Appendix 1
TOEFL Test (1998. 8.)
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
In this section of the test, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to understand conversations and talks in English. There are three parts to this section with special directions for each part. Answer all the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied by the speakers in this test. Do not take notes or write in your test book at any time. Do not turn the page until you are told to do so.
Part A
Directions: In Part A, you will hear short conversations between two people. After each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. The conversations and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Here is an example. Sample Answer On the recording, you hear: B C D
In your test paper, you read: (A) He doesn’t like the painting either.
(B) He doesn’t know how to paint.
(C) He doesn’t have any paintings.
(D) He doesn’t know what to do.
You learn from the conversation that neither the man nor the woman likes the painting.
The best answer to the question “What does the man mean?” is (A), “He doesn’t like the painting either.” Therefore, the correct choice is (A).
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1. (A) She plans to send out all the invitations.
(B) She’s a new student.
(C) She thinks the man is right.
(D) She invited the man to a party.
2. (A) He didn’t know what hospital Bill was in.
(B) He took Bill to the hospital.
(C) He’s sorry the woman hurt herself.
(D) He forgot to call the woman.
3. (A) She hasn’t heard from the professor in a week.
(B) The class has extra time to complete the assignment.
(C) She only just found out about the economics paper.
(D) She won’t see the professor until next week.
4. (A) The doctor has stopped seeing the new patients.
(B) The doctor’s office will be closed tomorrow.
(C) The doctor’s schedule is filled tomorrow.
(D) The doctor can see the man tomorrow.
5. (A) Where the meeting is being held.
(B) Where Joe will meet her.
(C) What the topic of the meeting is.
(D) What Joe was wearing.
6. (A) She doesn’t know the person calling.
(B) She’ll pay for the call.
(C) She’ll charge the purchase.
(D) She’ll call Mike back.
7. (A) Go to the library.
(B) Check her calendar.
(C) Attend the performance.
(D) Get some exercise.
8. (A) They’re extremely noisy.
(B) They should have arrived by now.
(C) They should be allowed to fly there.
(D) They’re not on a definite schedule.
9. (A) She’s very interested in the idea.
(B) She thinks they should invite more people.
(C) She can’t afford a holiday in June.
(D) She’s doubtful about the weather in June.
10. (A) He bought the woman some chocolates.
(B) He will get angry soon.
(C) He’s also ready for dinner.
(D) He wants to buy some candy.
11. (A) She didn’t clean the apartment.
(B) Her roommate is messy.
(C) She needs to clean the lab.
(D) She’ll help the man clean his apartment.
12. (A) She thought the man’s lawn was too dry.
(B) She thought the man’s laundry was done badly.
(C) She was sorry the man couldn’t finish his laundry.
(D) She saw the man run out.
13. (A) His coach didn’t help him enough.
(B) He had no chance of winning.
(C) He didn’t follow his coach’s advice.
(D) His coach didn’t listen to him.
14. (A) She often goes to the Variety Theater.
(B) She expected the theater to close down.
(C) She’s surprised by the news.
(D) She likes the new theater in town.
15. (A) They aren’t very good because they’re so different.
(B) He thinks they should do both.
(C) They should each do a different one.
(D) It doesn’t matter which one they do.
16. (A) Wash fewer clothes at a times.
(B) Use a different washing machine.
(C) Let her use the washing machine first.
(D) Wash his clothes by hand.
17. (A) She is going to drop the class too.
(B) She doesn’t know how to swim.
(C) It took her a long time to learn to swim.
(D) She teaches swimming.
18. (A) She’ll give the man a new prescription right away.
(B) She’ll be away from the office for two days.
(C) The man doesn’t need anything for his cough.
(D) The man should continue using the medicine.
19. (A) Buy the pants the woman showed him.
(B) Wait until the pants are on sale.
(C) Look for the pants is a different color.
(D) Look at pants made of a different material.
20. (A) She didn’t require any papers last semester.
(B) She was more flexible last semester.
(C) She grades papers very quickly.
(D) She isn’t teaching this semester.
21. (A) The women don’t want to go to any more barbecues.
(B) The guests are late because of the weather.
(C) Everybody should help with the cooking.
