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- TOEFL iBT Listening Speaking SESSION 2. 1
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- Speaking Independent Tasks Review Familiar Topics Personal
Experience Personal Preference Preparation Time: 15 Seconds
Response Time: 45 Seconds 2
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- Speaking: Sample Answer Outline Topic Sentence Reason 1
examples and details Reason 2 examples, and details CONCLUSION
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- Speaking Some people enjoy having many friends. Others prefer
to have a few close friends. Which would you prefer? Include
specific reasons and examples to support your answer. I prefer to
have ..rather than. First of all,, and .. In my experience, .
Secondly, I think .. When.. 4
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- Speaking Talk about a teacher who has positively impacted your
life. How has he or she influenced you? Include specific reasons
and examples to support your answer. toefl.crack.mm@gmail.com
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- Speaking Some people like to watch the news on television.
Other people prefer to read the news in a newspaper. Still others
use their computers to get the news. How do you prefer to be
informed about the news and why? Use specific reasons and details
to explain your choice. toefl.crack.mm@gmail.com 6
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- Speaking Talk about a book that you have enjoyed reading. Why
did you like it? What was especially interesting about the book?
Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice. Teachers
should be evaluated by their students. Do you agree or disagree?
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- L ISTENING : D ETAIL Q UESTIONS 8
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- Necessary Skills Taking note at major points and important
details of a lecture or conversation Listening for signal
expressions that identify details, such as the following: for
example, the reason is, on the other hand, I would say Eliminating
incorrect answer choices Identifying a statement that is not
mentioned 9
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- Strategies Since answers to questions are generally found in
order in the passage, it is helpful to take notes in the order of
what you hear. Detail questions do not require inference. Choose
what speakers actually say. In a lecture, detail questions are
about information related to the following: new facts descriptions,
definitions of terms/concepts/ideas, reasons, results, and
examples. Incorrect choices may repeat some of the speakers words
but do not reflect correct information from the lecture or
conversation. 10
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- Listening: Art History Class Key Vocabulary rural: relating to
parts of a country that are not near cities or populated areas
migrate: to travel to another place arduous: very difficult and
involving lots of work representation: a sign; a symbol
documentary: a movie, program, or photography dealing with real
people and events 11
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- Listening Sample Listen to a lecture in a history class. Great
Depression Photography 12
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- Listening Sample 1. According to the professor, how were
photographs taken during the Great Depression different from
earlier photographs? (A) They focused more on people as subjects.
(B) They portrayed the real struggles and emotions of their
subjects. (C) They were taken with people facing the camera. (D)
They were the first photographs documenting American history.
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- Listening Sample 2. Why did the government program hire
photographers? (A) To take photos specifically Of farmers (B) To
record a historical event (C) To introduce a new type of
photography. (D) To document conditions around the country 14
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- Listening Sample Fill in the blanks to complete the summary.
The professor explains that during the Great Depression,
photographers began to take photos of ______________ in difficult
_____________. A government program hired photographers to take
pictures, and many photographers focused on _____________ who
_____________ to California because their farms had been destroyed
by dust storms. These photos went on to influence later
_____________. 15
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- Listening Sample: Business Key Vocabulary conflict: a state of
disagreement between people or groups suppress: to hold back or
stifle a situation component: a part or feature of something
hinder: to obstruct or delay the process of something alternative:
another possibility 16
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- Listening Sample Listen to a lecture in a business class.
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- Listening Sample 1. According to Taylor, how does the proper
use of scientific management affect conflict? (A) It removes
conflict from the workplace. (B) It helps managers to measure
conflict. (C) It contributes to more conflict in the workplace: (D)
It solves organizational disputes between workers. 18
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- Listening Sample 2. What did interactionists like Robbins think
about organizational conflict? (A) Organizational conflict is
always beneficial to employees. (B) Employers should manage
conflict to achieve maximum productivity. (C) Conflict is necessary
in order to maximize productivity. (D) Managers should eliminate
conflict to increase workplace productivity. 19
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- Listening Sample 3. According to Robbins's theory, what can be
a positive result of conflict? Choose 2 answers. (A) Business
expansion (B) Employee satisfaction (C) Project Analysis (D) Idea
generation 20
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- Summary Fill in the blanks to complete the summary. The
professor describes two views of _____________ in organizations.
Frederick Taylor thought conflict was harmful at work and
______________ productivity. He believed that managers could avoid
conflict through proper use of scientific _____________.
Conversely, Robbins's _____________ view proposed that
_____________ can also have enormous _____________ to an
organization. He says that conflict is unavoidable and can be
managed in ways to raise ____________ 21
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- Listening Sample: Office Hours Key Vocabulary genre: a class or
style in film, writing, or art, which can be identified by certain
characteristics stress: to emphasize imagery: mental pictures or
the products of imagination description: a statement about what
someone or something is like flattered: feeling pleased at
someone's attentions 22
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- Listening Sample Listen to a conversation between a student and
a professor. 23
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- Listening Sample 1. What is a problem that creative writers
have, according to the student? (A) They have difficulty putting
the description of the world into words. (B) They cannot use the
five senses in their writing. (C) They use too much description in
their works. (D) They have difficulty getting approval for the
course. toefl.crack.mm@gmail.com 24
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- Listening Practice 2. Why hasn't the professor been able to
teach a nature- writing class? (A) There has not been enough demand
for it. (B) Most people do not consider nature-writing a genre. (C)
The head of the department would not approve it. (D) There are not
enough people to sign up for one. 25
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- Listening Practice 3. What does the professor suggest the
student do to have the class offered? (A) Encourage students to
develop a course (B) Provide the department head with the names of
thirty students (C) Persuade thirty students to send letters to the
department head (D) Complain to the department head about the
creative writing classes 26
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- Summary Fill in the blanks to complete the summary. The student
thinks that _____________ would make a good class. The
_____________ said she had tried to get it approved in the past,
but that the _________________ did not think the course would be
popular enough. The professor says that if the student can get
______________ students to send letters to the _______________,
then he would probably approve the class. 27