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Listening comprehension

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TOEFL EXERCISE 12.1

Focus: Identifying suggestions, invitations, offers, and requests and responses to
them.
Directions: Listen to the following dialogs. Decide which of the two choices best
completes the
sentence, and mark the appropriate space. The first one is done as an example.

1 The man is ... 9 Cynthia is ...
___ (A) giving an invitation
___ (A) declining an offer ___ (B) accepting an offer
___ (B) making a suggestion

2 The woman is ... 10 The woman is ...
___ (A) accepting an invitation ___ (A) declining an offer
___ (B) making an offer ___ (B) making a request

3 The woman is ... 11 The man will probably ...
___ (A) declining an offer ___ (A) do what the
___ (B) making a suggestion woman suggests
___ (B) Turn down the
woman's invitation

4 Mark is ... 12 Bob is ...
___ (A) rejecting a request ___ (A) agreeing to an offer
___ (B) agreeing to a request ___ (B) refusing a request

5 The woman is ... 13 The man is ...
___ (A) giving an invitation ___ (A) making a suggestion
___ (B) making a suggestion ___ (B) accepting an invitation

6 The man is ... 14 The man is ...
___ (A) agreeing to a request ___ (A) requesting that the man
___ (B) turning down an offer do something
___ (B) giving the woman
a suggestion

7 Ed is probably going to ... 15 Paul is ...
___ (A) receive a suggestion ___ (A) rejecting a suggestion
___ (B) make an offer ___ (B) agreeing with
a suggestion

8 The woman is ... 16 James tells the woman that ...
___ (A) suggesting a solution ___ (A) he can't accept her
___ (B) offering help invitation
___ (B) he'd enjoy another
sandwich

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