Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 7. This course gives students the skills, strategies, practice and confidence they need to increase their scores on all sections of the TOEFL Test, including the Test of Written English. This edition reflects the revised TOEFL, first administered in July 1995, and skill coverage has been expanded for all sections. Volume A explains and practices key language points so that students improve their language proficiency as well as their test-taking skills. Clearly defined steps, pre- and post-tests and TOEFL exercises guide students in improving TOEFL strategies and. | 36 LISTENING WHO WHAT WHERE _ Skill 4 DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHO WHAT WHERE It is common in the short dialogues to ask you to draw some kind of conclusion. In this type of question the answer is not clearly stated instead you must draw a conclusion based on clues given in the dialogue. One kind of conclusion that is common in this part of the test is to ask you to determine who the speaker is based on clues given in the dialogue. Example from the Paper and Computer TOEFL Tests On the recording you hear woman Can you tell me what assignments I missed when I was absent from your class man You missed one homework assignment and a quiz. narrator Who is the man In your test book or on the computer screen you read A A newspaper editor B A police officer C A teacher D A student The clues class homework and quiz in the dialogue tell you that the man is probably a teacher. Answer C is therefore the correct answer. Another type of conclusion that is common in the short dialogues is to determine what will probably happen next based on clues given in the dialogue. Example from the Paper and Computer TOEFL Tests I On the recording you hear woman Are you going to read those books here in the library man I think I d rather check them out now and take them home. narrator What will the man probably do next In your test book or on the computer screen you read A Sit down in the library B Look for some more books C Return the books to the shelves D Go to the circulation desk The man mentions books and says that he would like to check them out now. Since the circulation desk is where you go to check books out from a library the man will probably go to the circulation desk next. The correct answer is therefore answer D . SHORT DIALOGUES Paper and Computer 37 A final type of conclusion that is common in the short dialogues is to determine where the conversation probably takes place based on clues given in the conversation. Example from the Paper and .
