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TOEFL Listening 2024 past questions and answers

This 2024 TOEFL Listening set has 17 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2024 set with instant marking.

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Sample TOEFL Listening 2024 questions

1. Why does Maya visit Professor Chen?
  1. To ask Professor Chen to excuse her from the course requirement
  2. To request permission to change her ecology project topic
  3. To find a way to make up a missed greenhouse lab
  4. To complain about the campus shuttle service

Answer: C. To find a way to make up a missed greenhouse lab

Maya explains why she missed the field lab and asks whether she can join another group to complete the activity.

2. Why was Maya not allowed to join the Tuesday lab after she arrived?
  1. She arrived after the safety briefing had begun.
  2. She had not enrolled in the online safety module.
  3. The greenhouse equipment was not available.
  4. She did not bring her soil-moisture project proposal.

Answer: A. She arrived after the safety briefing had begun.

The staff member would not admit Maya because she arrived after the safety briefing had started.

3. Why does Professor Chen say, "A missed session is inconvenient, but we can usually arrange a safe way to catch up"?
  1. To warn Maya that the lab cannot be made up under any circumstances
  2. To suggest that Maya's project is not important
  3. To emphasize that the safety rules will be relaxed for her
  4. To reassure Maya while noting that a safe make-up plan is possible

Answer: D. To reassure Maya while noting that a safe make-up plan is possible

Professor Chen reassures Maya that the missed session is manageable while stressing that any make-up must remain safe.

4. What is Professor Chen's attitude toward Maya's request?
  1. Impatient because Maya should have planned better
  2. Supportive, but careful to maintain safety procedures
  3. Doubtful that Maya has completed the required preparation
  4. Indifferent because the lab has no connection to Maya's project

Answer: B. Supportive, but careful to maintain safety procedures

Professor Chen offers to arrange another session but makes clear that the safety rules and approval process still apply.

5. What will Maya most likely do if she has not heard from Professor Chen by tomorrow afternoon?
  1. She will contact the lab coordinator without permission.
  2. She will repeat Tuesday's experiment alone.
  3. She will send Professor Chen a reminder.
  4. She will take the safety module again.

Answer: C. She will send Professor Chen a reminder.

Professor Chen specifically asks Maya to send a reminder if he has not contacted her by tomorrow afternoon.

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