[TOEFL] Task 3_Practice 1_1

ANNOUNCEMENT READING

Please read aloud the following announcement.

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Wearing of uniform is now required
Please be informed that the Medical department is requiring all students to wear the official school uniform when attending laboratory classes for security purposes.
Students can buy the uniform in the bookstore which costs $60. Students who are not wearing the required uniform will not be allowed to attend any laboratory classes. The new regulation will be implemented starting September.
To avoid any inconvenience, the Medical department advises all students to buy the new uniform as soon as possible.

COMPREHENSION CHECK 1

Please answer the question about the announcement.
What are all students required to do?

ANSWER 1

According to the announcement,

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SAMPLE ANSWER 1

What are all students required to do?
According to the announcement, all students are required to buy the new official uniform and wear it during their laboratory classes.

DIALOGUE READING

Please read aloud the following dialogue with your tutor.

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Female:
 Good morning.
Male:
 Hi, have you seen the announcement?
Female:
 Yes, I saw it a while ago.
We need to buy the new uniform before September.
Male:
 I don’t like the new regulation.
Female:
 Why?
Male:
 First, a $60 uniform will be too expensive for students. We don’t have enough time to get a part-time job just to earn enough money to buy it. We have classes until 7:00 p.m. every day. I understand that they are doing this for our safety, but I think there are other ways to do that.
Female:
 That’s true.
Male:
 Also, the regulation is too strict. They said that we will not be allowed to attend any laboratory classes if we don’t wear the uniform. Laboratory classes are required in our course. We will fail if we could not attend it because of this new regulation.
Female:
 I think the uniform is not necessary because we wear proper clothes anyway.
Male:
 Well, I’ll find a way to buy one. I don’t want to fail my laboratory classes.

COMPREHENSION CHECK 2

Please answer the questions about the dialogue.
What are the female student and the male student doing?

ANSWER 2

The female student and the male student are

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SAMPLE ANSWER 2

What are the female student and the male student doing?
The female student and the male student are talking about an announcement made by the Medical department.

COMPREHENSION CHECK 3

Who is against the regulation?

ANSWER 3

The (female/male) student disagrees with the new regulation and gives two reasons why (she/he) is against the regulation.

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SAMPLE ANSWER 3

Who is against the regulation?
The male student disagrees with the new regulation and gives two reasons why he is against the regulation.

COMPREHENSION CHECK 4

Why does the male student disagree with the new regulation?

ANSWER 4

First,

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Why does the male student disagree with the new regulation?
First, the male student thinks that a 60-dollar uniform is too expensive for the students. He said students are too busy to get a part-time job. He also thinks that the department can find other ways to secure students’ safety.

COMPREHENSION CHECK 5

Why does the male student think that the new policy is too strict?

ANSWER 5

Second,

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Why does the male student think that the new policy is too strict?
Second, he worries that the students might fail their laboratory classes because of this new regulation. He defended that uniform is not necessary because the students wear proper clothes anyway.

COMPREHENSION CHECK 6

All in all, what does the male student say?

ANSWER 6

In short,

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SAMPLE ANSWER 6

All in all, what does the male student say?
In short, the male student gives a couple of reasons why he doesn’t support the Medical department’s new regulation.