Organic English for TOEFL^® iBT: Sample Listening Questions

 

网考托福听力题一共有两组题，每组各有一段对话（Conversation）和两段课堂讲座（Lectures），本页的的样题是一段课堂讲座。

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Listening

 

Now we will listen to a lecture about Social Psychology, a topic in the Social Sciences. 

 

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Narrator: Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.

 

1. What is the main topic of the lecture?

 

A. How peer pressure affects behavior

B. How people choose friends

C. Why neighbors develop conflicts

D. Why cognitive dissonance harms relationships

 

2. Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question.

 

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Why does the professor say this:

 

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A. To indicate that it is not actually true

B. To admit that she’s been thinking of a solution

C. To inform the student that there are many such situations

D. To tell the student that’s the correct answer

 

3. What factor correlates most highly with whom a person selects as a friend?

 

A. Socio-economic background

B. Compatible personality

C. Physical distance

D. Emotional rewards

 

4. What is social exchange theory?

 

A. Helping one another in a community

B. Changing friends after moving to a new place

C. Exchanging ideas as part of ongoing communication

D. Using cost-benefit analysis to determine relationships

 

5.  Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question.

 

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Why does the professor say this:

 

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A. To prove that special occasions bring friends close together

B. To suggest ways to sustain close relationships

C. To show that proximity makes a difference

D. To illustrate how people can best make new friends

 

6. According to the lecture, in the experiment about college students and their prospective dates, what would the students most likely think about the prospective dates for other people?

 

A. They would think the other people’s prospective dates were extremely attractive.

B. They would think the other’s people prospective dates were inferior to their own.

C. They would think that the other people’s prospective dates were just pretending because it was an experiment.

D. They would think that the other people’s prospective dates were mysterious.