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Contents
Introduction page4
PracticeTest 1 page7
PracticeTest 2 page 43
PracticeTest 3 page79
PracticeTest4 page 115
Tapescripts page 151
Test I page 153
Test 2 page 158
Test 3 page 163
Test4 page 168
Answerkey page 173
Test 1 page 175
Test 2 page 187
Test 3 page 199
Test 4 page 211
Answersheets page 223
Test 1 page 225
Test 2 page 227
Test3 page 229
Test4 page 231
Conversion table
INTRODUCTION
TheTestofEnglishforInternational than one meaning (e.g.,a bottleoJportwine
Communication(TOEIC)was originallydesigned ratherthan aship inport). There maybe asuitable
to testthe Englishproficiencylevels ofpeople wordincludedwhich is usedinappropriately(e.g.,
engagedininternational business. However,the He isopeningthe window. There is a window in
TOEIC® testhasproven to besuch areliable thephoto,butnobodyisopeningit).
measure ofa test-taker's Englishlanguageskills
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thatit is nowusedfor academic admissions,for
Scanthepicturequicklyandtryto identiJ:1'as
placementpurposes,and for measuring
much asyou can. Askyourselfquestions: Who
achievement. Over 1,500,000people take the
(gender,description,occupation)isin the photo'
TOEIC testeachyear.
Whatis happening?Wherewas thephoto taken'
Whenlistening,focus onthewords that are easier
to hear,the stressedwords,as theycarrythe
TOEIC test format overallmeaning.
Part 11 Question-response
TheTOEIC testis dividedinto two sections.These
In thispart,youwillhearaquestionandthree
are ListeningComprehensionandReading. Each
possible responses. You must choose the response
sectioncontains 100 questions. Youwillneed
that bestanswers the question. You will hearthe
approximately 2Yz hours to take the test.
question and eachresponse once.
ListeningComprehension 45 minutes The question,nayask aboutpeople,location,time,
PartI Photographs 20questions an activity, an event,elllotions,reasons,or
PartII Question~response 30questions opinions. In short,the question could be on
ParrIH Shortconversations 30questions almostanysubject.
PartN Shorttalks 20questions
Traps
Reading 75 minutes As in PartI,wordsmaysoundsimilarorbe used
PartV Incompletesentences 40questions outofcontext. Wordsfrom the question maybe
PartVI Errorrecognition 20questions repeated in the response,but be usedinaccurately.
Part\Ill Readingcomprehension 40questions In addition,there is apotentialtrap withgrammar.
Youwillheardifferent types ofquestions:wh
Listening Comprehension questions(tuho, tuhal, Luhen, wbere, wby, and
how),yes/no questions andtag questions. 'When
Part I Photographs you hearayes/no ora tag question,youmay
assume thatthe responsewillbeginwith Yes or
In this part,youwill seea photographandyouwill
No. IntheTOEIC test,as in reallife,the response
hearfour sentencesaboutit. You must choose the
Inayan::,'Vi,Terthe questionindirectlyinstead. For
sentence that most closelymatcheswhatyou see.
example:
Youwillhearthe sentencesonce.
Is thereany cake left?
Youwillidentifywhatyou see inthephoto. This
mayinclude people,objects,actionsand locations (A) Iate tbe lastpiece.
bothgeneralandspecif1c. Youwillalso make (B) Yes, thelake is on theleJl.
assumptions; youmaynotbeable to determineif (C) No, Ilejtearly
somethingis actuallytakingplace,butfrom the
(A) is the correctoption. The respondent doesn't
cluesinthe photo,youcanassume thatitis.
answerwithyes/no aswouldbeexpected.
Traps
Ho\vever,weknowtheans\veris110,because the
The three incorrect sentences will contain vvords respondent ate tbe lastpiece.
that maymake them appearcorrect. Awordmav
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have asimilarsoundto somethingin thephoto'
Youwill have to exerciseyourshort-termmemory.
(e.g.,asheep ratherthan theship pictured).The
Youmustrememberthe question untilyouhave
sentencefilaycontain a\vardwhichhasluore
4 Inlroduction
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pickedthe appropriate response. Ifyoureally announcements,weatherforecasts,special
don'tknowthe answer,thenguess. Choose the bulletins,etc. The questionswill askyou to
response that sounds mostnaturaltoyou,don't determine the location,the speaker,the time,the
leave anyquestions unanswered. event,orareason.
