New TOEIC Listening
Proficiency Score
Descriptors
Range
0-95
100145
150245
250345
Level of Listening Proficiency (In face-to-face communications, a person at this
level should be able to understand:)
No Proficiency : No real English language skills.
Memorized Proficiency: Should not be expected to participate as a full
partner in even simple face-to-face conversations.
* numbers(1-100)
* person and place names
* basic objects
* today’s date
* weekdays and months
* colors
Elementary Proficiency: Comprehension vocabulary will likely be limited to
topics of immediate needs.
*simple questions and statements related to the responsibilities of the job
* minimum courtesy and travel requirements
* ”who , what, when, where” type questions and answers
Advanced Elementary proficiency: Comprehension vocabulary will likely be
limited to topics of immediate needs.
* simple questions and statements related to the responsibility of the job
* simple questions, answers, and statements
* present tense form statements or questions
* limited familiar topics within the scope of personal needs
* minimum courtesy, travel and safety requirements
* ”who , what, when, where” type questions and statements
Range
350395
400445
Level of Listening Proficiency (In face-to-face communications, a person at this
level should be able to understand:)
Basic Working Proficiency:
* most routine social demands and limited job requirements
* everyday personal and job-related topics
* well-known current events
* routine office matters
*other areas beyond immediate needs ;and follow instructions and directions
* ”what, who, when and where” type questions and answers
* follow main points of a discussion or speech at a basic level in their
respective professional field
Working proficiency :
* most routine social demands
* conversations on work requirements
* some discussion on topics related to particular interests and special
fields of competence
* everyday personal and job-related topics
* well-known current events
* routine office matters
* other areas beyond their immediate needs; and follow instructions and
directions
* ”what, who, when and where” type questions and answers
* follow main points of a discussion or speech in their respective
professional field
Range
450495
Level of Listening Proficiency (In face-to-face communications, a person at this
level should be able to understand:)
Professional proficiency:
* the essentials of all speech
* most professionally related topics
* technical subjects
* general topics and areas of special interest
In addition, a person at this level should also be able to understand with facility:
* the essentials of conversation between native speakers
* messages communicated through broadcast media
* public addresses
New TOEIC Reading
Proficiency Score
Descriptors
Range
Level of Reading Proficiency
(A person at this level should be able to read:)
0-95
No Proficiency : No real English language skills.
100145
Memorized Proficiency:
* numbers(1-100)
* person and place names
* individual words or phrases
* street signs
* simple warning signs or posters
* office and shop designations
* simple standard office forms
150245
Elementary Proficiency:
* simple texts written using simple language
* very frequently used grammar and vocabulary
* familiar task specific vocabulary
* material written in the present tense
* simple narratives of routine behavior
* highly predictable descriptions of people, places, or things
* simple explanations of geography, or directions
In the workplace a person at this level should be able to read:
* simple email messages,
* fax messages
* standard office memos
At this level, material will likely have to be reread several times to ensure
comprehension.
Range
Level of Reading Proficiency
(A person at this level should be able to read:)
250345
Advanced Elementary Proficiency:
* routine announcements
* simple biographical information
* simple narrations of events
* straightforward newspaper headlines
In the workplace a person at this level should be able to:
* read routine memo messages written in standard English
* make distinctions in time reference
When reading materials of particular field of interest a person at this level should
be able to:
* understand some of the main ideas
350395
Basic Working Proficiency:
* straightforward, familiar, factual material
* locate and understand the main ideas and details of general reader
material
* uncomplicated prose on familiar subjects presented in a predictable
sequence
* descriptions of frequently occurring events
* standard business letters
* simple technical material, such as operating instructions
When reading material of special interest a person at this level should be able to:
* summarize the material
* perform sorting and location tasks within written texts beyond their
general level
A reader at this level uses a standard voc, but should also be able to use context
and real-world cues to understand text
Range
Level of Reading Proficiency
(A person at this level should be able to read:)
400445
Working Proficiency:
* read most factual materials of a non-technical nature
* understand reading materials on a familiar topic
* separate the main ideas and details, from the lesser ideas
* use that distinction to improve understanding
* get a general sense of both the main and subsidiary ideas of most material
* read and understand standard reports, training manuals and technical manuals
When reading unfamiliar material, a person at this level:
* is able to use context and real-word knowledge to make sensible assumptions
related to its meaning
* may read relatively slowly and will not be able to discern nuance, or
intentionally disguised meanings
450495
Professional Proficiency:
* any type of text
* routine correspondence
* items in periodicals
* general reports
* technical material of special interest
* materials which include hypotheses, arguments and supported opinions
A person at this level:
* rarely misreads
* is almost always able to relate ideas
* almost always understands material correctly
* can “read between the lines”
At this level reading is not usually dependent on subject matter knowledge. A
comprehension of reading material outside of general experience depends heavily on
cultural knowledge.
Traditional TOEIC
V.S.
New TOEIC
Listening
Traditional
New
Differences
Part 1
Photograph
20 items
10 items
No
Part 2
Question-Response
30 items
30 items
No
Part 3
Short Conversations
30 items
30 items
1. The conversations are longer
2. Questions are written in the
test book, and listened at
the same time
Part 4
Short Talks
20 items
30 items
1. The talks are longer
2. Every talk with 3 questions
Reading
Traditional
New
Differences
Part 5
Incomplete Sentences
40 items
40 items
No
Part 6
Error Recognition
20 items
12 items
Change error recognition into
text completion
28 items
No (Single Passage)
20 items
Double Passages
Part 7
Reading Comprehension
40 items
Part 3: Conversations
You will hear: Questions 41 through 43 refer to the following conversation:
(Woman) I think I’ll have to take the train to the regional sales
meeting up in the city next week.
(Man)
Don’t you usually drive when you go to those meetings?
