TOEFL Preparation

MEETING 3
SKILL 7 :

THE QUESTIONS
 It is very helpful to be able to answer individual questions that
accompany the conversation.

 Try to anticipate what the questions will be and listen specifically for
the answers to those questions

Example:

In your test book, you read:

(A) On Monday
(B) Next week
(C) Tomorrow
(D) After class

Anticipated questions:
When will something happen?
 Exercise 7
1. Question: What..............................................?
(A) What the assignment is.
(B) How good the professor is.
(C) The information in Chapter Six.
(D) What questions they should ask the professor.
 
2. Question: ____?
(A) Six pages.
(B) Six chapters.
(C) Sixty pages.
(D) The sixth chapter.
 
 3. Question: ______________________?
(A) Whether or not they should i the chapters.
(B) Whether or not they should answer the questions.
(C) Which chapters they should read.
(D) When the professor gave the assignment.
 
4. Question:
(A) Turn in the assignment.
(B) See the professor.
(C) Go to class.
(D) Talk to a classmate.
 
5. Question:
(A) A bees stung him.
(B) He saw some bees and hornets.
(C) He was stung by a hornet.
(D) He took some eggs from a nest.
 
6. Question:
(A) To liberate bees.
(B) To protect their nests.
(C) To hatch their eggs.
(D) To defend the park.
 
7. Question:
(A) A hornet’s nest.
(B) Some bee’s eggs.
(C) A parked car.
(D) A swarm of bees.
 
8. Question:
(A) To stay indoors.
(B) To see where the hornet’s nest is located.
(C) Not to walk in the same location as Greg.
(D) To keep away from Greg
 
9. Question:
(A) The size of the campus.
(B) The city bus system.
(C) The length of time for each class.
(D) The university bus system.
 
10. Question:
(A) The entire campus.
(B) Part of the campus.
(C) The campus and the city.
(D) Only the off-campus areas.

11. Question:
(A) Nothing.
(B) Three dollars.
(C) A few cents.
(D) Fifty cents.
 
12. Question:
(A) Red.
(B) Green.
(C) Yellow.
(D) Blue.

 
SKILL 8 :

THE TOPICS
 As you listen to each long conversation, you should be thinking about the topic
(subject) or main idea for each conversation

 The first and second sentences usually give the topic.

Example:
On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) Listen to the conversation between two students
(man) what did you think of that history exam?
(women) that was the hardest exam I’ve ever seen
(man) And it wasn’t just hard ! It was long, too.

You think:

The topic of the conversation is a very long and difficult

history exam
 Exercise 8

Listen to the first part of each of the conversations, and decide on the topic of
each conversation.
 .
 
1. What is the topic of Conversation 1?
______________________________________
 
2. What is the topic of Conversation 2?
______________________________________
 
3. What is the topic of Conversation 3?
______________________________________
SKILL 9 :
THE ORDER OF THE ANSWER
 The answers to the questions accompanying long conversation

are generally found in order in the conversation.

 When listening to the conversation, you should be thinking

about the answers to the questions in the order that they are

listed in the test book.

Example:
On the recording you hear:

(narrator) : Questions 1 and 2. Listen to two students on a university

campus.
(man) : Can you help me? I’m lost
(woman) : Sure. Where are you trying to go?
(man) : I have a class in Stanfield Hall at 3:00. I thought I knew
where I was going but I guess I was wrong.
(woman) : you are certainly lost. Stanfield Hall is on the other side of
the university. I’m heading in that direction. Come on with
me, and I’ll show you the way.
(man) : Thanks. You’re a lifesaver
 On the recording, you hear:

(narrator) 1. What problem does the man have?

2. Where is Stanfield Hall?

In your test book, you read:

1. (A) He’s sick
(B) He’s lost
(C) He’s tired
2. (D)
(A)He’s
Directly
brokein front of them
(B) To the left
(C) Quite nearby
(D) On the other side of campus
 Listen to each complete conversation, and answer the questions that follow .
  
Exercise 9
1. (A) What the assignment is.
(B) How good the professor is.
(C) The information in Chapter Six. 7. (A) A hornet’s nest.
(D) What questions they should ask the professor. (B) Some bee’s eggs.
  (C) A parked car.
2. (A) Six pages. (D) A swarm of bees.
(B) Six chapters.  
(C) Sixty pages. 8. (A) To stay indoors.
(D) The sixth chapter. (B) To see where the hornet’s nest is located.
  (C) Not to walk in the same location as Greg.
3. (A) Whether or not they should read the chapters. (D) To keep away from Greg
(B) Whether or not they should answer the questions.
(C) Which chapters they should read. 9. (A) The size of the campus.
(D) When the professor gave the Assignment. (B) The city bus system.
(C) The length of time for each class.
4. (A) Turn in the assignment. (D) The university bus system.
(B) See the professor.  
(C) Go to class. 10. (A) The entire campus.
(D) Talk to a classmate. (B) Part of the campus.
(C) The campus and the city.
5. (A) A bee stung him. (D) Only the off-campus areas.
(B) He saw some bees and hornets.  
(C) He was stung by a hornet. 11. (A) Nothing.
(D) He took some eggs from a nest. (B) Three dollars.
  (C) A few cents.
6. (A) To liberate bees.
(D) Fifty cents.
(B) To protect their nests.
 
(C) To hatch eggs.
12. (A) Red.
(D) To defend the park.
(B) Green.
 
(C) Yellow.
 
(D) Blue.
 
In this exercise, you will use all of the information that you learned in Skills 7 through 9. TOEFL Exercise (Skill 7-9)

1. (A) Where the woman lives.

 
(B) Where the man can find out the time.
7. (A) 50 tons.
(C) Where the school is located.
(B) 50 million tons.
(D) Where the man can mail something.
(C) 85 million tons.
 
(D) 850 million tons.
2. (A) Several streets away.
(B) Just over one block away.
8. (A) Cut down more trees.
(C) Four miles away.
(B) Use less paper.
(D) A great distance.
(C) Produce more paper.
 
(D) Read more about the problem.
3. (A) For one hour.
(B) For two hours.
9. (A) The difficulty in finding some books.
(C) For four hours.
(B) How far it is to the library
(D) For five hours.
(C) The amount of reading they must do.
 
4. (A) Go buy a package. (D) How much they don’t like the books.
(B) Go pick up his mail.  
(C) Go mail a package. 10. (A) A speed-reading class.
(D) Get into his car. (B) An American novels class.
(C) A library skills class.
5. (A) From a textbook. (D) A class in literary criticism.
(B) From the television.  
(C) From a magazine. 11. (A) Some novels.
(D) From a lecture. (B) Some short stories.
(C) A textbook.
6. (A) How trees are grown in America. (D) Some journal articles.
(B) How paper is made from trees.  
(C) Why paper is used so much. 12 . (A) Go to the library.
(D) The amount of paper that Americans (B) Head for class.
use. (C) Return to the dorms.
(D) Start reading.