86 LISTENING TQEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 18-22): In this exercise, you will use all of the infor- mation that you learned in Skills 18 through 22. Before the recording begins, you should read over the answers to questions 1 through 15 and do the following: * Anticipate the topics you will hear * Anticipate the questions. While you are listening to the conversations, you should do the following: © Listen for the topic in the first lines. * Draw conclusions about the situation (who, what, when, where). © Listen for the answers in order O Now Bei THE RECORDING AT TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (SkiLLS 18-22). 1. (A) Toaconcert 8. (A) Laramie (B) Toarehearsal (B)_ Devil's Tower National Monument (C) Toalecture (C) Old Faithful (D) To the library (D) Wyoming 2 (A) One 9. (A) Hear again about Yellowstone (B) Two (B) Take a trip to Yellowstone (©) Three (©) Geta job in a national park (D) Four (D) Move to Yellowstone 3. (A) The bus does notgo directly to the ‘10. (A) Howand when we celebrate Music Building. Thanksgiving (B)_ The bus goes very slowly to the (B) The traditional Thanksgiving Music Building. dinner (©) The bus sometimes does not come. (©) When Thanksgiving began (D) The bus will not arrive for a while. (D) Abraham Lincoln 4. (A) Walk 11. (A) With colonists in Massachusetts (B) Wait for the bus (B) Alone and thinking about how (©) Miss the lecture Thanksgiving developed (D) Think of another plan (©) With a big Thanksgiving dinner i. ‘ (D) Inan untraditional manner 8. (A) Boring (B) Fantastic 12. (A) The terrible winter (©) Lengthy (B) The corn harvest (D) Faithful (©) The development of Thanksgiving Day . i Dome (D) For geting the whole family (©) Bytrain ppeereett (D) Bybicycle 13. (A) Atmany different times (B) InJuly 7. (A) She went directly to Yellowstone. (B) She spenta few weeks in Laramie. (C)_ She stopped at the Devil's Tower ‘National Monument. (D) She made a few stops before going on to Yellowstone. (©) Anytime in November (D) Ona Thursday in NovemberThree talks, each followed by a number of multiple-choice questions, appear in Part C of the Listening Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test. You will hear the talks and the questions on a recording; they are not written in your test book. You must choose the best answer to each question from the four choices that are written in your test book. Like the conversations in Part B, the talks are often about some aspect of school life or topics currently in the news. It is also very common for the talks to be shortened versions of lec- LONG TALKS (Paper) LONG TALKS (PAPER TOEFL® TEST) tures from courses taught in American colleges and universities. (woman) Questions: Example from the Paper TOEFL® Test On the recording, you hear: (narrator) Questions I through 4. Listen to a talk about the settlement of America. The settling of the vast farmlands in central North America was delayed at least partly because of an error by one man. In the early nineteenth century, Liewtenant Zebulon Pike of the U.S. Army was sent out to explore and chart the huge expanses of land in the center of the continent. When he returned from his explorations, he wrote a report in which he erroneously stated that the vast plains in the central part of the continent were desertlike, comparable to the Sahara in Africa. In reality, however, these vast plains contained some of the most fertile farmland in the world. Because of Pike's mistake, the maps of the day depicted the central part of what is today the United States as a vast desert rather than the excellent and available farmland that it was. This mistaken belief about the nature of those lands caused settlers to avoid the central plains for years 1. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) What is the topic of this talk? In your test book, you read: (A) Zebulon Pike's career (B) A mistake that influenced the settlement of America (©) Areport for the army (D) The farmlands 2. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) How did Pike describe the area that he explored? In your test book, you read: (A) Asa desert (B) As usable for army purposes (C) Aslocated in the Sahara (D) As available for farmland a788 USTENING 3. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) What was this area really like? In your test book, you read: (A) It was a vast desert. (B)_Itwas covered with farms (C) It was excellent farmland. (D) It was similar to the Sahara. 4. