TOEFL Preparation Session

Day 7
Listening Section
Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
Listening Comprehension
Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
Listening Part B

Part B of the Listening consists of two long conversations, each followed by several
questions.
The conversations are often about some aspect of school (how difficult a class
is, how to write a research paper, how to register for a course) or about general living
(renting an apartment, playing sports, going to the bank).
The conversations can also be about topics currently in the news in the United States
(recycling of used products, damage from a storm or some other
type of natural phenomenon).

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Listening Comprehension
Skill 1: Listening Part B & C

General Tips for Listening Part B & C

1. lf you have the time, preview the answers to the Listening Part B & C
questions.
2. Listen carefully to the first line of the conversation or talk.
3. Draw conclusion of who, what, where.
4. Follow along with the answers in your test book, and try to determine the
correct answers.
5. You should guess even if you are not sure.
6. Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers to the questions
that follow

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Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
The questions
By reading the answers, guess what the questions will be and listen specifically for the
answers to those questions.

The topic
Since the first one or two sentences usually give the topic, you should guess the
topic while you are listening carefully to the first part of the conversation.

The order of the answers

As you listen to the conversation, think about the answers to the
questions in the order that they are listed in the test book.
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Listening Comprehension
Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
Example:
Something to do with the bus?
1. (A) To a live music. 3. (A) The bus doesn’t stop at music building.
(B) To the bus station. (B) The bus goes very slowly.
(C) To a lecture. (C) The bus is always full.
(D) To the hospital. (D) The bus will not arrive for a while.
Where to?
2. (A) one 4. (A) Walk.
(B) two (B) Go back home.
(C) three (C) Skip the class.
(D) four (D) Wait for five minutes.
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Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
Exercise
5. (A) Scary. 8. (A) Wyoming.
(B) Fantastic. (B) Laramie.
(C) Awful. (C) Old Faithful
(D) Expensive. (D) National Monument
6. (A) By car. 9. (A) Look at Yellowstone pictures.
(B) By motorcycle. (B) Take a trip to Yellowstone.
(C) By train. (C) Move to Laramie.
(D) By plane. (D) Look for a job in a national park
7. (A) She went straight to Yellowstone.
(B) She spent a day in Laramie.
(C) She stopped at the Devil’s Tower National Monument.
(D) She made a few stops before going on to Yellowstone.

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Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
Listening Part C
Part C consists of three talks, each followed by several questions. Like the
conversations in Listening 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 lectures from courses taught in American
colleges and universities.

The tips for part C are similar to part B:

- Guess the questions and topics
- Draw conclusion by asking about who, what, where
- Focus on first line for main ideas
- Follow through the answers in order
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Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
Example:

1. (A) Coworkers. 3. (A) Computer areas and business materials.

(B) Students from all majors. (B) First and second floor of the library.
(C) Undergraduate students (C) Books and journals.
(D) Graduate business students (D) Business and Library studies materials

2. (A) It opens at 7 a.m. 4. (A) Read the journals.

(B) It closes on weekends. (B) Study in the library.
(C) It opens on weekdays (C) Go back to the class.
(D) It is always opens (D) Tour the library.
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Exercise
5. (A) A medical student 7. (A) Alcohol
(B) A physiotherapist (B) Caffeine
(C) A dermatologist (C) Nicotine
(D) A beautician (D) Smoking

6. (A) How to avoid stress 8. (A) It causes stress.

(B) How stress affects the skin (B) It causes increase consumption of nicotine.
(C) Stress and Alcohol (C) It prevents the skin from receiving enough
(D) The effects of nicotine on health nourishment.
(D) It can worsen iching

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Skill 1: Listening Part B & C
Remember

1. lf you have the time, preview the answers before listening and try to guess the
questions and topics.
2. Listen carefully to the first line of the conversation or talk.
3. Draw conclusion of who, what, where.
4. Follow through the answers in order.
5. You should guess even if you are not sure.
6. Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers to the questions
that follow

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