DOKTERPOST TOEFL TRYOUT 19

April 2021
 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
 LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
 TYPE OF QUESTIONS

• 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
 NO 1

a) To see a dentist.

b) To see a cardiologist.

c) To see a podiatrist.

d) To see an ophthalmologist.

“I have to get my eyes checked.”

 NO 2

a) She is too scared to try it.

b) She would like another opportunity.

c) Her time is very scarce.

d) She has gone skiing for the last time.

 NO 3

a) He really enjoyed the conference.

b) He'll be able to go to the conference.

c) He couldn't attend the conference.

d) He heard everything at the conference.

“I really wish I had been able to go.”

 NO 4

a) She doesn't need a jacket for the game.

b) She was very uncomfortable last time.

c) She will take a jacket with her this time.

d) Her jacket does not feel very comfortable.

“I wasn't uncomfortable at the last game, and I didn't have

a jacket with me then”
 NO 5

a) He parked the car to buy the tickets.

b) He left the car where he shouldn't have.

c) He got a speeding ticket.

d) He didn't park the car.

 NO 6

a) She prepared him for what he was going to do.

b) She was unprepared for what she had to do.

c) She probably didn't spend much time on her presentation.

d) She was really ready for her presentation.

 NO 7

a) He has never gone sailing.

b) He doesn't like sailing.

c) He hasn't had much time for sailing.

d) He doesn't have any time to go sailing.

 NO 8

a) That the man had been in class.

b) That the man didn't have the notes.

c) That she didn't need the notes.

d) That the lecture had been canceled.

“Then you weren't in class yesterday!”

 NO 9

a) She listened attentively during class.

b) She must make the list five pages long.

c) She did not attend all of the class.

d) She was inattentive during some of the class.

“I must not have been listening during that part of class”

 NO 10

a) He's not quite sure when the projects should be finished.

b) He's doing his project for music class now.

c) Music class meets for the first time in December.

d) He believes the music will be available on December 1.

“They're due December I, aren’t they?”

 NO 11

a) The tuition increase was unexpected.

b) She was prepared for the tuition increase.

c) She doesn't believe that fees we increased.

d) She believes that tuition will not go up.

“The fee increase wasn't exactly unexpected..”

 NO 12

a) She answered his question a minute ago.

b) She just bit her tongue.

c) It's hard for her to put the answer into words.

d) The tip of her tongue is quite sore.

“It's on the tip of my tongue”

 PART B NO 13 – 16

13. Why did Martha come to the library?

14. What did Stanley lose?

15. According to Stanley, what does the term "stacks" refer to?

16. In what part of the library is this conversation taking place?

 NO 13

a) To look up some terms.

b) To meet Stanley.

c) To get a snack.

d) To prepare for an exam.

 NO 14

a) His library card.

b) A statistics book.

c) Some index cards.

d) A notebook.
 NO 15

a) Piles of note cards.

b) The part of the library where journals are stored.

c) The part of the library where books are shelved.

d) A place to get something to eat.

 NO 16

a) Behind the main desk.

b) The periodicals room.

c) A lost and found office.

d) The reference room.

 PART C NO 17 – 20

17. According to the speaker, how are Plan A and Plan B different?

18. Which of the following is closed on Sunday evenings?

19. Which of the following must a student bring to meals in addition to a meal ticket?

20. According to the speaker, how have the dormitory cafeterias changed in recent

years?
 NO 17

a) Plan A includes dinner, but Plan B does not.

b) Plan B is more expensive than Plan A.

c) Plan B includes Sunday dinner, but Plan A does not.

d) Plan A provides for three meals on most days while Plan B provides for only

two.
 NO 18

a) The Bengal Grill.

b) Restaurants near campus.

c) The Tiger's Lair.

d) The dormitory cafeterias.

 NO 19

a) A receipt.

b) A check.

c) A student ID card.

d) A friend.
 NO 20

a) They are open longer hours.

b) They serve many more students.

c) They offer a wider variety of foods.

d) They charge lower prices.

