51. Where are they?

(A) At a bus stop.

(B) On a train.
(C) In a car.
(D) At a game.

(A) Because the woman is asking about

the bus departure time, they must be at a
bus stop. (B) There is no mention of a
train, although trains also have
schedules. (C) Because the conversation
is about transportation and timeliness,
you might think car is a good response.
However, this answer is not correct. (D)
The woman mentions their destination; a
game, but they are not there yet.

52. What does the man want?

(A) Imported magazines.
(B) Two paperback books.
(C) Greeting cards.
(D) A foreign car.

(A) The man is looking for foreign

magazines, which are imported. (B) Two
and back are repeated in the dialog and
the option, but in different contexts. (C)
The magazines are next to the greeting
cards, but the man does not want a
greeting card. (D) Foreign is repeated in
both the dialog and the option, and car
sounds like card. However, the man is not
buying a car.

53. Where are they?

(A) In an engine room.
(B) In an airplane.
(C) In a car.
(D) In a factory.

(C) Pull over is the key to

understanding that theyre in a car
(A), (B) and (D) All of these options
would be possible, in that each could
logically have an engine and an air
conditioner However, only a car can
be pulled over.

54. What is known about

Paul?
(A) He can build houses.
(B) He is an architect.
(C) He teaches.
(D) He understands blueprints

(D) The woman is surprised by Pauls

ability to read blueprints. (A) The woman
is building a house next year, but we do
not know if Paul can do that. (B) Pauls
parents had an architectural company,
but Paul is probably not an architect,
otherwise he would not explain his
parents business as the reason for his
reading blue prints. (C) Explain is
similar in meaning to teach, but there is
no mention of Paul teaching.

55. What is known about the

new employee?
(A) He is often sick.
(B) He is an asset to the
company.
(C) He knows the manager.
(D) He rarely returns phone
calls.

(B) He is an asset because he helps the

staff and the level of sick leave has gone
down. (A) Sick is used in the dialog, but
not in relation to the new employee. (C)
The possibility of the employer becoming
manager is mentioned, but we are not
told if he knows the existing manager. (D)
Calls are mentioned in the dialog, but it
is not said that the employee does not
return phone calls.

56. Where are they?

(A) In an airport.
(B) In a hotel.
(C) In an office.
(D) In a restaurant.

(B) Room Service, up to your room and

check out are indicators of a hotel. (A)
Check out could be confused with check
in which, with catch our plane, are words
associated with an airport. (C) Room
could refer to an office, but not in this
context. (D) Breakfast and kitchen are
associated with food and could therefore
suggest they are in a restaurant.
However, this is not the correct answer.

57. What do these women do

for a living?
(A) They are office clerks.
(B) They are architects.
(C) They are caterers.
(D) They are printers.

(B) Blueprints are tools of an

architect, or designer. (A), (0) and (D)
There are words in the dialog which
might suggest one of these options is
the right answer. However, none of
them is correct. (A) Client and fax
are often associated with an office.
(C) Lunch is associated4iith caterers.
(D) Blueprint and printer have the
same stem.

58. How did Sam get hurt?

(A) He was in the sun too long.
(B) He was playing sports
with friends.
(C) He tripped while walking
on the beach.
(D) He ran into another car.

(A) Sam stayed at the beach, and therefore

in the sun, longer than he expected to
because he ran into, or met, friends. (B)
Friends is repeated in both the dialog and
question. However, the dialog says nothing
about playing sports. (C) The beach is
mentioned in both the question and the
answer, but the information that Sam
tripped, or tell, is not given. (D) Ran into is
used in both the question and the answer,
but with different meanings.

59. Where is the key?

(A) In the closet door.
(B) In the key rack.
(C) Beside the water fountain.
(D) On the filing cabinet.

(D) The man thinks that Nancy left

the key on the filing cabinet (A) The
key is to the closet, but it is not in the
closet now. (B) The woman would
like it returned to the key rack, or
holder, but it is not there now. (C)
Next to and beside have the same
meaning. However, a water cooler is
not the same as a water fountain.

60. How will the correct price

be determined?
(A) By calling the company.
(B) By asking the sales rep.
(C) By looking at the price list
(D) By checking Anthonys
invoice.

(C) The woman will check the price

list to find out the price. (A) There is
no mention of making any calls. (B)
There is no mention of speaking to
the sales representative directly. (D)
The woman will check the price list,
not the invoice.

61. What are they doing now?

(A) Swimming.
(B) Hiking.
(C) Bicycling.
(D) Running.

(A) Float and backstroke are

both associated with
swimming. The activities in
Options (B), (C), and (D) do
not involve floating or
backstroke.

