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The Listening Comprehension section tests your understanding of the kinds of conversations you might hear on an American college campus. While the reading comprehension passages on the TOEFL exam are generally formal, the listening passages are often quite informal and heavily idiomatic. They will typically include expressions and grammatical structures common in everyday speech. For example, you are not likely to see the greeting “What’s up?” in a reading comprehension passage. But you might hear something of the sort in one of the passages on the listening test. On the actual exam, you will hear three types of recorded passages in this section: ■ short conversations (Part A on the paper-based exam) ■ longer conversations and class discussions (Part B) ■ mini-talks and lectures (Part C) The passages are grouped in these three categories and presented in this order. Thus, you will begin with short conversations (two people speaking), then move into longer conversations and