Tip 1 for “One recording, two questions” questions?

Read both questions and all 8 options before listening; the first question tells you whether to listen for purpose (왜 이 이야기를), topic (무엇에 대해) or reason (~ 이유).

Tip 2 for “One recording, two questions” questions?

Announcements: catch the opening (who is speaking: 관리사무소, 안내 데스크…) and the sentence with the main news (time, place).

Tip 3 for “One recording, two questions” questions?

Reason questions: look for the sentence before 그래서 or one with -아/어서, -기 때문에.

Tip 4 for “One recording, two questions” questions?

Detail questions: jot down times, numbers and places; traps change the day, time, floor, color or the person.

TOPIK I · Listening · Questions 25–30 · Level 2

One recording, two questions

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Hear a longer recording (announcement, dialogue or interview, Q25–30) and answer two questions: purpose/topic/reason, then a matching detail.

Test tips

Read both questions and all 8 options before listening; the first question tells you whether to listen for purpose (왜 이 이야기를), topic (무엇에 대해) or reason (~ 이유).
Announcements: catch the opening (who is speaking: 관리사무소, 안내 데스크…) and the sentence with the main news (time, place).
Reason questions: look for the sentence before 그래서 or one with -아/어서, -기 때문에.
Detail questions: jot down times, numbers and places; traps change the day, time, floor, color or the person.
You hear it twice: answer the general question first, then verify details on the second play.

Signal words and patterns

When you see these in a question, they point to the answer or to a trap.

안내 말씀 드리겠습니다
-(으)십시오
-부터 -까지
그래서
왜 ~?
-(으)려고
처음에는
전에는/지금은
이유
감사합니다

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Transcript

여자가 왜 이 이야기를 하고 있는지 맞는 것을 고르십시오.

Explanation

For a purpose question, listen to who is announcing and to the sentence carrying the main news. This is the management office ('관리사무소에서 안내 말씀'), and the key line is '목요일 ... 주차장을 쓸 수 없습니다' (the parking lot can't be used on Thursday). So the purpose is to announce the day the lot is closed: option 2. Option 1 is wrong because the playground is only the temporary parking spot. Option 3 is wrong: they repaint the floor, they don't build a new lot. Option 4 is wrong: residents aren't asked to clean.

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주민
관리사무소
주차장
칠하다
세우다

들은 내용과 같은 것을 고르십시오.

Explanation

The announcement says '학교 운동장에 차를 세워 주십시오' (please park in the school playground), so option 3 is right. The wrong options all shift a time: the painting is on Thursday, not Wednesday (1); the lot is closed only until 6 p.m. Thursday, so it's usable Thursday night (2); the playground can be used until Friday morning (4). Jot down the time expressions as you listen.

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운동장
차
세우다
목요일
금요일

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