TOEFL 13

Listening Test

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 Conversation 1

 
Listen to a conversation between a student and a person working in a bookstore on campus.
 

Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.

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1. What reason does the student give for going to the store? 4. Listen again to part of the conversation. What does the
(A) To buy a secondhand book student imply?
(B) To pick up a reserved book (A) He is unlikely to get the book from the library soon.
(C) To ask how much a book costs (B) He does not like using books borrowed from the library.
(D) To complain about poor service (C) He has already used the book twice before in the library.
(D) He checked the library, and the book is not available there.
2. According to the woman, why can she not sell the man the
book he wanted to buy? 5. What does the student say about the secondhand book?
(A) A problem with the man’s method of payment Choose three answers.
(B) A misunderstanding about the title of the book [A] The pre-discount price is high.
(C) A mistake by an inexperienced member of staff [B] He would prefer not to buy it.
(D) A disagreement about how much the book costs [C] It has suffered some damage.
[D] He is happy one copy remains.
3. Listen again to part of the conversation. What does the [E] Some of the pages are missing.
woman mean?
(A) She has no clear idea of when the book will arrive.
(B) The book is likely to arrive at the store unexpectedly.
(C) She feels the book will arrive before the man needs it.
(D) The book will likely take at least two weeks to arrive.

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Lecture 1

Listen to part of a discussion in a linguistics class.

Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.

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9. The professor explains how a pidgin becomes a creole.
6. What is the discussion mainly about? Here are the steps, not in order:
(A) The linguistic impact of Portuguese
(B) Languages spoken in central Africa (A)  The language becomes increasingly standardized and fewer changes occur.​
(C) Two categories of mixed languages (B)  The language adapts and changes as people use it for trade purposes.​
(D) How creole languages turn into pidgins (C)  The language continues to stabilize and people begin to speak it natively.​
(D)  The language develops if two groups without a shared language interact.

7. Listen again to part of the talk. What does the professor Put the steps of this process in the order that they occur (first to last).
imply?
(A) D|A|B|C
(A) Stacey is the most likely person to give a correct definition.
(B) C|A|D|B
(B) He regularly asks for students to define key words in class.
(C) D|B|A|C
(C) He wants a student to give a clear, straightforward answer.
(D) B|D|C|A
(D) He previously asked the students to read some definitions.
10. Listen again to part of the talk. What does the professor imply when he
says this?
8. What are the characteristics of pidgins?
(A) Forro was easy for speakers of Bantu to learn. 
Choose three answers.
(B) When it originally developed, Forro was a pidgin. 
[A] They are a combination of two other languages.
(C) Some people still do not believe Forro is a creole. 
[B] They lack stability and may change or disappear.
(D) Forro took a very long time to evolve into a creole.
[C] They are languages that people hardly ever use.
[D] They develop to facilitate trade between two groups.
11. What is the professor’s opinion about Forro? 
[E] They are easy languages to learn or teach in school.
(A) It is closer to a pidgin than it is to a creole.
(C) It is like Portuguese and African languages.
(B) It has a relatively unsophisticated grammar.
(D) It exhibits all of the characteristics of a creole. 
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Lecture 2
 
Listen to part of a talk in a biology class.

Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.

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12. What is  the professor’s main purpose? 15. When do gibbons engage in situational bipedalism?
(A) To explain how bipedal species walk (A) When reaching up for food
(B) To discuss the benefits of bipedalism (B) When walking on the ground
(C) To describe the main bipedal species (C) When holding on to branches
(D) To present an overview of bipedalism (D) When swinging through trees

13. What is one reason why some animals engage in 16. Listen again to part of the lecture. What does the professor
facultative bipedalism? imply?
(A) To travel through deep water Choose two answers.
(B) To avoid dangerous encounters [A] At least some dinosaurs were bipedal.
(C) To run quickly for long distances [B] Most bipedal birds hop like kangaroos.
(D) To move faster than prey species [C] Birds are distantly related to dinosaurs.
[D] Birds became bipedal for safety reasons.
14. Which animals may engage in facultative bipedalism
when carrying items? 17. What advantage of bipedalism is mentioned as being
Choose two answers. especially important for humans?
[A] Bears (A) The ability to run and breathe freely at the same time
[B] Beavers (B) The ability to learn new skills from the environment
[C] Gorillas (C) Being able to raise the head higher and see farther
[D] Squirrels (D) Being able to use free limbs to manipulate objects

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 Conversation 2
 

Listen to a conversation between a student and a man working in the student information office.

Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.

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18. What do the speakers first discuss?
(A) What the student could do to reduce her university 21. What does the man say about the work-study program?
expenses (A) It is a brand new program that started this year.
(B) Where and to whom the student should send her forms (B) It is suitable for only a small number of students.
(C) How the student must proceed to take a break from school (C) It has an application period that begins tomorrow.
(D) Why the student needs to speak to her academic advisor (D) It has changed since the student last looked into it.

19. Listen again to part of the conversation. What does the man 22. What will the student most likely do next?
imply when he says this? (A) She will fill out and submit several forms.
(A) The student may feel that his question is obvious. (B) She will attend an informational meeting.
(B) The student does not have to answer his question. (C) She will make an appointment with the dean.
(C) The student should discuss her situation with friends. (D) She will apply for a job in the work-study office.
(D) The student should wait until the end of the semester.

20. What does the student say about her current job?
Choose three answers.
[A] Her position is a part-time one.
[B] She gets a pretty good rate of pay.
[C] Her workplace is far from campus.
[D] She feels she works too many hours.
[E] She got her job through the university.

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 Lecture 3

Listen to part of a discussion in a design class.

Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.

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23. What is the main topic of the discussion? 26. Which of the design principles of Dieter Rams is concerned
(A) The influence of German industrial designers with ensuring users see the true nature of a product?
(B) The philosophy and impact of a single designer (A) Good designs should be useful.
(C) The main meaning of the phrase “less is better” (B) Good designs should be honest.
(D) The evolution of some principles of good design (C) Good designs should be innovative.
(D) Good designs should be understandable.
24. Listen again to part of the discussion. What does the
student mean? 27. What did Dieter Rams mean in stating that good designs
(A) The exhibition was less interesting than he expected. should be “aesthetic”?
(B) He is uncertain why Dieter Rams’ designs are popular. (A) They should be new and exciting.
(C) It is unclear to him how two opposite ideas are related. (B) They should be simple to operate.
(D) He cannot recall the name or location of the exhibition. (C) They should be cheap to purchase.
(D) They should be visually appealing.
25. According to the professor, what motivated Dieter Rams
to develop his principles of design? 28. Listen again to part of the discussion. Why does the
Choose two answers. professor say this?
[A] The desire to produce designs of exceptional quality (A) To argue that Dieter Rams’ designs were often fashionable
[B] Concerns about the current state of the environment (B) To imply that students may have forgotten some of Rams’
[C] The belief that computers were not good design tools views
[D] Wanting to be better than designers around the world (C) To emphasize that Rams’ design principles changed over
time
(D) To suggest that throwing out products would create more
waste
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 Lecture 4

Listen to part of talk in an ecology class.

Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.

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 32. Why did Asiatic lion populations decline in their former
 29. What does the professor mainly discuss?
(A) What Asiatic lions are like and where they live habitats?
(B) Why populations of Asiatic lions have declined Choose two answers.
(C) Where Asiatic lions lived formerly and live now [A] Hunting by humans
(D) How African lions differ from lions in other areas [B] The spread of diseases
[C] Loss of suitable habitat
30. According to the professor, how many kinds of [D] Effects of climate change
leopards also live in India?
(A) Two 33. Why did Asiatic lions survive in Gujarat State in India?
(B) Three (A) A forest was made a protected area.
(C) Four (B) A ruler wanted to protect the animals.
(D) Five (C) A small number of humans lived there.
(D) People were not allowed to hunt there.
31. The professor discusses two kinds of lions. Indicate
whether these statements describe African or Asiatic 34. Listen again to part of the talk. What does the
lions. professor imply?
(A) There are few safe habitats for the lions.
 ​ African Asiatic (B) Politicians will find a solution to the issue.
1. Female lions do the majority of (C) Residents of Gujarat are tired of the lions.
the hunting. (D) Asiatic lions remain at risk of going extinct.
2. Lions are social and live in  ​  ​
larger prides.
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