Tài liệu luyện thi tiếng Anh - Phần: Listening (Đánh giá năng lực tiếng Anh trình độ B1)

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TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC sư PHẠM KỸ THUẬT TP. HÒ CHÍ MINH
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TÀI LIỆU:
LUYỆN THI TIẾNG ANH
MÔN: LISTENING
ĐẢNH GIẢ NĂNG Lực TIÊNG ANH VSTEP TRÌNH Độ BI
Tp. HỒ Chí Minh - 2017
Question Types
L Mais idea
© What does the teacher want the student to do?
® What does the teacher ask the student to do?
© What is the teacher reminding the students to do?
What is the main topic of the conversation?
What does the speaker mainly discuss?
strategies
© Identify the key words in the questions
Focus on the introductory part
Purpose
© Whatis the purpose of the talk?
® What is the purpose of the announcement?
© What’s the speaker’s prupose?
“> Strategies
® Pay close attention to the key words in the recording © Listen for the overall purpose of the text, not of any details
Inference
-> Strategies
© Understad the opinion, feeling, or thought of the speaker, not the factual information © Notice the emotion conveyed by the speaker (angry, upset, happy...)
© Draw a conclusion from the text
Prediction
What will the students probably do next?
© What will the teacher probably do next?
“> strategies
© Base on some key words or the information toward the end of the conversation or the talk
Detail Strategies
® Read the questions to identify the key words © Locate the right information for the correct answers.
Practice Set
What is the purpose of the talk?
To tell the students who should take the course
To introduce the materials for the course
To introduce the course to the students
To introduce the assignments of the course
What will the students do next?
Learn the web-design techniques	•
Lind an interesting theme for the website
Form groups
Start to design a website
What does the teacher ask the students to do?
Prepare a piece of favorite music
Prepare a favorite poem
Prepare a favorite drama
Prepare a favorite dance
What is the main idea of the talk?
Reminding the students to stay safe
Telling the parents to keep their children safe
Wishing the students a happy holiday
Informing the students Christmas is coming
What can he inferred from the two questions?
This lesson, is mainly about popular music in America*
This lesson is mainly about music in general.
This lesson is mainly about American society.
This lesson is mainly about music styles,
What is the purpose of the talk?
To tell the students to keep safe
To show the students the chemical materials
To inform the students of the rules in the lab
To describe how to do experiments in the lab
What did the speaker talk about last class?
The formation of snow
The formation of ice crystals
The formation of rain
Differences between rain and snow
According to the speaker, why did “rocket scientist” come into the expression?
Because rocket scientists know everything.
Because it’s hard to become a rocket scientist.
Because rocket scientists are smart.
Because rocket scientists work hard,
What does the teacher ask the students to do?
Drive a time machine
Write down something interesting
Travel to the past
Travel to somewhere far away
What are the students going to do?
Open their eyes
Learn something about Beethoven
Discuss Beethoven’s passion
Listen to some music
On the recording, yon will hear:
Narrator Listen to a librarian talking to a class.
Man The first thing Tm going to do is to walk you through how to borrow books from the library. OK, so what you need to do first is to make sure your identification card is registered at the front desk. The circulation desk officer will scan your card and then . assign you a kind of, well, a barcode that will be swiped every time you borrow a book. Understand? Now please go to the front desk to check if your identification card has been registered or not.
Narrator What are the students going to do next?
In your test book, you will read:
What are the students going to do next?
Register the identification card
Borrow a book
Walk to the library
Ask for an identification card
Practice Set
Why does the librarian mention “dreams, adventures, or fairy tales”?
To explain what a “bookworm” is
To introduce the reading club
To encourage the students to join the reading club
To offer examples of the topic
What is the purpose of the talk?
To tell the students that they cannot take out books
To explain how to use the library card
To explain the importance of the photo on the library card
To tell thẻ students that they are not allowed to borrow books
What is the main idea of the talk?
Telling the students not to eat in the library 	(B) Telling the students to be quiet in the library	■	■	■	■	■	■	 	
Telling the students to turn the mobile phone off
Telling the students to play music in the library
How can students recommend new books to the library?
By going to the open shelf on the second floor
By Ailing in the forms on the library website
By making a phone call to the librarian
By Ailing in the forms at the librarian desk
When will the reading room on the first floor open?
7 am to 9 pm
8 am to 7 pm
8 am to 9 pm
7 am to 8 pm
What are the students going to do next?
Start reading their favorite books
Learn how to search for books
Read newspapers and magazines
Use the computers on the first floor
What's the purpose of the talk?
To describe the Q&A section to the students
To introduce the students to the library’s website
To explain how students can study at home
To show the new library to the students
What is the primitive password?
