TOEFL iBT Listening Practice Tests

Part 1 — Listen and Choose a Response (Questions 1-17)

You will hear a person speak. Choose the best response. You will hear each sentence only once.

1. 17 questions heard only: use the interactive player to listen and choose the best answer.

Part 2 — Listen to a Conversation (Questions 18-27)

Listen to a conversation. Then answer the questions. You will hear the conversation only once.

Listen to a conversation between a student and an employee at the campus housing office.

1. Why does the student go to the housing office?
2. What will the woman probably do next?

Listen to a conversation between two students.

1. What is the woman's problem?
2. Why does the man recommend booking online?

Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.

1. What problem does the student describe?
2. What does the professor suggest?

Listen to a conversation between a student and a staff member at the campus bookstore.

1. Why does the woman want to return the book?
2. How does the woman feel at the end of the conversation?

Listen to a conversation between two students in a laboratory.

1. What do the students think caused their unexpected results?
2. What do the students decide to do?

Part 3 — Listen to an Announcement (Questions 28-35)

Listen to an announcement. Then answer the questions. You will hear the announcement only once.

Listen to an announcement at the start of a biology class.

1. Why has the field trip been moved?
2. What should students who cannot go on Friday do?

Listen to an announcement from the campus transportation office.

1. What is the announcement mainly about?
2. Why will one bus stop be moved?

Listen to an announcement in a history class.

1. What is required of students who work in pairs?
2. Why does the professor ask for a note from each student?

Listen to an announcement at a university career center workshop.

1. What will students do after the talk?
2. How can students get an individual practice interview?

Part 4 — Listen to an Academic Talk (Questions 36-47)

Listen to part of a talk in a class. Then answer the questions. You will hear the talk only once.

Listen to part of a talk in a geology class.

1. What is the talk mainly about?
2. Why does the professor compare rocks to sandpaper?
3. According to the professor, what is a feature of a glacial valley?
4. Why are moraines useful to geologists?

Listen to part of a talk in a psychology class.

1. What is the main purpose of the talk?
2. Why does the professor describe two students?
3. According to the professor, why can cramming be misleading?
4. What will the professor probably discuss next?

Listen to part of a talk in an art history class.

1. Why have true frescoes lasted so long?
2. What was a disadvantage of the fresco method?
3. What were giornate?
4. Why does the professor mention the Sistine Chapel?