DOKTERPOST TOEFL

TRYOUT 12
DECEMBER 2020
CALCULATING YOUR SCORE

• SECTION 1 (listening) 20 Qs out of 50 = total correct number x 2.5

• 12  30

• SECTION 2 (grammar) 20 Qs out of 40 = total correct number x 2

• 14  28

• SECTION 3 (reading) 10 Qs out of 50 = total correct number x 5

• 9  45
TYPE OF QUESTIONS – LISTENING SECTION

• What does the man/woman mean?

• What are the man & woman discussing?
• What are the man & woman talking about?
• What is the main subject of the conversation?
• What is the purpose of the conversation?
• What do we know about …?
• What do we learn about …?
• What did the man/woman do?
TYPE OF QUESTIONS (CONTD.)

• What does the man/woman prefer to do?

• What does the man/woman need to do?
• What does the man/woman probably want to do?
• What will the man/woman probably do next?
• What is the man/woman problem?
• What is the man/woman excuse?
• What does the man/woman suggest the woman/man to do?
• What does the man/woman imply?
TYPE OF QUESTIONS (CONTD.)

• What had the man/woman thought?

• What should the man/woman have done?
• What has the man/woman assumed?
• Where does the conversation take place?
• When does the conversation take place?
• Who is the man/woman in this conversation?
• Why does the man/woman have problem?
• How does the man/woman feel?
QUICK TIPS

1. Avoid choosing the similar sound

2. Be careful with the possibilities
3. Antonym
4. Synonym
5. Concluding remark
6. Assumption (stressed word as clue)
7. Conditional sentence (contrast)
8. Idiom showing agreement Section 1
 LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
NO 1

a) She'll be able to stay up until the last moment.

b) She's been running for some time.

c) She's not sure when the last exam is.

d) She's really exhausted.

“I'm not sure. I'm on my last legs!”

NO 2

a) He fascinated the guests.

b) The speaker's ideas intrigued him.

c) Giving speeches is fascinating.

d) He was a guest of the speaker.

NO 3

a) It is quite humid this week.

b) The humidity will last through the week.

c) It is drier now.

d) It was better just last week.

NO 4

a) She was extremely understanding.

b) She couldn't understand the explanation.

c) She did not understand the problem.

d) She missed class due to illness.

NO 5

a) She didn't see all of the show.

b) The show was unbelievable.

c) She doesn't believe that the show really happened.

d) The skydivers were pulled off their feet.

“I just couldn’t believe what I saw.”

NO 6

a) They were unable to pay the bill.

b) The prices were surprisingly low.

c) The restaurant was too expensive for them to try.

d) They almost didn't have enough money to pay for the meal.

“I was surprised at the prices; we barely had enough to cover the bill.”
NO 7

a) He has to take microbiology.

b) He wishes he could take microbiology this semester.

c) He is not enrolling in microbiology this semester.

d) He had hoped to take microbiology this semester.

“I wish I could put off taking it for another semester, but I can’t.”
NO 8

a) That she would take the course.

b) That the first lecture would not be tomorrow.

c) That he would not be in the course.

d) That she would not register.

NO 9

a) Construction workers.

b) Architects.

c) Insurance agents.

d) Artists.

“we need to be sure that the design is absolutely correct

before construction begins”
NO 10

a) The runner did not fall.

b) The team won.

c) The loss was the runner's fault.

d) The team won't ever win a game.

“If the runner hadn't fallen, then our team would've won.”
NO 11

a) Starting on their exam preparation.

b) Leaving for the exam.

c) Going home to study.

d) Going to her job.

NO 12

a) She's not a very good manager.

b) He'll be able to work reasonably well with her.

c) He's unhappy that there is a class project.

d) He's happy that she's not part of the group.

”but I can manage to get along with her to get the project done.”
PART B NO 13 – 16

13. What is the topic of this conversation?

14. According to the woman, how extensively were the apartments damaged?
15. What did the man say about some of the apartment residents?
16. What advice does the man give to the woman to protect herself from fires?
NO 13

a) Fire damage to some apartments.

b) How to prevent fires.

c) An apartment fire and what one can learn from it.

d) An early morning news story.

NO 14

a) One was damaged more severely than the others.

b) All the apartments were completely destroyed.

c) There was one thousand dollars of damage.

d) All twenty apartments suffered some damage.

NO 15

a) They were killed.

b) They were taken to the hospital.

c) The damage to the apartments was more serious than the harm to the

residents.

d) They weren't frightened.

NO 16

a) Call the fire department.

b) Rush to the hospital.

c) Listen for a smoke alarm.

d) Have an alarm and extinguisher in good condition.

