Listening Part B (Longer Conversation)

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Nama   : Randy Floranno Hasdi

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(narrator)         : Question 31 through 33. Listen to a conversation between two people.

(man)               : New York New York

(woman)          : Excuse me?

(man)               : New York. Aren't you going with us to New York?

I thought everybody was going.

(woman)          : Oh, I don't know. It's such a big city, and I hate big cities. And in any case, New York irritate me.

(man)               : Watch it. You're talking to a New Yorker?

(woman)          : You're New Yorker? I thought you said you were from Connecticut.

(man)               : Well, that is where my family live now. But originally we lived in the Big Apple. I was born there, not far from Brooklyn bridge.

(woman)          : So, maybe I should go. You can show me all the sights.

(man)               : Um, there's a problem here. I was only four when we moved to Connecticut. Of course. I've been there now and again since then, but I don't really know my way around. Don't forget I've been down here in Georgia for over three years. And I was in Thailand for two years before that when my dad was attached to the embassy there.

(woman)          : Nevertheless, you have aroused my interest. And I think I would feel safer being escorted by a real New Yorker.

(man)               : But I thought you said that New Yorkers irritated you.

(woman)          : Ah, yes but they are the ones who have never been anywhere else, and I think New York is the center of the universe.

(man)               : Isn't it?

(woman)          : Oh, shut up. Anyway, put me down for the trip.

31. (narrator)   : Where does this conversation probably take place?

(A) in New York                     (C) in Brooklyn

(B) in Connecticut                  (D) in Georgia

answer D

32. (narrator)   : What is not a reason for the woman's lack of interest in the New York trip?

(A) it's such a big city                                     (C) she is irritated by New York

(B) the man comes from New York               (D) she might feel unsafe there

answer C

33. (narrator)   : Why is the woman irritated by New Yorkers?

(A) they don't stop talking

(B) they never travel anywhere

(C) they think too highly of their own city

(D) they are not safe to be with

Answer D

DAFTAR PUSTAKA

Sudarmono, Edhi, 2013, The King Toefl, PT Wahyu Media, Jakarta.