PASSTHE
TOEICTEST
Intermediate Course
PASS THE TOEIC TEST
Intermediate Course
Pass the TOEIC Test is a thoroughly comprehensive, authentic, and up-to-date preparation
course for the TOEIC test. Ideal for self-study or class use, the course builds confidence and
boosts test scores for students on the Listening and Reading sections of the TOEIC test.
Key features
/ over 1,500 high-quality practice items
/ clear, step-by-step skills development
/ effective test-taking strategies
/ preview tests and full-length review tests for each part
/ regular Mini Tests assess performance at every stage
/ full-length Listening ComprehensionTest and ReadingTest
/ Grammar and Vocabulary sections focus on language use
/ two complete Practice Tests for reliable assessment
Plus
/ complete Audio Program on MP3
/ detailed Answer Key and full Audioscript
/ Essential Vocabulary with over 500 key words and phrases
/ useful accent recognition exercises
/ website support with free activities for students and teachers
/ unique access code giving two free online Practice Tests
6 0 0 * 9 00 +
Pass theTOEIC' Test includes
Introductory Course with complete Audio Program, Answer Key and Audioscript
Intermediate Course with complete Audio Program, Answer Key and Audioscript
Advanced Course with complete Audio Program, Answer Key and Audioscript
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Listening Com prehension
Guide to the Listening Test
The first section of the TOEIC® test is Listening Comprehension. In this section, the test focuses on
how well you understand spoken English. There are four parts in this section.
Part 1: Photographs 10 questions
Part 2: Question-Response 30 questions
Part 3: Short Conversations 30 questions
Part 4: Short Talks 30 questions
You will have 45 minutes to complete this section of the TOEIC test.
Directions are given for each part. You need to mark your answers on the separate
Answer Sheet provided.
How many parts are there in the Listening Comprehension section of the TOEIC test?
How many questions are there?
How much time do you have to complete the Listening Comprehension section?
Where do you mark your answers?
Guide to this section of Pass the TOEIC Test
The Listening Comprehension section of Pass the TOEIC Test is divided into the same four parts as
the TOEIC test. Each part begins with a Try It Out preview test, which shows you exactly what to
expect. This will also help you identify your strengths and weaknesses. You then study important skills
and useful languago In Improve Your Performance. In Sfeps to Success you practice special strategies
for taking each part of the test, before Strategy Review and Tips summarizes key guidance and gives
useful advice. Finally, you put everything into practice in a Review Test.
For all Examples, the gender and accent of each speaker is given using these abbreviations:
[M-Am] American man
(M-Br] British man
(M-Aul Australian man
(M-CnJ Canadian man
[F-Am] Amencan woman
[F-Br] British v/oman
(F-Au] Australian woman
[F-Cn] Canadian woman
The gender and accent of ever/ speaker for every recording is given in the Audioscript.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1
Sach Ca Ngya
1 Photographs
This part of the TOEIC* test consists of ten black-and-white photographs. You will hear
four short statements describing each photograph. You must choose the statement that
best describes what you see. The statements are spoken only once, and are not written
in your test book. There is a short pause between each question, but there are no pauses
between the statements you hear that desenbe each photograph.
Most photographs involve one or more people, but some are pictures of a scene or
an obiect. The statements are short and tend to use simple grammatical structures.
Statements often relate to the general context and the more obvious features of the
photograph, but some statements focus on smaller details or things in the background.
How many photographs are there in this part of the TO EIC test?
How many statements are there for each photograph?
Is there a pause between statements?
How many times do you hear each statement?
As well as photographs of people, what other types of photographs are there?
What do most of the statements tend to focus on?
2 LISTENING COMPREHENSION
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^ Try It Out
1 Directions
For each question, you will hear four statements about a photograph. Listen and select the one
statement: (A), (B), (C), or (D). that best describes the picture. Then mark your answer
You will hear the statements only once.
Look at the photograph and listen to the four statements.
EXAMPLE
The best description of the picture is statement (C), The woman is wearing safety glasses on her
head." You should mark answer choice (C).
Answer choice (A) is partly true. The people are examining something, but it is not documentation
Answer choice (B) incorrectly interprets the situation. We can see some equipment, and they might
be scientists in a laboratory, but they are not carrying the equipment into the room. Answer choice
(D) uses a word that sounds similar to something you can see in the photograph. The man is
starxJrng close to a microscope, not a microphone.
(F-Am]
(A) The people are examining their documentation.
(B) The scientists are carrying equipment into a laboratory.
(C) The woman is wearing safety glasses on her head.
(D) The man is standing close to a large microphone. > (D ® ®
On the actual test, you will hear but NOT see the four answer choices.