(D) The weather wasn’t good at the last barbecue.
22. (A) Find out the new job begins.
(B) Make more copies of the letter.
(C) Ask for an extension to apply for the job.
(D) Get a more recent reference letter.
23. (A) He has been asked to join the committee.
(B) There are several new people on the committee.
(C) He’d like to take woman’s place on the committee.
(D) The woman should try to join the committee.
24. (A) Choose the gift she will buy.
(B) Decide on the paper for the gift.
(C) Go to Customer Service.
(D) Wrap the gift herself.
25. (A) Move the plants away from the window.
(B) Water the plants more often.
(C) Put the plants in a place where there is more sunlight.
(D) Let her take care of the plants for a while.
26. (A) Someone else at the wedding took good pictures.
(B) The woman’s camera is broken.
(C) Dan and Linda didn’t hire a professional photographer.
(D) He wasn’t at Dan and Linda’s wedding.
27. (A) Sally should think more before talking.
(B) She doesn’t think Sally listens well either.
(C) She doesn’t understand the man’s point.
(D) Sally is preparing for her role in a play.
28. (A) The meeting is not expected to last a long time.
(B) He expects to meet the woman at the meeting.
(C) Members will be told to be brief in their comments.
(D) Committee members will be informed before the meeting.
29. (A) The frame is not too expensive.
(B) The woman paid too much for the poster.
(C) The poster books better without the frame.
(D) The woman got a bargain.
30. (A) She expects Mary to win.
(B) She thinks Mary will run again in the next election.
(C) Mary shouldn’t have campaigned against Steve.
(D) The man should vote for Mary in the election.
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Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear longer conversations. After each conversation, you will hear several questions. The conversation and questions will not be repeated.
After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test paper and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Remember, you are not allowed to take notes or write in your have chosen.
31. (A) To improve his skating techniques.
(B) To take a vacation.
(C) To take a course.
(D) To learn to ski.
32. (A) Her sister lives there.
(B) She attended college there.
(C) She lives thirty minutes from there.
(D) She visited there last year.
33. (A) He has been to New Mexico many times.
(B) He has just graduated from college.
(C) He enjoys sports.
(D) He has relatives in Albuquerque.
34. (A) The low humidity.
(B) The changing climate.
(C) The high altitude.
(D) The extreme temperatures.
35. (A) All students pay the same amount per year.
(B) Students choose how many meals a week they will pay for.
(C) Students get money back for meals they don’t eat.
(D) Some students get free meals.
36. (A) When they get the meal.
(B) At the beginning of the weak.
(C) At the beginning of the year.
(D) At the end of the year.
37. (A) They can invite guests to meals at a reduced price.
(B) They receive cards that allow them to be served first.
(C) They can help decide what will be on the menu.
(D) They pay less per meal than those who eat there only part of the time.
38. (A) By paying for meals one at a time.
(B) By borrowing a students’ meal card.
(C) By ordering their meals in advance.
(D) By buying a weekend meal card.
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Part C
Directions: In this section, you will hear several short talks. After each talk, you will hear some questions. The talks and the questions will not be repeated.
After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Here is an example. Sample Answer On the recording, you hear: A B C D
In your test paper, you read: (A) To demonstrate the latest use of computer graphics.
(B) To discuss the possibility of an economic depression.
(C) To explain the working of the brain.
(D) To dramatize a famous mystery story.
The best answer to the question “What is the main purpose of the program?” is (C),
“To explain the workings of the brain.” Therefore, the correct choice is (C).
Now listen to another sample question.
Sample Answer A B C D
In your test paper, you read: (A) It is required of all science majors.
(B) It will never be shown again.
(C) It can help viewers improve their memory skills.
(D) It will help with course work.
The best answer to the question “Why does the speaker recommend watching the program?” is (D), “It will help with course work.” Therefore, the correct choice is (D).
Remember, you are not allowed to take notes or write in your test paper.
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39. (A) She works for a museum.
(B) She’s a Lincoln scholar.
(C) She does it as a hobby.
(D) She teaches a course on currency exchanges.
40. (A) They identify the city where the penny was minted.
(B) They are the initials of a famous coin collector.
