MET Listening Practice Test 5 — 50 Questions With Transcripts & Answers

1. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

1. The best routes for commuting
2. A new ride-sharing app and their experiences with it
3. The cost of car ownership
4. Public transportation options in the city

2. What is the main topic of this conversation?

1. The woman needing vanilla extract for a birthday cake
2. The man's plans to bake bread over the weekend
3. The price of baking ingredients at the local store
4. The woman's idea to order a cake from a bakery

3. What advice does the woman give the man about the retreat activities?

1. Cancel the ropes course because it is too risky
2. Make sure there is something for everyone, including non-athletic people
3. Ask the team to choose the activities by vote
4. Focus only on athletic team-building challenges

4. Why does the man suggest sending a text message?

1. To criticize the woman for being careless with her phone
2. To offer to call the taxi company himself
3. To reach the taxi driver in case he checks texts later
4. To remind the woman that she can buy a new phone

5. What is the woman's problem?

1. She doesn't like her job
2. She has three projects with the same deadline
3. She missed an important deadline
4. She is having conflict with a coworker

6. What kind of second job is the woman looking for?

1. Something flexible like tutoring or freelancing
2. A full-time remote position
3. A retail position with set hours
4. A job at the same company as her current role

7. What challenge is the woman facing with her adopted dog?

1. The dog is aggressive with other animals
2. The dog is anxious around strangers due to past abandonment
3. The dog refuses to eat
4. The dog has health problems

8. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

1. The best telescopes for viewing distant planets
2. The man's plans to move to the countryside
3. A weather forecast for the coming weekend
4. The meteor shower the woman saw but the man missed due to clouds

9. What does the woman recommend as a substitute for soda?

1. Diet soda
2. Fruit juice
3. Sparkling water with lemon
4. Green tea

10. Why does the man think the new system might be better?

1. It uses measurable goals and peer feedback instead of subjective ratings
2. It offers bonuses based on performance
3. It allows employees to evaluate their own work
4. It reduces the number of reviews per year

11. What does the woman ask the man to do?

1. Mail her rent check for her
2. Send a letter for her
3. Bring her a package
4. Pick up stamps from the post office

12. What will the speakers probably do next?

1. Send flowers and plan a visit to her mother soon
2. Wait until her mother's birthday next year
3. Call her mother back to apologize again
4. Ask the man to pay for the flowers

13. What does the woman suspect happened to the man?

1. He signed up for too many newsletters
2. His work email is publicly listed
3. His email might have been compromised
4. He accidentally gave out his email address

14. How does the man reassure the woman?

1. He says pottery is more about technique than natural talent
2. He says pottery is easy to learn
3. He offers to take the class with her
4. He tells her the instructor is very patient

15. What is the conversation mainly about?

1. A two-hour flight delay and whether they can switch to an earlier flight
2. The airline's loyalty rewards program
3. The cost of upgrading to business class
4. Their hotel reservations at the destination

16. What does the man imply the woman should do?

1. Quit her job immediately
2. Prepare for potential changes by updating her resume
3. Ask for a promotion before the acquisition
4. Talk to her coworkers about unionizing

17. What will the woman probably do next?

1. Finish adding the charts and graphs to the report
2. Take a break before finishing the report
3. Ask the marketing director for more time
4. Delegate the charts to a coworker

18. What will the speakers probably do next?

1. Make an appointment with an allergist for testing
2. Wait until spring to see if symptoms return
3. Stop taking allergy medication entirely
4. Ask the man for a referral to a dermatologist

19. What is the woman's attitude toward the composting program?

1. She supports it and hopes many people participate
2. She prefers her own backyard composting method
3. She thinks the fee is too expensive
4. She is skeptical it will work

20. What is the main issue in this conversation?

1. The guest wants to check in early but standard rooms aren't ready
2. The guest booked the wrong room type
3. The hotel is overbooked
4. The guest's reservation was lost

21. Why does the guest need to check in early?

1. She has a meeting at the hotel
2. Her previous hotel kicked her out
3. Her flight arrived early and she hasn't slept
4. She has nowhere to store her luggage

22. What does the receptionist mean when she says: 'I understand. How about I waive the upgrade fee this time as a courtesy'?

