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Part A：短對話(Short Conversation)
托福聽力考試當天你將會碰到如下的答題提示：
Directions：In Part A， you will hear short conversations between two people. After each conversation， you will hear a question about the conversation. The conversations and questions will not be repeated. After hear a question， read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then， on your answer sheet， find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
1.基本策略
你所聽到的directions叫你先聽問題再讀選項然后決定選那個選項。對有些人來說這沒有問題，但大部分人發現先讀選項對做題很有用。這一技巧我們稱之為逆向搜索法。下面是逆向搜索法的具體步驟：
①打開磁帶聽Direction，在這一時間里，考試中心不讓你看選項。
②當Direction叫你turn the page時，快速看題目的四個選項。你可能只有1至2秒的時間，但盡量看那些在4個選項中重復出現的詞，諸如名字，地點等等。這將在你聽到這些詞的時候對你有所幫助.你甚至可能通過這些反復出現的名詞和動詞猜出對話的主題。
③當對話開始的時候，立即停止看題，集中精神聽題。
④當問題問完以后，再讀一邊四個選項，選出你的答案。如果你無法馬上做出答案，盡量排除一些選項，然后從剩下的選項中選一個。
⑤快速仔細的涂答題紙。馬上回到第2步，看下一題的四個選項。
逆向搜索法的好處：
①你能得到關于對話內容的線索。
②你能運用你的閱讀能力和歸納能力來加強你的聽力能力。
③當你猜到一道題目的主題的時候，你會少一些緊張和焦慮，這將幫助你關注你所需要聽到的信息。
2.考點
在這一部分，你將首先聽到兩個人的對話，然后是一個問題，問題通常是關于第2個說話人的comment的。下面是這一部分常考的考點。有時一道題中有不止一個的考點。詞匯純粹的單詞量測試，但通常不是難詞(大學四級或以下單詞)。比如題干中聽到形容詞terrific，那么包含terrific的同義詞excellent或者very good的選項就是正確答案。也就是說，不僅要認識關鍵詞也要知道它常用的同義詞。不過，這種題大多比較容易。因為這些詞匯都很常見。?
1999年1月聽力題
W： Why are you leaving so early？ The movie doesn't start till seven.
M： I don't want to be at the traffic there. It's a nightmare on the expressway during rush hour.
Q： What does the man mean？
(A) He wants to go early to avoid a traffic jam.
(B) He wants to leave the theater before the movie is over.
(C) He doesn't know the way to the theater.
(D) He doesn't usually get up at 7：00.
答案是A。這里整個對話都在講時間問題，關鍵詞是traffic(交通)。其實，即使你不認識或者不十分確定它的意思，你也可以通過don't want to和avoid之間的同義轉換選出正確的答案。?
1999年1月聽力題
W：If George misses one more meeting we are going to have to find one new committee secretary.M：We'd better give him an ultimatum.
Q： What does the man suggest they do？
(A) Remove George from the committee immediately.
(B) Warn George that his attendance problem is serious.
(C) Offer to help George during the meeting.(D) Telephone George to see if he's coming to the meeting.？
答案是B。
如果你認識并聽懂ultimatum是“最后通牒”的意思的話，你輕而易舉就能選出它的同義轉換warn sb about sth(警告)。而第一句同樣說明了George是個不太稱職的secretary，但卻用are going to將來時說明并非要remove George form the committee immediately。
(2)習語和短語
習語和短語，指的是慣用詞組或者常見的口語化表達。它在托福聽力中經常出現，而且比較難。原因仍然是我們平時很少練習聽力。而且口語化的表達也使一貫重視語法的中國式英語教育暴露出明顯的缺點。但是，你卻可以通過我們后面給你總結的托福聽力詞句精選快速地掌握這些常見的口語化表達和慣用詞組。經常出現的詞組比如對話中說： Kathy's effort really paid off。那么選項中出現的Kathy's hard work had a positive result就是正確答案。這里考的是paid off這個短語的含義。?
1999年1月聽力題
M： Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda？
W：I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
Q： What does the woman imply about the ring.
(A) Linda didn't like it.
(B) Bill lost it.
(C) It was very expensive.
(D) It was very small.？
答案是C。同cost a fortune的意思一樣，cost one an arm and a leg都是形容很貴。?1999年1月聽力題
M：Did you watch that comedy special on TV last night？ I don't think I ever laughed so hard.
W：Don't even talk to me about it. The only night I really wanted to watch something and we had a power failure in my building.
Q： What does the woman mean？
(A) She's upset that she missed the television program.
(B) She doesn't think the television program was funny.
(C) She doesn't like talking about television programs.
(D) She watched the television program at a friend's house.？答案是A。這里，重要的是認識并聽懂power failure是停電的意思。
(3)虛擬語氣
比如，對話中出現了If I had known....I would have，答案應該是didn't do something。這個題型的變化很小，考來考去就是一點虛擬語氣。?
1999年1月聽力題
W： Hey， Larry. Wanna meet a few of us for coffee in a little while？
M：Hmm. I would if I weren't so far behind in this reading I'm doing for history.
Q： What will the man probably do？
(A) Continue to read.
(B) Meet the woman at the library.
(C) Make some coffee.
(D) Go out with some friends.？
雙重否定之下，只有A是正確答案。?
1999年1月聽力題
W：The museum exhibit that our professor recommended just closed. Last day yesterday.
M： Oh. I was really looking forward to seeing it.
Q： What does the man mean？
(A) He is pleased the exhibit has closed.
(B) He has already seen the exhibit.
(C) He is disappointed the exhibit has closed.
(D) He already knew the exhibit had closed.？答案是C。
同樣，過去式的助動詞was揭示了這是個虛擬語氣。