(C) They stand for the government agency that mints coins.
(D) They are the initials of the person who created the penny’s design.
41. (A) All of her friends collected them.
(B) Pennies were cheap to collect.
(C) Someone gave her a rare penny.
(D) She needed the money.
42. (A) Trade coins with club members.
(B) Show the audience her coins.
(C) Explain how the penny is minted.
(D) Discuss the life of Lincoln.
43. (A) The male and female wasps together.
(B) The male wasp.
(C) The female wasp.
(D) The new offspring.
44. (A) Only female wasps transmit disease.
(B) Male wasps do not leave the nest.
(C) Female wasps are bigger than males.
(D) Only female wasps have stingers.
45. (A) To protect the nest.
(B) To lay eggs.
(C) To gather food.
(D) To replace nest cells.
46. (A) Mud.
(B) Stone.
(C) Paper.
(D) Grass.
47. (A) Jefferson’s views about commercialized agriculture.
(B) International trade in the nineteenth century.
(C) Improvements in farm machinery in the United States.
(D) Farmer’s loss of independence.
48. (A) Crop production became increasingly specialized.
(B) Economic depression lowered the prices of farm products.
(C) New banking laws made it easy to buy farmland.
(D) The United States increased its agriculture imports.
49. (A) Prices for farm products rose.
(B) Farmers became more dependent on loans from banks.
(C) Jefferson established government programs to assist farmers.
(D) Farmers relied less on foreign markets.
50. (A) They provided evidence that Jefferson’s ideal could be achieved.
(B) They made farmers less dependent on local bankers.
(C) They affected the prices that farmers could receive for their crops.
(D) They decreased the power of the railroads to control farm prices.
Appendix 2
(A) Listening Comprehension Test Paper
A. Just write down the key words. Answer as briefly as you can.
(1) Why didn’t people welcome the use of soap in the Middle Ages?
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(2) When did people’s attitude toward soap change drastically?
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(3) According to the baron, what can be inferred about a country if it used large amount of soaps? (Use one adjective to describe )
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B. Just write down the key words. Answer as briefly as you can.
(1) What was the psychologist Frederic Wertham’s opinion of horror comic books?
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(2) When was the Comics Code Authority established?
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(3) What can be inferred about the major difference between horror comics and books like the Fantastic Four?
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C. Just write down the key words. Answer as briefly as you can.
(1) What can be inferred about the reason that Edwin Armstrong decided to reform the early radio?
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(2) For what reason was other radio stations unwilling to adopt FM?
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(3) Due to the restrictive regulations on FM radio, in which area was FM broadcasted only?
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Appendix 2
(B) Listening Comprehension Test Script A. Soap
Listen to a talk given in a museum of natural history.
Okay, as you look at this exhibit, you’ll notice something quite common─an ordinary bar of soap. Now, soap has been around a long time─in fact, the ancient Phoenicians produced soap as a substance for washing the body way back in 600 B.C.
They made it by blending goat’s fat with wood ash. The Phoenicians, as you may know, regularly traded along the Mediterranean, and they were the ones who introduced soap to the Greeks and Romans.
Now, soap was not something welcomed by all countries. In fact, during the superstitious Middle Ages, many people were afraid to bathe their whole body too frequently. They thought it could be dangerous for their health─that it could even kill them. And even after the production of soap became common in some European countries in the eleventh and twelfth centuries─even then some people in the heart of Europe refused to use it. You’ll find it interesting that when a duchess was given a box of soap as a present in 1549 she was so insulted that she had the gift─giver thrown off her estate!
But by the nineteenth century the attitude toward soap had changed drastically. In some regions of Europe the tax on soap was so high that people secretly made their own. A baron went so far as to suggest that the wealth of a nation could be judged according to the amount of soap it used.
Now, if you turn your attention to the next exhibit, you can see how soap is manufactured today.
Just write down the key words. Answer as briefly as you can.
(1) Why didn’t people welcome the use of soap in the Middle Ages?
Global QuestionGlobal QuestionGlobal QuestionGlobal Question Because bathing with soap would harm their health.
(2) When did people’s attitude toward soap change drastically?
