2000年5月TOEFL试题(含答案)

2000

年

5

月

TOEFL

试题

Section One: Listening Comprehension

1. (A) They don’t enjoy swimming.

(B) They won’t go swimming in the lake today.

(C) They don’t know how to swim.

(D) They’ll swim in the lake tomorrow.

2. (A) The style of sweater she’s wearin

g is very

common.

(B) The man saw Jill wearing the sweater.

(C) She wore the sweater for the first time

yesterday.

(D) She usually doesn’t borrow clothes from Jill.

3. (A) He went to see the dentist a week ago.

(B) The woman should cancel her appointment

with the dentist.

(C) The woman’s toothache will go away by itself.

(D) The woman should have seen the dentist by

now.

4. (A) She’s planning a trip to Antarctica.

(B) She thinks attending the lecture will be

helpful to her.

(C) Her geography class is required to attend the lecture.

(D)She has already finished writing her report.

5. (A) The woman should join the chess club.

(B) He’s not a very good chess player.

(C) The woman needs a lot of time to play chess.

(D) He’s willing to teach the woman how to

play chess.

6. (A) Ask Alice if the man can borrow the novel.

(B) Return the novel to Alice immediately.

(C) Help the man find this own copy of the novel.

(D) Find out how much the novel costs.

7. (A) He has already tasted the chocolate pudding.

(B) Chocolate is his favorite flavor.

(C) He doesn’t want any chocolate pudding

(D) There is no more chocolate pudding left.

8. (A) See the movie at a theater close by.

(B) Wait until later to see the moive.

(C) Consider seeing an English version of the

movie.

(D) Call the Pine Street Cinema to see what

time the movie starts.

9. (A) He doesn’t know how to find the student’s

grade.

(B) He doesn’t know if Dr. Wilson has finished

grading the midterm exams.

(C) He isn’t allowed to tell the student her grade.

(D) Dr. Wilson doesn’t want to be contacted

while she’s away.

10. (A) She had to wait even longer than the man

did to have her car inspected.

(B)The man should have had his car inspected

sooner.

(C)The auto inspection center will be closed at the end of the month.

(D)The man doesn’t need to have his car

inspected until next month.

11. (A) He can act as a subject in the experiment.

(B

) He thinks the woman’s experiment is

difficult to understand.

(C) He’s busy working on his own experment.

(D) He’s willing to help the woman run the

experiment.

12. (A) Look for the misplaced check.

(B) Ask the bookstore for a refund.

(C) Borrow some cash from the woman.

(D) Repair his desk.

13. (A) He hadn’t heard that Karen had a new

roommate.

(B) Karen wouldn’t give specific reasons for

her feelings.

(C) He thinks that Karen shouldn’t be angry.

(D) Karen

won’t be getting a new roommate

after all.

14. (A)The woman didn’t submit the thesis

proposal to him on time.

(B) He returned the thesis proposal to the

woman a week ago.

(C) He hasn’t read the thesis proposal yet.

(D) The thes

is proposal isn’t acceptable.

15. (A) It only cost $$400.

(B) He bought it a year ago.

(C) Write down the directions to the supermarket.

(D) Check to see if the stew is ready.

16. (A) Purchase some ingredients.

(B) Give the man a recipe.

(C) Write down the directions to the supermarket.

(D) Check to see if the stew is ready.

17. (A) He arrived at the theater late.

(B) He left his watch in the theater.

(C) The production seemed much shorter than

it actually was.

(D) He did not enjoy the production.

18. (A) He can’t understand the instructions.

(B) He doesn’t have a computer.

(C) He has a degree in computer science.

(D) He needs to take his computer to be repqired.

19. (A) Arrange by phone to have a bucket delivered.

(B) Deliver the papers herself.

(C) Take her recycling to the town office.

(D) Return the bucket to the recycling department.

20. (A) She prefers her eggs fried.

(B) She never eats breakfast.

(C) She gets an allergic reaction when eating eggs.

(D) She doesn’t eat a lot for breakfast.

21.(A) He doesn’t know anything about engineering.

(B) He wants the woman to postpone the talk.

(C) He hasn’t finished preparing for his

presentation.

(D) He regularly gives talks to high school

students.

22. (A) He told the woman to take seven courses

this semester.

(B) He knew that the woman’s schedule would

be too difficult for her.

(C) His current schedule is also very demanding.

(D) Taking so many classes will enable the

woman to graduate early.

23. (A) He needs help repairing his truck.

(B) He doesn’t want to use his truck for the

field trip.

(C) The woman can use his truck if she

agrees to drive.

(D) He doesn’t think all the t

elescopes will fit

in his truck.

24. (A) Dr. Luby won’t be taking students to New

York this year.

(B) She doesn’t know where the man can buy

theater tickets.

(C) Dr. Luby is performing in a play on Broadway.

(D) She’s going on a thea

ter trip with Dr. Luby.

Elizabeth.

25. (A) The woman’s source of information is reliable.

(B) He didn’t enjoy taking history with Dr. Parker.

(C) He thought Dr. Parker’s tests were easy.

(D) Dr. Parker is no longer teaching history.

26.

(A

) The man doesn’t have air

-conditioning.

(B)The man’s air conditioner is broken.

(C) The man hasn’t been using his air

conditioner.

(D) The summer has been unusually hot.

27. (A) He has decided how he’s going to spend

the prize money.