Grammar and Vocabulary for the ® TOEIC Test Practice Test Listening and Reading Answer Key Section 1: Listening Part 1: Photographs 1 C 6 D A young man is standing beside a stand of The man and woman are in a garage. We produce. In this case the produce is fruit. don’t know if they (B) work in an office or We cannot be certain whether he is (B) (C) manage a car factory, although this is buying or (D) selling the produce, nor (A) unlikely because they look like they work who owns the fruit stand. in the garage. (A) We don’t know if they are married. 2 B 7 C The cashier is in the middle of ringing up The woman is wearing a face mask, the purchases (= recording and calculating goggles, gloves and a protective suit. (A) the cost of what the customer is buying). She is not using a magnifying glass. She is (A) The customer has not taken out money wearing goggles, not glasses. (B) She may or a credit card for payment. The women work in a hospital, but she could also be in are neither (D) taking the produce out of an industrial laboratory. (D) Her protective the cart nor (C) putting it into a box. clothing is not suitable for winter weather. 3 B 8 D The woman is looking at a computer There are people sitting at tables with screen. (A) Her hand is on a book, not on drinks and a woman appears to be the computer. (C) Although there may be explaining something in a menu. (A) The a mouse pad on the table, we cannot see people seated at the table may or may one. (D) She is holding a pen, not an eraser. not be there for a meeting over a meal. (B) The woman who is standing appears to be explaining something in a menu. She is 4 C not removing anything from the table. (C) The group of children is paying attention There are no suit jackets in the picture. to the woman as she shows them the globe. We don’t know if she is (A) talking 9 C about her travels or (B) pointing to her The woman is on a ladder in the aisle country. (D) The children are not pointing of a store. (A) She is not walking or (D) at anything. working at a counter. (B) She may be searching for some merchandise, but she 5 A could also be arranging the products. There is no information in the picture 10 C about what the man is doing in the field. He might be (C) managing wind energy The man is pushing a wheelbarrow at a or (D) working for a farmer, but we don’t construction site. (A) He may or may not know. (B) He is unlikely to be taking a walk be building a house. (B) There are bricks in the country because he is wearing a in the picture, but he is not making them. hardhat and overalls. (D) There is a car, but he is not driving it. The TOEIC® test directions are reprinted by permission of Educational Testing Service, the copyright owner. However, the test questions and any other testing information are provided in the entirety by Cambridge University Press. No endorsement of the publication by Educational Testing Service should be inferred. 1 Part 2: Question-Response 17 A 11 B The question asks for confirmation that a person did overtime (= extra work). (B) The first speaker asks for directions is about extra money, not extra work. (C) with the key word where, so the answer Overtired sounds similar to overtime, but must be a location. (A) Although turn on means “very tired.” sounds similar to turn, it means “activate a switch,” not “change direction.” (C) 18 C is an answer to the question when, not where. The question is a formal way to introduce a person. The key words are the woman’s 12 A title Ms and surname Daley. (A) Miss sounds similar to Ms, but in this sentence The first speaker asks about intentions miss means “to be absent from”. The of updating software and the second word meeting in this sentence is a noun speaker answers when that will happen. meaning “an event where people come (B) Wear sounds the same as the ware in together,” rather than a form of the verb software, but means “be dressed in.” (C) meet (= be introduced to). (B) Everyday Dates sounds similar to dating but means has the same meaning as the word “particular days.” “daily,” which sounds the same as Daley. 13 C 19 A The key question word is where. “Jacob’s The first speaker makes a statement Computer Store” is a location. (A) and (B) about moving offices and the second are both answers to the question when. speaker provides more information about the situation. (B) is about offers, not 14 B offices, and (C) is about officers (= people in official positions) and not offices The key question word is when, so a (= places of work). time of day is the correct answer. The response indicates that the break-in (= illegal entry) included a robbery 20 B (= theft). (A) Broken is the past of break, The first speaker makes a request and but means “damaged.” (C) The phrase the second speaker agrees to it. (A) record-breaking means “better than is an explanation of how to get to the previous attempts or scores.” fourth floor. (C) Four (the ordinal number 4) sounds similar to fourth (the cardinal 15 C number 4th). The first speaker is seeking to confirm that Mr. MacIntosh is a trustee (a 21 B member) of the board (a group of The verb wait shows that the key managers). (A) Trustworthy sounds question word, how long, is about a similar to trustee but means “reliable” length of time. (A) Waiter (= a person who and (B) bored sounds the same as board brings food to people in a restaurant) but means “uninterested.” sounds similar to wait (= stay). (C) Three meters answers the question how long 16 A when it refers to distance, not to time. The key question word is who’s (= who is), so the answer should identify a person. (B) is an answer to whose and (C) gives the information about the flight. 