Local QuestionLocal QuestionLocal QuestionLocal Question 19th century
(3) According to the baron, what can be inferred about a country if it used large amount of soaps? (Use one adjective to describe )
Inferential QuestionInferential QuestionInferential QuestionInferential Question Wealthy
B. Horror Comics
Listen to part of a lecture about the history of comic books.
Now let’s focus on comics in the 1950’s. Early in the decade sales were down, so Publishers started looking for some new angle to get their readers interested again.
They found what they were looking for with horror comic— about ghosts and demons that were often graphically violent.
Before long, most of the major publishers were printing horror comic— it all came to an end a few years later. You see, there was a psychologist named Frederic [FRED-rick] Wertham who claimed that comic books— horror books in particular—
were a bad influence on children and turned them into juvenile delinquents. Wertham even wrote a book called Seduction of the Innocent that showed specific scenes from comics that he thought were a particularly bad influence on kids.
Wertham wasn’t the only one down on comics. The United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency also released a report very critical of comics.
The result of all this fuss was the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1955. This was a self-censoring body created by the publishers. Essentially, for a comic book to be approved by the code, it had to be free of the blood and gore that was usually depicted in most horror comics, and evil could never triumph over good. Children had to be shown that crime did not pay.
Well, if comic sales were bad in 1950, things got even worse in 1955. Many small publishers actually went out of business. But the industry rebounded by introducing a new lineup of superheroes, characters like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. Now, I’ve brought with me today some comic books from this era to pass around. They’re from my own personal collection, so please be extra careful when handling them.
Just write down the key words. Answer as briefly as you can.
(1) What was the psychologist Frederic Wertham’s opinion of horror comic books?
Global QuestionGlobal QuestionGlobal QuestionGlobal Question He thought horror comic books had bad influence on kids.
(2) When was the Comics Code Authority established?
Local QuestionLocal QuestionLocal QuestionLocal Question 1955
(3) What can be inferred about the major difference between horror comics and books like
the Fantastic Four?
Inferential Question Inferential Question Inferential Question Inferential Question Books like the Fantastic Four had Superheroes and emphasized that evil would
never triumph over good; horror comics were full of ghosts and violence.
C. Radio
Listen to part of a talk about radio in a communications class.
These days we take for granted the wide variety of music available on the radio.
But, this wasn’t always the case. In the early days of radio, stations were capable of broadcasting only a narrow range of sounds, which was all right for the human voice but music didn’t sound very good. There was also a great deal of crackling and other static noises that further interfered with the quality of the sound.
A man named Edwin Armstrong, who was a music lover, set out to change this. He invented FM radio, a technology that allowed stations to send a broad range of frequencies that greatly improved the quality of the music.
Now, you’d think that this would have made him a millionaire; it didn’t. Radio stations at that time had invested enormous amounts of money in the old technology.
So the last thing they wanted was to invest millions more in the new technology. Nor did they want to have to compete with other radio stations that had a superior sound and could put them out of business. So they pressured the Federal Communications Commission─the department of the United States government that regulates radio stations─to put restrictive regulations on FM radio.
The result was that its use was limited to a very small area around New England.
Of course as we all know, Edwin Armstrong’s FM technology eventually prevailed and was he never saw how it came to affect the lives of almost everyone.
Just write down the key words. Answer as briefly as you can.
(1) What can be inferred about the reason that Edwin Armstrong decided to reform the early radio?
InferentialInferentialInferentialInferential Question Question Question Question Since the quality of music was bad and he was a music lover, he wanted to change
the early radio.
(2) For what reason was other radio stations unwilling to adopt FM?
GlobalGlobalGlobalGlobal Question Question Question Question Because they had invested lots of money in the old technology, thus they didn’t
want to invest in the new technology.
(3) Due to the restrictive regulations on FM radio, in which area was FM broadcasted only?
LocalLocalLocalLocal Question Question Question Question New England
Appendix 3
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1. Which procedure did you usually use in the daily listening activities?
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2. Which procedure made you particularly tense?
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3. Which procedure distracted you most while listening?
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4. Which procedure made the test particularly difficult?
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5. Which procedure enhanced your listening comprehension most while listening?
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6. Which procedure did you like best?
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