Listening Comprehension Practice

ANSWER SHEET
Section I Conversation

1 ! " #$ 26 ! " # $ 51 ! " #$ 76 ! " #$

2 ! " #$ 27 ! " # $ 52 ! " #$ 77 ! " #$
3 ! " #$ 28 ! " # $ 53 ! " #$ 78 ! " #$
4 ! " #$ 29 ! " # $ 54 ! " #$ 79 ! " #$
5 ! " #$ 30 ! " # $ 55 ! " #$ 80 ! " #$
6 ! " #$ 31 ! " # $ 56 ! " #$ 81 ! " #$
7 ! " #$ 32 ! " # $ 57 ! " #$ 82 ! " #$
8 ! " #$ 33 ! " # $ 58 ! " #$ 83 ! " #$
9 ! " #$ 34 ! " # $ 59 ! " #$ 84 ! " #$
10 ! " #$ 35 ! " # $ 60 ! " #$ 85 ! " #$
11 ! " #$ 36 ! " # $ 61 ! " #$ 86 ! " #$
12 ! " #$ 37 ! " # $ 62 ! " #$ 87 ! " #$
13 ! " #$ 38 ! " # $ 63 ! " #$ 88 ! " #$
14 ! " #$ 39 ! " # $ 64 ! " #$ 89 ! " #$
15 ! " #$ 40 ! " # $ 65 ! " #$ 90 ! " #$
16 ! " #$ 41 ! " # $ 66 ! " #$ 91 ! " #$
17 ! " #$ 42 ! " # $ 67 ! " #$ 92 ! " #$
18 ! " #$ 43 ! " # $ 68 ! " #$ 93 ! " #$
19 ! " #$ 44 ! " # $ 69 ! " #$ 94 ! " #$
20 ! " #$ 45 ! " # $ 70 ! " #$ 95 ! " #$
21 ! " #$ 46 ! " # $ 71 ! " #$ 96 ! " #$
22 ! " #$ 47 ! " # $ 72 ! " #$ 97 ! " #$
23 ! " #$ 48 ! " # $ 73 ! " #$ 98 ! " #$
24 ! " #$ 49 ! " # $ 74 ! " #$ 99 ! " #$
25 ! " #$ 50 ! " # $ 75 ! " #$ 100 ! " #$

Section II Short Narration

101 ! " #$ 106 ! " # $ 111 ! " #$ 116 ! "# $

102 ! " #$ 107 ! " # $ 112 ! " #$ 117 ! "# $
103 ! " #$ 108 ! " # $ 113 ! " #$ 118 ! "# $
✁

104 ! " #$ 109 ! " # $ 114 ! " #$ 119 ! "# $

105 ! " #$ 110 ! " # $ 115 ! " #$ 120 ! "# $

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ANSWER SHEET
Section III Dialogues

121 ! " #$ 134 ! " # $ 147 ! " #$ 160 ! " #$

122 ! " #$ 135 ! " # $ 148 ! " #$ 161 ! " #$
123 ! " #$ 136 ! " # $ 149 ! " #$ 162 ! " #$
124 ! " #$ 137 ! " # $ 150 ! " #$ 163 ! " #$
125 ! " #$ 138 ! " # $ 151 ! " #$ 164 ! " #$
126 ! " #$ 139 ! " # $ 152 ! " #$ 165 ! " #$
127 ! " #$ 140 ! " # $ 153 ! " #$ 166 ! " #$
128 ! " #$ 141 ! " # $ 154 ! " #$ 167 ! " #$
129 ! " #$ 142 ! " # $ 155 ! " #$ 168 ! " #$
130 ! " #$ 143 ! " # $ 156 ! " #$ 169 ! " #$
131 ! " #$ 144 ! " # $ 157 ! " #$ 170 ! " #$
132 ! " #$ 145 ! " # $ 158 ! " #$ 171 ! " #$
133 ! " #$ 146 ! " # $ 159 ! " #$ 172 ! " #$

