LISTENING COMPREHENSION

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Exercise 12: Conversations-Friends on Campus

In some conversations in Listening Section on the Paper-Based TOEFL, you will be asked to recall information exchanged in conversations among friends in a variety of settings on campus. Choose the best answer.

CONVERSATION ONE

1. What is the main topic of this conversation?

(A)   The man’s graduation

(B)   The couple’s engagement

(C)   The man’s smoking

(D)   The man’s stress

2. What does the woman suggest?

(A)   That the man rethink their plans

(B)   That the man see a family doctor

(C)   That the man see a psychiatrist

(D)   That the man concentrate on his studies

3. What does the man promise to do?

(A)   Get a patch to help him stop smoking

(B)   Stop smoking immediately on his own

(C)   Smoke less than usual for the next week

(D)   Think about the woman’s suggestions

4. How does the man feel about the woman’s decision?

(A)   Patient

(B)   Surprised

(C)   Worried

(D)   Irritated

5. What can infer about the woman?

(A)   She has stopped smoking

(B)   She does not want to get married to the man

(C)   She has asked the man to quit smoking many times

(D)   She is not in love with the man

CONVERSATION TWO

1. What prompted this conversation?

(A)   Bill got hungry

(B)   John noticed the time

(C)   John had an exam

(D)   John decided to go home

2. Why is John studying?

(A)   He has a test that night

(B)   He plans to go home for the weekend

(C)   He has not studied during the semester

(D)   He is helping his friend

3. When will the cafeteria close?

(A)   At six o’clock

(B)   At six-thirty

(C)   Over the weekend

(D)   On Monday

4. What does Bill want John to do?

(A)   Bill wants John to study with him in the dormitory

(B)   Bill wants John to go home with him for the weekend

(C)   Bill wants John to let him know if he orders a pizza

(D)   Bill wants John to find out what is being served in the cafeteria

5. What will Bill most probably do now?

(A)   Continue studying

(B)   Go to the cafeteria

(C)   Cook dinner at home

(D)   Eat pizza

Source: Barron’s Practice Exercises for the TOEFL

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EXERCISE LISTENING PART C (Lectures)

Posted on March 6, 2013 by listi.andriani

LISTENING PRACTICE 2

1

A. That compounds do not always share the properties of their components.

B. That any compound with sodium is a dangerous compound.

C. That sodium chloride has the same properties as sodium and chlorine.

D. That sodium chloride is a compound of sodium and chlorine.

2

A. It must be stored in oil.

B. It is less dangerous than sodium.

C. It has the same properties as sodium.

D. It reacts with either water or air.

3

A. It is green in color.

B. It is in a gaseous state.

C. It reacts with water.

D. It may be dangerous.

4

A. They create sodium chloride.

B. They become ordinary table salt.

C. Their properties change.

D. They become dangerous.

PART C– PRACTICE 2

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LISTENING PART C (Lectures)

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Lectures are short talks that provide information about academic subjects. They are like short lectures that might be heard in a college classroom.

In some talks, you will hear academic information in a short lecture.

When you hear a lecture, you must be able to summarize the important ideas. You must also be able to answer questions that begin with the following words: who, what, when, where, why?

It will help you to listen to documentary programs on radio and television. Programs on educational broadcasting networks are especially helpful. Listen carefully. Ask yourself questions to test your ability to remember the information.

Example

Ernest Hemingway began his writing career as an ambitious young American newspaperman in Paris after the first World War. His early books, including The Sun Also Rises, were published in Europe before they were released in the United States.

Hemingway always wrote from experience rather than from imagination. In Farewell to Arms, published in 1929, he recounted his adventures as an ambulance driver in Italy during the war. In For Whom the Bell Tolls, published in 1940, he retold his memories of the Spanish Civil War.

Perhaps more than any other twentieth-century American writer, he was responsible for creating a style of literature. The Hemingway style was hard, economical, and powerful. It lured the reader into using imagination in order to fill in the details.

In 1952, Hemingway published the Old Man and the Sea, a short, compelling tale of an old fisherman’s struggle to haul in a giant marlin that he had caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Some critics interpreted it as the allegory of man’s struggle against old age; others interpreted it as man against the forces of nature. This book was the climax of Hemingway’s career. Two years later he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature.

