Situation 1: Mrs. Dias is asking Steven about his classmates.
Situation 2: John is asking Alicia about her free time.
Situation 3: Ichiro and Kim are talking on the phone.
Situation 4: Hannah and Miguel are talking about their habits.
5. Hannah and Miguel ________
Situation 5: Bob is telling Ellen about his day.
7. Ellen thinks ________
Situation 6: Maria is talking to Leo on her cell phone about a trip.
9. Maria says Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and ________
Situation 7: Denise is helping Ivan with his new printer.
11. Ivan thinks the price of his printer might be ________
12. Ivan has been earning money from his photography ________
Situation 8: Jack and Louisa are talking about Louisa's experience in another country.
14. ln Peru, Louisa's mistake was ________
15. Louisa says, "You're not supposed to do it." She means that people ________
16. Louisa got sent to Lima ________
Situation 9: Paco is asking Ling for some career advice.
18. Paco just graduated with a degree in ________
19. Paco really wants to ________
20. If Paco gets a degree in history, he will probably ________
This is the end of the Listening section of Objective Placement Test B.
Section 2: Language Use
ln this section, you will answer questions about the use of English. Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence. For each item, fill in your answer.
21. My family and I have breakfast together ________ the morning.
22. What ________ your sister do in her free time?
23. Sammy didn't ________ out last night because he was very tired.
24. Carla drinks ________ milk, but she doesn't like cheese.
25. A: I can't play the piano.
26. I'm good ________ languages
27. A: Are you going to Stella's party tomorrow night?
28. I went on the Internet yesterday ________ some research for my trip.
29. A: What do you do with your old magazines?
30. A: Where ________ when you had your accident?
31. After ________ I'm going to travel for six months.
32. It's great to get an e-mail, but it's ________ to get a phone call.
33. A: Have you ever taken scuba diving lessons?
34. When I was a teenager, my parents never let me ________ TV on school nights.
35. A: Are you doing anything tomorrow afternoon? Do you have plans?
36. I have two exams on Monday, so I ________ go out on Sunday night. I need to go to bed early.
37. I'd like to meet someone ________
38. If I ________ more free time, I'd play tennis more often. Then my game would really improove.
39. A: How 1ong did you spend on the Internet today?
B: I really have no idea how long ________
40. Hakim ________ karate for almost ten years, and he enjoys it very much.
41. I'm really ________ with Alison. She never replies to my e-mails.
42. Several bridges ________ last night during the earthquake.
43. When does Magda plan on ________ her new job?
44. Children learn our national anthem at a very young age. It ________ on national holidays and at festivals all year round.
45. You can offend your host by not ________ a gift.
46. I ________ to a job interview this morning, but the company called yesterday and changed the appointment to Friday.
47. We're going to have a professional ________ our house. We're too busy to do it ourselves.
48. We're very disappointed in Teresa. She should not ________ that way, and she ought to apologize.
49. If Tony had continued his education, he ________ something entirely different.
50. Many people are in favor of banning private cars from cities ________ we can cut down on air pollution from automobiles.