Part III Short conversations Traps
The traps thatwere setforyouinParts I,II andIII
Inthispart,youwillhearashort dialog. Youwill
are setonceagain.
readaquestion andfouranswerchoicesinyour
testbooklet. Youmust choose the option thatbest Strategies
answers the question. Youwillonlyhearthe Thisis averydifficult section becauseyou have to
dialog once. listencarefullyandrememberspeciflcdetails. Itis
importantthatyou tryto readthe questionsbefore
The questionwill ask aboutthe generalidea ofthe
conversation;usuallyitwillnotfocus onspecific youhearthe talk. Ifyouhave time,tryto readthe
answerchoices aswell. However,youshould
details. Youwillbe asked toidentifyanactivity,an
listento thewholetalkbeforeattemptingto
emotion,arelationship,orthelocation ofthe
answeranyofthe questions. Timingis crucialin
speakers. In some instancesyou mayhave to do
this part. Ifyou cannotread and answer the
someminorcalculations basedonmeasurements
questioninthe 8 secondpause thendon'tworry,
inthe dialog.
but move onto thenextone. Don'tgetleft behind
Traps on the tape.
As inParts Iand II,wordsmaysoundsimilarorbe
usedoutofcontext. Words mayberepeated in the Reading
options,butbeusedinaccurately. In addition,
listen outforwords that canadd to orchange PartY Incomplete sentences
meaning. Listencarefullyforwords thatindicate
In thispart,youwillread asentence with one
time (e.g.,before, until, while, afterwards, etc.)
word orphrasemissingandfourpossiblechoices
andwords that indicate negation(e.g.,not, hardly,
tofill the blank. You will choosethe bestword or
seldom, by no means, etc.).
phrase.
The dialogmaycompare two ormore things so
Bothyourknowledge ofvocabularyandyour
listenforwords thatshowdegrees of
knowledge ofgrammarare tested.Youwill have to
comparisons.
understand the meaning ofthe sentence to choose
Modals(e.g.,can, could, oughtto, etc.)indicate avocabularyitem. Youmayhavetoapplyyour
possibilityandadVisability. Listen carefullyfor knowledge ofphrasalverbs andsetexpressions.
modals to determine the intent ofthe speakers. Youwill,insomeinstances,have to understandthe
grammaticalfunction ofthe blankto choose the
Word orderis also apotentialtrap. Asentence.
correctgrammaticaiform ofaword. The grammar
suchasNeverhasthe weatherbeenso
forms testedmostfrequentlyareverbtense,
unpredictablemeans Tbe weatheris usually
pronouns,prepositions,conjunctionsand
predictable.
comparisonswith adjectives and adverbs.
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Traps
Try to readthe question beforeyouhearthe
In theitems that testgrammar,manyofthe choices
dialog. Ifyou have time,readthe answerchoices
are attractive because theyseemto completethe
as well. Look at allthe options,before choosing
meaning ofthe sentence. However,theymaynot
youranswer. Asyoulisten,imagine the speakers
begrammaticallycorrect. You havetopayclose
and theirlocation.
attention to tl,ewordendings andmake sureyou
Part IV Shorttalks choose the correctgrammaticalform required.
In thispart,you willhearashortmonologue about Strategies
whichyouwillread two orthree questionsinyour You must develop aquickpacefor theReading
test booklet. For each question,youmust choose section. Youhave 75 minutesfor 100items. There
the correctanswerfrom four options. Youwill are 60 itemsin PartsVandVI. Youshouldsave
onlyhearthe monologue once. mostofyourtimefor thereadingpassages inPart
VII. Tryto amweraquestionin 30seconds. Ifthe
The talks can beintheform ofrecorded
Introduction 5
answerisnotapparenttoyou,quicklymove on. thepassage quicklyto get ageneralidea. Don't
Returnto theunansweredquestions afteryou worryaboutwordsyoudon'tunderstand.Then
reachthe endofPartVII. Alwaysgo backand readitagain more carefullyandtryto1lndthe
checkyouranswers atthe endifthere is time. answers to the questionsasyouread. Afterthat,
choosefrom the options. Thequestions uSU<llly
PartVI Errorrecognition
matchthe orderinformationispresentedinthe
Inthispart,youwillreadasentencewithfour passage.
words orphrases underlined. Youmust choose the
Befamiliarwiththetype ofpassagesthatwillbe
underlinedword orphrasewhichisincorrectly
presented.
written.
