托业七大题型详解：ShortTalks
Short Talks
Format
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In Part IV, you will hear a number of talks on the audio There are two, three, and sometimes four questions for each The questions are written in your test There are four answer choices following each You have to choose the best answer to the question based on the information that you hear in the Before each of the talks, there is an introductory
Examples of introductory statements:
Questions 80 and 81 are based on the following announcement:
Questions 93 to 96 refer to the following lecture:
Following each talk, you'll hear instructions to answer particular questions, with eight-second pauses between each of (You do not have to wait for these announcements to answer the )
Because this part of the test consists of both spoken material on the tape and written questions and answer choices, it tests both listening and reading
The talks: The talks are all monologues -- that is, they are delivered by one They are fairly short -- most are less than one minute
The questions: Three main types of questions are asked about the talks: overview questions, detail questions, and inference
_Overview questions require a general understanding of the lecture or of the situation in which it is Overview questions ask about the main idea or purpose of the lecture, or about the speaker, the audience, or the location where the talk is Some typical overview questions:
Who is speaking?
What is the purpose of the talk?
What kind of people would probably be interested in this talk?
What is happening in this talk?
Where is this announcement being made?
_Detail questions relate to specific points in the They begin with question words: who, what, where, why, when, how, how much, and so Some ars negative questions; they ask whaat was not mentioned in the talk:
Which of the following is NOT true ?
_Inference questions require you to make a conclusion based on the information provided in the These questions often contain the word probably or forms of the verbs imply or infer:
What is probably true ?
What does the speaker imply ?
What can be inferred from this talk?
The answer choices: All the answer choices are plausible answers to the questions, in many cases, the distractors are mentioned in the Just because you hear an answer choice mentioned in the talk does not mean it is the correct answer for a particular
Tactics
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Listen carefully to the introductory announcement that is given before each It will tell you what kind of talk you are going to hear (an announcement or a commercial, for example) as well as which questions to look at during that
Always look at the questions as the talk is being given on the audio Do not look away or close your eyes in order to concentrate on the spoken You must focus on both the talk and the written
Because the questions ars written out, you can use them to focus your listening for particular
Do not mark your answer sheet while the talk is going on, even if you know the The act of answering a question may cause you to miss the information you need to answer the question or questions that
Do not wait for the speaker on the audio program to instruct you to answer the In fact, you should ignore those Begin answering as soon as the talk is over, and answer all the questions related to that talk as soon es you If you have a few seconds left before the next talk begins, preview the next few questions in your test
Never continue working on the questions about one talk after another
talk has
If you are not sure of an answer, eliminate unlikely choices and then
Always answer each Never leave any
_Testing Points and Skill-Building Exercises
Public Announcements
News, Weather, and Public Service Bulletins
Commercial Messages
Business Talks
Recorded Messages