Section IV Long Narration

173 ! " #$ 185 ! " # $ 197 ! " #$ 209 ! " #$

174 ! " #$ 186 ! " # $ 198 ! " #$ 210 ! " #$
175 ! " #$ 187 ! " # $ 199 ! " #$ 211 ! " #$
176 ! " #$ 188 ! " # $ 200 ! " #$ 212 ! " #$
177 ! " #$ 189 ! " # $ 201 ! " #$ 213 ! " #$
178 ! " #$ 190 ! " # $ 202 ! " #$ 214 ! " #$
179 ! " #$ 191 ! " # $ 203 ! " #$ 215 ! " #$
180 ! " #$ 192 ! " # $ 204 ! " #$ 216 ! " #$
181 ! " #$ 193 ! " # $ 205 ! " #$ 217 ! " #$
182 ! " #$ 194 ! " # $ 206 ! " #$ 218 ! " #$
183 ! " #$ 195 ! " # $ 207 ! " #$ 219 ! " #$
184 ! " #$ 196 ! " # $ 208 ! " #$ 220 ! " #$

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Listening Comprehension Practice

SECTION I – CONVERSATIONS

CD 1 You will hear several short conversations. Each conversation will be played once along with
Track four choices of response (A), (B), (C), and (D). You will have 5 seconds to choose a
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response that completes the conversation in a logical and culturally appropriate way. Please
remember to mark your answers on the answer sheet.

Conversations 1 through 10

CD 1
Track Conversations 11–20
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CD 1
Track Conversations 21–30
12

CD 1
Track Conversations 31–40
13

CD 1
Track Conversations 41–50
14

CD 1
Track Conversations 51–60
15

CD 1
Track Conversations 61–70
16

CD 1
Track Conversations 71–80
17

CD 1
Track Conversations 81–90
18

CD 2
Track Conversations 91–100
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SECTION II – SHORT NARRATIONS

CD 2 You will listen to several short narrations. Each narration will be played once. You may
Track take notes. After each narration, you will have 5 seconds to read the question and choose
2
the most appropriate response (A), (B), (C) or (D) in English, from the answer sheet.
Please be reminded that during the AP Chinese Exam, the question will be displayed only
after you hear the narration; therefore, in this practice, previewing the printed questions
prior to listening to the narration is not recommended.

Narrations for Questions 101 to 110.

101. Which statement is correct? 105. What does the speaker mean?
(A) The difference between the highest (A) Nobody likes soccer.
and lowest temperatures is 4°C. (B) Excluding soccer, all other sports are
(B) This city freezes every day in the exciting.
winter. (C) Soccer makes everyone excited.
(C) The difference between the highest (D) Nobody gets excited over soccer.
and lowest temperatures is 35°C.
(D) Today’s average temperature is 18°C. 106. What can be inferred from the woman’s
speech?
102. What happened?
(A) The listener eats breakfast every day.
(A) Xiao Li is sick. (B) The listener gets up early every
(B) Xiao Li is in the hospital. morning.
(C) Xiao Li’s mom is in the hospital. (C) The listener gets up too late to eat
(D) Xiao Li’s younger sister is in the breakfast.
hospital. (D) The listener gets up early and eats
breakfast.
103. What is the speaker’s attitude?
107. Who is the man behind the older brother?
(A) Angry
(B) Doubtful (A) The son of the speaker
(C) Apathetic (B) The younger brother of the speaker
(D) Surprised (C) The nephew of the speaker
(D) The older brother of the speaker
104. What is the flaw of the clothing?
108. What is not located next to the dorm?
(A) Bad quality
(B) High price (A) Clothes shop
(C) Ugly color (B) Post office
(D) Out of style (C) Grocery store
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109. Which sequence is right? 114. What is the speaker’s mother’s

