CALL "LISTENING (TOEFL Exercise skill 7-10)"

• She can try a little harder.

• There is a lot more that she can do.

• She's doing the best that she can.

• It is impossible for her to do anything.

What does the woman mean ...

• She's always been late for the bus.

• The bus has always been late.

• The bus only left on time once.

• Only on this trip has the bus been on time.

• There wasn't enough soup to go around.

• We had so much soup that we couldn't finish it.

• Everyone got one serving of soup, but there wasn't enough for seconds.

• Everyone around the table had a lot of soup.

• She does want to see the movie.

• It is extremely important to her to go.

• She doesn't want to go there anymore.

• She really couldn't move there.

What does the woman mean ...

• She handed the paper in one time.

• She was able to complete the paper, but she didn't turn it in.

• The paper was a complete mess, so she didn't turn it in.

• The paper was unfinished.

What does the man mean ...

• Neither Tim nor Sylvia is taking care of Art.

• Sylvia likes modern art even less than Tim does.

• Sylvia doesn't care for anything Tim does.

• Sylvia and Tim agree in their opinion of modern art.

What the man say about his friend ...

• They always work hard in the afternoon.

• They don't do much after lunch.

• Afternoon they never work.

• It's never hard for them to work in the afternoon.

What's the man implay ...

• It's hard for him to work when it gets warm.

• Whenever it gets warm, he turns on the air-conditioner.

• The air-conditioner only works when it isn't needed.

• He likes to use the air-conditioner when it is warm.

What's the man mean ...

• He did really poorly

• He's felt worse before

• The result could not have been better

• He's not too unhappy with the results.

What does the woman mean ...

• With so many members present, the committee couldn't reach a decision

• The committee should've waited until more members were present.

• The issue shouldn't have been decided by all the committed members

• The issue wasn't decided because so many members were absent.