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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 1 Passage 1

First of all, you need to know what is TOEFL listening Pattern.
Second, in the course of listening, just pay attention on what you know, if you missed something, just let it go . don't try to figure out what you missed .
Finally, after finishing the passage, don't go answers immediately. use about 5 seconds to review the passage specially last two sentence. then go answers one by one. don't saty in one question for a long time.


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1. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

How to decorate a room
Ways to reduce noise
Moving to a new dorm
Noise from traffic

2. Why can the man barely hear traffic while in his dorm
room?

Windows with double glass were put in.
The man put curtains on his windows.
A window was replaced with a wall.
There is less traffic than in the past.

3. What bothers the man about his room?

It is near a busy street.
There is a hole in one wall.
He can hear his neighbor's music.
Paint is peeling from the walls.

4. How do the speakers describe the walls at the new
dorms?

They are made of concrete.
They consist of two sheets of plasterboard.
They are attached to a single frame.
They are decorated nicely.

5. What will the man probably do to improve his room?

Replace the window
Buy a new stereo
Put up new plasterboard
Put up some wall angings



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