Answer key:
Listening PRE-TEST
Part A
1. (woman) Are you enjoying your coffee?
(man) It tastes extremely bitter this morning!
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Jawabannya adalah C “bitter means isn’t very good.”
2. (woman) Can you tell me how often the philosophy class meets?
(man) It meets twice a week, for an hour and a half each time.
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Jawabannya adalah B “an hour plus a half and it happens twice. So the total meeting is three
hours.
3. (man) I’m tired of just sitting here!
(woman) Relax. I’m sure that the flight will depart within a few minutes.
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE WOMAN MEAN?
Jawabannya adalah D “will depart means take off soon”
4. (woman) The science project is due next week.
(man) I suppose I’ll have to start working on it now.
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Jawabannya adalah A “because he has just start working, so he hasn’t yet begun his project”
5. (man) I’d like to order a dozen roses. Do you deliver?
(woman) Yes. We can deliver anywhere in the city by this afternoon.
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Jawabannya adalah B “buying flowers is in a florist shop”
Part B
(narrator) Listen to a conversation on a university campus.
(man) you seem to know your way around campus. Have you been here long?
(woman) I’m senior literature major. I’ll be graduating next June.
(man) Your major is literature? Mine is, too. But I’m just beginning my work in my major. I
just transferred to this university from a junior college. Perhaps you could tell me about the courses
you’ve got to take for a literature major.
(woman) Well, for a literature major you need to take eight courses, three required courses
and five electives. First, you have to take “Survey of World Literature, Parts One and Two. “This is
really two courses, and it’ll take two semesters, and it’s required for all literature majors. The other
course required for all literature majors is “Introduction to Literary Analysis.”
(man) You mean, if I want to specialize in American literature, I still must take two
semesters of World literature?
(woman) Yes, because teh two semesters are required for all literature majors.
(man) But I only want to study American literature!
(woman) At least you can take all of your five elective courses in the area that you want.
(man) That’s what I’ll do, then.
31. WHAT IS THE WOMAN’S STATUS AT THE UNIVERSITY?
Jawabannya adalah A “She’s a senior literature major.”
32. WHAT DOES THE MAN WANT TO LEARN FROM THE WOMAN?
Jawabannya adalah C “He asked for what courses are required for a literature major.”
33. HOW MANY TOTAL COURSES MUST A STUDENT TAKE FOR A LITERATURE MAJOR?
Jawabannya adalah C “Well, for a literature major you need to take eight courses”
34. THE MAN WILL PROBABLY TAKE HIS ELECTIVE COURSES IN WHICH AREA?
Jawabannya adalah C “Because the other course required for all literature majors is “Introduction to
Literary Analysis.”
Part C
(narrator) Listen to a welcome address by a member of a club.
(woman) Welcome to this introductory meeting for new members of the Sierra Club. The
Sierra Club is an organization whose goals are centered on the protection of the environment. It was
founded in 1892 in San Francisco by naturalist John Muir, who was intent on preserving the natural
beauty and harmony of the Sierra Nevadas in eastern California.
Today the Sierra Club boasts almost 200,000 members in all fifty states of the United States. Through
activities such as conferences, lectures, exhibits, and films, the organization works to continue the
effort begun by John Muir. The Sierra Club also publishes a weekly newsletter, a bimonthly
magazine, and various books.
39. WHAT IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE SIERRA CLUB?
Jawabannya adalah B “Sierra Club is an organization whose goals are centered on the protection of
the environment”
40. APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG HAS THE SIERRA CLUB BEEN IN EXISTENCE?
Jawabannya adalah C “It was founded in 1892”
41. WHAT AREA WAS JOHN MUIR ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN SAVING?
Jawabannya adalah C “John Muir, who was intent on preserving the natural beauty and harmony of
the Sierra Nevadas in eastern California.”
42. WHERE DOES THE SIERRA CLUB HAVE MEMBERS?
Jawabannya adalah B “Today the Sierra Club boasts almost 200,000 members in all fifty states of the
United States.”
Structure
1. D (the sentence needs verb)
2. D (plural noun)
3. D (Appositive sentence, needs subject)
4. B (foraging and sunning) -> present participle
5. C (singular noun clause)
16. B the correct answer is “are”
17. C the correct answer is “became”
18. B the correct answer is “was declared”
19. A the correct answer is “the brightest star”
20 C the correct answer is “rest”
Reading
1. C “carbon tetrachloride has been banned for home use.”
2. B “widely has the same meaning as largely”
3. A “banned has the same meaning as forbidden”
4. C “the explanation is in paragraph 2”
5. A “when heated, it changes into a poisonous gas”