occupation?
(A) Eating snacks, shopping, going to the
post office (A) Teacher
(B) Shopping, going to the post office, (B) Doctor
eating snacks (C) Reporter
(C) Eating snacks, going to the post (D) Student
office, shopping
(D) Going to the post office, shopping, 115. What does he plan to do after he finishes
eating snacks school?
(A) He wants to go abroad.
110. What is the main reason for the good
(B) He wants to get a job.
health of the speaker?
(C) He wants to make money.
(A) Frequently walking (D) He wants to study computer science.
(B) Doing Taiji
(C) Keeping an exercise routine 116. What is this room?
(D) No smoking, but a little drinking
(A) Office
(B) Library
111. Where does the speaker work?
(C) Classroom
CD 2 (A) A hospital (D) Dorm
Track
3 (B) An English school
(C) A post office 117. Who ends up fixing the computer?
(D) A high school
(A) Father
(B) Mother
112. Where did they travel?
(C) Elder brother
(A) Shanghai, Guangzhou (D) Friend
(B) Nanjing, Shanghai
(C) Xi’an, Nanjing 118. How many yuan did the woman pay for
(D) Guangzhou, Xi’an the shoes?
(A) 150
113. How are they going to Los Angeles?
(B) 50
(A) They want to go from Washington, (C) more than 200
D.C., to New York by train and then (D) 280
fly to Los Angeles by airplane.
(B) They are planning to fly from 119. Which phone number is most likely Li
Washington, D.C., to New York and Laoshi’s home number?
then fly to Los Angeles.
(A) 82301968
(C) They plan to take the train from
(B) 62386786
Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.
(C) 86974253
(D) They plan to fly directly from
(D) 83657106
Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.
120. How long does it take to get to school by
car?
(A) 10 minutes
(B) 40 minutes
(C) 25 minutes
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SECTION III—DIALOGUES

CD 2
Directions: You will listen to several dialogues for questions 121 through 172. Each
Track dialogue should be played twice. You may take notes. After replaying each dialogue,
4 students will be given 12 seconds on the actual exam to read the question and choose the
most appropriate response—(A), (B), (C) or (D) in English from the answer sheet. Please
be reminded that during the AP Chinese Exam, the question will be displayed only after
you hear the narration; therefore, in this practice, previewing the printed questions prior
to listening to the narration is not recommended.

121. Where does the interview take place? 126. Which art is the woman not interested in?
(A) Near a pool (A) wushu
(B) At a university (B) calligraphy
(C) In a cinema (C) Beijing opera
(D) In a shopping center (D) folk song

