TOEFL Listening Practice Skill 1-3 (Longman TOEFL PBT)

1.    What does the headline leave out this newsworthy fact about the incident?

	The type of the train getting the accident
	The cause of the incident
	The time of incident
	The place of the incident

2.     We know from the news report that Joni did not associate train accidents with....

	mismanagement
	track safety
	victims
	material loss

3. What is the newspaper's position toward the incident?

	It blames the government for the incident.
	It praises KAI Daop II for KAI's immediate action to secure the executive cars.
	It objectively reports the details of the incident.
	It praises KAI Daop II for apologizing to the passangers for the incident.

4. Which of the newsworthy fact in the headline is most elaborated?

	The railway tracks
	The train
	The railway station
	The town

5. Despite the incident, no train delays ....

	had happened
	occurred
	were observed
	were made
	were reported

6. Who is most likely the target readers of the news report?

	People in general
	Medical business people
	Health insurance companies
	Medical scientists
	Pharmaceutical industries

7. What is the writer's attitude towards the issue?

	Concerned with the discharge
	Angry at the hospital's slow response
	Supports the hospital's policy
	Disappointed with the discharge

8. Reading the news, we eventually know that ....

	Mr. Voelker was afraid of getting contaminated by the disease
	the Voelkers could not take care of Mrs Voelker
	the Voelkers got angry with the hospital
	Mr. Voelker is most concerned with the risk on the daughter's health

9. Which of the following has the least news worthiness?

	The risk on the family
	The onerous safety precautions to protect the family
	The source person
	The timing of the discharge

10. Which of the statements is true as far as the news is concerned?

	Mrs Voelker shouldn't have been discharged from the hospital after testing positive for Influenza.
	Mr. Voulker could be concerned by his mother's discharge from the hospital for testing Influenza.
	The hospital wouldn't have discharged Mrs Voelker for tesing positive for influenza.
	Canbera hospital would have treated Mrs Voelker for being positive with influenza.