Skill 19: ANTICIPATE THE QUESTIONS (LISTENING) TOEFL COMPLETE COURSE

TOEFL COMPLETE COURSE

(LISTENING)

Skill 19: ANTICIPATE THE QUESTIONS.

It is very helpful to your ability to answer individual questions with the long conversations if you can anticipate what the questions will be and listen specifically for the answers to those questions.

In the test book, you read:

A.     In the airport

B.      In the library

C.     In the dormitory

D.     In the travel agent’s office

You try to anticipate the question:

Where does the conversation probably take place?

In this example, you can be quite certain that one of the questions will be about where the conversation takes place. Since you are sure that this is one of the questions, you can listen carefully for clues that will give you the answer. This example shows that a helpful strategy is therefore to look briefly at the answers in the test book, before you actually hear the conversations on the recording and try to determine the questions that you will be asked to answer.

TOEFL EXERCISE 19: Study the following answers and try to determine what the questions will be. (You should note that perhaps you will only be able to predict part of a question, rather than the complete question.) If you cannot predict the question in a short period of time, then move on to the next group of answers. Questions 1 has been answered for you

1	Questions: What does (someone) wants to do? A.       Find work on campus B.        Work in the employment office C.       Help students find jobs D.       Ask the woman questions	9	Questions: ________________________ A.     Sleeping outside on the ground B.      Spending time in a sauna or hot tub C.     Relaxing at the lodge D.    Enjoying excellent food
2	Questions: ________________________ A.        In the library B.         In a classroom C.        In a campus office D.        In an apartment	10	Questions: ________________________ A.     She’d be scared, but she’d like to try B.      She can’t wait C.     It would be quite exciting for her D.     She’d prefer not to try
3	Questions: ________________________ A.        No more than ten B.         At least twenty C.        Not more than twenty D.        Up to ten	11	Questions: ________________________ A.     All kinds of pollution B.      How acid rain has harmed the earth C.     Pollution from cars and factories D.     The causes and possible effects of acid rain
4	Questions: ________________________ A.        Every morning B.         Afternoons and weekends C.        When he’s in class D.        Weekdays	12	Questions: ________________________ A.     Nuclear power B.      Electricity C.     Burning coal and oil D.     Solar power
5	Questions: ________________________ A.        Fill out a form B.         Give her more additional information C.        Tel her some news D.        Phone her	13	Questions: ________________________ A.     From sulphur dioxide and water vapour B.      From sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide C.     From nitric and sulphur dioxide D.     From water vapour and nitric acid
6	Questions: ________________________ A.        Just before a vacation B.         Just after the end of a school semester C.        At the end of the summer D.        Just after a break from school	14	Questions: ________________________ A.     Only in North America B.      At the North and South Poles C.     In parts of several northern continents D.     In equatorial areas
7	Questions: ________________________ A.        A trip to visit the Eskimos B.         A trip the woman is planning to take C.        A trip the man has already taken D.        A camping trip the man and woman took	15	Questions: ________________________ A.     She should protect herself from the rain B.      She should clean up the water supply C.     She should read a novel D.     She should get more information about acid rain
8	Questions: ________________________ A.        Three hours B.         Three complete days C.        Three classes D.        Three weeks

ANSWER KEY

Exercise 19

1	What …… to do?
2	Where does the conversation probably take place?
3	How many ……?
4	How often ……?
5	What …… to do?
6	When does the conversation probably take place?
7	What kind of trip is it?
8	How long?
9	What were they doing during the trip?
10	How does she feel about ……?
11	What is the topic of the conversation?
12	What energy source?
13	How is …… formed?
14	Where ……?
15	What should she do?