Practice these TOEFL iBT listening tests to help you score high in the TOEFL Listening Section. Check the correct answers and audio transcripts below. This video is in the series of NEW TOEFL iBT Preparation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2jvSGmpWX1UMjbc8Onae7i-R6Z8VcPbU.
Questions 1 through 2. Listen to a conversation between two students.
W: Have you finished your paper for anthropology yet?
M: No, I haven’t even started. I’m having trouble coming up with a good idea. We’re supposed to describe the cultural characteristics of a group, but any group I can think of would seem too artificial. I don’t know much about any one cultural group.
W: Of course you do. Write about your own culture!
M: But that’s my problem. I don’t really have a culture.
W: That's ridiculous! Everyone has a culture. What about the culture of your family? Or your high school? Or your home-town?
M: I grew up in a small town where almost everyone works in the orchards.
W: Bingo! Write about the culture of the orchard community.
M: I never thought of that. Well, why not? It’s something I know a lot about.
Correct Answers:
1. C
2. A
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Questions 3 through 4. Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.
M: Professor Martin. I will have to miss class tomorrow. My great aunt passed away and her funeral is tomorrow.
W: Oh, let me offer my condolences to you and your family.
M: Thank you. My aunt was a wonderful lady. Ah, so would it be possible for me to take the test next week?
W: Of course. Eric handles all make-ups. He's the instructional aide for our department. Can you stop by the office today and make an appointment with him?
M: Sure. Would he be there now?
W: He should be. He works every day.
M: Then I’ll do it right now. Thank you. Professor Martin.
W: You’re welcome, Jerry. Take care.
Correct Answers:
3. C
4. A
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Questions 5 through 7. Listen to a conversation between two students.
M: I can't believe how much my books cost this semester! I just spent over one hundred dollars in the university bookstore, for only four books! And I still need the book for chemistry. That one costs fifty-five dollars! It's a little more than my budget can handle at the moment.
W: Science books are always out of sight. But did you know there's another bookstore in the Pioneer District? They carry used copies of most of the textbooks for the university.
M: I wonder if they’d have my chemistry book. I need the third edition.
W: I found all of my books there. You can sell any kind of book, too, not just textbooks.
M: That’s not a bad idea. Where did you say that was again?
Correct Answers:
5. C
6. D
7. A
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Questions 8 through 10. Listen to a conversation in a campus pharmacy.
W: Hello. I’m here for an allergy medication. The nurse sent me — I think her name was Margaret — in the student clinic. She said I didn't need a prescription, and that you would know the right medication. It’s for allergies, for my itchy nose and burning eyes. I've been having sneezing fits, and it's driving me crazy.
M: All right. I think she means the new product, the really strong one.
W: Maybe that’s the one. She says it really works for allergies.
M: All right. We have - you have a choice actually of capsules or tablets. There's no difference in price.
W: It doesn’t matter. Hmm ... capsules. I guess.
M: All right. Now, this is a powerful drug, so you need only — no more than two capsules every six hours. And you shouldn't drink alcohol, drive a car, or operate machinery.
W: Uh oh! I have a big test tomorrow! I don’t know ... if this is going to make me drowsy ... Do you have anything else that’s effective but won’t knock me out?
M: Nothing that will relieve your symptoms like this drug. Why don’t you—you could take two capsules three or four hours before your test. That way, the drug’s still working, but the drowsiness has mostly worn off when you take your test.
W: OK. Well. I guess I have no choice. I can't start sneezing during the test.
Correct Answers:
8. A
9. B
10. D
