CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Listening is the ability
to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process.
Listening is key to all effective communication, without the ability to listen
effectively messages are easily misunderstood communication breaks down and the
sender of the message can easily become frustrated or irritated.
Listening to the film or song may be
easier to understand than listening section in TOEFL which is only heard at
once. Many who take the TOEFL don’t get the score that they are entitled to
because they spend too much time dwelling on hard questions, leaving
insufficient time to answer the easy questions they can get right.
The listening section is designed to
mimic natural speech. This means that the speakers will pause, change sentences
or topics abruptly, and occasionally say something incorrect or forget what
they were talking about. People may be asked questions about these
imperfections, so a familiarity with unrehearsed speech is essential to doing
well in the listening section. Hence, the strategy and skill to answer in this
section need to be mastered by all student wanting to get good score.
CHAPTER II
LISTEN FOR NEGATIVE
EXPRESSIONS
It is possible for two
negatives ideas to appear in one sentence, and the result can be quite
confusing. Negative expressions are very common in listening part A, and the most common kind of correct
response to a negative statement is a positive statement containing a word with
an opposite meaning.
Example:
On the recording, you
hear:
(man)
: I can’t believe the news that
I heard about the concert.
(woman) :
Well, it isn’t impossible for the concert to take place.
(narrator) :
What does the woman say about the concert?
In your test book, you
read:
(A) There’s
no possibility that the concert will take place.
(B) The
concert will definitely not take place.
(C) The
concert might take place.
(D) The
concert can’t take place.
The correct answer to
this question is answer (C). If it isn’t impossible for the
concert to take place, then it is possible, and the modal might
indicates possibility.
The following
chart outlines the situations where double negatives can occur:
|
Situation
|
Example
|
Meaning
|
|
Regular
negative : not or n’t
|
Tom is not
sad about the rusuls
|
Not sad
=Happy
|
|
Other
negatives : nobody, none nothing, never
|
Nobody arrived
on time. Sal never works hard
|
Nobody
...on time =nlate
Never
works hard= lazy
|
|
Negative
previx: un,in,dis
|
The
patient was insane
|
Insane
=not sane=crazy
|
In this exercise, listen carefully to the short conversation and question
on the recording, and then choose the best answer to the question. You should
pay particular attention to negative expressions.
1. (A) He was on time.
(B) He’s sorry he was late.
(C) He doesn’t know why he was late.
(D) He hasn’t come there lately
2. (A) She’s sorry she brought the book.
(B) She remembered to say she was sorry.
(C) She forgot the book.
(D) She didn’t remember the ring.
3. (A) The baby’s nodding off.
(B) The baby’s asleep.
(C) The baby’s on the way home.
(D) The baby’s just waking up.
4. (A) He wants to go by himself.
(B) He isn’t going on the trip.
(C) He has a large number of friends.
(D) He isn’t traveling alone.
5. (A) She does not have time to park the car.
(B) She has some free time.
(C) She has not been to the park in a while.
(D) The park is too wild.
6. (A) He closed the windows.
(B) It didn’t rain.
(C) The windows were open during the storm.
(D) He saw the rain through the windows.
7. (A) She’s certain the plant’s alive.
(B) She’s not sure what happened to the plant.
(C) She planned to throw it out.
(D) She’s sure the plant should be thrown out.
8. (A) The apple is good because it’s sweet.
(B) There is an apple in each suite.
(C) The apple doesn’t look good.
(D) The apple is sour.
9. (A) It’s cheap.
(B) It costs a lot.
(C) It has a few problems.
(D) It’s hard to find.
10. (A) She must leave the rock there.
(B) She needs a big rock.
(C) She should take the rock with her.
(D) She should take a bigger rock
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