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Test of Spoken English Sample Test
Please look at the 6 pictures below. I'd like you to tell me the story that the pictures show, starting with picture number 1 and going through picture number 6. Please take 1 minute to look at the pictures and think about the story. Do not begin the story until I tell you to do so.
Tell me the story that the pictures show. (60 seconds)
The man in the pictures is reading a newspaper. Both newspapers and television news programs can be good sources of information about current events. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of each of these sources? (60 seconds)
Now I'd like to hear your ideas about some topics. Be sure to respond to the questions as clearly and completely as you can.
Many people enjoy visiting zoos and seeing the animals. Other people believe that animals should not be taken from their natural surroundings and put into zoos. I'd like to know what you think about this issue. (60 seconds)
If you could visit any place in the world for a month, where would you go and what would you do there? (60 seconds)
The graph below shows the number of workers in five different occupations in the United States in 1990 and the projected number for the year 2005. Take 15 seconds to look at the graph.
Tell me about the information given in the graph. (60 seconds)
What do you think might be some of the reasons for the changes represented in the graph above? (60 seconds)
In the following questions, you will be asked to imagine yourself in a work situation. The questions are designed to allow you to show how well you can communicate in the workplace. It will be helpful for you to make notes. Remember to make your response appropriate to the situation and to the people you are addressing.
Now you will be asked to respond to a co-worker. Imagine that you happen to meet a colleague who has recently received a promotion. Greet your colleague and be sure to
mention the recent promotion,
express your positive reaction to the promotion, and
extend appropriate wishes to the colleague.
You will have 30 seconds to prepare your response. Do not begin speaking until I tell you to do so. (60 seconds)
Click here to view and to listen to this test question (MP3 format).
Now you will be asked to respond to a telephone message containing a complaint. Imagine that you are the manager of a catalog company that sells office furniture. After you hear the message, you will have 30 seconds to prepare your response. In your response be sure to
show that you recognize the caller's problem, and
propose a way of dealing with the problem.
Now listen to the voice message.
Hello. My name is Margaret Willis. . I'm calling because last week I ordered a wooden desk chair from your store. The salesperson said it would be delivered in five days. They also said it would be easy to put together. Well, I'm happy to say that the chair arrived ahead of schedule, you know, in just three days. But when I started . . . when I tried to assemble it, I discovered that one of the legs was missing. Please call me back today and let me know what you are going to do about this. Oh, the model number of the chair is . . . let's see, . . .B50, and it's the front right leg that's missing--the front right leg for model B50, OK? This is the third message I've left, and I am rather upset.
You will have 30 seconds to prepare your response. Do not begin speaking until I tell you to do so. (60 seconds)
Note: The box above contains the written text of what you hear during the test. This text does not appear in the test book.
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Now you will be asked to make a progress report in a voice-mail message. Imagine that you work for the personnel department of a company or hospital that is revising its training manual for new employees. The flowchart below represents the steps taken in reviewing training manuals. Please take 15 seconds to look at the flowchart.
Now you will hear a conversation between two of your colleagues about the revision of the training manual for new employees. After the conversation, you will have 45 seconds to prepare a voice-mail report for Mr. Jacobson, your supervisor at work who has asked for a progress report on the project. Please listen to the conversation.
Ann: Hi, Bill! Still working on that new employee training manual that the management team decided to revise?
Bill: Oh yeah! It's been quite a job. I wish I hadn't been part of the revisions committee.
Ann: There was a revisions committee? I thought it was just a couple of you working on it.
Bill: No, the management team chose six people for the committee and we met a number of times. We eventually came up with a series of draft revisions.
Ann: Did you agree on all the changes?
Bill: Oh no! That's too much to ask! Well, we agreed about a lot of the revisions, but we ended up sending some to the management team for them to decide.
Ann: And they're still arguing over it, right?
Bill: Nope! They chose what they wanted, approved it, and sent it right back to us to prepare the final form for printing. And this is it! This document is the final form of the revised manual! I'm just taking it to be printed.
Ann: Really! That's great! And when will the new manuals be back from the printers? We're waiting to give them to the new employees to read through.
Bill: I expect you'll be able to distribute them on Tuesday next week.
Ann: Wow! That means we could do the training workshop on Friday. I'll set it up.
Note: The box above contains the written text of what you hear during the test. This text does not appear in the test book.
You will have 45 seconds to prepare your voice-mail report for Mr. Jacobson. In your report you should talk about:
what the situation is,
what has been accomplished, and
what remains to be done.
Do not begin speaking until I tell you to do so. (60 seconds)
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