122. Which statement is incorrect? 127. What is the woman’s hobby?

CD 2 (A) The woman dances very well. CD 2 (A) Listening to music
Track Track
5 (B) The woman works in a bookstore. 8 (B) Watching TV
(C) The interview takes place in a (C) Dancing
ballroom. (D) Traveling
(D) They are talking at her workplace.
128. What does the woman do in the evening?
123. Which statement about the woman is
(A) She teaches her students.
CD 2 correct? (B) She goes shopping.
Track
6 (A) She worked in a computer company. (C) She cooks dinner for her family.
(B) She comes from Tianjing. (D) She tutors her son in English.
(C) She studied in Beijing.
(D) She is working in Beijing. 129. What does the man do every day?
CD 2 (A) Swim
124. Where is the woman from? Track
9 (B) Play ping pong
(A) Beijing (C) Play tennis
(B) Nanjing (D) Play soccer
(C) Tianjin
(D) Shanghai 130. What is the man’s occupation?
(A) He is an athlete.
125. Which Chinese arts is the man studying?
(B) He is a coach.
CD 2 (A) wushu and folk song (C) He is a journalist.
Track
7 (B) calligraphy and folk song (D) He doesn’t say.
(C) Beijing opera and calligraphy
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131. What is not a requirement when the man 137. What does the man ask the woman?
CD 2 buys clothes? CD 2 (A) How long dinner should take
Track Track
10 (A) Fabric 13 (B) How to invite someone to a party
(B) Brand (C) Her preferred place to eat dinner
(C) Appearance (D) Her favorite food
(D) Comfort
138. What is the woman’s response to the
132. How much did the woman spend for her man’s question?
sweater?
(A) In China, people eat very slowly, and
(A) $5 usually take about two hours to eat.
(B) $10 (B) It’s not very polite if the guest hasn’t
(C) $39 finished eating and the host is done.
(D) $89 (C) If the guest has finished eating, the
host can eat as slowly as he wants to.
133. What is the conversation about? (D) To spend time with the guests, the
host should eat very quickly.
CD 2 (A) A maid talking to a guest
Track
11 (B) Picking up someone at the airport
139. Who goes to the park daily?
(C) Taking someone to the train station
(D) A host saying good-bye to a guest CD 2 (A) The man
Track
14 (B) The woman
134. Where could the conversation take place? (C) The man’s father
(D) The woman’s father
(A) A house
(B) A hotel
140. Did their fathers retire?
(C) An airport
(D) A train station (A) Both fathers are retired.
(B) Both fathers are not retired.
135. Who is the speaker calling for? (C) The woman’s father is retired, but
the man’s father is not.
CD 2 (A) Xiao Li
Track (D) The woman’s father is retired, but it
12 (B) A doctor
doesn’t say whether the man’s father
(C) Professor Zhang
is retired or not.
(D) Mrs. Zhang
141. Which activity does the woman’s father
136. Why does the man make the phone call?
not do?
(A) He wants to talk to Mrs. Zhang
(A) Walk
about seeing a doctor.
(B) Practice Taiji
(B) He wants to tell Mrs. Zhang that he
(C) Exercise
is busy.
(D) Go fishing
(C) He suggests that Mrs. Zhang should
go to see a doctor.
(D) There is something he wants to talk
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142. Which reason for the man’s father serving 148. Which preparation for traveling abroad is
as a president of the fishing club is not mentioned?
incorrect?
(A) Applying for a passport
(A) He fishes very well. (B) Applying for a visa
(B) He has a lot of time. (C) Packing
(C) He is the oldest member in the club. (D) Buying plane tickets
(D) He wants to be.
149. Where does the man want to buy plane
143. Where is the woman living right now? tickets?
CD 2 (A) Her parents’ home (A) A travel agency
Track
15 (B) A new apartment (B) At the airport
(C) A friend’s apartment (C) On the Internet
(D) A dorm (D) Undecided

144. What is an advantage to living in a dorm? 150. Who has been to Taiwan?
(A) Inexpensive (A) The woman’s sister
(B) Safe (B) The man’s girlfriend
(C) Freedom (C) The woman
(D) Roommate (D) The man

145. Why does the woman want to move out? 151. Where does this conversation most likely
occur?
(A) Living in a dorm is not free. CD 2
Track
(B) Living in a dorm is not safe. 17 (A) A restaurant
(C) She does not like her roommate. (B) A bakery
(D) Her dorm is too expensive. (C) A food store
(D) A house
146. Which statement is not correct?
152. What is the relationship between the two
(A) The roommate watches TV late into
speakers?
the evening.
(B) The roommate likes to chat on the (A) Master and apprentice
phone. (B) Waiter and customer
(C) The roommate can’t study and sleep. (C) Manager and staff
(D) The roommate sometimes shouts on (D) Salesperson and customer
the phone.
153. Which of the following items does the
147. Where is the man now? woman order?
CD 2 (A) Chicago (A) Wine
Track
16 (B) Taiwan (B) Juice
(C) East Coast (C) Rice
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154. Which dish does the woman not order? 160. How long have they not seen each other?
(A) Shrimp CD 2 (A) Two years
Track
(B) Pork 19 (B) Less than two years
(C) Fish (C) More than two years
(D) Tofu (D) Four years

155. What does the woman want to drink? 161. Where does the man live now?
CD 2 (A) Tea (A) He lives with his parents.
Track
18 (B) Coffee (B) He lives with his wife’s parents.
(C) Both tea and coffee (C) He lives with the old people.
(D) Neither tea nor coffee (D) He lives in his own house.

