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 Go down a mountain.
2 Swim in a river.
3 Have lunch.
4 Climb up a mountain.
Item 2 🎧
1 Cook more warm meals.
2 Switch gas companies.
3 Put on different clothes.
4 Call about their heating bill.
Item 3 🎧
1 He can’t interrupt a meeting.
2 He forgot where he put it.
3 He left it at home.
4 He has to meet his client for lunch.
Item 4 🎧
1 Get in line immediately.
2 Go to another restaurant.
3 Write his name on a list.
4 Call to make a reservation.
Item 5 🎧
1 Who the man is currently dating.
2 Where the man gets his hair cut.
3 What salon the woman goes to.
4 How often the woman visits a salon.
Item 6 🎧
1 Go to a specific entrance.
2 Use the highway.
3 Pick her up at her house.
4 Play some music during the ride.
Item 7 🎧
1 His interviewee is not in town.
2 He does not have his phone.
3 His teacher is too busy to help him.
4 He has not prepared his questions.
Item 8 🎧
1 She has been to the museum before.
2 She doesn’t own a smartphone.
3 She wants to return her audio guide.
4 She does not have any money on her.
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
turn back
/turn/ bak/
[phrase]
top and back
/top/ and/ bak/
[phrase]
Item 2
double
/duhb-uhl/
[noun]
afford
/uh-fawrd/
[verb]
Item 3
go in
/ goh/ in/
[phrase]
going on
/gow-uhng/ on/
[phrase]
Item 4
sign up
/ sahyn/ uhp/
[phrase]
wait in line
/weyt/ in/ lahyn/
[phrase]
Item 5
wonder
/wuhn-der/
[verb]
try out
/trahy/ out/
[phrase]
Item 6
symphony concert
/sim-fuh-nee/ kon-surt/
[phrase]
drop off
/drop/ awf/
[phrase]
traffic jam
/traf-ik/ jam/
[noun]
route
/root, rout/
[noun]
Item 7
deadline
/ded-lahyn/
[noun]
on time
/on/ tahym/
[phrase]
delayed
/dih-leyd/
[adjective]
Item 8
rental
/ren-tl/
[adjective]
installed
/uhn-staald/
[verb]
Comprehension Check
Item 1 🎧
Questions:
✧ What is the relationship between the two speakers?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
It is important to correctly determine where this man and woman are now. From the woman's first statement, we know that they are on their way up the mountain. Furthermore, the woman's last statement, "We should go back and have a break," indicates that they are expected to go back down the mountain after this. Therefore, the correct answer is 1.
Item 2 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The first point is to correctly understand the issues being discussed in the conversation. From the expressions "the gas bill" and "double, don't think we can afford," it can be inferred that the topic is the high cost of gas. From the woman's last statement, it is clear that she made a decision to wear warmer clothes indoors in order to save on gas bills. The correct answer is 3, which is paraphrased as "wear different clothes."
Item 3 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The first man's second statement is the key point of listening. He states that "there's a meeting going on, so I can't just go in". In other words, the reason why he cannot get the laptop is that he is in a meeting and cannot enter the other room. Therefore the best answer is 1.
Item 4 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
It is important not to be misled by dummy information such as "I should have reserved a table." or "I'll get in line". In terms of "advise," the woman's last statement sums it up. Take note that you need to "sign up" or "write your name."
Item 5 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
From the man's first statement "could I ask you where you usually get your hair cut? Therefore, the correct answer is 3, because the man's girlfriend wants to go there.
Item 6 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The key to the correct answer is the woman's second statement, "Could you please drop me off in front of that gate?" Considering her seat in the concert hall, she is asking the cab driver to drop her off near the nearest entrance, so 1 is the correct answer.
Item 7 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The key is to be able to hear what the man says the second time. The man's problem is that "I can't meet my interviewee until tomorrow because of the flight delay". If we know that this is the case, we can determine that the first option is correct.
Item 8 🎧
Questions:
✧ Who are talking in the conversation?
✧ What are they talking about?
Explanation:
The audio guide service of the museum has been terminated and a service to download the program to a smart phone has been introduced. This is a conversation between a visitor and an attendant about the fact that the audio guide service at the museum has been discontinued and a service that allows visitors to download programs to their smartphones has been introduced. Note that the woman says in her second statement that I could still rent them last time I was here, not that she does not have a smart phone or cash. The correct answer is 1 because it shows that she has been to this museum before.