Section 2
STRUCTURE &
WRITTEN
EXPRESSION
 NO 1

Since the early 1950’s, ______ throughout the world has more than doubled.

a) the demand for food

b) there is demand for food

c) if food is in demand
Subject needed
d) food, a demand that
 NO 2

Even though he did not attend school until he was twelve, Dr. Samuel C.C Ting
was ______ the noble prize in physics in 1976.

a) won

b) the winning
Noun after be
c) the winner of

d) to be won
 NO 3

Gas particles move ______ when the gas is hot then when it is cold.

a) fast

b) faster

c) as fast

d) fastest comparison
 NO 4

The different colors of _____ the different temperatures of the stars surfaces.

a) the stars indicate

b) indicating stars

c) the indication that the stars

d) stares indicating that S-V agreement

 NO 5

As a country develops from an agricultural to an industrial economy, the attitudes,

values, structures, and functions of the family _______.

a) the change

b) which change

c) change S-V Agreement

d) changing
 NO 6

Only a few sounds produced by insects are heard by humans ______ most of
the sounds are pitched either too low or too high.

a) in spite of

b) because

c) as a result of

d) instead of conjunction
 NO 7

The ordinary chair ______ in countless shapes, sizes, styles, and materials.

a) has been made

b) to be made

c) is making

d) been making

Present perfect tense in relation

to today
 NO 8

For 125 years after _____ initial use at Harvard in 1642, the Bachelor of Arts
degree was the only degree awarded by colleges in the United States.

a) its

b) it was

c) being

d) when Possessive pronoun

 NO 9

Since the Sun illuminates half the surface of the moon, only half the surface
_____ can be seen from the Earth.

a) most

b) much

c) with more
adverb
d) at most
 NO 10

The novels of Constance Fennimore Woolson, _____, have special interest for
their regional settings.

a) in a nineteenth-century writer

b) a nineteenth-century writer

c) the a nineteenth-century writing

Appositive
d) wrote about the nineteenth century
NO 11

Word choice instrumental

NO 12

Article a
NO 13

Parallel tense will

NO 14

Pronoun their
NO 15

and
NO 16

Singular history
NO 17

another
NO 18

their
NO 19

there is
NO 20

introduced to

Section 3
 READING
COMPREHENSION
READING
PASSAGES
 NO 1

The main idea of this passage is that _____ .

a) the War of Independence was unnecessary

b) the War of 1812 was unnecessary

c) the Treaty of Ghent was unnecessary

d) the Battle of New Orleans was unnecessary

 NO 2

The pronoun "it" in line 2 refers to _____ .

a) battle

b) demonstration

c) communication

d) wartime
 NO 3

The expression "come to pass" in line 3 could best be replaced by ______.

a) happen

b) overthrow

c) self-destruct

d) circumvent
 NO 4

According to the passage, when did the United States win its independence from

Britain?

a) Shortly before the War of 18I2

b) During the War of 1812

c) Just after the War of 1812

d) Long after the War of 1812

 NO 5

According to the passage, some U.S. sailors were_____.

a) taken forcibly to Shanghai

b) made to go to Ghent

c) forced to work on British ships

d) responsible for causing the War of 1812

 NO 6

It is NOT stated in the passage that Ghent was_____ .

a) where negotiations took place

b) the site of the final battle

c) where the treaty was signed

d) far from the battlefield

 NO 7

The word "contested" in line 12 is closest in meaning to _____ .

a) played

b) fought

c) discussed

d) examined
 NO 8

It can be determined from the passage that, of the following dates, the Battle of

New Orleans was most probably fought ___.

a) on December 10, 1814

b) on December 24, 1814

c) on January 1,1815

d) on January 8, 1815
 NO 9

Where in the passage does the author indicate when the War of 1812 officially

ended?

a) Lines 1-3

b) Lines 4-5

c) Lines 8-9

d) Lines 10-12
 NO 10

Which paragraph describes the battle that took place after the signing of the

treaty?

a) The first paragraph

b) The second paragraph

c) The third paragraph

d) The last paragraph

GOOD LUCK!