EIKEN Grade Pre-2 Listening: Lesson 4

Part 1: Dialogue

Dialogue

This is the listening test for the Eiken Pre-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 the most appropriate response to the last sentence from 1, 2, 3, or 4 that will be broadcast. The dialogue and the question will be given only once. Please take some notes of the difficult words and phrases in each number.

Item 1 🎧

Item 2 🎧

Item 3 🎧

Item 4 🎧

Item 5 🎧

Let's Discuss! Part 1: Dialogue

Let's Discuss Template

Strategy: 💡

📌 Listen to the beginning of the conversation to understand the relationship between the speakers and the situation of the conversation, and pay special attention to the last statement. The choices are not printed in the question booklet, but are read out loud. Think about how you would respond to the questions and the other person's responses as if you were actually having the conversation. It is also effective to use past papers to practice predicting your own responses before the options are read out loud.

Vocabulary Check

Item 1

yet

/yet/

[adverb]

- so far

Item 2

scuba diving

/skoo-buh/ dai-vuhng/

[noun]

- the sport or activity of swimming underwater using scuba gear

Item 3

send

/send/

[verb]

- arrange for the delivery of

Item 4

subway

/ suhb-wey/

[noun]

- an underground electric railroad

Item 5

sick to one's stomach

/sik/ too/ wuhns/ stuhm-uhk/

[phrase]

- caused to vomit

Comprehension Check

Item 1 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 2 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 3 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 4 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 5 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Part 2: Conversation

Directions: You will hear 5 conversations no. 1 through no. 5. Each conversation will be followed by 1 question. The conversation and the question will only be given once. Please take some notes of the difficult words and phrases in each number.

Item 1 🎧

1 There isn't any left.

2 It does not taste good.

3 There is pork in it.

4 It is not warm enough.

Item 2 🎧

1 Wait for the next train.

2 Take this train.

3 Miss the lecture.

4 Be late for the lecture.

Item 3 🎧

1 Visit a famous temple.

2 Watch a video about pandas.

3 Buy a guidebook in the zoo.

4 Go to the fish market.

Item 4 🎧

1 See the big bears.

2 Take some photographs.

3 Cancel the guide tour.

4 Take a long sleep.

Item 5 🎧

1 Walking a dog on the grass is banned.

2 Dogs are not allowed in the park.

3 Everyone should keep off the grass.

4 Dog owners must carry a plastic bag.

Let's Discuss! Part 2: Conversation

Let's Discuss Template

As in the first part, you should grasp the relationship between the two speakers and the situation of the conversation from the beginning of the conversation. Conversations often proceed in the order of "question➡response". In many cases, the conversation will proceed in a "question➡response" way, so it is best to listen while grasping the question and the response. For example, you may need to ask for directions, talk in a store, make a reservation at a restaurant, or talk on the phone. Each situation has its own set of common expressions. It is important to study typical examples of each type of conversation.