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) This talk would probably be given in which of the following courses? In your test book, you read: (A) Agricultural Science (B) American History (C) Geology of the United States (D) Military Science The first question asks about the topic of the talk. The topic of the talk is found in the first sentence of the talk: The settling of the vast farmlands in central North America was delayed at least partly because of an error by one man. Therefore, the best answer to the question is (B). The sec- ond question is a detail question that asks how Pike described this area. It is stated in the talk that Pike wrote a report in which he erroneously stated that the vast plains in the central part of the continent were desertlike.... Therefore, the best answer to this question is (A). The third question is an additional detail question that asks what the area was really like. Because the talk indicates that in reality... these vast plains contained some of the most fertile farmland in the world, the best answer to this question is (C). The fourth question is an inference question. It asks in which course this lecture would probably be given. The word probably indicates to you that the question is not answered directly in the talk. You must draw a conclusion from the information in the talk to answer this question. Because this talk refers to the early nine- teenth century and discusses the settling of the vast farmlands in central North America, it would probably be given in an American History course. The best answer to this question is (B). PROCEDURES FOR THE LONG TALKS (Paper TOEFL® Test) If you have time, preview the answers to the 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 tall. The first line of the talk 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 the talk, draw conclusions about the situation of the talk: who is talking, where or when the talk takes place, which course this lecture might be given in. You will often be asked to make such inferences about the talk. . As you listen to the talk, 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 on the recording. . 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.LONG TALKS (Paper) The following skills will help you to implement these procedures in the long talks on the paper TOEFL test. BEFORE LISTENING Skit 23: ANTICIPATE THE TOPICS It is very helpful to your overall comprehension if you know what topics to expect in the long talks. You should therefore try to anticipate the topics that you will be hearing (as you did with the long conversations). For example, are the talks about American history, or lit- erature, or some aspect of school life? A helpful strategy is therefore to look briefly at the answers in the test book, before you actually hear the talks on the recording, and try to determine the topics of the talks that you will hear. EXERCISE 23: Look at the answers to the five questions together, and try to anticipate the topic of the talk for those five questions. (Of course, you cannot always determine exactly what the topic is, but you often can get a general idea.) Questions 1 through 5 have been answered for you. 1. (A) During a biology laboratory 4. (A) Room assignments session (B) Exam topics (B)_ Ina biology study group (C) Reading assignments (C) On the first day of class (D) The first lecture (D) Just before the final exam Bj ae 2 (A) Once aweek (B) Reading and writing assignments (B) Two times a week (C) Class participation and grades on (C) Three times a week examinations (D) For fifteen hours (D) Lecture and laboratory attendance 3. (A) Todo the first laboratory assignment (B) To take the first exam (C)_ To study the laboratory manual (D) To read one chapter of the text What is the topic of the talk for questions 1 through 5? the requirements of a biology class You can guess this because of the following clues: * biology {first day of class reading assignments exam(s) lab work 8990 6. (A) (@) (C) @) 7. (A) @) (c) @) 8 (A) (B) (c) (D) USTENING What caused the Ring of Fire i! The volcanoes of the Ring of Fire Hawaiian volcanoes Different types of volcanoes The Ring of Fire The characteristics of volcanoes in the Ring of Fire The volcanoes of Hawaii Mauna Loa 10. In Hawaii In the United States Along the Ring of Fire Within the Ring of Fire (A) (B) (©) (D) (A) (B) (C) () ‘What is the topic of the talk for questions 6 through 10? They are not so violent. They are located along the Ring of Fire. They contain a lot of gas. They contain thick lava. Avolcano on the Ring of Fire An island in Hawaii A long, low volcanic mountain ‘An explosive volcano 1. (A) (B) (Cc) () (a) (B) (©) (D) A) (B) (©) (@) 12. 