1 to 6
Six zero
. .(C) Student number (D) Same as the username
What does the speaker mainly talk about?
Several changes in the library
Opening the Electrical Reading Room
Extending library hours
How to post a suggestion
What is the purpose of the talk?
To let the students know there are several books in the library
To tell the students a girl lost her gloves
To inform the students there is a bag found in the library
To let the students come to the library
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In your test book, you will read:
Instead of bringing food to school what can the students do on their birthday?
Throw a party
Share birthday cake with classmates
Donate a book to the library in their name
Buy some stickers, pencils, and bookmarks from school
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Practice Set
What does the speaker mainly talk about?
Asking the students to be prepared for the Homecoming Day
Explaining the-Homecoming Day to the students
Telling the students not to watch the football match
Informing the students of the date of the Homecoming Day
What is the purpose of the talk?
To tell the students to drink more water
To inform the students two more water fountains were built on campus
To let the students know this summer is hot and dry
To explain what kind of water should be drunk in summer
Why does the principal make the announcement?
To tell the students about the heavy snow
To let the parents know the students will go home early
To inform the students that the school day will be shortened today
To. tell the students to go home
What will Dr. Bill Sampson talk about?
His school life and his hobbies
Physics and why he chooses it
Physics and how to study it
His secret of success
What is the purpose of the announcement?
To tell the students that summer is coming
To tell the students that the school bus has changed its route
To inform the students that the school bus has changed its schedule
To inform the students that the school bus will pick them up half an hour earlier
Where would you find information about sports at school?
in the school’s newspaper
On the school’s official website
In the PE teacher’s office
In the principal’s office
What is the purpose of the talk?
To inform the students to fill out the emergency card
To inform the parents to come to school tomorrow
To tell the students to update the health record
To tell the students to return the emergency card tomorrow
What will happen if the school cannot get any information about a student’s absence?
The student will be contacted.
The student’s parent or guardian will be contacted.
(G) The school will call the police station.
(D) The school will punish the student.
According to the nurse, what should the students do if they catch flu?
Get an injection
Stay warm
Drink water
Stay in bed
What does the speaker mainly talk about?
Warning the students about sunstroke
Telling the students what to do after sunstroke
The cause of sunstroke
How to reach the nurse after sunstroke
What is the relationship between the speakers?
They are classmates.
They are roommates.
They axe cousins.
They are lab partners.
Why was the boy worried at first?
He couldn't decide on a topic for his paper.
He thought his paper was late.
He hadn't heard from his family for a while.
He thought the woman had been ill.
According to the boy, what do some bees use their sense of smell for?
Finding their way back to the nest
Locating plant fibers
Identifying lands of honey
Identifying relatives
What will the boy probably do over the weekend?
Visit his parents
Write a paper
Observe how bees build nests
Plan a family reunion
What is the conversation mainly about?
A jewelry store robbery
Buying a birthday present
Writing a story
Doing research for a class assignment
What was the girPs problem?
Her teacher did not like her story.
She had trouble finishing her assignment.
She did not like-the topic she had chosen for her paper.
She was taking too many courses.
What did the teacher tell the girl to do?
Take some extra time
Do a warm-up writing exercise
Do some work for another course ■ (D) Write the story ending first
Why is the girl going out?
To go shopping
To do research for her story
To meet with her professor
To take a break from her work
What axe the speakers mainly discussing?
A class presentation they are preparing
A television program the girl is watching
Visiting a close friend of theirs
Studying for a test
Why is the girl watching television?
She’s taking a break from studying.
She has already finished studying.
She was assigned to watch a program by her teacher.
She is finding out some information for a friend.
Why is the girl surprised that the boy wants to study math with her?
She didn’t know that he was enrolled in a math course.
She thought he preferred to study alone.
She thought he had made other arrangements for studying.
She had told him that she had done poorly on a recent test,
Why doesn’t the girl want to call Elizabeth?
She and Elizabeth argued recently.
She heard Elizabeth did poorly on the last test.
She doesn’t want to bother Elizabeth so late in the evening.
She’d rather study in her own dormitory,
What articles does the boy want?
American and British literature
American and British drama
Shakespeare and British drama
Shakespeare and British poems
How does the librarian know what class the boy takes?
She teaches him.
Ms, Bass told her about the boy.
Other students from Ms. Bass’s class told her so.
Many students from Ms. Bass’s class have asked for the same materials.
How does the boy feel when he says, “Oh, I canceled my basketball training to free up the whole afternoon to read the materials”?
Frustrated
Excited
Happy
Anxious
What does the librarian suggest the boy should do?
