We need someone to put together a slide show for our class presentation.

How about Donna?

What does the man mean?

 Could you hand me a teaspoon, please?

Hang on, let me wash one.

What is the man going to do?

Steve hasn’t been himself lately, has he?

Well, no, he hasn’t; he’s had a lot on his mind.

What do the speakers say about Steve?

 What’s Nancy doing this afternoon?

Playing golf, probably. She never wants to do anything else.

What does the man say about Nancy?

 How’s that soup you ordered, Max?

Not as warm as I’d like it to be.

What does Max say about the soup?

So, where are the books being stored?

In a warehouse somewhere.

What is learned from this conversation?

Have you heard the good news about Marilyn?

You mean that she won a prize for her poetry?

What has the man heard about Marilyn?

You sure checked a lot of books out of the library;

Oh, these aren’t library books. I went to a used book sale. They were practically giving them away!

What does the man imply about the books?

I heard your guitar was damaged.

Yes, but thanks to Mr. Benson, now it’s as good as new.

What can be inferred about Mr. Benson from the conversation?

All my papers almost blew away.

Windy out there today, isn’t it?

What does the man mean?

You know, whenever I read a book, I always wonder what the author looks like. For example, I’d like to see a picture of Robert Kurtz.

Well, if you’re that interested, there’s a photograph of him on the back of his new book.

What does the man say about Robert Kurtz?

You don’t know how to set up the printer? Try reading the manual, why don’t you?

I did, and I’m still in the dark.

What is the man’s problem?

Hello?

Hello, is Rita there?

Hang on a minute—I’ll see.

What does the man imply about Rita?

I should have spent more time practicing the piano to get ready for the concert. I don’t think I

played well at all.

If I were you, I wouldn’t dwell on it another minute.

What does the man suggest the woman do?

I can’t understand why Harold changed majors. He would have made a great mathematician.

I don’t know either. He loved the subject, and his grades were good.

What can be concluded about Harold from this conversation?

Robin, do you realize you had a dental appointment an hour ago?

I did?

What is Robin’s reaction to the man’s remark?

Oh, so Charlene was able to get reservations for dinner here tonight.

Yes, just at the last minute.

What had the man initially assumed?

I don’t suppose you’re free to go bowling Saturday evening, are you?

As a matter of fact, I am. I was planning to go to a lecture with my sister, but it was called off.

What will the woman probably do on Saturday evening?

I just bought a camcorder. It’s used, but it’s in pretty good condition.

What’s a good used camcorder going for these days? ’

What does the woman ask the man?

These new glasses are giving me headaches.

Mine did, too, as first. That should wear off soon.

What does the man tell the woman?

Today’s thefirst of the month. Isn’t your rent due today?

A Yes, but I always pay it the day before it’s due.

What does the man say about his rent?

Is Roberta at home yet?

No, she had to work late again today.

What does the woman say about Roberta?

I’ve never taken a class as hard as the first half of the accounting course.

You think tbat was hard; wait till you take the second half!

What does the woman imply about the accounting course?

Have you ever read the book The Great Gatsby?

Only a couple of dozen times!

What does the woman imply about the book?

I understand you intend to become a research biologist.

My dream is that someday, I’ll discover something as important as penicillin.

What does the woman want to do?

A lot of people were planning to attend the debate.

Not many were there, though.

What does the man mean?

I need to pay my check and leave.

I’ll try to catch the waiter’s eye.

What does the man intend to do?

I heard someone say that Sally needs a lot of improvement if she hopes to win the tennis match

on Saturday.

Whoever said that obviously hasn‘t seen her out on the court recently!

What does the man imply about Sally?

Wow, your apartment looks great! I’ve never seen it so clean.

Well, my roommates pitched in and helped me, and the work was done in no time.

What does the woman say about her roommates?

Professor Atkinson, can I see you after this class?

I‘m due at a faculty meeting then. How about the same time on Friday?

When does Professor Atkinson suggest that they meet?

31-35: Listen to a conversation between two students.

Want to go out and get something to eat?

I can’t. I have a chemisrty midterm on Monday and a German exam on Tuesday.

I have a geology exam Monday myself, but I think I’m ready for it.

What kind of exam is it going to be: multiple choice or essay?

Neither. The professor is going to give us a mineral sample and we have to identify it.

How do you do that? I mean, a rock’s a rock, isn’t it?

Actually, there are a lot of tests you can perform on minerals to help you figure out what they

are. Probably the first tests I’ll do are scratch tests. When you do a scratch test, you rub the sample on a known mineral to see if the unknown mineral scratches the known mineral or vice

versa. That tells you the relative hardness of the sample.

What other tests will you do?

I’ll probably do a streak test next. In that test, you rub an unknown mineral against a piece of

unglazed porcelain to see what color the streak is.

Why can’t you just look at the mineral to see what color it is? ,

Well, you can, but sometimes a mineral has a lot of impurities, and they can change its color.

But a streak test shows the mineral’s true color. Then there’s always the specific gravity test”, the

blowpipe test . . . oh, and the ultraviolet test, and . . .

And after you’ve done all these tests, you can positively identify any mineral?

Well, usually . . . but not always. I just hope I can on Monday!

31. What type of exam is the man taking on Monday?

32. According to the man, what does a streak test show about a mineral?

33.What does the man imply about the tests used to identify minerals?

