This study aims to investigate the real situation of listening skills of the first year non-majored students at Ha Noi University of Natural resources and Environment, evaluate the effectiveness of using audios on the internet at Pre-intermediate level to improve listening skills for the first year non-majored students and propose some effective solutions to improve listening skills for the first year non-majored students by using free listening audio resources on the internet. The participants of this research were 100 the first year non-majored students, with the same A2 level (level 2/6 of the European reference competency framework) studying English semester 2 of the 2023 - 2024 school year at HUNRE. The age of the research group is from 18 to 19 years old. According to the findings of this article, all of the participants had difficulties learning English listening, particularly problems with background knowledge.