Welcome to your NTQ Solution - Placement Test (Listening Skill)

LISTENING

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Listen to the instructions for each part of the paper carefully. Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
There are four parts to the test. Each question carries one mark. You will hear each piece twice.
For each part of the test there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for
you to check your answers.


PART 1.
Questions 1 – 8
For questions 1 – 8, you will hear eight short recordings.
For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. 

You will hear the eight recordings twice.

1. Which chart is correct?

2. What kind of packaging do they decide to use?

3. Where is Mike going to take the visitors first?

4. Who is Anne going to write to?

5. What’s the new time for the meeting?

6. Which product has been the most successful?

7. What is the purpose of the meeting?

8. Which chart shows the company’s market share this year?

PART 2.

Questions 9 – 15
Look at the notes below. Some information is missing. You will hear a man leaving a message for a colleague about a hotel’s conference facilities.
For each question 9 – 15, fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters. You will hear the recording twice. 

Customer Services Vacancies

Number of vacancies: 

(9) 

telephone operators

Salary: 

(10) 

Max. £

Total holiday (per annum): 

(11) 

days

Job reference: 

(12) 

.

Job start date: 

(13) 

2002

Line Manager: 

(14) 

Ms Sue

Tel number (for enquiries): 

(15) 

PART 3

 Questions 16 – 22
• Look at the notes about a publisher’s plans for promotion this autumn.
• Some information is missing.
• You will hear part of a talk by the company’s Marketing Director.
• For each question 16 –22, fill in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two
words.
• You will hear the talk twice

Autumn promotion plans

Main titles: pocket dictionary and 

(16) 

 

Advertised space booked in: 

(17) 

  magazine

New colour for display stands: 

(18) 

days

Free gifts include: 

(19) 

and keyrings

Alison has made a deal with: 

(20) 

For mailing to booksellers in September: 

(21) 

Venue for dictionary launch party: 

(22) 

PART 4

Questions 23 - 30
• You will hear a conversation between a senior manager, called Sue and her assistant, called David.
• For each question 23 – 30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
• You will hear the conversation twice.

23 Sue is particularly pleased about the company

24 What is the main cause of the company’s rising costs?

25 Which expenses do they want to reduce?

26 More training is required because the company has

27 How will the company organise the training?

28 When the next brochure is printed, it will

29 What problem are they experiencing with Johnson’s?

30 What will they do about the problem with Johnson’s?