Try another library
Ask the teacher for help
Come back tomorrow morning
Go back and wait
What will the boy do?
He will ask his classmates for help.
He will ask his teacher for help.
He will come back tomorrow.
He will go back to the basket ball training.
Why is the boy talking to the librarian?
To return some books
To apply for a new library card
To check out some books from the library
To find out where the books are located
Why can't the boy check out the books?
The librarian thinks he has an overdue book.
The books he needs have been checked out by someone else.
The librarian is unable to locate the books that he needs,
A library notice was sent to him at his previous address.
Why does the boy mention that he is a new student at the school?
To explain why he had difficulty finding the library
To explain why he couldn’t have borrowed books in last June
To explain why he needs assistance in locating a book
To explain why he doesn’t yet have a library card
What does the librarian discover when she looks at the records on her computer?
The boy has mistakenly received someone else’s books.
The boy changed his course to art.
The boy recently moved to dorm 1310.
(0) There are two students named Robert Smith.
What does the librarian suggest the boy do in the future?
See if he is related to any of the students
Apply for a-job a$~a library assistant
Use his middle name
Use a different library
What is the conversation mainly about?
The history of the Empire State Building
Dubai’s tallest building in the world
The information about the Empire State Building talked in the art class (0) Mr. Collin’s favorite buildings
Why is the gfcl giving the boy the information?
He’s studying for a test.
He lost Ms notes.
He missed the class.
He’s doing research.
According to the conversation, which one is true about the Empire State Building?
The Empire State Building is the tallest building in the world now.
The height of the Empire State Building is 381 m.
The Empire State Building is in Washington.
The Empire State Building was the world’s tallest building for 14 years.
Why does the girl suggest the boy look at her notes?
To help him explain the information to his roommate
To help him write a paper
To help him prepare for a test
To ask him to tell her if the notes are accurate
What is the boy's problem?
He didn’t pass the final exam.
He lost his grade report.
He hasn’t received his grade report.
He can’t take all the exams.
Why does the boy go to the office?
To change his mailing address
To hand in his grade report
To ask why he hasn’t received his grade report
To mail his grade report
How does the employee probably feel when she says, “Really? But you should have received your grade report by now”?
Surprised
Excited-
Happy
Frustrated
What will the employee probably do next?
Give the grade report to the boy
Fix the computer
Look the boy’s grade report up in the computer system
Correct the boy’s mailing address
What are the students mainly discussing?
A drama performance
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A wedding ceremony
A book
Which of the following is not a character in the scene?
Emily
George
Bill
The Stage Manager
When is the students’ performance?
in three days
In ten days
In a few months
In three weeks
What can be inferred about the scene?
It takes place after a wedding.
It takes place before a wedding.
George and Emily are getting married.
George and Emily are wedding guests.
What are the students going to discuss next?
Other plays .
Costumes and props
Characters
Plots
What is the main idea of the talk?
Different kinds of bees in the world
The two kinds of bees
Different features of bees
The two kinds of bees in North Africa
How many species of bees are there in North America?
12,000
6,000
2,000
1,200
By ... ery good.
Spiders’ sight is very poor.
Spiders are too far-sighted.
Spiders are blind.
What does the zookeeper imply about the death due to the spider’s bite?
it happens very often.
It rarely happens.
It happens frequently,
None of the above
What is the main topic of the talk?
How to do the decoration for a Homecoming Day
How to choose a theme for a Homecoming Day
What a Homecoming Day is
The football game and dance of a Homecoming Day
What does the speaker imply about the theme of a Homecoming Day?
The theme should be very creative,
The theme should reach the goal of benefiting the school.
The theme should be strange.
The theme should be decided by the students.
Which of the following is not the activity during a Homecoming Day?
Marching bands
Football games
Meetings
Parties
What does the speaker suggest about a perfect Homecoming Day?
There are a Homecoming Queen and King chosen by students.
The school’s football team wins the Homecoming game.
Everyone enjoys themselves at the party.
Everyone talks happily about the school days.
What’s the main idea of the talk?
How Watt invented the steam machine
Traders need more clothes,
How the Industrial Revolution influenced people's lives
The way to extinct pure iron out of iron ore
Why did the textile trader begin to look for faster and cheaper ways of producing clothes?
Steel was getting more and more expensive.
England got most of its energy from waterwheels.
Factory machines were powered by coal.
People began buying more and more goods in the 1700s.
2®. What can be inferred according to the talk?
Steam engines are better powered by coke than coal.
Fewer people worked in small workshops than in large factories during the Industrial Revolution.