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 Check their height.
2 Fasten their seat belts.
3 Take off their hats.
4 Put on their 3D glasses.
Item 2 🎧
1 He purchased unnecessary things.
2 He often forgot his grocery list.
3 He went to the grocery store too often.
4 He had poor handwriting.
Item 3 🎧
1 People got married on the ship.
2 People invited a newborn baby.
3 The ship was named after an old boat.
4 It resembled another ceremony.
Item 4 🎧
1 The females lay beautiful eggs.
2 The males make nests to find partners.
3 They change homes often.
4 They live in the sand of a river.
Item 5 🎧
1 The next day.
2 Later that evening.
3 The day after tomorrow.
4 It will be canceled.
Item 6 🎧
1 The temperature of the sea.
2 The speed in which they fall.
3 The level of humidity.
4 The quality of water.
Item 7 🎧
1 Call the support staff back.
2 Find information about the computer.
3 Schedule a meeting with the repair staff.
4 Visit the online store.
Item 8 🎧
1 Cassava is given to newborn twins.
2 Twin births are very common.
3 The birth rate is very high.
4 Having boys is considered lucky.
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
approach
/uh-prohch/
[verb]
fasten
/fas-uhn, fah-suhn/
[verb]
Item 2
overspending
/ow-vr-spen-duhng/
[verb]
stay on track
/stey/ on/ trak/
[phrase]
Item 3
launching
/laan-chuhng/
[verb]
announce
/uh-nowns/
[verb]
Item 4
nest
/nest/
[noun]
impressive
/im-pres-iv/
[adjective]
Item 5
makeup game
/meyk-uhp/ geym/
[phrase]
inconvenience
/in-kuhn-veen-yuhns /
[noun]
Item 6
humid
/hyoo-muhd/
[adjective]
complex
/kuhm-pleks/
[adjective]
Item 7
model number
/mod-l/ nuhm-ber/
[noun]
stay on the line
/stey/ on/ thuh/ lahyn/
[phrase]
Item 8
cassava
/ kuh-sah-vuh/
[noun]
lucky
/luhk-ee/
[adjective]
Comprehension Check
Item 1 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
The key point is whether the question "before getting in line" can be heard properly. The correct answer is 1 since the question should be asked before getting in line, not before boarding, "Please make sure that you are tall enough to ride before waiting in line". Note that the phrase "check their height" has been changed. 2 and 3 are for after lining up, and 4 is not mentioned.
Item 2 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
The key point is whether or not you notice that he would buy more than he needed or stop himself from overspending. The correct answer is 1. Note that the frequent trips to the store in option 3 are not the direct cause of the wasteful spending.
Item 3 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
The French launching ceremony is characterized similarly to a ceremony for a birth. A man and a woman act as a father and a mother and announce the ship's name. Therefore, 4 is correct. Be careful not to be misled by expressions such as "a newborn baby" in 2.
Item 4 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
Difficult proper nouns appear at the beginning of this lesson, but you need to calm down. It is about a fish that has the habit of making unique nests, and it is stated that males build nests to attract a female. Therefore, 2 is correct. As for 1, the female lays eggs but does not say that they are beautiful.
Item 5 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
If you can understand the second sentence from the end, starting with "Instead," you can choose the correct answer 1. In the previous sentence starting with Due to, it is stated that the match has been postponed to a later date due to the heavy rain, and that a free ticket for a makeup game tomorrow will be given. In other words, the rematch is "tomorrow (the next day).
Item 6 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
In the second sentence, the shape of snowflakes is very different depending on both the temperature and the humidity. 3 is correct. There is no mention of sea temperature, falling speed, or water quality.
Item 7 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
The last sentence indicates that the listener is currently waiting for the automated voice guidance system to answer the phone. The correct answer is 2, since the listener says, "Please check the back of your computer for the model number before our support staff answer
Item 8 🎧
Question:
✧ What is the narrative about?
Explanation:
Note that the choices are confusing. From the first two sentences, we know that Igbo-Ola is famous for its high birth rate of twins, and 2 is the correct answer. The answer 3 is incorrect because the birth rate itself is not high, and the answer 4 is incorrect because twins are considered lucky.