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Listening comprehension

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Skill 13: LISTEN FOR EMPHATIC EXPRESSIONS OF SURPRISE

TOEFL EXERCISE 13: In this exercise, listen carefully to each short dialogue and
question on the recording, and then choose the best answer to the question. You
should be particularly careful of expressions of emphatic surprise.

1 (A) Greg always comes to parties. 6 (A) He had changed apartments.
(B) Greg would come to the party (B) He did not like his new
later. apartment.
(C) Greg was unable to attend the (C) He was still in his old
party. apartment.
(D) Greg would stay at the party (D) He had moved from a house to
for only a moment. an apartment.

2 (A) The woman always rode her 7 (A) The woman did not like
motorcycle to school. desserts.
(B) The woman was not coming to (B) The woman ate sweets
school today. regularly.
(C) The woman was an expert (C) The woman would not share
motorcycle rider. her chocolate cake.
(D) The woman did not know how (D) The woman had eaten his
to ride a motorcycle. piece of cake.

3 (A) The man was not a very good 8 (A) The man was going to study
cook. hard.
(B) The man never invited friends (B) The man already had a driver's
over for dinner. license.
(C) The man would never invite him (C) The man would not take the
over for dinner. test.
(D) The man was an excellent cook. (D) The man had already taken the
test.

4 (A) The woman had run more than 9 (A) She had registered in physics.
three miles. (B) She would go to physics class
(B) The woman always got lots of later.
exercise. (C) She had already taken a
(C) The woman ran for three hours physics class.
in the morning. (D) She had not enrolled in physics
(D) The woman had not gotten
much exercise.

5 (A) He had been somewhere else. 10 (A) The pipes were not clear.
(B) He had been in the library. (B) The plumber would be late.
(C) He had been working on his (C) The plumber had already
research project. cleared the pipes.
(D) He would start working on his (D) The pipes did not need to be
project in five hours. cleared.

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