2 22 A 28 B The first speaker gives information about The first speaker is asking where an an employee and the second speaker employee or colleague is working now. reacts to that information. (B) Someone (A) Mustard sounds similar to moustache, who is sick is ill, but the two people are but it is a type of sauce. (C) The verb discussing a third person. (C) If Emma represented is related to the noun called in sick, she must not be at work representative, but it doesn’t refer to a and so it is unlikely that her colleague person. would be told to call a doctor for her. 29 C 23 C This is a request for information about The key question word is how. (A) is the location of the company’s letterhead an answer to when. (B) is an answer to paper and the answer is “in the cabinet.” where. (A) A person in charge is the head (not letterhead) of a company (B) Letter 24 A sounds similar to letterhead but it is a written document, not a type of paper. The question is a suggestion and the response is an agreement. (B) Bicycle 30 A sounds similar to recycle. (C) is unrelated to the topic of recycling, as it is about the The first speaker gives a choice of a location of paper that is ready to be used. place and the decision is to go outside. (B) Take the table means to sit at a 25 B table, not to move it. (C) Teresa sounds similar to terrace but is the name of a The first speaker is asking for person, not an outside area attached to a confirmation of a past situation and building. the second speaker disagrees with the statement. (A) The verb is used to 31 A means “is accustomed to” and refers to the present. (C) The context of the By saying how far along the first speaker conversation makes it clear that the is asking how much more you need to share refers to dividing a part of the office do or how close you are to finishing the and not to stocks in a company. report. The second speaker’s response gives that information. (B) Five miles is 26 C a physical distance. (C) Airport sounds similar to report. The first speaker is asking if the other person has time to do something and 32 C the second speaker confirms this and asks for more information. (A) A minute The first speaker is checking that a flight sounds similar to the minutes, which in has been confirmed and the second this response means “a written report of speaker offers to check this. (A) Firm a meeting.” (B) In the question a minute sounds similar to confirm, but it is a noun means an amount of time, and is not that means “a company,” not a verb that related to the time of day. means “to make certain.” (B) Sight, the noun form of the verb see, sounds similar 27 A to flight, the noun form of the verb fly. The main idea of the statement is the 33 B location of a presentation that will take place. The time, when, is not given, The main idea of the question is what so the second speaker asks for this more is needed and the response gives information. (B) gives more information that information. (A) is an answer to the about where and (C) is a question about question where. (B) is an answer to the information that is already given in the question when. question. 3 34 A 38 A The first speaker asks for a reason why The first speaker is asking for and the second speaker gives the reason. confirmation and the second speaker (B) does not make sense since there are confirms the statement and gives a no cars in the parking lot. (C) A lot reason. (B) Contract (with the stress on means “a large amount” in this context, the first syllable) means a document of not an area. agreement and contract (with the stress on the second syllable) means to become 35 A infected with an illness. (C) In this response. hard is a physical description The question is a polite offer and the of the material concrete, but in the second speaker accepts the offer. (B) question, working hard means “putting in The answer to the question of Would a lot of effort.” you like…? would not be yes if the speaker is already waiting for a coffee. 39 C (C) Mr. Stephens is the person who is responding. The first speaker asks for the information of a location (where) and the second 36 B speaker gives the location. (A) is about a change of location. (B) is a negative The statement is a polite way to get response to a question about who is in confirmation about an action and the the head office. response gives that confirmation. (A) and (C) contain different meanings of place 40 A from the way it is used in the question. Place can be used as a verb to mean “to The question is a request and the request put in a location” or as a noun meaning is agreed to. (B) is about another person “location.” (he) and not the speaker. (C) ‘Have a word with’ means “to speak to,” so have in the 37 B question isn’t referring to possession. The question is when something started in the past and the response gives that information. (A) is an answer to when something starts in the future. (C) indicates that something ended sometime in the past. 4 Part 3: Conversations 41 A 46 B According to the speakers, Mr. Johnson The man says that it is 3 o’clock. (A) The has made the decision to resign from his woman delivered the files 10 minutes