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.
  

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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

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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.

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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?’

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.’

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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

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11 How does  the professor seem to feel about the students’ responses?

A   Surprised

B   Unsure

C   Satisfied

D   Overwhelmed

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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.

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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