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PASSTHE TOEICTEST Intermediate Course PASS THE TOEIC TEST Intermediate Course
Pass the TOEIC Test is a thoroughly comprehensive, authentic, and up-to-date preparation
course for the TOEIC test. Ideal for self-study or class use, the course builds confidence and
boosts test scores for students on the Listening and Reading sections of the TOEIC test. Key features
/ over 1,500 high-quality practice items
/ clear, step-by-step skills developm ent
/ effective test-takin g strategies
/ preview tests and full-length review tests for each part
/ regular M ini Tests assess performance at every stage
/ full-length Listen in g Com prehensionTest and ReadingTest
/ G ram m ar and Vocabulary sections focus on language use
/ two com plete Practice Tests for reliable assessment Plus
/ complete Audio Program on MP3
/ detailed Answ er Key and full Audioscript
/ Essential Vocabulary with over 500 key words and phrases
/ useful accent recognition exercises
/ website support with free activities for students and teachers
/ unique access code giving tw o free o nline Practice Tests 6 0 0 •* 9 0 0 +
Pass theTOEIC' Test includes
Introductory Course with complete Audio Program, Answer Key and Audioscript
Intermediate Course with complete Audio Program, Answer Key and Audioscript
Advanced Course with complete Audio Program, Answer Key and Audioscript = First News-
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Listen in g C o m pr e h e n sio n Guide to the Listening Test
The first section of the TOEIC® test is Listening Comprehension. In this section, the test focuses on
how well you understand spoken English. There are four parts in this section. Part 1: Photographs 10 questions Part 2: Question-Response 30 questions Part 3: Short Conversations 30 questions Part 4: Short Talks 30 questions
You will have 45 minutes to complete this section of the TOEIC test.
Directions are given for each part. You need to mark your answers on the separate Answer Sheet provided.
How many parts are there in the Listening Comprehension section of the TOEIC test? How many questions are there?
How much time do you have to complete the Listening Comprehension section?
Where do you mark your answers?
Guide to this section of Pass the T O E IC Test
The Listening Comprehension section of Pass the TOEIC Test is divided into the same four parts as
the TOEIC test. Each part begins with a Try It O ut preview test, which shows you exactly what to
expect. This will also help you identify your strengths and weaknesses. You then study important skills
and useful languago In Improve Your Performance. In Sfeps to Success you practice special strategies
for taking each part of the test, before Strategy Review and Tips summarizes key guidance and gives
useful advice. Finally, you put everything into practice in a Review Test.
For all Examples, the gender and accent of each speaker is given using these abbreviations: [M-Am] American man [F-Am] Amencan woman (M-Br] British man [F-Br] British v/oman (M-Aul Australian man (F-Au] Australian woman (M-CnJ Canadian man [F-Cn] Canadian woman
The gender and accent of ever/ speaker for every recording is given in the Audioscript.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1 Sach C a Ngya 1 P h o t o g r a ph s
This part of the TO EIC * test consists of ten black-and-white photographs. You will hear
four short statements describing each photograph. You must choose the statement that
best describes what you see. The statements are spoken only once, and are not written
in your test book. There is a short pause between each question, but there are no pauses
between the statements you hear that desenbe each photograph.
Most photographs involve one or more people, but some are pictures of a scene or
an obiect. The statements are short and tend to use simple grammatical structures.
Statem ents often relate to the general context and the more obvious features of the
photograph, but some statements focus on smaller details or things in the background.
How many photographs are there in this part of the TO EIC test?
How many statements are there for each photograph?
Is there a pause between statem ents?
How many times do you hear each statem ent?
As well as photographs of people, what other types of photographs are there?
W hat do most of the statements tend to focus on?
2 LISTENING COMPREHENSION Soch Co Ngi/o ^ T ry It O u t 1 D irectio n s
For each question, you will hear four statements about a photograph. Listen and select the one
statement: (A), (B), (C), or (D). that best describes the picture. Then mark your answer
You will hear the statements only once.
Look at the photograph and listen to the four statements. EXAMPLE (F-Am]
(A) The people are examining their documentation.
(B) The scientists are carrying equipment into a laboratory.
(C) The woman is wearing safety glasses on her head.
(D) The man is standing close to a large microphone. (£> (D ® ®
The best description of the picture is statement (C), ‘The woman is wearing safety glasses on her
head." You should mark answer choice (C).
Answer choice (A) is partly true. The people are examining something, but it is not documentation
Answer choice (B) incorrectly interprets the situation. We can see some equipment, and they might
be scientists in a laboratory, but they are not carrying the equipment into the room. Answer choice
(D) uses a word that sounds similar to something you can see in the photograph. The man is
starxJrng close to a microscope, not a microphone.
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