13. What is the topic of the talk for questions 1] through 15? An artist A tour guide An Indian Orville Wright Several Sixty thousand Sixteen million Millions and millions ‘The National Air and Space Museum, ‘The Museum of Natural History ‘The American History Museum ‘The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building 14, 15. (a) (B) (©) (D) (A) (B) (Cc) (D) The American History Museum ‘The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building The Washington Museum The National Air and Space Museum To the White House To the Smithsonian To the mall To various other museumsLONG TALKS (Paper) SkiLL 24: ANTICIPATE THE QUESTIONS Itis very helpful to your ability to answer individual questions with the long talks if you can anticipate what the questions will be and listen specifically for the answers to those ques- tions (as you did with the long conversations). Example from the Paper TOEFL® Test In your test book, you read: (A) For three weeks (B) For three days (©) For three months (D) For three hours ‘You try to anticipate the question: How long does (something) last? In this example, you can be quite certain that one of the questions will be about how long something lasts. Since you are sure that this is one of the questions, you can listen carefully for clues that will give you the answer. This example shows that a helpful strategy is there- fore to look briefly at the answers in the test book, before you actually hear the talks on the recording, and try to determine the questions that you will be asked to answer. EXERCISE 24: Study the following answers and try to determine what the questions will be. (You should note that perhaps you will only be able to predict part of a question, rather than the complete question.) If you cannot predict the question in a short period of time, then move on to the next group of answers. Question 1 has been answered for you. 1. Question: __When does the talk probably take place? (A) During a biology laboratory session (B)_ Ina biology study group (C)_ On the first day of class (D) Just before the final exam 2. Question: (A) Once a week (B) Two times a week (C) Three times a week (D) For fifteen hours 3. Question: (A) To do the first laboratory assignment (B) To take the first exam (C) To study the laboratory manual (D) To read one chapter of the text 4. Question: (A) Room assignments (B) Exam topics (C)_ Reading assignments (D) The first lecture 9192 LISTENING By 10. ul. 12. 13. Question: (A) Exams and lab work (B) Reading and writing assignments (C)_ Class participation and grades on examinations (D) Lecture and laboratory attendance Question: (A) What caused the Ring of Fire (B) The volcanoes of the Ring of Fire (C) Hawaiian volcanoes (D) Different types of volcanoes Question: (A). The Ring of Fire (B) The characteristics of volcanoes in the Ring of Fire (C)_ The volcanoes of Hawaii (D) Mauna Loa Question: (A) In Hawai (B)_ In the United States (C) Along the Ring of Fire (D) Within the Ring of Fire Question: (A). They are not so violent. (B)_ They are located along the Ring of Fire. (©) They contain a lot of gas. (D) They contain thick lava. Question (A) Avolcano on the Ring of Fire (B) An island in Hawaii (C)_ Along, low volcanic mountain (D) An explosive volcano Question (A) An artist (B) A tour guide (C) An Indian (D) Orville Wright Question: (A) Several (B) Sixty thousand (C)_ Sixteen million (D) Millions and millions Question: (A) The National Air and Space Museum (B) The Museum of Natural History (C) The American History Museum (D) The Smithsonian Arts and Industries BuildingLONG TALKS (Paper) 14. Question: (A) The American History Museum (B) The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Bui (C) The Washington Museum (D) The National Air and Space Museum ing 15. Question: (A) To the White House (B) To the Smithsonian (C) To the mall (D) To various other museums WHILE LISTENING Skit 25: DETERMINE THE TOPIC As you listen to each long talk, you should be thinking about the topic (subject) or main idea for the talk (as you did with the long conversations). Since the first sentence is gener ally a topic sentence, you should be asking yourself what the topic is while you are listening carefully to the first part of the talk. Example from the Paper TOEFL® Test 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. EXERCISE 25: Listen to the first part of each of the talks, and decide on the topic of each talk. (1) Now sean THe neconoinc ar Exercise 25, 1. What is the topic of Talk 1? 2. Whatis the topic of Talk 2? 3. Whatis the topic of Talk 3?