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Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 6. This course gives students the skills, strategies, practice and confidence they need to increase their scores on all sections of the TOEFL Test, including the Test of Written English. This edition reflects the revised TOEFL, first administered in July 1995, and skill coverage has been expanded for all sections. Volume A explains and practices key language points so that students improve their language proficiency as well as their test-taking skills. Clearly defined steps, pre- and post-tests and TOEFL exercises guide students in improving TOEFL strategies and. | 26 LISTENING SHORT DIALOGUES ON THE PAPERTOEFL TEST Short dialogues are found in Part A in the Listening Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test. For each of the 30 short dialogues in this part of the test you will hear a two-line dialogue between two speakers followed by a multiple-choice question. After you listen to the dialogue and the question you must choose the best answer to the question from your test book. Look at an example of a short dialogue from the paper TOEFL test. Example from the Paper TOEFL Test M B On the recording you hear man This physics course couldn t be any harder. woman I ll say narrator What does the woman mean In your test book you read A She has something to say to the man. B She doesn t think the physics course is hard. C She agrees with the man. D She d like to discuss the physics course. In the dialogue when the woman says I ll say she is showing that she agrees with what the man just said. Answer C is therefore the best answer to this question. PROCEDURES FORTHE SHORT DIALOGUES Paper TOEFL Test Mil 1. As you .listen to each short dialogue focus on the second line of the conversation. The answer to the question is generally found in the second line. 2. Keep in mind that the correct answer is probably a restatement of a key word or idea in the second line of the dialogue. Think of possible restatements. 3. Keep in mind that certain structures and expressions are tested regularly in the short dialogues. Listen for these structures and expressions structures passives negatives wishes conditions functional expressions agreement uncertainty suggestion surprise idiomatic expressions two-part verbs three-part verbs idioms 4. Keep in mind that these questions generally progress from easy to difficult. This means that questions I through 5 will be the easiest and questions 26 through 30 will be the hardest. 5. Read the answers and choose the best answer to each question. Remember to answer each question even if you are not sure of the