Part 1 : Dialogue
This is the listening test for the Eiken Grade 2. Listen carefully to the directions. You will not be permitted to ask questions during the test.
This test has three parts. All of the questions in these three parts are multiple choice questions.
For each question, choose the best answer from among the four choices written in your test booklet.
On your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answer. You are permitted to take notes for every part of this listening test.
Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose one of 1, 2, 3, or 4 that best answers the question. The conversation and the question will be given only once. Please take some notes of the difficult words and phrases in each number.
Item 1 🎧
1 She couldn't find the swimming pool.
2 She had no time to go shopping.
3 She lost her wallet.
4 She couldn't enjoy any outdoor activities.
Item 2 🎧
1 She got some advice from her colleague.
2 She spent a lot of time preparing.
3 She knows a lot about making presentations.
4 She invited Linda to the presentation.
Item 3 🎧
1 Taking a long vacation.
2 Working for her uncle.
3 Enjoying outdoor activities.
4 Starting a new business.
Item 4 🎧
1 Wash the dishes.
2 Clean their bedroom.
3 Cook a meal.
4 Set the table.
Item 5 🎧
1 She is the man's mother.
2 She lives far away from her parents.
3 She makes less money than the man.
4 She plans to go abroad during the holidays.
Item 6 🎧
1 She became a taxi driver this year.
2 She doesn't like Tokyo.
3 She lived in Sapporo before.
4 She moved to Tokyo three years ago.
Item 7 🎧
1 She was late for work.
2 She took a bus later than usual.
3 She usually goes to work with Larry.
4 She missed a chance to see Larry.
Item 8 🎧
1 By using a coupon.
2 By ordering two products.
3 By mentioning his friend.
4 By buying a newspaper.
Let's Discuss! Part 1: Dialogue
Strategy: 💡
📌 Before the broadcast, read through the choices to anticipate the content of the broadcast and the points to be covered. The questions will be broadcast after the conversation, so concentrate on listening to the flow and development of the conversation. Pay attention to the paraphrases, as they may be different from what you hear in the text.
Vocabulary Check
Item 1
look forward to
/luk/ 'for-wrd/ too/
[phrase]
put on weight
/put/ on/ weyt/
[phrase]
Item 2
advice
/ad-'vahys/
[noun]
colleague
/'kaa-leeg/
[noun]
Item 3
guest house
/'gest/ hous/
[noun]
peak season
/peek/ 'see-zuhn/
[noun]
Item 4
pretty simple
/'prit-ee/ 'sim-puhl/
[adjective]
do the laundry
/doo/ thuh/ 'lawn-dree/
[phrase]
Item 5
expensive
/ik-'spen-siv/
[adjective]
get-together
/get/ 'tuh-geth-er/
[noun]
Item 6
hometown
/'howm-town/
[noun]
prefer
/pruh-'fur/
[verb]
Item 7
on time
/on/ tahym/
[phrase]
ran into
/ran/ in-too/
[phrase]
Item 8
recommend
/rek-uh-'mend/
[verb]
deal
/deel/
[noun]
Comprehension Check
Item 1 🎧
Questions:
✧ What is the relationship between the two speakers?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The key to the correct answer is the woman's statement that "It rained almost every day and so I spent most of my time shopping and eating". The woman was looking forward to outdoor sports, but because of the rain, she had to spend almost every day indoors. The correct answer is 4. Be careful not to be misled by expressions such as pool and shopping.
Item 2 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
In the beginning, the man praised the woman's presentation, and the woman thanked him and said, "I asked Linda for advice about presentation skills". The fact that the man also mentions Linda's ability indicates that Linda is a business associate of the two. Therefore, the correct answer is 1.
Item 3 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
In the beginning, the man asks, "Hello Michelle. How are you doing in New Jersey?" The woman (Michelle) says, "I'm enjoying myself at Uncle Bob's..." However, she continues with "I have to take care of the guests," which indicates that she is not on a personal vacation but is working there. Therefore, the correct answer is 2.
Item 4 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The key to reaching the correct answer is to listen to the man's last statement, the most useful thing you could do right now is the dishes. Although it is a variant of "do the dishes", the meaning is still "do the dishes", and the correct answer is 1. Be careful not to choose 4, thinking it means "to prepare the dishes".
Item 5 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The fact that the man says "our parents' house" at the beginning indicates that the man and the woman are siblings. Furthermore, from the woman's "expensive to fly" and the man's statement "You're the only one who has to travel", it can be inferred that the woman lives far away from her parents' house. Looking at the choices from these points of view, the correct answer is 2.
Item 6 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
From the man's statement at the beginning, we can understand that this is a conversation between a cab driver and a customer. The information is quite varied, such as the number of years he has been driving and his place of work, so we should avoid confusion. From the woman's first statement, "But, for the first year, I drove in my hometown of Sapporo," the correct answer is 3. The driver has a total of three years' experience and her impression of Tokyo is "It's not bad".
Item 7 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The correct answer is 2 because the woman's statement "I had to wait for the next bus" at the beginning indicates that she took the next bus after the one she was scheduled to take. Although she did not catch the usual bus, the last statement "I wasn't late" indicates that she was not late. So, be careful not to choose 1.
