Test a Scripts

PLACEMENT TEST A: LISTENING TEST AUDIOSCRIPTS AUDIOSCRIPTS LISTENING FOR ITEMS 1–4

You’re going to love this theater. You can see all the things you missed. Dan: I’m really in the mood for a good classic movie. And on a big screen! Lisa: Much better than on the tube. Dan: You know, I never saw Frida. Did you? Lisa: No. I missed it. Dan: They say it was great. How about it? Lisa: Actually, I’d rather see something else…. Hey! They’re showing Dracula! Dan: Deal! Lisa:

LISTENING FOR ITEMS 5–7 Lilian: Marian: Lilian: Marian: Lilian: Marian:

Where did you get all those mosquito bites? On our camping trip. The bugs were horrendous. I tried everything, but I still got eaten alive! Don’t you wish someone would invent something for mosquitoes that works? Where have you been? They have! No way! Yeah. It’s this thing you put on your wrist, and mosquitoes quit bugging you. It really works. I don’t believe it. If I’d known that, I would have gotten one before I left.

LISTENING FOR ITEMS 8–10 Thailand’s Wet Water Festival

Songkran marks the start of the Buddhist New Year in Thailand. It is a wild and wonderful festival in which people of all ages have fun dousing each other with water for three solid days. If you decide to stay indoors, you’ll miss out on a great time! Songkran began nearly a thousand years ago to celebrate the beginning of the farming season. It is a time when Thai people routinely do a thorough cleaning of their homes. Additionally, people make offerings to local temples and provide food and new robes for monks. During Songkran there is singing and dancing in the streets, and lots of water. Visitors should expect to become totally drenched—and love every minute of it! On every side street, you’ll find children waiting to throw water at you. Bus riders also need to be careful. Some people have been known to hurl buckets of water through open windows!

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