2. What is Mrs. Black going to do? A) have a drink B) cook dinner C) buy chicken D) go fishing

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1 Listening Sample Οι εισαγωγικές εξετάσεις του 2010 για το Κολλέγιο Ανατόλια θα περιλαμβάνουν για πρώτη φορά ένα τμήμα κατανόησης προφορικού λόγου (Listening section), το οποίο θα αντικαταστήσει τις ασκήσεις κατανόησης επικοινωνιακού λόγου προηγούμενων εξετάσεων. Ένα υπόδειγμα ακουστικών ασκήσεων είναι διαθέσιμο στην ακόλουθη διεύθυνση, όπου θα βρείτε τα ηχητικά αρχεία και την καταγραφή τους. Όπως θα διαπιστώσετε, φέτος τα παιδιά θα διαβάζουν αυτά που θα ακούνε. Όμως η κατανόηση αυτών που θα ακούσουν είναι αυτή που θα τους βοηθήσει να επιλέξουνε τις σωστές απαντήσεις. Το τμήμα αυτό θα βαθμολογηθεί με 15 περίπου μονάδες (θα καλύπτει ποσοστό 7,5% του συνολικού βαθμού). [The 2010 Anatolia Entrance Exam will include a listening section for the first time. A sampling of possible listening tasks is accessible at the link below, where you will find both the printed and the audio files. As you will see, for this year, everything you hear, you will also see. Understanding what you hear, however, will help you find the right answers. The length and point value of this year s listening section will be the same as the communicative English sections of past exams, or about 15 points (7.5% of the total score).] I. Ακούστε την παρακάτω συνομιλία ανάμεσα σε δύο ανθρώπους. Θα ακούσετε τη συνομιλία δύο φορές. Ύστερα απαντήστε στις ερωτήσεις που ακολουθούν. Θα ακούσετε τις ερωτήσεις και τις τέσσερις πιθανές απαντήσεις μόνο από μια φορά. [Listen to the following conversation between two people. You will hear it twice. Then answer the questions that follow. You will hear the questions and the four answer choices only once.] Mr. Black: Hello, darling. Mrs. Black: Hello, you re early. Mr. Black: Yes, my last patient couldn t come today, so I caught the five o clock train. I had to stand, and it was hot. How about a drink? Mrs. Black: Go ahead and have one. I m just going to cook dinner. Mr. Black: Is something the matter? Mrs. Black: Oh, not really. I wanted to buy chicken, but I couldn t. Mr. Black: Why not? I like chicken. Mrs. Black: Well, it s Tuesday, and the shops close early on Tuesdays. Mr. Black: Why didn t you go shopping in the morning? You weren t working today. Mrs. Black: Oh, I had to take the car to the garage, so I didn t have time. Mr. Black: Why did you take the car to the garage? Mrs. Black: Well, I had a little accident.. Mr. Black: Is the repair going to be expensive? Mrs. Black: Mmm, not much, about 1500 euros. Anyway, we re going to have fish and chips for dinner. Mr. Black: That sounds good. How much?

2 1. Mr. Black is probably A) a teacher B) a train driver C) a doctor D) a waiter 2. What is Mrs. Black going to do? A) have a drink B) cook dinner C) buy chicken D) go fishing 3. Why didn t Mrs. Black go shopping in the morning? A) she had to go to work B) she had to take the car to the garage C) the shops close early on Tuesdays D) she stayed home to cook 4. What does Mr. Black want to know? A) how much dinner costs B) how Mrs. Black had a car accident C) how long it will take to fix the car D) how much money it will cost to fix the car 5. Mr. Black thinks the price of fixing the car A) is cheap B) is expensive C) is not a problem D) is not a surprise

3 II. Θα ακούσετε μία Αμερικανίδα να μιλάει για την Ευρώπη. Ακούστε προσεκτικά και επιλέξτε τη σωστή λέξη (τη λέξη που ακούτε) από τις τρεις πιθανές επιλογές που σας δίνονται. Θα ακούσετε το κείμενο δύο φορές και μετά θα έχετε το χρόνο να κάνετε την τελική σας επιλογή. [You will hear an American talking about Europe. Listen carefully and choose the correct word (the one you hear) from the three answer choices given. You will hear the text twice, and then you will have time to make your final answer choices.] One of the surprising things about my first trip to Europe was the discovery that there were so many different ways of doing the same things, like eating and drinking and even (1) A) by buying tickets to the movies. It amazed me that Europeans B) buying C) trying could be so alike that they could all love (2) A) flying small cars and playing, or at B) drive C) driving least watching, soccer (which they call football) and staying in cold (3) A) hotel B) whole C) old rooms and eating in warm restaurants. And yet, I was (4) A) surprise to see that B) surprised C) surprising they could also be so different from each other. They wore different hats and they spoke a lot of different languages. They say that Rome wasn t (5) A) build B) building C) built in a day, and neither was the rest of Europe. It s one place but with many faces.

4 III. Θα ακούσετε πέντε σύντομες συνομιλίες. Επιλέξτε την απάντηση που περιγράφει καλύτερα τι συμβαίνει στη συνομιλία. Θα ακούσετε τις συνομιλίες δύο φορές, αλλά τις πιθανές απαντήσεις μόνο από μια φορά. [You will hear five short conversations. Choose the answer that best describes the situation in the conversation. You will hear the conversations twice, but the answer choices only once.] 1. Maria: Bill! I haven t seen you in a long time. How are you? Bill: Maria! It s been a while, hasn t it? Well, I m still trying to finish my studies. Maria: Me, too, in Modern Greek. Are you still studying to become a doctor? Bill: No, that s the other Bill from our class. I m studying math. A) Maria and Bill have never been in school together. B) Maria and Bill have seen each other recently. C) Maria has confused one Bill with another. D) Bill changed from wanting to be a doctor to wanting to be a math teacher. 2. John: I think I left my book at home, Sue. Sue: Oh, John, the teacher will kill you. John: Oh, I ve forgotten it before, and I m still alive. A) John s teacher is going to kill him. B) John isn t very worried about being punished. C) Sue isn t afraid for John. D) This is the first time John has come to class without his book. 3. Dimitra: Elena, are you coming to the dance tonight with Joanna and me? Elena: To tell you the truth, Dimitra, I haven t made up my mind yet. Dimitra: But it s tonight! Elena: I like leaving things to the last minute. A) Elena will go to the dance. B) Dimitra might have to go to the dance by herself. C) Elena might not go to the dance. D) Dimitra and Elena haven t decided if they re going to go to the dance or not. 4. Costas: Hey, Petros! Who won the game last night? Petros: Hi, Costas. Which game? Costas: The game! Don t you know which game I m talking about? Petros: Obviously not! Don t you realize how many football games were played last night? I don t know all the scores! A) Petros doesn t know which game Costas is talking about. B) Costas is surprised that Petros isn t interested in football. C) Costas watched the whole game last night, but Petros didn t. D) Petros knows the score of the game that Costas wants to know about.

5 5. George: I can t believe you went to the movies with Sotiris, Anna. Anna: And why not, George? George: Well, I thought Anna: You thought wrong. George: Do you mean Anna: Yes, Haris and I are finished. George: Does he know? Anna: No. Would you tell him for me? George: No way! You ll have to do it yourself. A) Sotiris and George aren t friends anymore. B) Haris knows all about Anna and Sotiris. C) Anna hasn t told Haris about her new friend. D) Anna thought that George was wrong to tell Sotiris about Haris. Key for Listening sample I. 1) C 2) B 3) B 4) D 5) B II. 1) B 2) C 3) A 4) B 5) C III.1) C 2) B 3) C 4) A 5) C