In the real TOEFL Listening test, you will see many questions that ask you to make inference to understand speaker's purpose in saying something. Practice these types of questions now. 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 5. Listen to a conversation between a student and her advisor.
(advisor) Hi. Sorry I’m running a bit late. Are you ready to talk now?
(student) Yes, I am.
(advisor) And do you have your schedule planner with you?
(student) Yes, I do.
(advisor) And have you looked over the schedule of classes and thought about what courses you’d like to take then?
(student) Uh, yes to that, too.
(advisor) OK, let’s see what courses you have on your list... uh ... I see. . . . Let's talk about what you have here. I see that you’d like to take the American literature class on nineteenth-century novels. . . . That looks just fine. . . . You've already taken the prerequisite English courses for this one, haven’t you?
(student) Yes, I have. I’ve taken both the prerequisites for the nineteenth-century novels course.
(advisor) OK. And you’d like to sign up for both world geography and sociology? . . . That's good. They both satisfy general education requirements, so they’re good classes to take.
(student) Yes, those’re some of my last required courses.
(advisor) Hmm. And music. You’ve listed a music course.
(student) Yes. I’m in the school choir, so I take the choir course every semester.
(advisor) That sounds fine, too. . . . Now, what's the last course you’ve listed? Canoeing? . . . You want to take a canoeing course? . . . Wait a minute .. . what about chemistry? . .. You're taking Chemistry 101 this semester?
(student) Yes, I’m taking it, but . . .
(advisor) You do know that you need to take Chemistry 102, also? Chemistry 101 isn't enough; it’s part of a two-semester series. Chemistry 101 and 102 go together.
(student) I know that, but I just don’t want to take Chemistry 102 next semester.
(advisor) Why not?
(student) Chemistry 101 isn’t exactly a lot of fun. I'm working really hard in that course, but I’m not doing very well.
(advisor) OK. So maybe you should get a tutor. You do need to take the second semester of chemistry'.
(student) I know I need to take another semester of chemistry, but I’d like to take some time off from it before I try' the second semester.
(advisor) By taking canoeing instead?
(student) Exactly. I thought it would be a good break from chemistry.
(advisor) It certainly is. . . . Well, as long as you know that you need to take the second semester of chemistry and if you take only one semester off from it, then I guess it’ll be OK.
(student) Thank you.
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Correct Answers:
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
