Go home so she can get her book. c. Ask the professor if she can take the test another day. Call home and see if her roommate will bring it to her.
LISTENING 37
Question: An instructor describes the formation and effects of acid rain. Match each term with its definition.
[Click on a sentence. Then click on the space where it belongs. Use each sentence only once.]
precipitation fossil fuel pollutant something that contaminates the environment
condensed vapor that falls to earth as a deposit like rain or snow a fuel formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
Answer: precipitation
fossil fuel pollutant
condensed vapor a fuel formed in
something that that falls to earth
the earth from contaminates the
as a deposit like plant or animal
environment rain or snow
remains
WHAT’S UP WITH IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
You probably won’t see the greeting “What’s up?” in the reading portion of the TOEFL exam, but you might hear it—or another
idiom—on the listening test. Idioms are words or phrases used in a particular region. Idiomatic expressions often have unusual
grammatical structures or have a meaning that does not make sense when you add up the meanings of each word. Here’s an example
of a test question that will ask you to identify the meaning of an idiomatic expression:
Woman: The astronomy midterm is tomorrow Man: I know. I’m not ready. It’s going to be an all-nighter
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Question: What does the man mean? a. He’s going out past midnight.