62. Why is Sue upset?

(A) Someone broke into her car.
(B) She had to pay too much for
parking.
(C) She had an accident
downtown.
(D) Someone stole her concert
tickets.

(A) The womans car was broken into

while she was downtown. (B) Parking
is asked about in the dialog, but it is
not what upset Sue. (C) The woman
was downtown at the time, but there
is no mention of an accident. (D)
Parking tickets are mentioned in the
dialog, not concert tickets.

63. What is Emily going to do?

(A) Join a fishing club.
(B) Go and eat in a
restaurant.
(C) Cook the swordfish.
(D) Prepare a report.

(D) Jack needs the inventory report

and that is why Emily is unable to go
to lunch. (A) Swordfish is a kind of
fish, but the context is a restaurant,
not a club. (B) Stan may be going to
eat in a restaurant, but Emily is not.
(C) Swordfish is repeated in both the
dialog and the option, but Emily is
not going to cook.

64. Why are there no labels?

(A) The labels were mailed to the
wrong address.
(B) They were emptied out of the
cabinet.
(C) The marketing clerk forgot
to order them.
(D) They were all used for a
large promotion.

(D) Last weeks mailing used all the

available labels.
(A) There is no mention of this
mistake being made.
(B) A supply office and a cabinet serve
similar functions, but are not the
same. (0) Marketing is repeated, but
no mention of a clerk is made in the
dialog.

65. What is the man

considering?
(A) Hiring a new director.
(B) Investing in Shundoor.
(C) Setting a new track record
(D) Becoming a broker.

(B) The man is impressed by Shundoo4s

rising stocks and says he will call his
broker. He implies that he may invest in
Shundoor. (A) A new director was hired
for Shundoor, but the man is not
considering hiring anyone himself (C)
Track record is repeated in the option,
but in the dialog it refers only to
Shundoors new director. (D) The man is
going to call his broker he is not thinking
of becoming a broker himself.

66. What are they talking

about?
(A) What to eat for lunch.
(B) Whether or not to eat out.
(C) The time the delivery
came.
(D) The cost of the conference.

(B) The two speakers are trying to

decide if they should go old for lunch
or stay in. (A) The speakers are not
discussing this topic. (C) Both time
and delivery are repeated in the
dialog and the option, but the
discussion is about what they will do.
The answer cannot be in the past
tense. (D) Afford is associated with
cost, but in the dialog it refers to time

67. Where is the house

located?
(A) In the city center.
(B) In the downtown area.
(C) In the suburbs.
(D) In a distant province.

(C) Outside Manila means the house could be

located anywhere outside the city, even in a distant
province. However, the adjective just limits the
location to a suburb, a community located close to
the city. When the TOE 10 tests a detail, such as a
location, a name, or a date, you will commonly
hear that detail discussed at least twice. Here the
location is discussed three times. (A) Living in the
city center is mentioned as a hypothetical situation.
(B) Downtown is mentioned as the place Mr.
Bendor does not want to have a house. (0) Distant is
similar to outside a city, but the distance is
qualified by just

68. What happened to Raul?

(A) He cut himself with a
kitchen knife.
(B) He wasnt given any help.
(C) He hurt himself cutting
paper.
(D) He tripped while hurrying

(C) Raul was using the paper cutter;

when he cut and hurt himself. (A)
Kitchen is used in both the dialog and
the option, and a knife can be
associated with a cut However, his is
not the correct answer. (B) There is
no mention of Raul needing help. (D)
In too much of a rush means
hurrying, but there is no mention of
Raul falling.

69. What is the problem?

(A) The walls need
maintenance.
(B) The carpeting needs to be
replaced.
(C) The volume is too low.
(D) The office is too noisy.

(D) A high noise level indicates a noisy

office. (A) There is no reference to the
state of the walls. Wall-to-wall refers to
the carpeting that completely covers a
floor. Maintain is repeated in the option,
but in the dialog, it refers to the carpets.
(B) The carpeting might be installed not
replaced. (C) Volume is a word associated
with sound level but it is incorrect in this
context.

70. What is the purpose of the

ads?
(A) To increase interest in
engineering.
(B) To expose the condition of the
sewer system.
(C) To promote municipal bonds.
(D) To support new bridge and
tunnel construction.

(A) The commercials promote the profession

represented by the Society of Engineers, in
other words, they seek to increase interest in
engineering. (B) The sewer system is discussed
in the commercials, but not, as far as we
know, with the intention of exposing its
condition. (C) Municipal is associated with
city, but bonds are not mentioned. (D) Budges
and tunnels are mentioned in both the dialog
and the option, but there is no mention of
building new ones.