The quality of cloth made entirely by hand Is better. '
The Industrial Revolution has negatively influenced people's lives to some extent.
How did the people get power before the 18th century?
From waterwheels
From wind
From human power
From nature, such as coal
What’s the purpose of the discussion between the professor and the student?
To explain why God is good
To ensure why we can see God
To argue why God exists
To discuss whether God exists
Why does the student always remain silent when she is asked?
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Because she regards God as a kind of faith
Because God has saved many people
Because God created Satan
Because Satan is evil
33. Why does the professor mention the five senses?
He just wants to prove we humans can't touch or see God.
Fie wants to point out that science has problems.
He just wants to prove God hasn't existed ever.
|	(D) He doesn’t know who created God.
What’s the main idea of the talk?
To give a general introduction of coral reefs
To discuss how coral reefs form
Coral reefs must live in shallow water
What coral reefs eat to grow
What is “coral”?
It’s a kind of large animal.
It takes calcium from sea animals.
It has an outside skeleton only.
(0) It’s made up of small sea animals.
What is “colony”?
All reefs together are called a colony.
Almost all corals living together are called a colony,
Creatures living in the shallow water are called a colony.
Corais which are colorful are called a colony.
What can we learn from the talk about “coral reef”?
It’s an underwater mountain.
It can grow to avoid any destruction from the ocean.
It can’t be very large.
.(D) It grows up from the edge of the volcanoes.
What is the common character of coral reefs?
All of them grow fast.
All of them are near the coastline,
Most of them need warm water.
What is the main idea of the discussion?
To understand why people test drugs on mice
To stress the importance of testing drugs on mice
To analyze the reason why people test drugs on mice
To debate whether we should test drugs on mice
Why is the girl so angry about the article?
Mice are suffering from cancer.
She realizes that people are testing drugs on mice.
The girl’s mom is suffering from cancer.
The man doesn’t know what has happened.
Why do humans test drugs on mice?
Because they want to find the way to cure cancers
Because they are cruel
Because they feel bothered
Because they want to sell drugs
What may be the title for the article?
Tests on Mice
Cruel Humans
The Way Humans Have to Take
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(0) They can’t be found where there is sunlight.
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The listening section has 42 questions. Follow along as you listen to the directions for the listening section.
In this section of the test, you will hear a teacher or other school staff members 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?
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Prepare for gym class
Welcome a guest speaker
Return books to the library
The correct answer is (A), "Help a new classmate”. Here is another example;
What will the students probably do next?
Sing a song
Listen to some music
Choose instruments to play
. (D) Discuss the life of a musician
The correct answer is (B), “Listen to some music”.
What is the purpose of the talk?
■ To let the students know poetry is nearer to truth
To teach the students how to retell a story from their own perspective
To teach the students how to interpret primary- source content
To teach the students how to accomplish an art assignment
What is the purpose of the talk?
To let the students guess what will happen if the cattle graze in the rainforest
To ask the students to write a letter to farmers based on some theory
To inquire some infonnation about the ecosystem from farmers
To warn the farmers about the effect on their cattle if the cattle graze in the rainforest
What is the purpose of the talk?
To assist the principal to investigate the crime in person
To gather shoe prints and dirt
To find the materials required by the principal1
To inform students what they are going to discuss
10. Why is the teacher talking about the Middle East?
To introduce three kinds of religions in the world
To teach the students to learn about a region with multiple dimensions
To tell the students why there are many conflicts
To tell the students why Israel became an independent nation
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What does the principal want the students to do?
Take their books with them
Buy another ticket for the concert
Get to the gathering place before 3:00
Get everything ready for the rehearsal
What is the purpose of the talk?
To show the students how difficult the denominator is
To explain what the students are going to learn
To ask the students to cook a Fall Festival cake
To learn about writing equivalent fractions
3- What is the purpose of the talk?
To introduce the second-person perspective
To illustrate what are singular and plural forms
To introduce writing with three different perspectives
To stress that the second person perspective and the third person perspective are much more important than the first-person perspective
What does the librarian want the students to do?
Repair some damaged library books
Have classes in the library
Not to damage the books
Use the library as much as possible
What is the teacher explaining?
The function of the Dutch Boy Co,	j
The truth that the boy is an Irish American instead of a Dutch
The origin of a trademark
The method for creating paint
What is probably true about the travel?
Students who travel abroad must have a signed permission from their parents.
Students may be asked to show a letter of consent to travel.
What are they talking about?
They are talking about the form in which God exists.
They are debating the age of science.
They are discussing how we can see God.
They are arguing whether God exists.
Why does the girl mention air?
She wants to prove that she is a scientific person.
She just wants to prove the existence of God even if we can’t see Him.
