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CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL®
IBT TEST
DIAGNOSTIC TEST (PART 5)
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LISTENING SECTION
Directions
This section
measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English.
You will hear each conversation or lecture only one time. After each
conversation or lecture, you will answer some questions about it.
The questions
typically ask about the main idea and supporting details. Some questions ask
about a speaker’s purpose or attitude. Answer the questions based on what
is stated or implied by the speakers.
You may take
notes while you listen, you may use your notes to help you answer the
questions. Your notes will be scored.
In some
questions, you will see this icon:  this means that you will hear,
but not see, part of the question.
Some questions
have special directions. These directions appear in a gray box.
Most
questions are worth one point. A question worth more than one point will
have special instructions indicating how many points you can receive.
You will have
20 minutes to answer the questions in this section.
Now get ready
to listen. You may take notes.
START ►
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Questions 7-11
Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.
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7
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Why does the student go to see the professor?
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A
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To apologize for arriving late
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B
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To turn in
her proposal to the professor
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C
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To get help in analyzing her statistics
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D
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To discuss
improvements for her proposal
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8
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Why does the professor suggest that the student go to the Computer
Center?
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A
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To talk to Miriam at the information desk
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B
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To get
help setting up the statistical analysis
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C
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To make changes to her statistical results
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D
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To define
her subjects' linguistic abilities
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9
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According to the professor, what information should the student add
in her proposal?
Choose 2 answers
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A
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How the analysis will be done
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B
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How she
got the statistics into a meaningful form
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C
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How the subjects will be selected
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D
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How she
will contact the international students
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10
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Why does the professor say this:
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A
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To illustrate a flaw in the student's proposal
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B
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To compare
two language groups
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C
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To demonstrate international students differing linguistic levels
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D
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To suggest
the kind of test the student should give her subjects
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11
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What does the professor imply about the people who will decide on
the grant money?
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A
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They will not approve of her getting help in analyzing her
statistics.
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B
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They will
question what stress patterns she will study.
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C
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They will be influenced by her definition of her subjects.
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D
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They will
not understand who her subjects will be.
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ANSWER KEYS AND EXPLANATION
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