B1 Preliminary – Listening – Part 2
For each question, underline the correct answer.
Test: Life Is a Party
1 You will hear two friends talking about their weekend.
What was his favorite part of the festival?
A dancing
B fireworks
C parade
2 You will hear a teacher giving a lecture.
What is the topic of the lecture?
A how to adapt traditions
B how to preserve customs
C how to start celebrations
3 You will hear a girl talking about their weekend plans to a friend on the phone.
What time will they meet?
A 3:30 p.m.
B 4:00 p.m.
C 4:30 p.m.
4 You will hear a conversation about a TV program.
What is the woman’s opinion? It was
A interesting.
B informative.
C boring.
5 You will hear a high school girl talking about a festival she attended.
What is her opinion of the event? It was
A amazing.
B beautiful.
C weird
6 You will hear a tourist talking about an event he attended.
What was the worst part of it?
A It started late.
B He couldn’t see.
C The tickets were expensive.
7 You will hear a young man talking about his favorite celebration.
What is his favorite part?
A symbolically burn the old year
B parties
C traditions
8 You will hear a teacher giving a lecture.
In which country does this specific event take place?
A Brazil
B Cuba
C Ecuador
Strategy box
For this part of the test, you will listen to six unrelated short audio texts, in this
exercise you have 8 to practice. Each recording has one multiple choice question. It
is important to follow these steps:
1. Read the context sentence and the question and answer choices before the
recording starts.
2. Listen for meaning, NOT the words. You may hear all the choices mentioned, but
not in the correct context.
3. As you listen, look at the answer choices and start eliminating some of them.
These are distractors to confuse you.
Tip: If you are unsure of the answer, choose the answer with the fewest similar
sounding words.
TOEFL Junior has a similar section which includes monologues but not
conversations.
Warm-up
Play Taboo. Have students take turns describing one of the Key Words at the foot of
the pages from this week’s lessons to a classmate. Every time their classmate
guesses the word, they get a point. Remind students that they cannot use any form
of the word in their descriptions. The student with the most points at the end of 15
minutes wins.
Teaching Tip
Before students listen to the track, have them work in groups of three to create a set
of tips for short listening tests to present to another group. Then, before they
complete the test, have them check the Strategy Box on the following page of their
Student’s Book to see if their tips are in any way similar.
Wrap-up
Have pairs create similar short dialogues to those they heard on the track. Have
them also create similar multiple choice questions to go with them. Then, give
students the opportunity to act out their dialogue in small groups while their
classmates work to answer their accompanying multiple choice questions.
B1 Preliminary – Listening – Part 2
For each question, underline the correct answer.
Test: Life Is a Party
1 You will hear two friends talking about their weekend.
What was his favorite part of the festival?
A dancing
B fireworks
C parade
2 You will hear a teacher giving a lecture.
What is the topic of the lecture?
A how to adapt traditions
B how to preserve customs
C how to start celebrations
3 You will hear a girl talking about their weekend plans to a friend on the phone.
What time will they meet?
A 3:30 p.m.
B 4:00 p.m.
C 4:30 p.m.
4 You will hear a conversation about a TV program.
What is the woman’s opinion? It was
A interesting.
B informative.
C boring.
5 You will hear a high school girl talking about a festival she attended.
What is her opinion of the event? It was
A amazing.
B beautiful.
C weird
6 You will hear a tourist talking about an event he attended.
What was the worst part of it?
A It started late.
B He couldn’t see.
C The tickets were expensive.
7 You will hear a young man talking about his favorite celebration.
What is his favorite part?
A symbolically burn the old year
B parties
C traditions
8 You will hear a teacher giving a lecture.
In which country does this specific event take place?
A Brazil
B Cuba
C Ecuador