She thinks m has tremendous power.
She doesn’t believe anything that the boy has said.
Why does the boy say that he has been defeated?
He can’t support his argument any more.
He is injured by the girl.
He thinks the girl is right at last.
He still doesn’t think God exists.
What are they talking about?
How to pray correctly
Whether action will be taken effectively
An interesting, story
How to choose gooseberries
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He wants some miracle to happen to him.
He wants a meal
Why did the woman not want to send the young boy empty-handed in the story?
Her family was rich.
She didn’t want the boy to think her family was poor.
He wouldn’t leave unless she gave the boy something to eat.
She didn’t want to disappoint the boy.
What can we learn from the story?
We should pray with sincerity.
When we have trouble, we pray and it will be solved.
We should eat fruit with plenty of Vitamin C.
It’s impolite to give other people an empty hand.
What are they talking about?
Where the boy put his book
Why many students leave their books in camels
Why the professor put the book on reserve
How to use the school library
Why is the boy so sure that the book must be In the carrel?
His professor asked him to read the book there.
He did put the book in the carrel.
■ (C) He has lent the book for five hours.
He thinks he put the book there.
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Why does the girl ask for the name of the author?
The name must be printed on the cover of each book.
She can look it up by Google Scholar.
The boy stresses the name for several times.
She is familiar with some authors.
What can be inferred when the girl says, “Why don’t they put them back where they got them when they’re through, anyway?”
She is wondering what happened to those students.
She is always annoyed when she finds these forgotten books in carrels.
She thinks students do it on purpose.
She thinks maybe students have no time to put the book back.
What is the best title of the conversation?
Delicious Food Is Coming
A Nice Restaurant
A Great Place for a Birthday Party
Caution for Reservation
Why does the girl call the restaurant?
She wants to try the salad.
She wants to celebrate her friend’s birthday.
She wants to ensure that the restaurant is open.
She wants to make a booking in advance.
Why do they want to order the food later?
They have to wait for other friends to come.
They want to enjoy the ambience of tins place first.
They want to eat salad only.
They want to browse the menu first.
Why does the restaurant give away all leftover food?
They want to ensure that everything to be served the next day is fresh.
Leftover food is not tasty,
Customers do not eat it up.
Some of the food has never been ordered by customers.
What’s the main idea of the talk?
Many important persons were killed during the 1960s.
Many people wore strange clothes.
Women should be treated equally to men.
The whole world greatly changed in the 1960s.
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Because he always wanted to fight for African Americans
Because he protested against the war in Vietnam
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What can we learn about the safety of this coach seat?
The anchor points in the floor are not quite strong.
The quality of all wheelchairs is good.
The break-up risk of the wheelchair depends on the coach seat.
The straps of the seat are quite strong,
Why does the manager want to apply this technology to airlines and trains?
It’s useful and profitable for both passengers and . the company.
The company is developing a full model.
Everyone will be happy with it.
It’s absolutely safe on planes or trains.
What can be inferred when the manager said, “no one is really happy with it”?
The system is too complicated.
The system of fixing wheelchairs on buses costs much.
Only in the depot can the wheelchair be installed.
The wheelchair doesn’t have a seat belt.
What is the main topic of the talk?
Introduction of volcano surfing
Introduction of land diving
Vanuatu is a place which offers exciting and dangerous activities.
Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific.
Who takes volcano surfing?
island locals
Visitors
Students
Both island locals and visitors
Which is true about volcano surfing?
Volcano surfing is surfing in tire sea.
A volcano surfer’s goal is to escape the erupting volcano.
People have climbed Yasur to surf the volcano for a long time.
It is the most dangerous activity in the world.
Which is true about land diving?
Land diving is a part of religious ceremony.
It is a part of a celebration.
'(C) A man ties nothing to his legs.
(D) A man jumps head-first from a high mountain.
What is the goal of land diving?
To touch the earth with the top of one’s head
To break the vine
To hit the ground hard
To touch the earth with one’s feet
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How was the girl’s visit to her uncle?
She thought it was difficult for her.
She didn’t want to go anymore.
She wasn’t accustomed to the environment,
She enjoyed it.
Which is NOT the way for the girl’s uncle to learn about lizards?
He is a biologist.
He watches them pretty carefully.
He has cultural knowledge.
He learned from the elders.
What does the man’s aunt do?
She lives in Arnhem Land.
She has done some work with a lizard scientist.
She goes to the bush, too.
She catches the goannas to eat.
What should a scientist be like according to the girl?
They should do some research on pure knowledge.
They should be curious about the world.
They must use their knowledge.
They must try to save endangered animals.