LISTENING (3) CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST LISTENING (3)

 

EXERCISE L1-L3 Use Listening Exercises L1-L3 to develop your skills in Listening to natural speech. Exercise L1 Writing what the speaker means Listen to the natural speech sample. Write what the speaker means. 1. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ▄STOP   EXERCISE L2 Answering questions about content Listen to the natural speech sample. Answer the question that follows. 1 Where does food storage occur?     2 Why does the professor believe teachers have not succeeded in teaching critical-thinking skills?     3 What is the professor pointing out?     4 Under what conditions does the speaker think it is acceptable to borrow money?     STOP ▄   EXERCISE L3 Identifying the meaning of filler phrases and reductions. Look to the natural speech sample. Choose the answer that identifies what the speaker means. 1 What does the woman mean by ‘let’s say that’? The woman is A suggesting that they say what needs to be communicated B indicating that she is giving the man an example 2 What does the woman mean by ‘lemme see’? The woman A wants the man to show her his ID B is looking for the man’s records

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