I thought you didn’t like to take the train.
(Woman) I don’t, but the highway’s being repaired, and I’m afraid I
might be late if I have to make a detour through an area I
don’t know very well.
(Man)
You’re right. And it’ll be expensive to park up there, too.
Part 3: Conversations
You will then hear: 41. Why is the woman going to the city?
You will read:
41. Why is the woman going to the city?
(A) To attend a sale
(B) To go to a meeting
(C) To get her car repaired
(D) To go on a tour
You will hear:
You will read:
42. How will she get there?
42. How will she get there?
(A) By car
(B) By bus
(C) By train
(D) By airplane
You will hear:
You will read:
43. What is the problem?
43. What is the problem?
(A) The trains are often late.
(B) The meeting may be canceled.
(C) The tour is expensive.
(D) The roads are being fixed.
Part 4: Talks
You will hear: Questions 71 through 73 refer to the following announcement.
(Woman) Thank you for calling Central Electric Services, your local
power company. We are still experiencing problems with
power failures caused by the recent storm. We expect
service to be back up in most areas early this evening,
although some homes in the northwest will be without
electricity until tomorrow morning, and it may be tomorrow
evening before service is fully restored in all areas. We
apologize for the inconvenience this has caused our
customers, and we thank you for your continued patience as
we work to resolve these problems. This service
announcement will be updated throughout the day.
It was last updated at 6:00 A.M. on Sunday, April third.
Part 4: Talks
You will then hear: 71. Where would this announcement be heard?
You will read:
71. Where would this announcement be heard?
(A) On the television
(B) On the radio
(C) Over the telephone
(D) In a company meeting
You will hear:
You will read:
72. What is the purpose of the announcement?
72. What is the purpose of the announcement?
(A) To tell people about an approaching storm
(B) To provide information about electric services
(C) To apologize for staffing shortages
(D) To describe the reorganization of a company
You will hear:
You will read:
73. When is the problem expected to be completely resolved?
73. When is the problem expected to be completely resolved?
(A) This morning
(B) This evening
(C) Tomorrow morning
(D) Tomorrow evening
Part 6: Text Completion
Every store of OmniMart has a service desk right at the front of the store－where
customers can return anything they have purchased no questions asked. Some stores have
even
141
customers for anything purchased elsewhere
141.（A）refreshed （B）refunded （C）refused （D）regarded
in order to create a satisfied customer who will come back to OmniMart in the future. This
sends customers a strong message that they can buy anything at
OmniMart
142
they don’t like it or don’t want it, the item can be returned
142.（A）and yet （B）so that （C）even as （D）and if
for a complete refund.
OmniMart’s perfect goal was to have everything the customer could ever want to
purchase
143
inside his stores so there was no reason for customers
143.（A）comfortable （B）available （C）suitable （D）flexible
to ever need to go anywhere else. OmniMart realized, however that its competitors were
also going to be trying to achieve the same aim, so OmniMart decided early on that the best
way to distinguish OmniMart would be by combining every-day low prices with the best
service offered by any
144
.
144.（A）consumer （B）supplier （C）retailer （D）customer
Part 7: Reading Comprehension - Single Passages
Part 7: Reading Comprehension – Double Passages
The biggest challenge facing
businesses today is not taxes,
government regulation or access to
capital, but a labor shortage. About
half of small businesses are looking to
hire someone, and more than 50
percent encounter hiring difficulty.
About half of the companies looking to
hire someone end up choosing an
employee less qualified than they
originally thought. Meanwhile, not
having had profit-sharing system,
these companies face another grim
trouble－experienced employees’ jobhopping problem. It makes labor
shortage more serious.
Rock Brand believed that by sharing profits with all staff
he is treating them the way he would treat a partner.
Employees who are treated as partners begin to act like
partners in their interactions with customers, suppliers
and their own management. Partners are empowered
people, and thus staff begin to feel empowered and do
their duties more seriously and ardently.
The idea of profit sharing was actually quite common
when Rock Brand started doing it in 1999. In later years,
however, Mr. Brand would identify this practice as being
the single best thing the company had ever done.
At first, Rock Brand thought he would provide profit
sharing opportunities to his managers only. His young
brother managed to persuade him it would be better to
offer profit-sharing to all employees, even part-time
employees. He suggested this would encourage everyone
to think and act like an integral part of the business rather
than being only employees. Rock Brand saw the wisdom
in this idea and started placing a fixed percentage of
Supertech’s profits into a pool that was then distributed
to all company employees.
According to the Supertech profit-sharing plan, the
company contributes about 7 percent of each employee’s
wages into a personal profit-sharing plan account. When
the employee leaves the company, he or she is entitled to
take whatever is in their account either in Supertech stock
or in cash. In addition, employees can also earn an
incentive or bonus as an extra percentage of their wage
based on performance. Employees may also receive a
holiday bonus is based on their length of service with
Supertech.
Part 7: Reading Comprehension – Double Passages
153. How many small businesses have trouble
finding eligible employees?
（A）Less than half
（B）More than half
（C）Half
（D）Not specified
（B） They find much better staff than
they had anticipated.
（C）They don’t hire anyone because
no one is qualified.
（D）The new employee doesn’t last long
at the new job.
154. What point is addressed in both articles?
（A）Government regulation for hiring new
employees
（B）The inability of businesses to find qualified
staff
（C）Taxes facing small businesses
（D）Employee’s benefits
156. What is Not mentioned in these articles?
（A）Human resource
（B）Business merger
（C）How to distribute bonus
（D）How to treat employees well
155. What happens to half of the companies
hiring new staff?
（A） They hire people with fewer skills
than they had wanted.
157. Who is Rock Brand?
（A）An accountant
（B）A financial analyst
（C）A businessperson
（D）An American style dinner house chef