job. (B) “I’m sorry to hear that” means ago, or at 2:50. (C) There is no mention of the speaker is sad about the news, not 3:10. (D) The train leaves at 3:20. that there is a hearing problem. (C) Mr. Johnson plans to resign (= to quit) from 47 A his job because of his health, not go to a The woman is most likely checking resort (= a place where people can go on members’ cards at a club entrance. vacation for relaxation or for an activity) (B) The woman is using a computer, but for his health. (D) The second speaker there is no indication that they are in a wonders who will be the new Sales computer store. (C) The woman may be Director, but this is not the main topic of at a check-out counter at the entrance the conversation. of the club, but there is nothing in the conversation to show that. (D) The 42 C club could be in a hotel, but there is no One of the speakers asks who the new mention of a hotel in the conversation. Sales Director will be. This shows that Mr. Johnson is leaving the position of Sales 48 B Director. (A) and (D) refer to positions The woman wants to see the man’s that are in the field of health, but the membership card. (A) The man is already conversation only mentions health as a a member of the club. (C) The woman reason Mr Johnson is retiring. (B) Design asks for the man’s name, not its spelling. sounds similar to resign, but means “to (D) Members are encouraged to carry draw or plan something,” not “to quit.” their membership card. 43 B 49 A When someone retires because of health The man thinks he has left his card at problems, it is assumed the person is home, so he has probably forgotten going to stop working. Although the to bring it. (B) A membership card is people wonder who will replace Mr. discussed, not membership fees. (C) and Johnson, it does not mean he is (A) (D) The woman is checking the computer. moving to a new place or (C) transferring. There is no mention of a computer course (D) Mr. Johnson is leaving the job of Sales or writing a check. Director, not taking over the job. 50 A 44 D The first speaker states that the fence The people are discussing business (= a structure of wood or wire forming documents and the woman asks when a wall around a piece of land) has the man will be back at the office. (A) The been damaged. (B) A storm damaged woman delivered the files, but this does the fence. (C) and (D) The plans were not mean that she works in a post office. to remove the fence for the building (B) The man has to leave the office to (= the construction) of an annex (= an catch the train. (C) The woman left the extension). files with Jim Zeng’s personal assistant. 51 D 45 B The storm damaged the fence. (A) The The woman says that she made the conversation discusses a plan to start delivery 10 minutes ago and the man building in the future. (B) Vandals says that the time is 3 o’clock. (A) The (= people who intentionally damage delivery was made 10 minutes ago, not things in public places) are not 10 days ago. (C) The conversation takes mentioned. (C) There was a plan to place in the afternoon, but there is no replace the fence in the future. mention of the day of the week. (D) Early is used in the conversation to indicate when the man hopes to be back. 5 52 C 58 A According to the second speaker, the The woman would go to her company’s annex will be built next spring. (A) There finance department to find out about her is no mention of a wall. (B) The speaker paycheck. (B) The accountant is at lunch, says the fence was going to be replaced, but there is no mention of a cafeteria. not the annex. (D) The speakers do not (C) and (D) The complaints desk or say anything about repairing the fence. customer service are places where a customer with a problem would go. 53 C 59 C The people have looked for an advertisement they placed in the The woman is looking for a mouse pad newspaper, but it wasn’t there. (A) They and the man takes her to the section have seen the newspaper, but not the where the computer accessories can be advertisement. (B) The fact that the found. (A) A person who needs to buy advertisement was not in the newspaper a new mouse pad would not go to an was discouraging. (D) The woman looked office to buy one. (B) The context of the for the advertisement in both issues and conversation shows that the people are it wasn’t in either. talking about a computer device and not an animal. (D) Although the woman has a 54 B health problem she is looking for a device that will be more comfortable to use. The man mentions the different ways people will find out about the sale. (A) 60 A The woman will call the Daily News to find out the problem. (C) The man says The woman wants to buy a special that lots of people come to the mall on kind of mouse pad that helps support the weekend. (D) The sale has been her wrist. (B) and (C) are items the broadcast on the radio, not on TV. salesperson suggests that she might also want. (D) The woman says that she will 55 A buy a new computer workstation later. The people are talking about their 61 D sale taking place in the mall, so that is probably where the people are. The woman says that she is saving for a (B) The advertisement will be on the new computer workstation. She wants radio. (C) The woman says she will call one with special features that will protect the newspaper office. (D) The post office her muscles. (A) The woman is just is not mentioned. buying one item now. (B) The woman is not asking for treatment for her pain, but 56 A a computer accessory to help prevent it. (C) The woman is getting a mouse The woman has a question about her pad that will support her wrist, not wrist paycheck (= money she earned), so she supports. is an employee. (B) A customer might ask about a check, but not a paycheck. 