TOEFL iBT Listening practice test 2

Choose the best response.

1. Woman: Where do students go to register to vote?

A) I already voted in the last election

B) There's a table set up in the student center

C) Before the end of October, I think

D) Yes, she registered yesterday

2. Man: Isn't the chemistry lab closed for cleaning today?

A) Yes, I cleaned my room this morning

B) It's on the third floor

C) No, that was moved to Friday

D) I'm taking chemistry next semester

3. Man: I'm afraid I can't make our study group tonight.

A) Could we meet tomorrow morning instead?

B) No, the group was too small

C) She studied all night for the exam

D) We studied until midnight last night

4. Woman: How long is the library keeping its late hours?

A) About ten minutes from here

B) Yes, it's open late

C) I was late for class again

D) Until the end of finals week

5. Man: Did you get a seat at the career fair workshop?

A) Yes, please have a seat

B) I got there too late

C) I'll wear my blue suit

D) She's giving a workshop next week

6. Woman: Would you mind watering my plants while I'm away?

A) Sure, just leave me your key

B) I went away last summer

C) Your plants look really healthy

D) She's going away next week

7. Man: Why is the dining hall so crowded today?

A) I usually eat there around noon

B) Yes, it's much busier than usual

C) It's in the main building, I think

D) A free lunch for new students

8. Woman: You still haven't returned my calculator.

A) I returned from break on Monday

B) It costs about twenty dollars

C) Sorry, I'll bring it to class tomorrow

D) He usually borrows mine

Answer questions about short conversations.

9. According to the woman, how must students enter the contest?

A) By dropping off a handwritten card

B) By sending an email to the editors

C) By posting a comment on the magazine's website

D) By filling out a form at the anniversary party

10. Why does the man say “I've never won a thing in my life”?

A) To suggest that the contest is not run fairly

B) To explain why he doubts that entering is worth the effort

C) To encourage the woman to enter the contest instead of him

D) To show that he is disappointed with the prizes

11. Why can't the woman get a flu shot this afternoon?

A) The health center has run out of vaccine

B) She has a class at that time

C) The walk-in clinic has moved to a different day

D) She forgot to bring her student ID

12. What will the woman most likely do next?

A) Go to the walk-in clinic on Thursday morning

B) Ask her professor if she can miss a class

C) Wait in line at the health center today

D) Book an appointment online for Friday

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

13. What is the announcement mainly about?

A) A free ukulele workshop open to all students

B) Auditions for a student ukulele band

C) A concert that invites audience participation

D) A change in the location of a campus concert

14. What does the speaker tell students without a ukulele to do?

A) Pick one up at the door before the concert begins

B) Sign up at the music department office by Wednesday

C) Rent one from the campus bookstore

D) Share an instrument with a friend in the audience

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

15. What is the main topic of the talk?

A) The history of vending machines on college campuses

B) Two ways an automatic machine can control a task

C) Why mechanical machines break down more often than electronic ones

D) How vending machines process different kinds of payment

16. Why does the professor mention a snack getting stuck in a vending machine?

A) To complain about the poor condition of the machines on campus

B) To show that customers should ask staff for help

C) To introduce a problem that a machine without feedback cannot detect

D) To explain why sensors make vending machines more expensive

17. According to the professor, when does a machine without feedback work well?

A) When its control system is electronic rather than mechanical

B) When the conditions it works in stay predictable

C) When a person is nearby to watch it

D) When it needs to carry out only a single step

18. What will the professor most likely discuss next?

A) How to get a stuck item out of a vending machine

B) How much it costs to add sensors to a machine

C) Everyday devices that use feedback to adjust what they do

D) Why some machines are still built without any control system

Choose the best response.

1. Woman: Is the student march still starting at the library?

A) No, it's starting at the main gate instead

B) Yes, I returned my books there yesterday

C) About two hundred students, I heard

D) Because the tuition went up again

2. Man: Where can I pick up my parking permit?

A) It's valid until the end of May

B) I usually park behind the gym

C) At the transportation office, I think

D) You can pick me up at six

3. Woman: Haven't you finished the lab report yet?

A) Yes, the lab closes at nine tonight

B) My partner still has our data

C) No, I've never been to that lab

D) He reported it to the front desk

4. Man: I can't make our study group on Thursday.

A) We studied the first three chapters

B) Thursday is the busiest day at the café

C) No, I didn't make it last time either

D) Would Friday morning work for you?

5. Woman: Do you know if the bookstore buys back textbooks?

A) It's right next to the post office

B) Only during finals week, I think

C) Yes, I'll be back in an hour

D) The history textbook is on reserve

6. Man: How long is the line at the dining hall?

A) Long enough that I'd eat somewhere else

B) Until eight o'clock on weekdays

C) I had the pasta, actually

D) It's across from the gym

7. Woman: Would you mind holding the elevator for me?

A) Yes, I've been holding it all day

B) The elevator was repaired last week

C) Not at all. Which floor?

D) She minds the front desk on Mondays

8. Man: The career fair got moved to next week.

A) I moved here from Ohio last year

B) It seemed fair to everyone, I thought

C) Yes, she's starting the job next week

D) Good, that gives me time to update my résumé

Answer questions about short conversations.

9. Why does the man say “I can barely tell a robin from a crow”?

A) He doubts he could recognize the birds on the recordings

B) He doubts he could identify insects by their sounds

C) He doubts he could identify insects by looking at them

D) He doubts he could tell which recordings are good enough to use

10. What will the man most likely do next?

A) Download the recording app

B) Go to his lab session

C) Ask the professor to identify some insects

D) Visit the meadow to practice recording

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

11. Why does the speaker mention the cold nights last week?

A) To warn members to bring warm clothing on the trip

B) To explain why the trip date has been changed

C) To explain why fewer members signed up for the trip

D) To suggest that the trip may have to be canceled

12. What should members do if they can no longer go on the trip?

A) Add their names to the waitlist

B) Ask for a refund at the student center

C) Tell the club so that someone else can take their seat

D) Sign up for a trip later in the season

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

13. What is the main topic of the talk?

A) The reasons Italy and Austria-Hungary went to war in 1915

B) The ways the mountain environment threatened soldiers on the Alpine front

C) The military strategies that decided the war in the Alps

D) The training of special mountain troops before World War I

14. Why does the professor mention a hiking trip where the weather suddenly changed?

A) To explain why mountain weather is difficult to forecast

B) To show that modern equipment has made the mountains safe

C) To introduce the idea that the environment itself can act like an enemy

D) To advise students to prepare carefully before going hiking

15. What does the professor say about deaths caused by avalanches and cold?

A) Along the whole front, they were more common than deaths in combat

B) On some parts of the front, they were more common than deaths in combat

C) They mostly affected the soldiers of one side

D) They became rare once soldiers moved into tunnels

16. What will the professor most likely discuss next?

A) How the war on the Alpine front finally ended

B) How the Alpine front compared with fighting on other fronts

C) What the former battlefields in the mountains look like today

D) How soldiers and engineers tried to cope with mountain conditions