Practice common types of questions in the TOEFL Listening test. Check the correct answers and audio transcripts below. This video is in the series of NEW TOEFL iBT Tests: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2jvSGmpWX1UMjbc8Onae7i-R6Z8VcPbU.
Questions 1 through 5. Listen to a conversation between a student and a lab assistant.
(student) Hi, I have a few questions about how we need to handle our work in the science laboratory.
(lab assistant) I gave very specific instructions at the first lab meeting.
(student) And we have to complete the lab work exactly that way?
(lab assistant) That’s what I’d like, yes.
(student) Do we need to work in the lab in a group?
(lab assistant) Yes.
(student) And work with the exact group members we were assigned?
(lab assistant) Is there a problem with your group?
(student) Well, during the first lab session, we had a difficult time agreeing on how to proceed with the experiment.
(lab assistant) Of course you did! That’s to be expected. There are four people in your group, so you most likely had four different ideas on how to proceed. Part of the task is for the four of you to work together as a group, to discuss as a group how the experiment should proceed and arrive at a consensus before you begin.
(student) During the first experiment, we spent almost the entire three hours in the lab discussing what to do next.
(lab assistant) Perhaps your group should meet before the next lab session to figure out how you’re going to proceed with the experiment when you get to the lab.
(student) OK, I’ll see if I can get my group to try that, but it'll probably take my group several hours even to decide when to meet, much less actually figure out what we’re going to do during the lab session.
(lab assistant) (laughs) OK, please try that and see if you and your group can work it out. Now, was that the only question you had, or do you have another?
(student) Uh, I actually do have another question. It’s about the, um, lab report. Is the lab report supposed to be a group assignment or an individual assignment?
(lab assistant) The lab report is to be an individual assignment. Each person involved in the experiment should write up a separate lab report about the experiment.
(student) So, the experiment has to be conducted by the group, and a report about the experiment has to be written up individually by each participant?
(lab assistant) That’s exactly right.
(student) And does the report need to follow the format you described to us?
(lab assistant) It absolutely does. I’m extremely strict about the format; I want the format of the report to be exactly as I described.
(student) OK. I get the point.
Correct Answers:
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. D