156. What kind of tea does the woman prefer? 162. Which statement is correct?
(A) Jasmine tea (A) The woman has her own house.
(B) Black tea (B) The woman wants to live with the
(C) Green tea elderly.
(D) It doesn’t matter (C) The woman bought a house last year.
(D) The man thinks that people can
157. Which statement is correct? benefit from their parents’ help.
(A) China has the most types of tea in
163. What caused the woman’s family to be
the world.
unhappy?
(B) China has the most tea drinkers in
the world. (A) Conflicting schedules
(C) China has the most tea shops in the (B) Financial problems
world. (C) Children’s education
(D) China was the first country to (D) Housework
discover the tea plant.
164. Where does the conversation take place?
158. Which city has the most tea shops? CD 2 (A) On the way
Track
(A) Beijing 20 (B) The woman’s home
(B) Shanghai (C) The man’s home
(C) Guangzhou (D) Their workplace
(D) Not mentioned
165. What happened to the man?
159. Which city does the man come from?
(A) He went on a business trip.
(A) Beijing (B) He caught a cold.
(B) Shanghai (C) He saw snow for the first time.
(C) Guangzhou (D) He changed his workplace.
(D) Not mentioned
166. Which season does the man dislike?
(A) Spring
(B) Summer
(C) Fall
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167. Where is the man from? 171. Which type of pollution was not
mentioned?
(A) Beijing
(B) Shanghai (A) The factory polluted the water.
(C) Guangzhou (B) The factory polluted the air.
(D) Not mentioned (C) Because of the air pollution, all the
birds died.
168. Where is the woman from? (D) Because of the water pollution, all the
fish died.
(A) Beijing
(B) Shanghai
172. Why doesn’t the factory find a solution to
(C) Guangzhou
the pollution problem?
(D) Not mentioned
(A) They don’t have enough money.
169. Where was the man yesterday afternoon? (B) They don’t want to.
(C) The government doesn’t want to help
CD 2 (A) At a train station
Track them.
21 (B) In a park
(D) They don’t have the time.
(C) In a factory
(D) At home

170. What did the man do in the factory?

(A) Pick up trash
(B) Protest
(C) Work
(D) Take a break

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SECTION IV—LONG NARRATION

Directions: You will listen to several long narrations of passages for questions 173 to 220.
CD 2
Track Each passage should be played twice. You may take notes. After replaying each passage,
22 students will be given 12 seconds on the actual exam to read the question and choose the
most appropriate response (A), (B), (C) or (D) in English from the answer sheet. Please
be reminded that during the AP Chinese Exam, the question will be displayed only after
you hear the narration; therefore, in this practice, previewing the printed questions prior
to listening to the narration is not recommended.

