LISTENING TEST

Part 1: You will hear a short extract about Vitamin. For question 1 – 5, write TRUE or FALSE for each
sentence.

1. We – human need to ingest vitamin in large amount.

2. Bacteria, fungi and plants have the ability to produce their own vitamins.
3. There are two types of vitamin: liquid or water-soluble. Vitamin C and B are liquid-soluble.
4. Liquid-soluble vitamins need proteins to transport them into the blood and through the body.
5. Kidneys are the places where liquid-soluble vitamins can be passed out.

Part 2: You will hear a short extract about sleeping. For question 6 – 10, write NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS for each blank.

6. Late sleeping is not just due to preference or bad habit; it is also about DNA. Each person has an
_________________________________, which is different from each other.
7. You have an _________________________________ if you sleep at 11 pm and wake up at
around 7 am.
8. Yet even some of us who are merely slightly behind this pattern can feel ___________________.
9. Inside the neurons, there are _________________________________ that turn off and on to
keep your body on a 24-hour cycle.
10. People with late sleep schedules are more prone to smoke and to ________________________.

Part 3: You will hear part of an interview with Hal Jordan, who has recently written a book on the
history of music. For question 11 to 15, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to
what you hear.

11. According to Hal Jordan, what is the disadvantage of using computer programs when writing
music?
A. Composers may be tempted to experiment too much.
B. Composers have become too self-critical.
C. Composers have become over-dependent on machines.
D. Composers may be dissatisfied with the result.
12. Hal Jordan thinks that getting a computer to select notes in a composition is
A. a labor-saving device
B. a way to increase the sensitivity of the human ear
C. an idea that leads nowhere
D. an undemanding form of entertainment
13. One result of the invention of sound recording, according to Hal Jordan, was that
A. Reassessment of familiar pieces of music began
B. Audiences slowly began to decline
C. The number of various different music styles decreased
D. People disliked the unusual music they heard
14. According to Hal Jordan, how did the development of notation change Western music?
A. It helped performers develop their individual styles
 B. It allowed for greater complexity of music form
C. It encouraged composers to work more closely with musicians
D. It gave rise to the need for skilled music instructors
15. According to Hal Jordan, jazz is an example of
A. Pure spontaneity in modern music
B. A mixture of different approaches to music-making
C. Music which is even less structured than it seems
D. The confusion which arises from improvisation

Part 4: You will hear a short extract about urbanization. For question 16 – 25, write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each blank.

 In the earliest days of human history, humans were (16) ____________________________, they
often move from place to place to search for food.
 Around thousands of years ago, they began to learn the secrets of (17) ____________________
and techniques, leading to the development of (18) __________________________________
for the first time in history.
 Around 5 thousands years ago, techniques like irrigation and (19) _________________________
were born. Later, people no longer need to farm.
 Longer-distance (20) ____________________________ was possible thanks to cities’ abilities to
produce food, tools, crafts and other goods.
 With more jobs and opportunities available, more people were drawn to the cities. Even in 2000
B.C, (21) ____________________________ in some cities doubled those of Shanghai or
Calcutta.
 It was not until the Industrial Revolution that new technology (22) ________________________
on mass scale, which allowed integration and expansion.
 In order to accommodate this growth of population, the world needs to seek ways to provide
food, (23) _________________ and _________________ for all people.
 Food production may move to (24) ____________________________, skyscrapers, rooftop
gardens or vacant lots.
 The future of cities is varied, (25) ____________________________ and creative, reflecting a
connected global world.

KEY
Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISZLTJH5lYg

1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuCYyKJ0-X0

6. Internal clock
7. Average chronotype
8. Jet-lagged
9. Clock genes
10. Develop depression

Part 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtaOjhJdYGM

11. D
 D: there's a catch to all this which is that only someone who can read music can tell whether
what the computer has come up with is right and what we spend all our time doing is
correcting what the computer has produced

12. C
 C:  it's a blind alley (blind alley: a way of doing something that seems useful at first, but does
not produce useful results, like following a path that suddenly stops)
13. A
 A: audiences started to hear music they were unaccustomed to and this affected how they
listened the way they heard their own music
14. B
 B:  it gave you a graphic layout for music and it meant you could have architecture for music
you could build structures who couldn't possibly conceive of just by improvising or singing to
your mate
15. B
 B: spontaneous version of music carried on alongside notation; people improvise and yet it's
intermingled with the techniques of notation.

Part 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKnAJCSGSdk

16. Hunter-gatherers: a member of a group of people who do not live in one place but move around
and live by hunting, fishing and gathering plants
17. Selective breeding
 Selective: affecting or involving only a small number of people or things from a larger group.
18. Semi-permanent villages
19. Soil tilling
 Tilling the soil: turning over and breaking up the soil
20. Commerce and interaction
21. Population densities
22. Deployed
 Deploy: use something effectively
23. Sanitation, education
24. Vertical farms: practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers
25. Malleable
 Malleable /ˈmæliəbl/: easily influenced or changed