Part II Listening Comprehension

Section A:

Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

News report 1

Kelly Swishern, an Arkansas woman, escaped injury and managed to safely stop her car after a four-foot long rat snake came out from under her car seat and slithered across her feet as she was driving down the highway.

Rat snakes aren't poisonous or a threat to people generally.

But the woman says the snake she encountered Thursday terrified her out of her wits.

"It was rough with big scales," said Swisher, who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened.

"I don't know whether I had my hands on the steering wheel or not.

I am not the most flexible person in the world, but I can guarantee my knees were up next to my ears".