173. Why does Xiao Min plan on quitting his 177. Which statement is correct?
job? CD 2 (A) Qi Baishi learned to draw at a very
Track
(A) His boss is not nice to him. 24 young age.
(B) He cannot keep working and (B) Qi Baishi learned to draw as an
studying at the same time. adult.
(C) Customers don’t tip enough. (C) Qi Baishi observed animals under
(D) The restaurant doesn’t have many trees, because he liked them.
customers. (D) Qi Baishi raised animals, because he
liked them.
174. Which statement is correct?
178. Which animal is not mentioned in the
(A) Xiao Min moved from Taiwan in the
passage?
’50s.
(B) Xiao Min and his boss moved from (A) Insects
Taiwan 50 years ago. (B) Horses
(C) Xiao Min and his boss moved from (C) Birds
Taiwan together in the ’50s. (D) Fish
(D) Xiao Min’s boss moved from Taiwan
in the ’50s. 179. What doesn’t interest Peter?
CD 2 (A) Living in China
175. What is tonight’s temperature? Track
25 (B) Traveling in China
CD 2 (A) The low is 23°C. (C) Eating Chinese food
Track
23 (B) The high is 14°C. (D) Learning Chinese
(C) The high is 27°C.
(D) The low is 24°C. 180. How is Peter at the end of the passage?
(A) Mad
176. Which statement describes tomorrow’s
(B) Happy
weather during the day?
(C) Embarrassed
(A) Cloudy and chance of rain (D) Apologetic
(B) South wind with 1–2 levels
(C) North wind with 3–4 levels
(D) North wind turning to south with 2–
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181. What is the passage mainly about? 186. Who likes wulong tea?
CD 2 (A) How to use chopsticks CD 2 (A) People from Beijing
Track Track
26 (B) Table manners 28 (B) People from Shanghai
(C) The difference between chopsticks (C) People from Guangdong
and spoons (D) People from Tibet
(D) Rude eating habits
187. What kinds of tea sets are good for
182. Which is a rude eating habit according to making tea?
the passage?
(A) Porcelain
(A) Using hands to get food from a dish (B) Ceramic
(B) Using one’s own chopsticks to receive (C) Both porcelain and ceramic
food offered by others (D) Not mentioned
(C) Taking food from a dish across
someone’s chopsticks 188. What is the advantage of making tea with
(D) Avoiding touching one’s chopsticks a ceramic tea set?
with someone else’s
(A) Appealing
(B) Cheap
183. What is the passage mainly about?
(C) Convenient
CD 2 (A) Flu and precautions (D) Keeps the heat in
Track
27 (B) Flu virus
(C) Flu symptoms 189. When do people drink the spring tea?
(D) Flu and climate
(A) When a baby completes his first
month of life
184. Which idea is not mentioned in the
(B) Before the spring season
passage?
(C) During a wedding ceremony
(A) People should select clothes according (D) During the Spring Festival
to weather changes.
(B) People should exercise to strengthen 190. Who likes to watch Beijing operas?
their bodies. CD 2 (A) The grandfather
(C) People should close windows before Track
29 (B) The father
sleeping.
(C) The mother
(D) People should avoid contact with flu
(D) The older sister
patients.
191. Which TV programs does the father like
185. What does the author suggest to flu
the most?
patients?
(A) Sports programs
(A) Stay home
(B) Soccer games
(B) Get plenty of sleep
(C) Television plays
(C) Listen to the weather forecast
(D) American movies
(D) Wear more clothes