Questions:

1. What theme did Hemingway use for many of his books?
1. War
2. Romance
3. Travel
4. Sport
2. What was the Hemingway style?
1. Long description
2. Imaginative details
3. Short sentences
4. Difficult symbolism
3. What prize did Hemingway win after he wrote the Old Man and the Sea?
1. The Nobel prize for literature
2. The European prize for best book of 1952
3. The lifetime achievement award for literature
4. The American newspaper prize for young writers
4. What advice would Hemingway probably give to other writers?
1. Write for a newspaper before you begin writing novels
2. Create your own style of literature
3. Write from experience about things you have seen and people you have known
4. Travel in order to meet interesting people

Source: Barron’s How to Prepare for the TOEFL

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EXERCISE LISTENING PART C (Academic Talks)

Posted on March 5, 2013 by listi.andriani

LISTENING PRACTICE 1

1

A. It should be about a historical event.

B. It should be a fictional paper.

C. It should be three pages long.

D. It should be about a well-known person.

2

A. Read one biography of each of three different presidents.

B. Read three biographies of each of three different presidents.

C. Read one biography of a single president.

D. Read three biographies of a single president.

3

A. What should the students concentrate on in their papers?

B. How the biographies are dissimilar.

C. What the highlights of the person’s life are.

D. What is similar in the biographies.

4

A. On October 1.

B. On November 1.

C. On December 1.

D. On January 1.

PART C– PRACTICE 1

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LISTENING PART C (Academic Talks)

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Academic talks are short talks that provide orientation to academic courses and procedures. In some talks , you will hear academic talks on a variety of college and university topics.

When you hear a talk, you must be able to summarize the main ideas. You must also be able to answer questions about important details. You will usually not be asked to remember minor details.

Example

Since we’ll be having our midterm exam next week, I thought I’d spend a few minutes talking with you about it.  I realize that none of you has ever taken a class with me before, so you really don’t know what to expect on one of my exams.

First, let me remind you that I have included a very short description of the midterm on the syllabus that you received at the beginning of the semester. So you should read that. I also recommend that you organize and review your notes from all of our class sessions. I’m not saying that the book is unimportant, but the notes should help you to identify those topics that we covered in greatest detail. Then, you can go back to your book and reread the sections that deal with those topics. I also suggest that you take another look at the articles on reserve in the library. They have information in them that this is not in the book, and although we didn’t talk much about them in class, I do feel that they are important, so you can expect to see a few questions from the articles on the exam. Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Besides the twenty-five objective questions, there will be five essays questions, and you must choose three.

Questions:

1. What does the speaker mainly discuss?
2. When will the students take exam?
3. According to the professor, what should the students do to prepare?
4. What is the format of the exam?

Source: Barron’s How to Prepare for the TOEFL

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LISTENING PART C (While Listening)

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SKILL 25: DETERMINE THE TOPIC

As you listen to each talk in Listening Part C, you should be thinking about the topic (subject) or main idea for the talk. Since the first sentence is generally a topic sentence, you should be asking yourself what the topic is while you are listening carefully to the first part of the talk.

On the recording, you hear:

(man)  The major earthquake that occurred east of Los Angeles in 1971 is still affecting the economy of the area today.

You think:

The topic of the talk is the effect of the 1971 earthquake on Los Angeles today.

SKILL 26: DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

As you listen to each talk in Listening Part C, you should be trying to set the situation in your mind. You should be thinking the following thoughts:

• Who is talking?

• When does the talk probably take place?

• Where does the talk probably take place?

• What is the source of information for the talk?

Example

(woman) The next stop on our tour of Atlanta will be the original home of Coca-Cola, at 107 Marietta Street. Coca-Cola was manufactured at this location until early in September of 1888.

You think:

Who is probably talking?                    (a tour guide)

Where are they?                                 (in Atlanta)

What course are they discussing?      (in the middle of a tour)

SKILL 27: LISTEN FOR ANSWERS IN ORDER

There are two possible methods to use while you listen to the talks in Listening Part C:

• You can just listen to the talk (and ignore the answers).

• You can follow along with the answers while you listen.

