TRY OUT#1 TOEFL PREPARATION

A. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PRACTICE SETS/TOEFL ITP/PG.15-23
PRACTICE SET 1- PART A: SHORT
(5)
CONVERSATION
a. The woman should get another job
Choose the right answer! b. He will not have to wait much longer
c. The woman was mistaken
(1)
d. He was waiting in the wrong place
a. Two-bedroom apartment may be too
(6)
expensive
a. He is probably nearby
b. The woman should not move off
b. He should pick up his things
campus
c. He broke his racket
c. The woman should pay the rent by
d. He might be playing tennis right now
check
(7)
d. The university has a list of rental
a. Watch the clock carefully during the
properties
final exam
(2)
b. Pick up their papers on the twelfth
a. Talk to Dr.Boyd about an assignment
c. Finish their assignment early
b. Return their books to the library
d. Discuss their topics after class
c. Meet Dr.Boyd at the library
(8)
d. Make an appointment with their
a. She was not able to organize it
teacher on Friday
b. Its location has been changed
(3)
c. It has been rescheduled
a. The transportation for the trip is free
e. She does not know anything about it
b. The class did not enjoy going on the trip
(9)
c. Some people may not go on the trip
a. The man is mistaken
d. Everyone in the class has paid the fee
b. The error will be corrected
(4)
c. She did not know about the problem
a. The woman should avoid getting cold
d. Grades were sent late
b. It is easy to get sick in cold weather
(10)
c. The woman should get more rest
a. Stay home and prepare for his exams
d. Dressing warmly can prevent illness
b. Attend the concert after his exams are
over
c. Ask the woman to study with him
d. Go to the concert with the woman

PRACTICE SET 2- PART B : EXTENDED CONVERSATION

Choose the right answer!
(1)
a. To get help in finding a new college (2)
b. to change his major a. a small school does not offer a wide range of
c. to fill out an application for college courses
d. to find out how to change dormitories b. his tuition will not be refunded
c. changing majors involves a lot of paperwork
d. he may not be able to transfer all his credits
(3)
a. he does not like his professors
b. his classes are too difficult
c. he cannot transfer his credits from his
previous school
PRACTICE SET 3- PART C : SHORT TALKS
Choose the right answer!
(1)
a. the properties of quartz crystals
b. a method of identifying minerals
c. the life of Friedrich Mohs
d. a famous collection of minerals
(2)
a. its estimated value
b. its crystalline structure
c. its chemical composition
d. its relative hardness
d. he does not get along with his roommate
(4)
a. the register’s office
b. the admission office
c. the housing office
d. the math department
(3)
a. collect some minerals as homework
b. identify the tools he is using
c. apply the information given in the talk
d. pass their papers to the front of the room
(4)
a. when it is scratched in different directions
b. when greater pressure is applied
c. when its surface is scratched too frequently
d. when the tester uses the wrong tools
B. STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
PRACTICE SETS/TOEFL ITP/HAL.27-32
PRACTICE SET 1-STRUCTURE
Choose the right answer!
1. Telephone cables that use optical fibers can be … conventional cables, yet they typically carry
much information.
a. They are smaller and lighter
b. Than smaller and lighter
c. Smaller and lighter than
d. So small and light that
2. In making cheese, …, is coagulated by enzyme action, by lactic acid, or by both.
a. Casein is the chief milk protein
b. Casein, being that the chief milk protein
c. The chief milk protein is casein
d. Casein, the chief milk protein
3. Sensory structures … from the heads of some invertebrates are called antenna.
a. Are growing
b. They are growing
c. That grow
d. Grow
4. An etude is a short musical composition written especially … a particular technique.
a. Enable students practicing
b. Enables students practicing
c. Enable students practice
d. To enable students to practice
5. …the United States consists of many different immigrant groups, many sociologists believe there
is a distinct national character.
a. In spite of
b. Despite
c. Eventhough
d. Whether
6. … many food preservations methods for inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
a. The
b. Since
c. There are
d. Having
7. The safflower plant is grown chiefly for the oil… from its seeds.
a. Obtained
b. Is obtaining
c. Which obtains it
d. Obtaining that
8. Newspaper historians feel that Joseph Pulitzer exercised… on journalism in the United States
during his lifetime.
a. Influence remarkable
b. Remarkable for his influence
c. Influence was remarkable
d. Remarkable influence
9. … must have water to lay and fertilize their eggs, while their offspring, tadpoles, need water for
development and growth.
a. Though frogs and toads
b. Frogs and toads
c. That frogs and toads
d. If frogs and toads
10. The philosopher and educator John Dewey rejected …
a. To use authoritarian teaching methods
b. That authoritarian teaching methods
c. For authoritarian teaching methods
d. authoritarian teaching methods
PRACTICE SET 2- WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Correct these sentences by identifying the one underlined word or phrase which must be changed to
be correct.
1. One of North America’s most renowned painters. Grandma Moses was in her seventies when
A B
her began to paint seriously.
C D
2. The novelty, relatively high speed, and advantageously of year-round service made early
A B
passenger trains a popular form of transportations.
C D
3. Because incomplete records, the number of enlistments in the Confederate army has long been
A B C
in dispute.
D
4. Estuaries are highly sensitive and ecologically important habitats, providing breeding and

feeding grounds for much life-forms

D
5. When the temperature drops below 68 degrees Fahrenheit, the body conserves warm by
A B C
restricting blood flowing to the skin.
D
6. The Federal Theatre Project, the first federally financed theater project in the United States,
A
was established to benefit theater personnel while the Depression of the 1930s.
B C D
7. Although best known for great novel The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck also published essays,
A B
plays, stories, memoirs, and newspaper articles.
C D
8. The political and economic life of the State of Rhode Island was dominated by the owners of
A B
textile mills well into the twenty century.
C D
9. Lichens grow in a variety of places, ranging from dry area to moist rain forests, to freshwater
A B C
lakes, and even to bodies of salt water.
D
10. Musical instruments are divided into various types, depending on whether the vibration that
A B
produces their sound is made by striking, strumming, scaping, or is blown.
C D