)What does it mean if we drum up questions to ask according to Shapiro?

    That we’re not sure about the position or that we didn’t __________________.

 9)What are we supposed to do when we have any confusion?

    To avoid ______________________.

 10)When are we going to say that I’m really excited about this opportunity and I think it's going to be a great fit?

    ___________ of the interview.

1 C 2 C 3 C 4 D 5 B 6 A 7 D 8 C 9 B 10 A 11 D 12 A 13 B