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Conversion table

TheTest of English for International

Com m unication (TOEIC) was originally dcsigned

to test thc English proíìciency levels o f pcop lc

engaged in international business H ow ever,the

TOEIC® test has proven to be such a reliablc

measurc of a test-taker’s English language skiils

that ii is now uscd for academ ic adiĩiissions, for

placem ent purposes, and for m easuring

achievem ent Over 1,500,000 people take th e

TOEIC test each year

TOEIC test format

ThcTOEIC test is divided inio tw o sections Thcse

are Listening C om prehensìon and Reading Each

seclion contains 100 questions You will need

approxim ately 2/^ hours to take the test

L ỉstenìng C om p reh en sion 45 m in u tes

Part I Photographs 20 questions

Part II Question-rcsponsc 30 questions

Part III Short conversations 30 qucstions

Part rv Short lalks 20 qucsiions

Part V Incomplctc scntcnces 40 questions

Part VI Error recognition 20 questions

PanVII Rcading comprehcnsion 40questions

Listening C om prehension

Psurt I P h o t o g r a p h s

In this part,yo u will see a photograph and you wtU

hear four sentences about it You m ust cho ose Ihe

scnttncc that most cỉoscty matchcs what you scc

You will hear thc sentences oncc

You wiU identưy w hat you see in th e photo This

may inciude p eo p le,o b jects,actio n s and locations

both general and sp€cific You will also make

assumptions; you may no t be able to d eierm in e ư

som ething is actually takỉng place, but from th e

clues in the p h o to ,y o u can assuine that it is

Traps

The three incorrect sentences will contain w ords

that may make theiD ap p ear correct A w ord may

have a simỉỉar sound to som ething in th e p h o to

(e.g., a sheep raứier than ửie ship pictured) T he

sentence may contain a w ord w hich has m ore

than o n e m eaning (e.g., a hottle o f port ĩvỉne

rather th an a sbip in port). T here may be a suitabie

w ord included w hich is uscd inappropriately

He is openỉng the window. T hcre is a unndcnv in the p h o to , but nobody is opening it)

Strategỉes

Scan th e p ic tu re quickly and u y to identưy as

m uch as you can Ask yourseư questions: Wlio (g en d cr,d escrip tio n ,o c cu p á o n ) is in th e photo?

W hat is happening?W herc w as th e p h o to laken? AX^en listening, focus on th e w ords that are casier

to hear, th e siressed w ords, as they carry thc overall m eanừig

P a r t 11 Q u e s tío n - r e s p o n s e

In this p art,y o u wiU hear a qu estion and th ree possible responses You m ust cho ose the response that b est answ ers the question You wiU hear the question and each rcsponse oncc

The q u estio n may ask about peo ple.location.tiiĩie,

an activity, an event, em otions, reasons, or opinions In sh o rt,th e qu estion could be on almost any subject

Traps

As in Part I, w ords may sound sim ilar or bc used out o f co n tex t Words from th e qucstion may be rep eaied in th e resp o n sc,b u t b c used inaccurately

In ad d itio n ,th ere is a potential trap w ith gramiTìar You wiU h e a r dưíerent types o f questions: wh-

questions iwho, wbat, when, ivhere, tvhyy and

h o w \y e s /n o questions and tag questions W hcn you h e a r ^ye s/n o o r a tag question.yoii may assum e th a t the response wiU bcgin w ith Yes or

No. In theTO EIC test.as in real ltfe,the responsc may an sw er the question indirectly insteaci For exam ple:

Is there any cake left?

(A) I ate the last piece.

(Ú) Yes, the laìze ỉs on the left.

(C) No, I left early.

(A) is th e co rre c t option The respon dcn t docsn t answ er w ith j« 5 / n o as w ould be expectcd

However, w e know the an sw er is no, because the resp o n d en t ate the last piece.

