Listening Part A: TOEFL Exercise 5

Previous Skill: Listen For Who and What in Passive (Skill 5)

In this exercise, listen carefully to the short conversation and questions in the recording program, and then choose the best answer to the questions. You should be careful of passives.

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1. (A) If the restaurant is on the corner

    (B) If the man would like to go to the restaurant

    (C) If the vegetables are fresh

    (D) If vegetarian food can be obtained.

2. (A) He admitted that he wanted to go to law school in the fall

    (B) The law school accepted him as a student

    (C) The law professor admitted that he would be a student in the fall semester

    (D) He would be admitted to law school after the fall

3. (A) Mark's plants were cared for his absence
    (B) Mark's plan was to be out of town
    (C) Mark was careful about his plans for the out of town trip
    (D) She was careful while Mark was gone

4. (A) The lights in the trees were destroyed in the storm
    (B) The storm damaged the trees
    (C) The falling trees destroyed a store
    (D) In the light the destruction of the storm could be seen

5. (A) She was broke from skiing
    (B) She went skiing in spite of her accident
    (C) Her leg was hurt on skiing trip
    (D) Her skis were broken in the mountains

6. (A) The road the horses took was long and hard
    (B) It was hard to find the hidden houses
    (C) The riders worked the horses too much
    (D) It was hard for people to ride the horses for long

7. (A) He didn't want the coffee that the woman ordered
    (B) He wasn't sure if the woman wanted coffee
    (C) He assumed the woman had ordered coffee

    (D) He was unaware that coffee had already been ordered

8. (A) The car was in the left parking lot a the airport
    (B) The friends parked their car at the airport
    (C) The airport couldn't hold a lot of cars
    (D) There were a lot of cars to the left of the parking lot

9. (A) The students pointed at Mac.
    (B) Mac was present when the other students made the appointent.
    (C) The class representative suggested Mac to the other students.
    (D) Mac was chosen by his classmates to represent them

10. (A) After the earthquake, the insurance company came out to inspect the damage
      (B) The insurance company insisted that the building
             be repaired to meet earthquake safety standards.
      (C) The inhabitants paid their premium after the earthquake
      (D) The insurance company paid for the earthquake damage

Answer keys:

1. D
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. D