Source: Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

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LISTENING PART C (Before Listening)

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SKILL 23: ANTICIPATE THE TOPIC

It is very helpful to your overall comprehension if you know what topics to expect in Listening Part C. You should therefore try to anticipate the topic that you will be hearing. (as you did in Listening Part B). For example, are the talks about American history, or literature, or some aspect of school life? A helpful strategy is therefore to look briefly at the answers in the test book, before you actually to hear the talks on the tape, and try to determine the topics of the talks that you will hear.

SKILL 24: ANTICIPATE THE QUESTIONS       

It is very helpful to your ability to answer individual questions in Listening Part C if you can anticipate what the questions will be and listen specifically for the answer to those questions (as you did in Listening Part B).

Example

In your text book, you read :

(A)   For three weeks.

(B)   For three days.

(C)   For three months.

(D)  For three hours.

You try to anticipate the questions:

How long does (something) last?

Before you actually hear the talks on the tape, and try to determine the questions that you will be asked to answer.

Source: Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL

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LISTENING PART C (STRATEGIES)

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STRATEGIES FOR THE LISTENING PART C QUESTIONS

• If you have time, preview the answers to the Listening Part C questions. While you are looking at the answers, you should try to do the following:

–        Anticipate the topics of the talks you will hear.

–        Anticipate the questions for each of the groups of answers.

• Listen carefully to the first line of the talk. The first line of the talks often contains the main idea, subject, or topic of the talk, and you will often be asked this type of question.
• As you listen to talk, draw conclusions about the situation of the talk: who is talking, where or when the talk takes place. You will often be asked to make such inferences about the talk.
• As you listen to the conversation, follow along with the answers in your test book and try to determine the correct answers. Detail questions are generally answered in order in the talk, and the answers often sound the same as what is said in the recording program.
• You should guess even if you are not sure. Never leave any answers blank.
• Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers to the questions that follow.

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LISTENING PART B (Informal Conversations)

Posted on March 2, 2013 by listi.andriani

TYPES OF PROBLEM IN LONGER CONVERSATIONS

Informal Conversations

Informal conversations are conversations between friends or with service personnel in stores or restaurants.

In some longer conversations, you will hear an informal exchange between two speakers.

When you hear a conversation, you must be able to summarize the important ideas. You will usually NOT be required to remember small details.

It will help you to review the short conversations in this chapter.

Example

Ted Parker:         Are you Mrs. Williams?

Mrs. Williams:    Why, yes!

Ted Parker:         I’m Ted Parker. I talked with you on the telephone earlier today.

Mrs. Williams:    Oh, good.

Ted Parker:         Let me show you that we have in a new Oldsmobile Cutlass.

Mrs. Williams:    I want to look at last year’s model, too, if you have any.

Ted Parker:         I have one. A red Delta 88, with 2,000 miles on it. It was a demonstrator.

Mrs. Williams:    A demonstrator?

Ted Parker:         That means that only the sales staff have driven it.

Mrs. Williams:    Oh, well, let’s just look at the new ones then.

Ted Parker:        Okay. Everything on this side of the lot is the Cutlass model. You said on the phone that you are looking for automatic. Did you have any idea of other options that you’d like to have on the car? Air conditioning , power windows, maybe cruise control?

Mrs. Williams:    Just air conditioning…..and an FM radio.

Ted Parker:        Then I suggest that you just spend some time looking at the cars in the last row there. Those six. They have the options and the prices on the sticker on the window, and if you have any questions, I’ll be glad to help you.

Mrs. Williams:    Thank you.

Ted Parker:        Let me just say that the best way to know whether you want a car is to drive it. So, when you find something you think you may be interested in, we can take it out for a test drive and let you get the feel of it.

Mrs. Williams:    Okay. That sounds like a good idea.

Question:

1. Who is the man?
2. What is the woman looking for?
3. Besides automatic shift, what options does the woman want?
4. What will the woman probably do?

Source: Barron’s How to Prepare for the TOEFL

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LISTENING PART A (Topics)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by listi.andriani

A topic is a main theme in a conversation or in a piece of writing.

In some short conversations, the speakers will discuss a particular topic.

When you hear a conversation, you must be able to identify the main topic from among several secondary themes that support the topics.

Example:

Man: Tell me about your trip to New York.

Woman: It was great! We saw the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building and all of the tourist attractions the first day, then we saw the museums the second day and spent the rest of the time shopping and seeing shows.

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