Strategỉes

You wiU have to exercise your short-ierm memcry You m u st rem em b er the question untU you havt

Iníroduction

picked th c ap p ro p riate responsc ư you really

d o n ’t know th e answcr, th e n guess C hoose the

rcsf>onsc that sounds m osi natural to y o u ,d o n ’t

icavc any questions unansw ered

P a r t I I I S h o r t c o n v e r s a tỉo n s

In this p a rt,y o u will h e a r a sho rt dialog You will

read a q u estio n and four answ er choices in your

test booklet You m ust c h o o se th e o p tio n Ihat bcst

answ ers the queslion You wiU oniy h ear the

dialog once

The question wiU ask ab o u t th e general idea o f th e

conversation; usually it wiU n o t focus on specư ìc

d eu ils You wiU be asked to identưy an activity, an

em otion, a relationship, o r th e location o f th e

spcakers In som e instances you may have to do

SOIĨIC m inor caiculations based on m easurem en is

in th e đialog

Traps

As in Parts I an d II, w ord s may so un d sim ilar o r be

used o u t o f con text W ords may b e rep ea ted in the

o p tio n s,b u t b c used inacciưately In addition,

listen out for w ords th a t can add to o r change

meaning U sten careíưlly for w o rd s that indicate

tim e until, tvhile, aýtenvards, etc.)

and w ords th a t ìndicate negation (e,g., noA hardly,

selđom, by no means, etc.)

The dialog m ay co m pare tw o or m ore things so

listen for w o rd s that sh o w d egrces o f

com parisons

Modals (e.g ,can , couldy ought to, etc.) indicate

possibility an d advisability Listen careíuUy for

m odals to d etcrm in e th e in ten t o f th e spcakers

Word o rd cr is also a |X)tential trap A se n te n c e

s u th as Never has the tveather been so

unpredictabie m eans The ĩveather is usuaỉly

predicUibỉe.

Strategies

Try to rcad th e qucstio n before you h ear th e

dialog ư you have tim e, read th e answ er ch o ìces

as weU Look at alỉ th e op tions, bcfore choosing

your answer As you listen^im agine th e speak ers

and th e ừ location

P s u rtlV S h o r t t a l k s

In th is p art,y o u wiU h ear a sh o rt m onologue abo ut

w h ich you wUl read tw o or th re e q u estio n s in your

test booklet For each question, you m ust ch oo se

the c o rre c t answ er from four options You wiU

only h ear th e m onologue once

The talks can b e in th e form o f reco rd ed

a n n o u n ce m en ts, w e a th e r íorecasts, spccial bulietins, etc T he q ucstions wiU ask you to

d e te rm in e xhc lo c atio n ,th e speak er,th e tim e,th e

e v c n t,o r a reason

Traps

T h e trap s that w ere sct for you in Parts I, II and III are set o n c e again

Strategies

T his is a very diffícult section because you have to listen carefuIJy and rem em ber specLẾìc details It is

im p o rta n t th at you try to read th e questions before you h e a r th e talk ĩf you have tữ n e ,try to read th e

a n sw er ch o ices as well H ow ever,you should listen to ứ ie w hoIe talk before attem p tin g to

a n sw e r any o f th e questions Timing is crucial in this part ư you can n o t read and answ er the

q u e stio n in th e 8 secon d pause th e n d o n ’t worry,

b u t m ove on to th e next one D on’t get left behind

on th e tape

R eading

P a r t v I n c o m p l e t e s e n te n c e s

In ứiis p art, you wiJl read a scn ten ce w ith one

w o rd o r p h rase lĩiissing and four possible choices

to fìll th e blank You wiil choose the best w ord or phrase

B oth yo u r kno w íedg e o f vocabulary and your know Iedge o f gram m ar are tested You will have to

u n d e rsta n d th e m eaning o f th e sen ten ce to choose

a vocabulary item You may have to apply your

k n o w led g e o f phrasal verbs and set expressions You wiU, in som e instances, have to u n d erstan d th e gram m atical íòinction o f th e blank to choose th e

c o rre c t gram m aiical form o f a w ord The gram m ar fornis te sted m ost írequently are verb tense,

p ro n o u n s, p repositions, con ịu nction s and com p ariso n s w ith adjectives and adverbs

Traps

In th e item s th a t test grammar, many of th e choices are attractive b ecau se th e y scem to com plete th c

m caning o f th e scn ten ce However, they may not

b e gram m atically co rrect You have to pay closc

a tte n tio n to th e w o rd endings and m ake sxưe you

ch o o se th e c o rre c t gram m atical form required

S trategỉes

You m u st dev elop a quick p ace for th e Reading section You have 75 m ìnutes for 100 items T here are 60 item s ữi PartsV and VI You shouỉd save

m ost o f y o u r tữ n e for th e readiiig passages in Part VII Try to an sw er a question in 30 seconds ư the