PART C NO 17 – 20

17. Who is the speaker?

18. What is true about the Cajuns?
19. What is Cajun food like?
20. What will probably happen next?
NO 17

a) A Cajun

b) A tourist.

c) An Acadian

d) A tour guide.
NO 18

a) They went to Acadia in the eighteenth century.

b) They came from France in the eighteenth century.

c) They maintained characteristics of their old culture.

d) They assimilated completely into the new culture.

NO 19

a) Very spicy.

b) Full of sugar.

c) Salty.

d) Full of tobacco.
NO 20

a) An Acadian will give a talk.

b) The bus ride will continue.

c) They will stop in Lafayette.

d) They will see the exhibition at Acadian Village.

Section 2
 STRUCTURE AND
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
NO 1

Today used to measure the weight of gemstones or the amount of gold per 24 parts of
pure gold, _____ originally the weight of a seed of the carob tree.
a) was a carat

b) a carat was

c) which was a carat

S V of the independent clause
d) that a carat was
NO 2

The film Lawrence of Arabia is three hours and forty-one minutes long, one minute _____
Gone with the Wind.

a) in length like

b) long is
Comparison
c) is longer than

d) longer than is
NO 3

The genus Equus became extinct in North America during the glacial period, and it was not
reintroduced until ______ by the Spaniards.

a) brought there

b) was brought there

Parallel structure
c) bringing it there

d) it brought there
NO 4

In _______ several vertically aligned honeycombs with hexagonal wax cells stacked close
together.

a) a honeybee hive is

b) a honeybee hive are

S-V agreement
c) a honeybee hive of

d) a honeybee hive composed of

NO 5

The shapes of snow crystals depend largely _____ temperature and humidity are.

a) how high its

b) on the height of the

c) on how high the

d) that the height of the

Prepositional phrase
NO 6

The hard palate _____ between the mouth and nasal passages.

a) forming a partition

b) a partition forms

c) forms a partition
Subject – verb agreement
d) a form and a partition
NO 7

Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Rick Blaine in Casablanca ________ of
Humphrey Bogart's more famous roles.

a) they are two

b) two of them are

S-V agreement
c) two of them

d) are two
NO 8

______, the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet of paper over most of
the skin.

a) It is the epidermis

b) The epidermis
Noun - Subject
c) In the epidermis

d) The epidermis is
NO 9

During the Precambrian period, the Earth's crust formed, and life _______ in the
seas.

a) first appeared

b) the first to appear

Parallel structure
c) the first appearance

d) appearing first
NO 10

When fluid accumulates against the eardrum, a second more insidious type of _____.

a) otitis media may develop

b) developing otitis media

c) the development of otitis media

Noun after of followed by verb
d) to develop otitis media
NO 11

Article the to precede a

superlative
NO 12

Conjunction either … or …
NO 13

Possessive pronoun his

NO 14

Simple past tense became

NO 15

Adverb extremely
NO 16

S-V agreement
NO 17

Adjective alone
NO 18

that of the
NO 19

Word order almost annihilated

NO 20

made

Section 3
 READING
COMPREHENSION
READING
PASSAGES
NO 1

According to the passage, Giannini ______.

a) opened the Bank of America in 1904

b) worked in a bank in Italy

c) set up the Bank of America prior to setting up the Bank of Italy

d) later changed the name of the Bank of Italy

NO 2

Where did Giannini open his first bank?

a) In New York City

b) In what used to be a bar

c) On Washington Street Wharf

d) On a makeshift desk
NO 3

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the San

Francisco earthquake?

a) It happened in 1906

b) It occurred in the aftermath of a fire.

c) It caused problems for Giannini's bank.

d) It was a tremendous earthquake.

NO 4

The word "raging" in line 8 could best be replaced by_____ .

a) angered

b) localized

c) intense

d) feeble
NO 5

It can be inferred from the passage that Giannini used crates of oranges after the earthquake

___.

a) to hide the gold

b) to fill up the wagons

c) to provide nourishment for his customers

d) to protect the gold from the fire

NO 6

The word "chaos" in line 10 is closest on meaning to ______.

a) legal system

b) extreme heat

c) overdevelopment

d) total confusion
NO 7

The word "consolidated" in line 16 is closest in meaning to _______.

a) hardened

b) merged

c) moved

d) sold
NO 8

The passage stales that after his retirement, Giannini ___.

a) began selling off banks

b) caused economic misfortune to occur

c) supported the bank's new management

d) returned to work
 NO 9

How is the information in the passage presented?

a) In chronological order

b) In order of importance

c) A cause followed by an effect

d) Classifications with examples

NO 10

The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses _______.

a) bank failures during the Great Depression

b) a third major crisis of the Bank of America

c) the international development of the Bank of America

d) how Giannini spent his retirement

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