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The skills in listening Part C are similar to those of Part B:
Before listening: Skill 23: Anticipate the topics

Skill 24: Anticipate the questions
While listening: Skill 25: Determine the topic
Skill 26: Draw conclusions about who, what, when, where

Skill 27: Listen for answers in order

TOEFl REVIEW EXERCISE (Skill 23-27): In this exercse, you will use all of the
information that you learned in Skills 23 through 27.

Before the tape begins, you should read over the answers to questions 1 through 12 and
do the following:
• Anticipate the topics you will hear.
• Anticipate the questions.

While you are listening to the talks, you should do the following:
• Listen for the topic in the sentence.
• Draw conclussions about the situation (who, what, when, where)
• Listen for the answers in order.

i-;t;J NOW BEGIN THE TAPE AT TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (SKILL 23-27).

1. (A) Other librarians 6. (A) How to reduce nicotine and other
(B) Undergraduate students. addictions.
(C) Students who are not in the (B) How stress affects the skin.
business department. (C) The effects of alcohol on health.
(D) Graduate business students. (D) How to achieve optimal health.

2. (A) It opens at 7:00a.m. 7. (A) Alcohol.
(B) It closes at 7:00p.m. (B) Nicotine.
(C) It closes at midnight. (C) Caffeine
(D) It is always open. (D) A reduced supply of blood.

3. (A) Computer area and .business 8. (A) It increases the flow of blood to the
material. skin.
(B) Magazines and newpapers. (B) It causes increased consumption of
(C) Business department and library alcohol.
staff offices. (C) It prevents the skin from receiving
(D) First and second floors of the enough nourishment.
library. (D) It causes stress.

4. (A) Go home. 9. (A) Before the Civil War.
(B) Return to class. (B) At the end of the Civil War.
(C) Work in the computers. (C) At the beginning of the twentieth
(D) Tour the library. century.
(D) Within the last decade.
5. (A) A student in health services.
(B) A drug abuse lecturer. 10.(A) The Civil War ended.
(C) A dermatologist. (B) The U.S. government issued a large
(D) A representative of the tobacco amount of paper currency.
industry. (C) The price of gold plummeted.
(D) The value of gold became inflated.

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