62 C (C) The woman is told that she must see the accountant. (D) There is no mention The man says that he is driving to of a waitress. the conference. (A) A bus has been chartered, but he is not on the list to take 57 B it. (B) The woman asks if he is flying. (D) After the first day, the man will walk. The woman says that she has a question about her paycheck. (A) She is told that 63 D she needs to talk to Evonne. (C) The woman has no problem with coming The man says that his mother-in-law lives back. (D) Evonne has gone to lunch. within walking distance, so he doesn’t need to stay at a hotel. (A) He is not staying in a hotel. (B) The family is staying with his wife’s mother. (C) His children will be staying with their grandmother. 6 64 B 68 C The man is going with his wife and The second woman is Ritva and she children. (A) A bus has been chartered says she is sending a fax. (A) The friend for the people going to the conference. is waiting for Ritva. (B) Ritva is going to (C) and (D) His wife and children will be make a photocopy. Nothing is said about going to see his wife’s mother, who is the whether the machine is free. (D) Ritva is children’s grandmother. going to copy a receipt after she sends the fax. 65 B 69 A The woman is asking about a file folder that she left by the photocopier machine. The first woman asks if Ritva is ready (A) A book was seen by the photocopier. to go to lunch with her. (B) and (D) Only (C) The man mentions Alice who works Ritva is sending a fax now and then she in accounting. (D) The woman made a is going to make a photocopy. (C) The photocopy. first woman is going to wait in her own office until Ritva is ready. 66 C 70 C The woman says that she left the file folder on a table by the photocopy The first woman says “I’ll be in my machine. (A) and (B) Alice, from the office,” not (D) in Ritva”s office. (A) They accounting department, may have taken are going to lunch together. (B) Ritva will the file. (D) The woman was on her way make a photocopy. to Jack’s office when she misplaced the folder. 67 A Alice probably took it by mistake. (B) and (C) The woman did not take it to Jack. (D) It may have been taken by Alice, not to her. 7 Part 4: Talks 71 A 77 C The speaker mentions passengers, the The speaker starts by talking about departure lounge and gate 25. This is “our tour.” The tour guide mentions (A) all vocabulary related to airports. geology, (B) exhibits and (D) the treasures (B) A flight school would not be we take from the earth but these are not directing passengers. (C) The gate in related to his job. the announcement is a departure gate, not a garden gate (D) A boarding school 78 D provides a room and meals. It is not The speaker talks about “exhibits in realated to boarding (getting onto) an our museum.” (A) The treasures sounds airplane. similar to the treasury, but a treasury is the government department responsible 72 C for financial matters such as spending The passengers are being asked to go to and taxes. (B) is an exhibit and (C) is the departure gate. (A), (B) and (D) are all something that is experienced in one of people who work in the airline industry. the exhibits. 73 B 79 C The person making the announcements When the speaker says “This is one says “to New Delhi.” (A) North American of our visitors’ favorite exhibits,” he is sounds similar to American Air, which is talking about the earthquake room where the airline company. (C) The flight goes you can feel the force of an earthquake. through Dubai. (D) Gate 25 is where the (A), (B), and (D) refer to the different passengers board the flight. exhibits and activities in the museum. 74 A 80 D The speaker says “your child,” which The online banking services are services shows that this announcement is for offered to the bank customers. parents. (B) Teenagers sounds similar to (A) A banker is an owner or senior Teeter in Teeter Tots, but teenagers are employee of a bank. (B) Accounts sounds people aged 13–19. (C) The club is for similar to accountant, but an accountant children under seven. (D) Children seven is a person who keeps business records. years old and above are not mentioned. (C) The announcement discusses paying bills, not the person who comes to collect 75 D overdue payments. The announcement mentions “a birthday 81 D pack” and “a gift certificate”. (A) Part of the name of the center is “Learning The speaker welcomes the user to the Center” which could indicate educational online services, mentions using this materials, but no educational materials site and gives the instructions to click are mentioned. (B) and (C) There is no on the icon for instructions. This is all mention of meals or parties taking place vocabulary related to the Internet and at the center. websites. (A), (B) and (C) do not give the option to click on an icon to view 76 A instructions for banking online. The name of the business is Teeter Tots. 82 A (B) Waterside is the name of the mall. (C) The Birthday Bonanza is the name of the The services are listed and information club. (D) Moms and dads are the people on viewing instructions for using the