TOEFL - LISTENING PART C
THE LISTENING PART C QUESTIONS
Part
C of the Listening Comprehension section of the TOEFL test consists
of three talks, each followed by a number of questions. You will hear the
talks and the questions on a recording; they are not written in your test book.
You must choose the best answer to each question from the
four choices that are written in you test book. Like
the conversations in Listening Part B, the talks are often about some
aspect of school life or topics currently in the news. It is also very common
for the talks to be shortened versions of lectures from courses taught
in American colleges and universities.
Example
On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) Questions 1 through 4.
Listen to a lecture in a history class.
(woman) Salt, which today seems so
plentiful to us, in the past used to be a valuable commodity. In
the ancient past in China, salt was used to make coins and in parts
of Africa it was traded in place of money. In the Roman Empire,
soldiers were not paid in money but were instead paid in salt. In fact,
the English word “salary, “which means the amount of money that
one earns, comes from the Latin root for “salt.”
Questions:
1. On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) What is the topic of the
talk?
In your test
book, you read:
(A)
Valuable commodities.
(B) Salt.
(C) Ancient
China.
(D)
Money.
2. On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) What
was salt used for in China?
In your test
book, you read:
(A) To
spice food.
(B)
To build houses.
(C)
To make coins
(D) To locate Africa.
3. On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) What
does “salary” mean in English?
In your test
book, you read:
(A)
Coins.
(B)
Earnings
(C)
Soldiers.
(D)
Commodities.
4. On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) What is the meaning of the root
“sal” in Latin?
In your test book,
you read:
(A) Salt.
(B) Rome.
(C) Money.
(D) Trade.
Analysis:
- The first question asks about the topic of the talk. The speaker begins with salt and continues to talk about it throughout the passage, so the best answer is answer (B).
- The second question asks about the use of salt in China. The speaker says that in China, salt was used to make coins, so the best answer is answer (C).
- The third question asks the meaning of salary. The speaker says that salary means the amount of money that one earns, so the best answer is answer (B).
- The last question asks about the meaning of the root sal. The speaker says that “salary”.. comes from the Latin root for “salt,” so the best answer is answer (A).
STRATEGIES FOR THE LISTENING PART C QUESTIONS
- If you have time, preview the answers to the Listening Part C questions. While you are looking at the answers, you should try to anticipate the questions for each of the groups of answers.
- Listen carefully to the first line of the talk. The first line of the talk often contains the main idea, subject, or topic of the talk, and you will often be asked this type of question.
- As you listen to the talk, follow along with the answers in your test book and try to determine the correct answers. Detail questions are generally answered in order in the talk, and the answers often sound the same as what is said on the recording.
- You should guess even if you are not sure. Never, leave any answers blank.
- Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers to the
questions that follow.
0 Response to "TOEFL - LISTENING PART C"
Posting Komentar
Silakan berkomentar yang baik dan sopan ya. Mohon laporkan kalau ada link mati. Request dan pertanyaan silakan melalui kolom komentar. Salam hangat dari blog giri-widodo