TOEFL LISTENING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Section Directions
- This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English.
- You will listen to 1 conversation and 1 lecture. You will hear each conversation and lecture one time.
- After each conversation or lecture, you will answer some questions about it. The questions typically ask about the main idea and supporting details. Some questions ask about a speaker’s purpose or attitude. Answer the Questions based on what is stated or implied by the speakers.
- You may take notes while you listen. You may use your notes to help you answer the questions. Your notes will not be scored.
- In some questions, you will see this icon:
. This means that you will hear, but not see, part of the question. - You will now begin this part of the Listening section.
Listen to a discussion between a student and an advisor.
CONSULTATION : PROBLEM CLASS ( Questions 1-6)
1 Why does the advisor want to talk with the student?
A To commend him on his work habits
B To discuss a deficiency in one class
C To discuss what his history professor is teaching
D To talk about each of the student’s classes
2 What problems does the student have?
Choose 2 answers
A He is not doing well in any of his classes.
B His history teacher gives unfair assignments.
C He is not in class all the time.
D He does not undersand what is being tested.
3 Listen again to part of the passage. Then answer the question.
What does the advisor mean when he says this:
A ‘I do not believe what you just said.’
B ‘What you just said is funny.’
C ‘Your response is not acceptable.’
D ‘Can you please repeat what you just said?’
4 How does the advisor seem to feel about the student’s responses?
A She thinks he is not telling the truth.
B She seems to believe his excuses are weak.
C She seems to accept what he says.
D She thinks what he says is amusing.
5 Does the advisor recommend each of these?
YES or No
Getting up in time for class YES / NO
Sitting in the back of the classroom YES / NO
Speaking more in class YES / NO
Finding out what is covered on the exams YES / NO
Taking careful notes YES / NO
6 What can be concluded from the conversation?
A There are good reasons that the student’s grades are low.
B History class is too hard a class for this student.
C The advisor expects too much from the student.
D The student should really consider taking a diffrent course.
LECTURE : PSYCHOLOGY – SLEEP ( Questions 7-12)
Listen as an instructor leads a discussion of some material from a psychology class.
7 What does the instructor mainly want to get across in the discussion?
A The types of brain wave patterns that humans experience in sleep
B How much rest humans and other animals require
C How human sleep differs from the sleep of other animals
D The characteristics of sleep in all types of living beings
8 What happens during human sleep?
Choose 2 answers.
A Muscles become relaxed.
B The rate of breathing increases.
C The heart rate decreases.
D Brain waves stop.
9 What does the instructor mean when he says this?
A ‘Let’s review the material we just covered.’
B ‘Let’s slow down because we’re going too fast.’
C ‘Let’s take a breaak aand start the claass again in a while.’
D ‘Let’s move on to the next topic.’
10 How long are the periods of dreaming for each of these groups of animals?
For each item, choose the correct answer.
Fish :
No period of dreaming
Brief periods of dreaming
Longer periods of dreaming
Mammals:
No period of dreaming
Brief periods of dreaming
Longer periods of dreaming
Birds :
No period of dreaming
Brief periods of dreaming
Longer periods of dreaming
11 How does the professor seem to feel about the students’ responses?
A Surprised
B Unsure
C Satisfied
D Overwhelmed
12 What conclusion can be drawn from the discussion?
A All animaals dream during their sleep.
B Humans are the only animals that dream in their sleep.
C Most animals do not have changes in brain waves during their sleep.
D Mammals seem to dream in their sleep, while other animals do not.
KEY
1 B
2 C, D
3 C
4 B
5 Y, N, N, Y, Y
6 A
7 D
8 A, C
9 A
10 FISH: No period of dreaming
MAMMALS: Longer periods of dreaming
BIRDS: Brief periods of dreaming
11 C
12 D