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192. What are the narrator’s favorite TV 197. What is the author’s attitude toward
programs? Chinese parents’ expectations of their
children’s education?
(A) Soccer games
(B) American movies (A) He offers a suggestion.
(C) Cartoons (B) He is in total agreement with the
(D) Foreign programs parents.
(C) He believes the parents’ expectations
193. What is his older sister’s occupation? are very harmful to their children’s
education.
(A) Retiree
(D) He is indifferent toward what the
(B) Doctor
parents do.
(C) Nurse
(D) Teacher
198. What is the purpose of this message?
194. What is the passage mainly about? CD 2 (A) To ask Xiao Li if she has a class
Track
31 (B) To invite Xiao Li for coffee
CD 2 (A) Differences in parenting techniques
Track (C) To invite Xiao Li for a movie
30 between Chinese and American
(D) To ask Xiao Li where she is
families
(B) Differences in expectations regarding
199. Who will be going to the movie?
college between Chinese and
American families (A) Only Zhang Hua and her cousin
(C) Attitudes toward education in (B) At least Zhang Hua and her cousin
American families in China (C) Zhang Hua and Xiao Li
(D) Attitudes toward education in (D) None of the above
Chinese families in the United States
200. What time does the movie start?
195. What do some Chinese parents not want
(A) 3:00 p.m.
their children to study?
(B) 3:30 p.m.
(A) Law (C) 4:00 p.m.
(B) Medicine (D) 4:30 p.m.
(C) Science
(D) Humanities 201. Where will they meet?
(A) At the speaker’s home
196. Which statement is correct?
(B) At their school
(A) All Chinese parents want their (C) At a movie theater
children to go to good colleges. (D) At a coffee shop
(B) Many Chinese parents want their
children to go to good colleges. 202. What is a “ ” (“ ”) ?
(C) After graduating from a good college, CD 2 (A) A single-character surname
one can earn more money. Track
32 (B) A two-character surname
(D) Parents want their children to go to
(C) A duplicate-character surname
good colleges for their own pride.
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203. How many surnames are commonly used 209. Which is the correct visitation time?
or seen currently?
(A) Visitation time on weekdays is
(A) 60 usually three to four hours.
(B) 200 (B) Normally, patients can be visited in
(C) 500 the morning.
(D) Nobody knows. (C) Wednesdays and Thursdays are open
for visitation.
204. Which common family name is not (D) Visitation time on weekends is
mentioned in the passage? longer.
(A) Zhūgě
210. What is the topic of this passage?
(B) Oūyáng
(C) Dōngfāng CD 2 (A) Invitation time
Track
(D) Sītú 34 (B) Formality of visiting
(C) Manners as a guest
205. What is the topic of this passage? (D) Manners as a host
(A) Chinese first names
211. How do Chinese people invite guests to
(B) Chinese surnames
their homes in their everyday lives?
(C) The meaning of Chinese names
(D) The history of Chinese names (A) Phone call
(B) Oral invitation or phone call
206. What is the passage mainly about? (C) Formal invitation and then a phone
call
CD 2 (A) Visiting patients in the hospital
Track (D) Formal invitation
33 (B) A patient’s situation
(C) Presents for a patient
212. When should one arrive at a host’s home?
(D) Visitation time
(A) It’s best to arrive at the appointed
207. Which idea is mentioned in the passage? time.
(B) One should arrive at the appointed
(A) People like to give patients candies
time or earlier.
now.
(C) One has to arrive exactly on time.
(B) People should talk about something
(D) One should come either a little
pleasant around patients.
earlier or later.
(C) Visiting hours are usually in the
evenings.
213. Why do hosts say things like “
(D) Visitors are welcome any time of the
” (“ ”) when eating
day on the weekends.
with guests?
208. What does “ ” (“ (A) They don’t want to provide
”) mean? sumptuous meals for guests.
(B) They are polite.
(A) People should not talk about disease.
(C) They want their guests to be relaxed.
(B) People should talk about disease a
(D) They don’t provide good meals for
lot.
guests.
(C) People should avoid provoking the
patient.
(D) People should talk about a lot of
different topics.

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214. What is the passage mainly about? 218. How many generations live together in a
CD 2 traditional Chinese family?
(A) Comparisons between Chinese and
Track
35 American college exams (A) One generation
(B) Comparisons between Chinese and (B) Two generations
American college exam systems (C) More than two generations
(C) Comparisons between majors (D) Not mentioned
(D) Comparisons between test
opportunities 219. Where do small or medium-sized families
exist?
215. Which statement is correct?
(A) City
(A) In China, college exams cover many (B) Countryside
subjects. (C) City and countryside
(B) In China, SAT scores are very (D) City or countryside
important.
(C) In China, students can take the 220. Which statement is correct?
college exams many times a year.
(A) Young people don’t expect to live
(D) In China, colleges look at grades
independently after marriage.
from the three years of high school.
(B) Young people expect to live
independently after marriage, but
216. What can be inferred from the passage?
their parents disagree.
(A) In China, colleges don’t require (C) Some young people and their parents
interviews. expect to live separately.
(B) In China, only certain majors require (D) Young people want to live with their
interviews. parents, but their parents don’t.
(C) China should do interviews like
America does.
(D) In China, there are problems with
doing interviews.

217. What medium is this passage about?

CD 2 (A) Television program
Track
36 (B) Radio program
(C) Newspaper article
(D) Magazine article

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