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Table of Contents
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
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
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
1. What are the people mainly discussing? 3. What does the man’s girlfriend usually eat?
(A) Eating (A) (B)
(B) Girlfriends
(C) A good diet
(D) Doctors
Skill A 01 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
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
1. What is the talk mainly about? 3. Which two statements are correct? Choose 2
(A) Geology answers.
(B) Biology (A) Sneezing caused the plague.
(C) History (B) Responding “God bless you” to a sneeze
(D) Nature began in Europe.
(C) A pope died from sneezing too often.
(D) Each sneeze releases thousands of
2. What is the main idea of the talk? germs.
(A) What happens when we sneeze
(B) Why people say “Bless you”
(C) How the plague started 4. Listen again to part of the conversation and
(D) How many germs are in sneezes 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.
1. History
Directions: Listen and fill in the note diagram with the correct words.
2. Computer Science
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.
_______________ of ideas
Ideology
forms basis of _______________ opinion
1. What are the people mainly discussing? 5. The woman explains how they can get the
(A) Not having enough fun money. Summarize the process by putting the
(B) The university’s money problems steps in the correct order.
(C) Getting money from a student activity fee
(D) A plan for the summer holidays 1.
2.
2. What kinds of programs will the student
activity fee pay for? 3.
(A) Scientific research
(B) An exchange student program 4.
(C) Plays, art fairs, and dances for students
(D) A new sports program
(A) Fill out a form on the web site
(B) Get $3,500 more
3. Why do the two students want to get some (C) Present their plan to do plays as a special
of the money? program
(A) To make a film (D) Get $500 after registering the club
(B) To start an arts and crafts fair
(C) To do plays in their drama club
(D) To do modern dance performances 6. Listen again to part of the conversation and
answer the question.
What does the woman mean when she
4. Listen again to part of the conversation and answers the man?
answer the question.
(A) She remembered what the man and
What does the man remember when he says her boyfriend did.
this: ? (B) She remembered what they did last
(A) A time with his girlfriend summer.
(B) Last summer’s theater class (C) She had forgotten about this.
(C) An idea for a special program (D) She remembered the idea to do the
(D) A play he saw plays before the man did.
BAYEUX
TAPESTRY
5. What is the topic of the lecture? 10. Match each of the examples with the
(A) Embroidery appropriate category.
(B) The Bayeux Tapestry
Bayeux Tapestry Bradford Carpet
(C) The Bradford Carpet
(D) Needlework