who will get a gift certificate. services is given. (B) An ATM card is not mentioned. (C) One of the things the customers can do online is view their payment history but that’s not the purpose of the announcement. (D) The speaker lists the services, but does not demonstrate how to use them. 8 83 A 88 A People who commute into Clarksville The announcement says that people would be most interested in knowing can be helped with energy bills. (B) The about the traffic situation. (B) The repair of a furnace is discussed, but not police may inspect the images but they the replacement of a furnace. (C) The are not monitoring them all the time. improvements are on the insulation, not (C) Routine maintenance (= regularly a repair of the complete house. (D) The servicing the equipment) is mentioned, program is free to applicants but there is but not maintenance workers (= the no mention of the applications being free. people who take care of the equipment). (D) The traffic cameras take images, but 89 C there is no mention of photographers. People who are interested in becoming franchise owners are potential 84 C franchisees. (A) The speaker is a director The instructions are to go to the traffic of marketing. (B) The speaker talks about cams link at the Clarksville City website. franchise owners, not mall owners. (A) Clarksville is the city that has the (D) The franchise is a bakery, not a traffic cams. (B) Junction 70 on Interstate restaurant. 25 is an example of a road you can view. (D) The Clarksville Highway Traffic Control 90 C is the organization that runs the service. The business is a bakery franchise. (A) The name of the franchise sounds like it 85 A could refer to the airlines, but the speaker The images are updated every 5 minutes. talks about opening in shopping malls. (B) At times (= occasionally) the cameras (B) The speaker is director of marketing. may be turned off, but not every 5 (D) The speaker says there are 100 minutes. (C) The words “not available” franchises in the western region. are shown only if the image is 15 minutes out of date. (D) Supplied sounds similar 91 B to supply, but the noun supply means “a Steve Edwards says that he is director of stock of something.” marketing. (A) Steve’s talk may sound like a salesman’s speech, but he says that his 86 C job is in marketing. (C) Steve is talking The program is funded by the city and is about owning a franchise, not managing free to people who are below a certain a franchise. (D) A personnel supervisor is income level. (A) Help with the repair not mentioned. of a furnace is only for those people in a low income household. (B) Even if a 92 D household has high energy bills, they The speaker says that she is a founding will only fulfill the requirements for the member of the company. (A) Mr. Chen program if they have a low income. introduced the speaker. (B) The staff (D) One result of the program may be members are being addressed and reduced energy use, but this does not praised for their commitment. (C) answer who will benefit. Customers are not mentioned. 87 A 93 B The program is city funded. (B) Although The company’s name is Haphazard charities are institutions that help people Insurance Company, so it provides in difficult situations, there is no mention insurance. (A) and (C) The staff are of a charity. (C) The city is going to help thanked for their support and energy. provide insulation as one of the ways to (D) The speaker praises the staff lower heating costs. (D) The families who members for their hard work. can afford electricity are not mentioned. 9 94 C 97 D The speaker thanks the staff for their The chef went for training. (A) and (B) commitment to the company. (A) The The chef’s training in Korean dishes took speaker thanks the staff for their support. place at a top restaurant in a Korea. (C) (B) The speaker thanks Mr Chen for The head chef went to Korea to learn the introduction. (D) According to the how to make kimchi, not to buy it. speaker, the success is due to the energy and inspiration of the staff. 98 C All items were returned except the GPS 95 D unit. (A) The clock was not reported The place is a restaurant and Ken says missing. (B) Someone rang the doorbell “I’ll be serving you.” (A) Ken describes when the stolen items were left on the the specialty created by the head driveway. (D) The laptop was taken, but chef. (B) The head that is mentioned is it was one of the returned items. the main chef, not the manager. (C) A specialty (= a product that a person or 99 C place is especially known for) sounds The police are searching the telephone similar to a specialist, but a specialist is records. (A) Jim Green is the person a person who has a lot of experience, who was robbed. (B) A stranger made knowledge or skill in a particular subject. the phone call. (D) Reported (= the robbery details were given) is similar to 96 B reporter (= a journalist), but there is no Baked apple tart is the dessert special. mention of a reporter. (A) The speaker says barbecued beef, not chicken. (B) The speaker offers to get 100 B the drinks menu. (D) The word customers Someone left the items in Mr. Green’s sounds similar to custard. The speaker driveway (= the car path leading up to a says the baked apple tart is a favourite of house). (A) The police are trying to find regular customers. the caller. (C) The thief called (= phoned) Mr. Green. (D) The story was a news item on the radio. 10