Questions 34-37: Listen to a telephone conversation.

Hello?

Hi, Mike, this is Polly at Via Tours. Hope I didn’t catch you at a bad time. I just wanted to give

you an update on your travel plans for next week.

No, no—I’m glad you called. What have you found out?

Well, I’ve made hotel reservations for you in Key West at the Beachcomber Hotel.

Oh, great—that’s my favorite hotel there.

And I’ve got you a rental car so that you can get from the Miami airport down to Key West,

Perfect. And what about the airline reservations?

That’s the problem. There aren’t any direct flights from here to Miami, you know. You’ll have to

fly through either Minneapolis or Chicago. I went ahead and put you on a flight from here to

Chicago for next Monday, and I’ve got you on stand-by from Chicago to Miami.

Stand-by? You meanl don’t have confirmed reservations to Miami?

I’m afraid not, but I’m pretty confident that something will open up and we’ll be able to get

you on a flight.

I hope so. Let me know as soon as you hear something. And next year, I’ve got to be sure

to book my flights earlier.

34. What is Polly’s probable occupation?

35. According to the conversation, where does Mike hope to spend his vacation?

36. For which of the following does Mike not have confirmed reservations?

37. What does Mike tell Polly he will do next year?

Questions 38-42: Listen to a talk given at an art exhibit.

I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome all of you to the opening of the American Folk Art

Exhibit here at the Hochkiss Museum. Some of the pieces in this exhibit have been displayed in

other museums, but this is the first time they’ve all been shown together. Of course, most folk

artists would be surprised to find their work in a museum. That’s because folk artists created

their art for practical purposes, or sometimes simply for the pleasure of creating art, but not

because they expected their work to wind up in an exhibit in a museum, in a private gallery, or

in the home of a collector.

As you look around, you’1l see that the work of these early American artists is delightful if

simple and it still feels fresh. Our exhibit includes many types of folk art, but I suggest we begin

with a look at the work of sign painters from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Although

the paint on these signs has faded, they were surely painted in bright colors to catch the eye or

prospective customers. Keep in mind that before around 1870, the majority of Americans

couldn’t read. Shopkeepers wanted practical signs to advertise their wares. This sign, for

example, with its picture of a steaming soup kettle, once hung in front of a restaurant in

colonial Boston. This one, in the shape of a horseshoe, hung in front of a blacksmith’s shop.

You can probably guess where that sign with a picture of a boot on it once hung.

You may have noticed that there are no plaques to tell you the names of these sign

painters. Sometimes we do know the names of folk artists because they signed their work or

had a particularly distinctive style, but there were no signatures on any of these signs, and the

artists’ names have long since been forgotten.

38. Where is this talk being given?

39. What does the speaker say about the art that appears in this exhibit?

40. What can be inferred about the sign with the picture of a boot on it?

41. Which of the following words would the speaker probably use to describe American folk art?

42. Why does the speaker not mention the names of the sign painters?

43-46: Listen to a talk given at an academic awards ceremony.

Good evening. I’d like to welcome the president of Colton College; the Chancellors, the adminnistrator, my fellow faculty member, and the students to the Academic Excellence Award Night. Our first award, for Faculty member of the year, goes to Professor Patricia Callaghan. I’m particularly pleased that this year’s winner is from my own department. Professor Callaghan has been at Colton College for a total of eight years now, two as a graduate student and six as a faculty member. She has consistently received top evaluations from the students as well as from her department head. Her papers on historical economics are well respected by all of her colleagues, including me. If I may say so, and this year she received a government grant to continue her work on generating computer models of the economy. Please join me, ladies and gentlemen, in giving a round of applause to Professor Callaghan.

43.What is the purpose of this talk?

44. Who is the speaker?

45. What subject does Professor Callaghan probably teach?

46. For how many years has Professor Callaghan been a teacher at Colton College?

47-50: Listen to part of a lecture given 1′ 1; a class of American Literature.

Good morning, class. In our last class, we talked about Walt Whitman, and said he was one of

the two greatest voices of American poetry in the nineteenth century. The other was Emily

Dickinson. Now, their poetry could not have been more different. Dickinson claimed that she never even read Whitman’s poems. Their lifestyles could not have been more different but they were both important innovators.

Now I said before that whitman became well known around the world. Dickinson was famous only in her own village, Amherst, Massachusetts, and that was not her poetry but for her mysterious ways. You see, she almost never left the house of her father, who was a wealthy lawyer. When she did appear, she always wore white dresses. Although this may not  seem too strange to us today, it was pretty unusual for Amherst in the 18005!

For a woman who lived such an uneventful life, though, she wrote amazingly perceptive poems about nature, love, and death. Her poems are all short and untitled. What I particularly admired about these poems is their economy: She was able to say so much in so few words.

She never intented her poems to be published. At least ten of them were published during his lifetime, but that was against her will. After her death in 1886, her family discovered that she had written over 17,00 poems. They published a collection of about thirty of her poems afew years later, and eventually, all of them appeared in print.

47. What point does the speaker make about Walt Whitman?

48. Why was Emily Dickinson famous in her hometown?

49. What does the speaker say she particularly admires about the poems of Emily Dickinson?

50. About how many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published when she was alive?