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Listening comprehension

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TOEFL EXERCISE 11.1

Focus: Determining if one speaker agrees or disagrees with the other speaker.
Directions: Listen to the following dialogues. Decide if the second speaker
agrees or disagrees with the first speaker, and mark the appropriate blank. The
first one is done as an example.

Now start the audio.

1 _____ (A)Agrees 7 _____ (A)Agrees
(B)Disagrees (B)Disagrees

2 _____ (A)Agrees 8 _____ (A)Agrees
(B)Disagrees (B)Disagrees

3 _____ (A)Agrees 9 _____ (A)Agrees
(B)Disagrees (B)Disagrees

4 _____ (A)Agrees 10 _____ (A)Agrees
(B)Disagrees (B)Disagrees

5 _____ (A)Agrees 11 _____ (A)Agrees
(B)Disagrees (B)Disagrees

6 _____ (A)Agrees 12 _____ (A)Agrees
(B)Disagrees (B)Disagrees

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TOEFL EXERCISE 11.2

Focus: listening to dialogs that involve agreement and disagreement, and
answering questions about them.
Directions: listen to the following dialogs. Decide which choice-(A), (B), or (C)-
best answers the question and mark the appropriate answer. The first one is done
as an example.

Now start the audio.

1 _____ (A) He prefers taking a final exam.
_____ (B) He thinks an exam takes too much time.
_____ (C) He'd rather write a research paper.

2 _____ (A) It was difficult, but she understood it.
_____ (B) It wasn't very useful.
_____ (C) It's probably easier than the other chapters.

3 _____ (A) He completely disagrees with it.
_____ (B) He doesn't believe the university will accept it.
_____ (C) He thinks it's a good one.

4 _____ (A) She doesn't think that Jack wrote it.

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