中心思想題/場(chǎng)景題
例題：
What is the conversation mainly about?
(A) How to care for precious metals.
(B) A standard unit for measuring weight.
(C) The value of precious metals.
(D) Using the metric system.
答案是B。顯然這是一道中心思想題。在托福的聽力中，中心思想題又叫場(chǎng)景題。因?yàn)橐坏┠隳艽_定對(duì)話或者演講的中心內(nèi)容，你也就確定了該對(duì)話或演講的場(chǎng)景；反之亦然。首先，Daily news的職員(記者)電話采訪Dr Thomas。即使你的聽力不是很好，你也能聽到首音節(jié)重讀的單詞standard。接著，又出現(xiàn)了許多與尺度有關(guān)的詞，如weight，measure，scale。所以，我們可以肯定他們?cè)谡勱P(guān)于選項(xiàng)B中的“衡量重量的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)單位”。
復(fù)述題
例題：How was the weight used?
(A) To check the accuracy of scales.
(B) To calculate the density of other metals.
(C) To observe changes in the atmosphere.
(D) To measure amounts of rainfall.?
答案是A。復(fù)述題只是對(duì)對(duì)話中原句用同義詞的改寫甚至就用原句照搬到選項(xiàng)中。在這一題中，即使你不知道the weight到底是什么東西，你也可以猜測(cè)它應(yīng)該指代the standard weight(標(biāo)準(zhǔn)稱)。對(duì)話中曾經(jīng)出現(xiàn)了check the scale，而文章的倒數(shù)第二句“Industries depend on our government agency to monitor the accuracy of scales so that when they buy and sell their products there is one standard.”也說明了the weight的用途?，?BR> 例題：Why was it necessary to replace the old standard weight?
(A) Someone spilled water on it.
(B) Someone lost it.
(C) It was made of low quality metal.
(D) The standard for measuring had changed.?答案是C。
對(duì)話中出現(xiàn)了poor quality metal這樣的詞句，而在談到new standard weight時(shí)又用higher quality。顯然，old standard weight不是poor quality metal就是not higher quality，兩者都可以，因?yàn)榈贸龅年P(guān)于old standard weight的結(jié)論都是一樣的，即“低質(zhì)量”。
暗示推理題
例題：What does Dr. Thomas probably think about the cost of the new weight?
(A) It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal.
(B) It is difficult to judge the value of such an object.
(C) It is reasonable for an object with such an important function.
(D) It is too high for such a light weight.
答案是C。這里，問題問Dr. Thomas可能怎樣看待new weight的成本。對(duì)話中，Dr. Thomas并沒有直接說the cost is good or bad。但我們卻可以通過前后兩句推出它認(rèn)為“it is worthwhile”，即一問一答“Is it really worth that much?”“I'm sure it is.”。
例題：
What is the conversation mainly about?
(A) How to care for precious metals.
(B) A standard unit for measuring weight.
(C) The value of precious metals.
(D) Using the metric system.
答案是B。顯然這是一道中心思想題。在托福的聽力中，中心思想題又叫場(chǎng)景題。因?yàn)橐坏┠隳艽_定對(duì)話或者演講的中心內(nèi)容，你也就確定了該對(duì)話或演講的場(chǎng)景；反之亦然。首先，Daily news的職員(記者)電話采訪Dr Thomas。即使你的聽力不是很好，你也能聽到首音節(jié)重讀的單詞standard。接著，又出現(xiàn)了許多與尺度有關(guān)的詞，如weight，measure，scale。所以，我們可以肯定他們?cè)谡勱P(guān)于選項(xiàng)B中的“衡量重量的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)單位”。
復(fù)述題
例題：How was the weight used?
(A) To check the accuracy of scales.
(B) To calculate the density of other metals.
(C) To observe changes in the atmosphere.
(D) To measure amounts of rainfall.?
答案是A。復(fù)述題只是對(duì)對(duì)話中原句用同義詞的改寫甚至就用原句照搬到選項(xiàng)中。在這一題中，即使你不知道the weight到底是什么東西，你也可以猜測(cè)它應(yīng)該指代the standard weight(標(biāo)準(zhǔn)稱)。對(duì)話中曾經(jīng)出現(xiàn)了check the scale，而文章的倒數(shù)第二句“Industries depend on our government agency to monitor the accuracy of scales so that when they buy and sell their products there is one standard.”也說明了the weight的用途?，?BR> 例題：Why was it necessary to replace the old standard weight?
(A) Someone spilled water on it.
(B) Someone lost it.
(C) It was made of low quality metal.
(D) The standard for measuring had changed.?答案是C。
對(duì)話中出現(xiàn)了poor quality metal這樣的詞句，而在談到new standard weight時(shí)又用higher quality。顯然，old standard weight不是poor quality metal就是not higher quality，兩者都可以，因?yàn)榈贸龅年P(guān)于old standard weight的結(jié)論都是一樣的，即“低質(zhì)量”。
暗示推理題
例題：What does Dr. Thomas probably think about the cost of the new weight?
(A) It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal.
(B) It is difficult to judge the value of such an object.
(C) It is reasonable for an object with such an important function.
(D) It is too high for such a light weight.
答案是C。這里，問題問Dr. Thomas可能怎樣看待new weight的成本。對(duì)話中，Dr. Thomas并沒有直接說the cost is good or bad。但我們卻可以通過前后兩句推出它認(rèn)為“it is worthwhile”，即一問一答“Is it really worth that much?”“I'm sure it is.”。