Building Skills for the TOEFL iBT 2nd - Listening

04 Service EncounterProblemStudent can’t find a book1. (B) 2. (C)Misplaced BookSolutionLibrarian finds book in thelibrary’s databaseSummary: A student is searching the library for a biographyof poet James Wright. He asks the librarian for help so sheasks him for the book’s call number. She uses this numberto search the library catalogue for the book. The librariancannot find it there but realizes it may have been scannedas a document. By checking the computer database, shefinds it. Now the student can print it out to complete hispaper on time.05 HistoryTheoryWho Discovered America?SupportChristopher Columbus Came to America in 1492Polynesians1. (C) 2. (B)Chicken bone foundSummary: A history professor is talking about ChristopherColumbus. He believes Columbus was not the first outsiderin the Americas. He says new evidence has shown thatPolynesians came there before 1492. Scientists know thisfrom a chicken bone found in Chile. The bone was from achicken from the Polynesian Islands. One of the students isnot convinced that the bone disproves Columbus was therefirst. The professor explains that the bone predates Columbus’sarrival by more than one hundred years.06 BiologyCauseChildren inheritsickle-cell traitfrom parents1. (B) 2. (B)Sickle-Cell TraitEffectInheriting from both parents causes a deadlydiseaseInheriting from one parent helpsprotect against malariaSummary: The biology professor is discussing sickle-celldisease. This disease is genetic which means you inherit itfrom your parents. If you get it from both your parents, youwill get sick and die. If you get the sickle-cell trait from onlyone parent, you will live. You will also be immune to malaria,another dangerous disease. Malaria is a parasitic diseasecarried by mosquitoes.07 Office VisitProblemWants to take a class again1. (D) 2. (B)Retaking a ClassSolutionBecome the professor’s TASummary: Brenda is talking to Professor Brown about hisTribal Culture course. She is fascinated by it and wants torepeat the class. Professor Brown tells Brenda about hiscourse for the next semester. It will focus on a tribe ofAfrican warriors called the Masai. He also tells her she willnot get any credits for taking his class a second time. Hesuggests that she become his teacher’s assistant. Then shewill get a credit for repeating his class.08 Service EncounterParking ProblemIssue Solution 1 Solution 2 Concern RefutationStudentneedsto find aplace toparkAttendantsuggestsparking atparkingmetersAttendantsuggestsstudentuse theparkingstructure1. (C) 2. (D)Studentthinks itwill be tooexpensiveAttendantsays structurecosts less atthe time of herclassSummary: A student wants to buy a parking permit for onesemester. The student does not want to pay for the wholeyear because she is going to graduate soon. The manexplains that the university doesn’t sell semester incrementsand tells her to try the parking meters. The student says shewon’t have time to fill the meter. She is scared her car willbe towed or ticketed. The man says she could park at thevisitor’s parking structure.09 HistoryTheoryDisappeared after a seriesof droughts destroyedfood sourceMayan’s DisappearanceSupportEvidence for dry periods found insediment samples taken off thecoast of Venezuela32 Answer Key