For this assignment I did the mock test on Live ABC and the information from
the teacher before. I choose 3 scripts to analyze the TOEIC part.4. I will explain what
I found in the examination question first and then show you 3 scripts.
In part4, there are three questions for each short talk, and every question has 4
options. Before I talk to the questions, I think understand subject of short talk is also
important. Following is what I found. There are many different topics for part 4,
sometimes the talk is about a man talk about his schedule or an announcement for
traveler in airport. I sort these topics into different kinds: Traveling, Business talks,
Recorded phone messages, Advertisement, Meeting, News, and Public
Announcements. Then, the question, they also can be classified into some special
kinds. First is “wh” questions, like why, when, how, where and who. Second one is
detail questions. Third are main idea questions. For these three kinds of question we
can hear the answer directly, just pay attention on the talk. Last one is inference
questions, we you can’t find the answer in any words you hear. The example is in the
Q6, you can understand what I mean later. Let’s start the exercises.
Due to construction in the Parker Avenue tunnel, this eastbound Broadway Line
train will terminate at West Town Center. Passengers headed for stations east of
West Town Center should transfer to city buses 14, 15 or 62. A free transfer ticket
is available from the ticket agent. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Regular
service will return in October.
1.
Who is the speaker?
A. A tour guide.
B. A bus driver.
C. A stationmaster.
D. A trainer.
2. What is the speaker referring to?
A. To announce a reopening.
B. To make apologies.
C. Reporting train schedule.
D. Changing in transportation service.
3. What will happen next?
A. The eastbound train will terminate at West Town Center.
B. The westbound train will terminate at West Town Center.
C. City bus 40 is available for transferring.
D.
Regular service won't return in October.
This kind of script, Public Announcements, is usually used in TOEICIt is declares
a construction that may cause some traffic problems. To solve this problem, they also
give some ways to reduce the inconvenient.
We can know the answer for Q1 is stationmaster because the script is refer to
how to change the bus to the town. For Q2 we can choose the answer by the second
sentence. The last one Q3 is easy to find answer in fist sentence.
Powerful storms will move through the area tonight with rainfall expected to
reach two to three inches in Rockford. Tornadoes are possible between 7 and 10
p.m. Temperatures will drop sharply after the storms depart, falling to the high
fifties. Tomorrow will be clear with light winds out of the north. Daytime highs
will be in the midsixties. Sunrise will be at 6:07 and sunset will be at 8:12.
4.What's the weather going to be?
A. Clear with light winds.
B.
C.
D.
Sunny in the afternoon.
Rainy with storms.
Warm and rainy.
5. How much rainfall is expected?
A. Two to three inches.
B. Seven to ten inches.
C. Six to eight inches.
D. Fifties to Sixties.
This is NEWS about weather. Q4 ask the main idea of the script. We can easy to hear
the answer in first sentence. Q5 want to ask the detail, if we listen carefully, we can
hear the answer in the first sentence, too.
On Channel 8 at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Nancy Carter will explain why teenagers experience a
heightened need for privacy. She will ponder questions of how adolescents become
independent and who they wish to be. Self-doubt and confusion are hallmarks of this
age. She will look critically into these issues and why separation from the parents is
often encountered and is not wholly unproductive. Finally, focus will shift to why,
after considerable reflection, the teenager ascribes to family values and achieves a
distinct, maturing personality.
6. Who is most likely listening to the talk?
A. Teenagers.
B. Educators.
C. News reporter.
D. Doctors.
7. Where would this talk likely be heard?
A.
B.
C.
D.
On a airplane.
On a TV program.
At a conference.
On the newspaper.
8. What topic is going to be discussed?
A. The problem of self-doubt and confusion.
B.
C.
D.
Family values.
How to achieve a maturing personality.
Raising teenagers.
This one is a notice of a TV Program.Q6 and Q7 is an Inference question. For Q6, you
have to think that which people may interest in the topic. It doesn’t have any key
word you can hear in the talk. Q8 is a wh question.