A d a m W o r c e s t e r • L a r k B o w e r m a n LISTENING Building iBT TOEFL ® Skills Beginning BT TOEFL-Listening 2005.10.13 1:29 PM Page 3 Contents Table of Introduction to TOEFL ® Listening - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Chapter 1 Short Passage Skill Practice Skill A Understanding Main Ideas and Organization - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 Skill B Understanding Details and Facts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Skill C Determining Reasons, Purposes, and Attitudes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Review A C: Vocabulary Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Skill Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 48 Skill D Matching Words and Categories - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Skill E Making Inferences and Predictions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Skill F Placing Steps in a Sequence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73 Review A F: Vocabulary Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 84 Skill Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 86 Chapter 2 Long Passage Skill Practice Skill A Understanding Main Ideas and Organization - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 93 Skill B Understanding Details and Facts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 101 Skill C Determining Reasons, Purposes, and Attitudes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 109 Review A C: Vocabulary Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 118 Skill Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 122 Skill D Matching Words and Categories - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 131 Skill E Making Inferences and Predictions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 139 Skill F Placing Steps in a Sequence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 147 Review A F: Vocabulary Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 156 Skill Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 160 Chapter 3 Focus: Note-taking Focus A Note-taking with Tables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 172 Focus B Note-taking with Diagrams - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 174 Practice Test for Listening - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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What are the people mainly discussing? (A) Eating (B) Girlfriends (C) A good diet (D) Doctors 2. What is the woman’s main point? (A) Eat right to stay slim. (B) Don’t skip meals. (C) Don’t eat chips and drink cola. (D) Listen to your boyfriend. 3. What does the man’s girlfriend usually eat? (A) (B) (C) (D) 4. Fill in the blanks to complete the organizer. Campus Life Notes _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ skip (v): to avoid; to not do binge (v): to eat or drink in an uncontrolled, excessive manner ruin (v): to destroy; to damage grain (n): a food that comes from grass, like wheat, rice, and corn regular (adj): following a set schedule; at the same time every day Eat when you are ________ Don’t ________ meals Eat ________ meals Eat fruit, ________, meats, and grains How to stay healthy and slim BT TOEFL-Listening 2005.10.13 1:29 PM Page 16 94 Chapter 2 Long passage Skill Practice Skill A 01 1. What is the talk mainly about? (A) Geology (B) Biology (C) History (D) Nature 2. What is the main idea of the talk? (A) What happens when we sneeze (B) Why people say “Bless you” (C) How the plague started (D) How many germs are in sneezes 3. Which two statements are correct? Choose 2 answers. (A) Sneezing caused the plague. (B) Responding “God bless you” to a sneeze began in Europe. (C) A pope died from sneezing too often. (D) Each sneeze releases thousands of germs. 4. Listen again to part of the conversation and answer the question. What does the professor imply when he says this: ? (A) Pope Gregory knew a lot about medicine. (B) Pope Gregory didn’t like doctors. (C) Pope Gregory was dying because of the plague. (D) Pope Gregory was concerned about the plague. Culture Notes _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ customary (adj): the normal way; a usual habit response (n): an answer to a question; a reply theory (n): an idea explaining something superstition (n): a belief in luck or the influence of magic custom (n): a normal or common action for a particular culture elect (v): to choose by vote plague (n): a deadly, serious, widespread disease get rid of (v): to remove; to destroy; to make go away order (v): to command; to tell to do immediately (adv): right away; very soon after BT TOEFL-Listening 2005.10.13 1:29 PM Page 94 174 Chapter 3 Focus: Note-taking Focus B - Completing Note Diagrams 01 1. History Directions: Listen and fill in the note diagram with the correct words. 3. Political Science Directions: Listen and fill in the note diagram with the correct words. forms basis of _______________ opinion _______________ of ideas how _______________ works _______________ needed to make it work 2. Computer Science Directions: Listen and fill in the note diagram with the correct words. a faster way is a _______________ connection people looking for faster ways to get _______________ a VSDL connection has a greater _______________ gives around 52 _______________ per second Words Concerned with Ideology Spain 1490s - Spanish people brought ________________ from America Spain became _________ Made new colonies: ________ and _______ 1588 - War with ____________ Began to lose ___________ 1898 - ______ ______ in Spanish-American War 16 th Century - ___________________ in world location - S of _____, W of _____ BT TOEFL-Listening 2005.10.13 1:30 PM Page 174 180 Practice Test 1. What are the people mainly discussing? (A) Not having enough fun (B) The university’s money problems (C) Getting money from a student activity fee (D) A plan for the summer holidays 2. What kinds of programs will the student activity fee pay for? (A) Scientific research (B) An exchange student program (C) Plays, art fairs, and dances for students (D) A new sports program 3. Why do the two students want to get some of the money? (A) To make a film (B) To start an arts and crafts fair (C) To do plays in their drama club (D) To do modern dance performances 4. Listen again to part of the conversation and answer the question. What does the man remember when he says this: ? (A) A time with his girlfriend (B) Last summer’s theater class (C) An idea for a special program (D) A play he saw 5. The woman explains how they can get the money. Summarize the process by putting the steps in the correct order. (A) Fill out a form on the web site (B) Get $3,500 more (C) Present their plan to do plays as a special program (D) Get $500 after registering the club 6. Listen again to part of the conversation and answer the question. What does the woman mean when she answers the man? (A) She remembered what the man and her boyfriend did. (B) She remembered what they did last summer. (C) She had forgotten about this. (D) She remembered the idea to do the plays before the man did. 4. 3. 2. 1. BT TOEFL-Listening 2005.10.13 1:30 PM Page 180 Practice Test 181 5. What is the topic of the lecture? (A) Embroidery (B) The Bayeux Tapestry (C) The Bradford Carpet (D) Needlework 8. According to the professor, what is the definition of embroidery? (A) Needlework that makes clothes (B) Needlework that creates designs and pictures (C) Paintings that show famous scenes from history (D) Stitching strands of thread or wool 9. Why does the professor mention the Battle of Hastings? (A)To test the students’ knowledge of history (B) As part of a story about the Bradford Carpet (C) As part of a story about his father (D) It’s shown on a famous embroidery 10. Match each of the examples with the appropriate category. (A) Uses silk thread (B) Made in 17 th Century (C) Has 58 scenes (D) Colors made with vegetable dyes 11. Why does the professor says this: ? (A) To show the students how clever he is (B) To remind the students of something they know (C) To explain the story of the Bradford Carpet (D) To correct something he had said earlier 12. What does the professor imply when he says this: ? (A) He likes machines. (B) He wants new clothes. (C) He doesn’t like hand embroidery. (D) He likes hand embroidery. 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