CONTENTS
The TOEIC Listening Section 7
Part 1 Picture Description 7
Type 1 — Location Questions 8
Type 2 — Action Questions 10
Type 3 — Situation Questions 12
Type 4 — Similar-Sounding Word Questions 14
Sample Test 16
Part 2 Questions and Responses 23
Type 1 — Who Questions 24
Type 2 — When Questions 25
Type 3 — Where Questions 26
Type 4 — What Questions 27
Type 5 — How Questions 28
Type 6 — Why Questions 29
Type 7 — Yes/No Questions 30
Type 8 — Choice Questions 31
Type 9 — Statements 32
Sample Test 33
Part 3 Short Conversations 37
Type 1 — Who Questions 38
Type 2 — When Questions 39
Type 3 — Where Questions 40
Type 4 — What Questions 41
Type 5 — How Questions 42
Type 6 — Why Questions 43
Type 7 — Which Questions 44
Sample Test 45
Part 4 Short Talks 51
Type 1 — Main Idea Questions 52
Type 2 — Fact and Detail Questions 53
Type 3 — Inference Questions 54
Type 4 — Cause and Effect Questions 55
Sample Test 56
The TOEIC Reading Section
Part 5 Incomplete Sentences 65
Type 1 — Vocabulary Questions 66
Type 2 — Grammar Questions 71
Sample Test 79
Part 6 Incomplete Texts 83
Theme 1 — Banking and Finance 84
Theme 2 — Marketing 85
Theme 3 — Hospitality 86
Theme 4 — Office 87
Theme 5 — Shopping 88
Theme 6 — Transportation 89
Theme 7 — Health 90
Theme 8 — Telephone 91
Theme 9 — Travel 92
Theme 10 — Mail 93
Theme 11 — Insurance 94
Theme 12 — Meetings 95
Sample Test 96
Part 7 Reading Comprehension 99
Type 1 — Main Idea Questions 100
Type 2 — Fact and Detail Questions 101
Type 3 — Inference Questions 102
Type 4 — Cause and Effect Questions 103
Sample Test 104
Practice Test
Practice Test 1 121
Practice Test 2 171
Transcripts and Answer Key
Transcripts 222
Answer Key 232
Answer Sheets 236
The TOEIC Listening Section
The Listening Comprehension Section of the TOEIC test consists of four parts: Picture Description, Questions and Responses, Short Conversations, and Short Talks. There are a total of one hundred questions. All questions relate to recorded materials. You must listen to the recording in order to answer the questions. You will have forty-five minutes to complete the Listening Comprehension Section. The timing of each part of this section is controlled by the audio tape recording.
You must follow along with the tape to answer the questions.
Part 1 Picture Description 10 questions
Part 2 Questions and Responses 30 questions
Part 3 Short Conversations 30 questions
Part 4 Short Talks 30 questions
Listening Total 100 questions
PART 1
Picture Description
Strategies
This section of the TOEIC checks how well you can describe the given picture. First, identify what the picture focuses on, and then try to think of vocabulary related to it. Using that, try to form a possible statement that you think is appropriate for the picture. Note that no inferences are needed. In other words, if something is not clear from the picture, do not assume it is true simply because it seems reasonable. The correct answer should describe what can clearly be seen in the picture.
Test-taking Tips
✓ Don’t read the directions for this section unless it is your first time taking the test.
✓ Preview the picture before you hear the statements.
✓ Determine the focus or main idea of the picture; ignore minor elements of the picture. Remember the correct answer always describes the main action or subject of the picture and is always in the present continuous or simple present tense.
✓ When listening to the statements, eliminate obviously wrong answers. This will help you guess quickly, if you are not sure.
Question Types
Type 1 — Location Questions
Type 2 — Action Questions
Type 3 — Situation Questions
Type 4 — Similar-Sounding Word Questions
PART 1
Picture Description
Type 1 Location Questions
Type 2 Action Questions
Type 3 Situation Questions
Type 4 Similar-Sounding Word Questions
Question Type 1
Location Questions
Questions of this sort often deal with the position of one person or thing in relation to someone or something else, so you should pay careful attention to the prepositions used in the statements you hear. Following is a list of some common prepositions for the location category:
above, against, among, at, at the back of, at the end of, atop, before, behind, below, beneath, between, by, close to, in, inside, in front of, near, next to, on, on top of, over, under
Look at the following picture and the sentences next to it. Each sentence contains a commonly used preposition for location. In this example, all four sentences are possible. Of course, in the sample test question below, there is only one correct answer.
He is sitting at the kitchen table.
There is a cake on the table.
The woman is standing next to the man.
The banner is hanging behind the woman.
The woman is ——- the man.
Focus on:
woman
man
eating
flowers
next to
(A) There is a vase of flowers on the table.
(B) The cake is between the man and the woman.
(C) The woman is next to the man.
(D) The man is eating cake in the kitchen.