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MSU - CELC Section 2: Listen to this! Listening Ability

TEST 1 MSU - CELC Section 2:
Listen to this!

LISTENING Part 1 A test of English LISTENING ability
Short Conversations

For each question in your test booklet, you will hear a short conversation. The conversation has a short title to tell you what it is about.
Listen to the conversation and choose the letter of the choice that best answers the question that appears in your test booklet. You will
not hear the question; you will see it and read it. You will read it quietly to yourself.

Time management Writing an essay
1. Why is the daughter complaining? 7. What do we find out about the man's essay?
a. She went to bed early. a. He turned in his essay today.
b. She doesn’t want to sleep. b. He finished his essay early.
c. She didn't get enough sleep. c. He hasn't turned in his essay.

Trying to communicate On the dance floor
2. Where was the man yesterday? 8. What is the woman's reaction?
a. He was at the theater. a. She doesn't want to dance with him.
b. He was home. b. She has agreed to dance with him.
c. He was with the woman. c. She is angry he asked.

Getting cable TV The new aftershave
3. What did the man say about his cable TV? 9. What does man expect from the woman?
a. He is expecting it to be installed next week. a. To return his unisex perfume.
b. He is saving money to buy cable TV. b. To apologize to him for using his aftershave.
c. He recently got cable TV. c. To buy him a new aftershave.

Getting ready for the exam
4. What's the woman's attitude?
a. She's afraid of the exam.
b. She expects everyone to do well.
c. She has confidence in the man.

Out in the cold
5. What does the man imply about the woman's clothes?
a. She wasn't dressed appropriately.
b. She wore really warm clothes.
c. She could have broken a bone.

In the Professor's office
6. How does the Professor react to her student's request?
a. She is in a hurry but she can talk to him.
b. She is too busy to talk to him.
c. She doesn't want to talk to him.

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