TOEFL iBT Listening practice test 4

Choose the best response.

1. Man: Wasn't the talk on misinformation moved to Thursday?

A) I moved into my new dorm room

B) Yes, the speaker had a scheduling conflict

C) In the main lecture hall, I believe

D) He talked for almost two hours

2. Woman: Where should I return this projector after class?

A) Right after the seminar ends

B) I returned mine last week

C) To the media desk on the second floor

D) Yes, it works fine now

3. Man: I won't be able to rehearse the debate tomorrow.

A) Could we practice Friday morning instead?

B) The debate is in Hartwell Hall

C) No, I haven't rehearsed yet

D) We rehearsed for two hours yesterday

4. Woman: Did you get a parking permit this semester?

A) My car is parked behind the gym

B) About two hundred dollars, I think

C) Next to the student center

D) I've been biking to campus

5. Man: How long does the campus bookstore stay open on Saturdays?

A) There's a long line at the register

B) Until four in the afternoon

C) The textbooks were really expensive

D) Yes, it opened in the fall

6. Woman: Would you mind proofreading my scholarship essay?

A) Sure, send it to me this afternoon

B) No, I didn't apply for it

C) It's about five hundred words

D) The scholarship was awarded last spring

7. Man: Isn't the gym closed while they redo the floors?

A) I redid my kitchen floor last summer

B) Yes, he closed it at noon

C) Just the basketball courts, actually

D) It costs twenty dollars a month

8. Woman: You should talk to your advisor about switching majors.

A) Biology, I think

B) She switched offices last week

C) No, I didn't talk much in class

D) I have an appointment with her Monday

Answer questions about short conversations.

9. What problem does the man have?

A) His bus will not follow its usual route

B) His interview has been moved to a later time

C) He does not know where the march will begin

D) He missed the deadline to sign up for the march

10. Why does the man say “That's cutting it close”?

A) The train would get him downtown only shortly before his interview

B) He would have little time to get from the station to the office

C) He would have little time to reach the station before the train leaves

D) The march might stop the train before it reaches downtown

11. What does the man say about the walk-in flu shot clinic?

A) It requires students to bring an insurance card

B) It is open only on two weekday mornings

C) It has moved to a different building this semester

D) It charges students a small fee for each shot

12. What will the woman most likely do next?

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

B) Get the shot at the pharmacy off campus

C) Book an appointment online

D) Ask her professor if she can miss a lab

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

13. What is the main purpose of the announcement?

A) To introduce a new course on nature poetry

B) To report that a book discussion has been moved

C) To invite members to submit their own poems

D) To explain why a guest talk has been canceled

14. Why does the speaker mention that the campus bookstore has sold out of the book?

A) To encourage members to arrive early for a seat

B) To suggest that members order the book online

C) To explain why the club has copied one chapter

D) To show why the author was invited to speak

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

15. What is the main topic of the talk?

A) How astronomers decide which telescope should observe an object

B) How software helps astronomers sort large numbers of sky alerts

C) Why exploding stars are difficult for telescopes to detect

D) How email filters were adapted to manage scientific data

16. Why does the professor mention an email spam filter?

A) To point out that astronomers receive too many messages about alerts

B) To contrast a reliable everyday tool with less reliable research software

C) To illustrate how a program learns from examples that people have labeled

D) To suggest that astronomy software was first developed for email

17. Why do astronomers still look at some of the alerts that the software rejects?

A) The software may not recognize a kind of object it has never been shown

B) The software is less reliable with images taken on cloudy nights

C) Some real events look very similar to passing satellites

D) Rejected alerts are needed to retrain the software regularly

18. What will the professor most likely discuss next?

A) How students can train their own program to sort alerts

B) Why some exploding stars are brighter than others

C) How spam filters decide which messages to block

D) Discoveries that were made by checking rejected alerts

Choose the best response.

1. Woman: Are the trains to downtown running again?

A) I'll take a window seat

B) Just as far as Elm Street for now, apparently

C) He ran in the marathon last year

D) About twelve dollars round trip

2. Man: Where are they handing out the new ID cards?

A) Every weekday until four

B) Yes, I handed mine in already

C) My old card expired last month

D) At the front desk of Hadley Hall

3. Woman: Aren't you presenting in the seminar tomorrow?

A) Not anymore. My turn got pushed back a week

B) The present is already wrapped

C) In room 210, I think

D) She gave a great talk

4. Man: I have to work during tonight's review session.

A) The session lasted almost two hours

B) Yes, it was a really helpful review

C) Want to borrow my notes tomorrow, then?

D) I worked at the café last summer

5. Woman: How much does the campus gym membership cost?

A) It opens at six every weekday morning

B) Yes, I've been a member for years

C) Not sure. Try the rec center website

D) Mostly for swimming and running laps

6. Man: Could you feed my cat while I'm away?

A) Of course. When are you leaving?

B) She's about three years old

C) I was away most of last month

D) Because it was hungry

7. Woman: The bookstore takes returns until Friday, right?

A) I returned home on Friday

B) Let me check the policy on my receipt

C) Right across from the café

D) Yes, she took the books home

8. Man: Have they announced the scholarship winners yet?

A) She won a prize last year

B) The notice board is new

C) It's worth five hundred dollars

D) I haven't looked at my email today

Answer questions about short conversations.

9. What does the man imply about the department reception?

A) Casual conversations there can lead to useful opportunities

B) It is mainly intended for students who are looking for jobs

C) Professors use it to give short talks about their research

D) New students are expected to stay until the end

10. What will the woman most likely do next?

A) Go to the library to finish her reading

B) Attend the reception for a short time

C) Ask a professor about a lab position

D) Skip the reception to prepare for her seminar

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

11. What is the main purpose of the announcement?

A) To give a new date for a battery demonstration

B) To invite members to join a battery research team

C) To report the results of a battery test

D) To introduce a guest speaker on battery design

12. Why does the speaker mention that the test room is kept below freezing?

A) To explain why the demonstration was postponed

B) To describe the conditions the battery was designed for

C) To explain why members should bring warm clothing

D) To explain why only a few members can attend

Answer questions about announcements and academic talks.

13. What is the main topic of the talk?

A) How handwriting styles have changed over time

B) Why the act of taking notes helps people remember

C) Ways to organize notes for later review

D) The advantages of using laptops in class

14. Why does the professor mention a shopping list?

A) To give a familiar case in which writing something down made it easier to recall

B) To show that people often forget the reminders they make for themselves

C) To suggest that a list works best when it is kept short

D) To show that a paper list is more reliable than a list on a phone

15. What does the professor imply about typing notes on a laptop?

A) It tends to be less useful because typed notes are harder to review later

B) It can help memory if students put ideas into their own words

C) It is most helpful in courses that use many technical terms

D) It helps memory mainly because students can record more of the lecture

16. What will the professor most likely discuss next?

A) How studying notes later supports learning

B) Why some students prefer laptops to paper

C) How handwriting is taught in schools

D) Ways to write faster by hand