Onlygrammaris tested. Thefocus is mainlyon
errorswithsubject/verbagreement,pronmill StUdying for theTOEIC test
agreement,andwordfamily distinctions. Errors Asyou take apracticetest,payattentionto the
withprepositionsare commonandoccasionally wayyouworkthrough the test. Keep trackofyour
therewill be mistakeswithverbtense andverb time. Note howlongyou spendonapart;estimate
form. howlongyouspendon anitem.Askyourselfhow
The words that are notunderlinedare always you canimproveyourspeed. Tryto develop your
own test-takingrhythm.
correct.
Use the cassette tape to developyourmemory.
Traps Afteryou take atest,go backto the Listening
Acommon trap is toinsert aword thatdoesnot
sectionandplaythe tape again. Tryto repeat each
belong. Thisisusuallyapronouninthesubject sentenceyouhearinyourheadandholditinyour
':.!!!!:l
positione.g.,The workers are onstrike,ora memory.You canalso trythis inyourown
pronounwhich is incorrectlyusede.g.,She is
languagewhenyoulistento theradio or
goingto interview111r.Robinson itself
television. Tryto repeatexactlywhat the
Strategies announcersays. Itispossible toimproveyour
Checkeachunderlinedsectionfor an error. IfnO abilitytoremember. FortheTOEIC test,agood
errorisapparent,take each optionandseeifthat memoryis anecessity.
word orphrase tits the sentencegrammatically.
Use the explanatoryanswers in the backofthis
Donottake time to correctan error(eveninyour
book. Usethemtolearnwhyyou made anerror
head).
and howthe test triedto trapyou. There willbea
PartVII Reading lot ofnewwords,phrasesandideasin thisbook.
TakingthesepracticeTOEIC tests will notonly
Youwillread apassagefollowed by2-5 questions.
help youbecomecomfortablewith the test,but
Youwillhave to answerthe questions basedon
will de11nitelyhelp you improveyourEnglish.
theinformationin thepassage. Each questionhas
fouroptions.
Answer sheets and Conversion table
Youwillhave to interpret theinformationin
Inthe examyouwillhave toputyouranswers on
advertisements,forms,reports,correspondence,
anAnswersheet,andyou canpractisedoing this
tables,graphs,announcements,articles,and
byusing theAnswersheetsprovidedat the backof
schedules.
the book.
Traps
Ascoreconversion table isincluded on the inside
Manyofthe answeroptions repeatinformation
backcover. This convertsthe scoresofthe Oxford
thatisfound inthepassage,butinadifferent
practice tests and does notcorrelatewith the
context. Make sure the optionyou choose directly
actualTOEIC tests. The table providesyouwithan
answersthe question.
approximation ofyour totalactualscorefor the
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practice tests,and canbe usedto assessyour
Read overthe questions beforeyou readthe performanceasyouworkthrough them.
passage. Don'tlook at the answeroptions. Read
6 Introduction
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PracticeTest One
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Inthis section ofthetest, you will havethe chance to showhowwell you understandspoken English.
There arefourpartstothis section, with special directions foreach part.
PART I
Directions: Foreach question, you will see apicture in yourtest bookand you will hearfourshort
statements.The statementswill be spokenjustone time.Theywill notbe printed in yourtestbook,
I so you mustlistencarefullyto understand whatthe speakersays.
When you hearthefourstatements, lookatthe picturein yourtestbook and choose the statementthat
bestdescribeswhatyou see inthe picture.Then, on youranswersheet, find the numberofthe question
and markyouranswer. Lookatthe sample below.
SampleAnswer
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Now listentothefourstatements.
Statement(6), "They're having ameeting," bestdescribes whatyou see in the picture.Therefore,
you should choose answer(6).
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