Item 8 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
I want to avoid confusion about the two discounts mentioned in the conversation. The man's offer of a discount, "I would get a discount if I mentioned him," is followed by "the offer of a discount for using a coupon with more favorable conditions". If we can hear from the last statement that this is not the case, we can understand that he would inevitably get the former discount, i.e., the discount of 3.
Part 2 : Narrative
Directions: Listen to the English text and choose the best answer to the question from 1, 2, 3, or 4. The narrative and the question will be given only once. Please take some notes of the difficult words and phrases in each number.
Item 1 🎧
1 Go to Stratford.
2 Have lunch at pub.
3 Tour around Oxford.
4 Walk along a river.
Item 2 🎧
1 They will open a Japanese restaurant.
2 They are waiting to go to China.
3 They cannot afford to continue their trip.
4 They don't want to go to Australia.
Item 3 🎧
1 Country scenes.
2 Industrial landscapes.
3 Portraits of people.
4 Famous houses.
Item 4 🎧
1 It is not acceptable in some places.
2 It is popular with tourists.
3 It is grown all over the world.
4 It is known for its sour flavor.
Item 5 🎧
1 Tell a store clerk about the boy.
2 Pay for the jacket and pants.
3 Go to the service desk.
4 Visit the kid's park.
Item 6 🎧
1 Free tickets for some movies.
2 Some information about upcoming movies.
3 Some refreshments for the show.
4 Free flyers from past showings.
Item 7 🎧
1 Great paintings by Prince Albert.
2 The way clothes have changed.
3 Different styles of music video.
4 Famous books about Victorian art.
Item 8 🎧
1 By making a ball out of sand.
2 By cutting and smoothing rocks.
3 By polishing rocks in river.
4 By rolling rocks along the ground.
Let's Discuss! Part 2 : Narrative
Strategy: 💡
📌 "Where, by whom, to whom, let's." In addition to the points explained in Part 1, listen to what is being said while imagining it, pay attention to temporal expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs, and verb tenses, and try to organize the information correctly.
Vocabulary Check
Item 1
on the way
/on/ thuh/ wey/
[phrase]
pub
/puhb/
[noun]
Item 2
run out
/ruhn/ out/
[phrase]
part-time
/pahrt/ tahym/
[adjective]
Item 3
industrial
/in-'duhs-tree-uhl/
[adjective]
distinctive style
/dih-'stingk-tiv/ stahyl/
[phrase]
Item 4
tropical fruit
/'trop/i-kl/ froot/
[phrase]
unusual
/uhn-'yoozh-wuhl/
[adjective]
Item 5
service desk
/'sur-vuhs/ desk/
[adjective]
pick up
/pik/ uhp/
[phrase]
Item 6
theater
/'thee-uh-ter, theeuh-ter/
[noun]
flyer
/'flahy-er/
[noun]
Item 7
over time
/'oh-ver/ tahym/
[phrase]
unique
/yoo-'neek/
[adjective]
Item 8
ancient
/'eyn-shuhnt/
[adjective]
polishing
/'paa-luh-shing/
[verb]
Comprehension Check
Item 1 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
Since the schedule and time are mentioned one after another, you want to calmly note down the flow of the action specification. Our bus is now on the way to Oxford. From the following sentence, "We will get there at 12:15. We will get there at 12:15". Therefore, the correct answer is 2.
Item 2 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
The key to the correct answer is to listen to the first half, "now they are in Japan" followed by "They want to go to Australia next but have run out of money". The correct answer is 3, since they are in Japan because they have run out of money and cannot continue their trip. The phrase "cannot afford to do" means "you must not do it because it would cause serious problems for you".
Item 3 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
The latter part of the sentence, "But later he began to paint the industrial scenes around him". This is the only information about what he painted. The correct answer is 2. Note that "scenes" is replaced by "landscapes" in the sentence.
Item 4 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
From the first sentence, we know that the topic is the fruit durian. The sweet flavor and its strong smell are its characteristics, and the treatment of its strong smell is described by the syntax so~ that ... Since most hotels and airplanes do not allow people to bring durians, it means that "in some places it is prohibited to bring durians," the correct answer is 1.
Item 5 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
The first sentence, "Attention, shoppers." indicates that this is an in-store broadcast. Furthermore, from the phrase "A boy was found alone," we can conclude that it is an announcement of a lost child. The repeated mention of the service desk at the main entrance at the beginning and the end of the broadcast implies that Lisa would naturally go there. Therefore, 3 is the correct answer.
Item 6 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
From the first sentence, it is clear that this is a broadcast from a movie theater. The theater exit in the question is a paraphrase of the phrase "As you exit the theater" in the second half of the broadcast. Since the flyers for our Japanese movie week will be on your right, the correct answer is 2. Note the paraphrase "Some information about upcoming movies".
Item 7 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
From the first sentence, it is clear that this is about a museum. Collection is mentioned twice. Since it says "a famous collection of traditional clothes," the correct answer is 2.
Item 8 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
From "Scientists believe that ancient people...", we can infer that the Diquís Spheres are stone balls made by ancient people. The method of making them is by cutting rocks into rough ball shapes and then polishing them with sand, so we can conclude that 2 is the correct answer. The means of making in options 1, 3 and 4 are different.