Introduction

an sw er is no t ap p aren t to you,quickỉy move on

R eturn to th e u nansw ered questions after you

reach th e en d o f Part VII Always go back aiid

check your answ ers at th e end if th e re is time

P a r t V I E r r o r r e c o g n ỉtío n

In this p art,you will read a sentence w ith four

w ords or phrases underim cd You m ust ch o o se th e

un derlin ed w ord o r p h rase w hich is incorrectly

w ritten

Only granunar is tested The focus is mainly on

e rro rs w ith subịecự verb agreem ent, p ro n o u n

agrcem ent, and w ord íamily distinctions Errors

w ith prepositions are com m on and occasionally

th e re wiU b e m istakes w ith verb te n sc and verb

form

T he w ords that are not underlined are always

co rrect

Traps

A com m on trap is to insert a w ord th a t does not

beiong This is usualiy a p ro n o u n in th e subject

positio n e g., The ivorkers tbey are on strike, o r a

p ro n o u n w hich is incorrectly useđ e.g.,She is

going to intervieiu M rRobinson itseự.

Strategỉes

C hcck cach underlined scction for a n error ư no

e rro r is apparent, take each option an d see if th at

w o rd o r phrase fits ứie sen ten ce grammatically

Do n o t take tim e to co rrc c t an erro r (even in your

head)

P a r t v i l R e a d in g

You wiU read a passage foUowed by 2 - 5 questions

You wiU have to answ er th e questions based on

ứ ie inform ation in th e passage Each qu estio n has

four options

You WỈU have lo ỉn terp ret th e ỉníorm ation in

advertisem ents, forms, reports, corresp o n d en ce,

tables, graphs, announcem ents, articles, and

schedulcs

Traps

Many o f ứie answ er op tio ns repeat iníorm ation

th a t is found in th e passage, b u t in a different

co n tex t Make sure th e o ptio n you ch o o se directly

answ ers th e questỉon

Strategỉes

Read over ứ ie questions before you read th e

passage D on’t look at th e answ cr options Read

th e passage quickly to get a general idea Do»n’t

w o rry a b o u t w ords you d o n ’t u n d erstan d Tliicn rcad it again m ore c are M ly and try to íìnc th*e

an sw ers to th e questions as you read Aftcr tíhat,

c h o o sc from th e options T he q u estio ns usually

m a tch th e o rd cr in ío rm ation is p resen te d in th e passage

Be fam iliar w iưi thc ty p e o f passages that 7/iỉìl be

p rescn ted

s tu d y in g for theTOEIC te s t

As y ou ta k e a p ractice test, pay a tten tio n to tltie

w ay y o u w ork th ro u g h th e test K eep track o f your tim e N ote h o w long you sp e n d on a p a rt esitimate

h o w lon g you sp en d o n an item Ask your;elỉf h o w you can im prove y o u r sp eed Try to develop your

o w n test-taking rhythm Usc th e cassctte tap c to d eveiop y o u r meno»ry

A íte ry o u take a te st,g o back to th e Listenng sectio n a n d play th e ta p e again Try to repeatĩ each

s e n te n c e you h ear in your head and hold ÌL i n your

m em ory You can also try this in y o u r o w r ianguage w h e n you listen to th e radio o r tclevision Try to rep ea t exactly w h a t th e

a n n o u n c e r says It is possible to iiĩiprove '^oiur ability to rem em ber For theTOEIC te s t,a ịOiOd

m c m o ry is a necessity

Use th e exp lanatory an sw ers in th e b ack cf tỉhis book ư s e th em to le a m w hy you m ade ar e r r o r

a n d h o w xhc test tried to trap you T h ere vilii be a lot o f n e w w ords, p hrases and ideas in thií bo o k Taking th e se practiceT O E IC tests wiU notoniỉy

h e lp y o u b eco m e com íortable w ith th e test, lt>ut wUl deíìnitcly h elp you im prove y o u r Engishi

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Introduction

PractỉceTest One

L IS T E N IN G C O M P R E H E N S IO N

In thís section of the test, you will have the chance to show how well you understand spoken English There are four parts to this section, with special directions for each part.

PARTI

Direcỉions: For each question, you will see a pỉcture in your test book and you wilí hear four short statements.The statements will be spoken just one tim e.They wili not be printed in ỵourtest book,

so you must listen careíully to understand what the speaker says.

When you hear the four statements, ỉook at the picture in your test book and choose the statement that best describes what you see in the picture.Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answér Look at the sample belovv.

Sample Answer

Now iisten to the four statements.

statem ent (B), “TheyYe having a meeting,” best describes what you see in the picture Thereíore, you should choose answer (B).

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