BANKING UNIVERSITY-HCMC Student’s name: ………………….

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DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Class: …………......…………………
Reg.No.: ……………………………
MIDTERM TEST- ANSWER SHEET
Subject: IE2 Listening Semester: II School year: 2017-2018
Time allotted: Date: March 29, 2018
Score Examiners’ signatures Proctors’ signatures

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(Students are not allowed to use any dictionaries or materials)

All the recordings will be played TWICE. Students have five minutes after the recording to write the answers on
the Answer sheet.
SECTION 1: 10 questions- 4pts
Listen to the conversation and fill in the gaps with missing word(s).
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Tutor: Mmm ... yes, that makes sense. Er ... did you look into any other festivals?

Jack: Yes, we did! What we’re planning to do is more research into (1) ………... We found that in Asian
countries, where there aren’t any carnival celebrations, there are still festivals that involve people splashing each other
with water. Actually, we’ve found references to them in Burma. (2) ………..., Vietnam, China, and Japan. But we
also found a reference to a water festival in (3) ……….... So we thought we’d look into that a bit more and see if we
can find any similarities between these countries. Ummm... I mean, we realized that water is more than just a way of
(4) ……….... people down in hot weather. It also has a lot of different religious (5) ………..... For instance, we found
that, in some societies, water can mean life, or wealth, or just (6) ……….....

Alice: Yes ... and another thing we found out is that these water festivals often (7) ………..... the beginning
of the new year, just like the original celebrations (8) ………..... ago before the carnival. So... umm up to now, we’ve
found that the carnival and the seasons are (9) ………..... by ancient traditions and that water plays in (10) ……….....
part in the celebrations.

SECTION 2: 6 questions- 3pts

Listen to the conversation between Angela and Jane. Decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.
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1. Jane did not receive Angela’s message.
2. Jane’s parents are going to celebrate their wedding anniversary on Sunday.
3. Jane and her friends will be at her parent’s anniversary.
4. Jane and Angela agree to meet next month for another meal.
5. There are four friends from school will join Angela this Saturday.
6. Angela is not happy because Jane could not accept her invitation.

SECTION 3: 4 questions- 3pts

Listen to two students talking about Chinese New Year. Answer the questions below. .
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1. In which season does the Chinese New Year start?

2. How long does it last?
3. Which days are the most important?
4. What do children get from their parents on Chinese New Year’s Day?
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