1. She is refusing to help the guest
2. She is offering a free upgrade to solve the problem
3. She is charging the guest extra for early check-in
4. She is suggesting the guest wait until 3 PM

23. Why does the receptionist decide to waive the fee?

1. The guest is a rewards member
2. The guest complained loudly
3. The hotel made an error
4. The receptionist felt sorry for the guest

24. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

1. Buying a new phone
2. Switching to a cheaper phone plan with less data
3. Adding international roaming to a plan
4. Reporting a billing error

25. How much data does the customer typically use?

1. 10 gigabytes
2. 7 gigabytes
3. 3 gigabytes
4. 5 gigabytes

26. Why does the representative advise waiting to switch plans?

1. The cheaper plan is being discontinued
2. The customer's contract has an early termination fee
3. The customer needs to upgrade her phone first
4. The representative cannot process the change today

27. What does the customer mean when she says: 'I suppose you're right'?

1. She disagrees but doesn't want to argue
2. She reluctantly agrees with the representative's advice
3. She is excited to save money
4. She plans to switch carriers instead

28. What problem does the passenger have?

1. His flight was cancelled
2. His bag was damaged during the flight
3. His luggage didn't arrive on his flight
4. He lost his baggage claim ticket

29. What does the agent mean when she says: 'It may have been left behind'?

1. The bag was stolen
2. The bag did not get loaded onto the arrival flight
3. The bag was sent to a different airport
4. The passenger forgot to check the bag

30. What does the agent say about the bag's location?

1. It was sent to a different city by mistake
2. It was picked up by another passenger
3. It was scanned in Dallas but not on arrival at the destination
4. It was damaged and being repaired

31. What is the purpose of this conversation?

1. To compare volunteer programs across countries
2. To apply for a travel visa
3. To book a flight to Southeast Asia
4. To discuss a volunteer teaching position in Vietnam

32. What teaching experience does the applicant have?

1. She has been a full-time teacher for five years
2. She taught at a school in Vietnam before
3. She has no teaching experience at all
4. She has tutored English part-time for two years

33. What does the coordinator mean when she says: 'Professional but modest'?

1. The dress code requires conservative professional attire
2. Volunteers should wear expensive clothes
3. There is no dress code
4. Only women need to follow the dress code

34. What is the lecture mainly about?

1. How to become more creative
2. Differences between left-handed and right-handed people
3. The history of behavioral economics
4. The concept of confirmation bias and how to overcome it

35. Why does the professor mention left-handed people being more creative?

1. As a scientifically proven fact
2. To criticize a common stereotype
3. As an example of how confirmation bias works
4. To encourage left-handed students

36. What does the professor say about intelligent people and confirmation bias?

1. They are more likely to seek contrary views
2. They are less affected by it
3. They never fall for it
4. They are often better at rationalizing away contradictory evidence

37. What does the professor recommend for overcoming confirmation bias?

1. Trusting your intuition more
2. Avoiding news and media altogether
3. Actively seeking perspectives that challenge your assumptions
4. Only reading information from reliable sources

38. Why does the professor say overcoming confirmation bias is difficult?

1. Because examining views that challenge our own feels uncomfortable
2. Because opposing views are rarely available to read
3. Because researchers cannot measure the bias reliably
4. Because it requires memorising a large amount of data

39. What is the speaker's role?

1. A wildlife researcher
2. A veterinarian at the zoo
3. A tour guide for zoo visitors
4. A zookeeper giving a talk about gorillas

40. Why does the speaker mention Kofi's weight of four hundred pounds?

1. To describe the silverback gorilla's physical characteristics
2. To explain why gorillas need large enclosures
3. To compare gorillas to other primates
4. To scare the visitors into staying back

41. What percentage of DNA do gorillas share with humans?

1. About ninety percent
2. About ninety-five percent
3. About ninety-eight percent
4. About eighty-five percent

42. What will happen in fifteen minutes?

1. The gorillas will be moved indoors
2. The zoo will close for the day
3. A lecture about gorilla DNA
4. A feeding time demonstration at the gorilla habitat

43. What is the main purpose of this announcement?

1. To provide an update on hospital capacity
2. To report a decrease in flu cases
3. To announce a new vaccine research study
4. To warn about an increase in flu cases and recommend prevention

44. How many flu cases have been confirmed in the past two weeks?

1. Over twelve hundred
2. Over eight hundred
3. Over two thousand
4. About five hundred

45. Who are the most affected groups?

1. Pregnant women
2. Teenagers and young adults
3. Children under five and adults over sixty-five
4. Healthcare workers

46. What should people do if they experience difficulty breathing?

1. Take over-the-counter medication
2. Seek medical attention immediately
3. Drink warm fluids and rest
4. Call the health department hotline

47. What is the main purpose of this talk?

1. To introduce new company benefits
2. To complain about employee feedback on the schedule
3. To announce layoffs in the department
4. To announce adjustments to the new shift schedule based on feedback

48. What change was made to weekend shifts?

1. They are voluntary with a ten percent pay premium
2. They are limited to senior staff only
3. They are now mandatory for all employees
4. They have been eliminated entirely

49. How long are the paid breaks for shifts over eight hours?

1. Fifteen minutes
2. Thirty minutes
3. Forty-five minutes
4. One hour

50. When will the new schedule be posted?

1. Next month
2. By Monday
3. By Friday
4. Today