71. What is broken?

(A) The computer.
(B) The air-conditioner.
(C) The telephone.
(D) The fax machine.

71. (B) A broken air conditioner would

explain why it is hot and humid. (A) Fax
and e-mail are both associated with
computers, but there is no suggestion a
computer is broken. (C) Sebastian called
the repairman and calling is associated
with telephones, but a telephone is not
broken. (D) Fax is repeated in the dialog
and the option, but there is no reason to
believe the fax machine is no longer
working.

72. Where are they?

(A) In a restaurant.
(B) In an automobile.
(C) In a hotel.
(D) In a train car.

(D) Only in a train can you find a dining

car two cars back. (A), (B) and (C) There
are words in the dialog which might
suggest one of these options is the correct
answer. However, none of them is
correct. (A) Dining and breakfast are
associated with restaurants. (B) Oar has
the same meaning as automobile. (C)
Addressing someone as sir has the
formality of a hotel.

73. What does the man want to

do?
(A) Be shown about the
islands.
(B) Buy a guide book.
(C) Ride in a boat.
(D) Put up six signs.

(A) The man would like a tour of the

islands. (B) The man wants a guided
tour; not a guide book. (C) Boat is
repeated in the dialog and the option,
but the man wants a tour not just a
ride. (D) Six is mentioned in the
dialog in reference to the number of
people in the mans group. The man
is told to sign up. There is no
reference to any signs.

74. What is the man interested

in?
(A) The size of the warehouse.
(B) The location of the
conveyor belt.
(C) How many service
elevators there are.
(D) How big the inventory is.

(B) The man wants to see where the

conveyor belt is.
(A) The design is of a warehouse, and size
is often associated with design. However,
the man does not express interest in size.
(C) A service elevator is mentioned, but
only in relation to the location of the
conveyor belt. (D) An inventory is
associated with a warehouse, but one is
not mentioned in the dialog.

75. What does the woman

want?
(A) A timetable.
(B) An earlier training
session.
(C) The express mail service.
(D) The fast train.

(D) The express train is the fast train,

and the woman is concerned with
time. (A) The man tells her the time
of the express train, but she does not
request a timetable. (B) Earlier relates
to time. The sound of train is
repeated with training. However, the
topic is different. (C) The woman
wants the express train. There is no
mention of an express postal service.

76. What is Jerrys job?

(A) He is a copier technician.
(B) He is a sales
representative.
(C) He is a mover.
(D) He is a lecturer.

(A) Jerry is trying to fix the copy

machine, so we know that hes a
copier technician. (B) Sales is
repeated in both the question and the
option, but this is not Jerrys job. (C)
There is no mention of moving. (D)
Seminars are often associated with
lectures, but Jerry is not a lecturer

77. What is Bart concerned

about?
(A) Preparing the report on time.
(B) An inspection by the chairman
of the board.
(C) Whether or not he can help
Judith.
(D) Convincing all five people to
go to the meeting.

(A) Bart needs to have the

report completed by five
oclock. (B) The chairman
requires the report, not an
inspection. (C) It is Judith who
will help Bart (D) In the
dialog, five refers to time.

78. What is the woman

suggesting?
(A) That the man reads more.
(B) That he should take his
time.
(C) That flying is better.
(D) That Paris is very
expensive.

(C) The woman thinks that flying is

faster and not much more expensive.
Therefore, she is implying it is better than
going by train. (A) Reading is mentioned
by the man. It is not suggested by the
woman. (B) Faster and rush both refer to
time, but take his time means not rushing
and the woman does not suggest this. (D)
The reference to cost in the dialog only
concerns the price of flights.

79. How many changes were

made to win the bid?
(A) One.
(B) Two.
(C) Three.
(D) Four.

(C) The prices were adjusted three

times before winning the bid.
Adjust means change. (A) This
option confuses the sounds of won
and one. (B) In the dialog, two
refers to the number of
restaurants on the site. (D) This
option confuses the sounds of for
and four

80. Who is the man talking to?

(A) A bakers delivery
service.
(B) An office supply store
salesperson.
(C) A floral designer.
(D) A bookstore salesperson.

(B) Fax paper and stationery are found at

an office supply store. (A) Rolls are
associated with a bakery, but in this
dialog the man is referring to rolls of fax
paper (C) A floral design on the
stationery is desired, and delivery is often
associated with flowers, but the speaker
is not a floral designer (D) Bookstores
often sell stationery, but it is unlikely
that such large orders would be placed
with one.