DOKTERPOST TOEFL TRYOUT 9

November
2020
 C A L C U L A T I N G Y OUR SCO RE

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

2.5
• 12  30

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

40 2

• 14  28
= total correct number x
• SECTION 3 (reading) 10 Qs out of 50 5

• 9  45
 LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
 TYPE OF Q U E S T I O N S

• 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 Q U E S T I O N S (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 Q U E S T I O N S (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?
 Q U I C K 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)
Section
8. Idiom showing agreement
1
 NO 1

A. He should put the organ in the closet.

B. The closet has already been organized.
C. He needs to rearrange the closet.
D. He wishes the closet were closer.
 NOTE

• “I wish I didn’t have to”

• Unfortunately, he needs to do
that.
 NO 2

A. She didn’t do the work.

B. She gave the assignment her best effort.
C. She finished the assignment even though it was difficult.
D. She gave the man a signal.
 NOTE

• Avoid choosing word with similar

sound
• Gave, assignment
 NO 3

A. She said some terrible

things.
B. She didn’t say anything nice.
C. She didn't have any nice things.
D. She said really wonderful
things.

“she couldn’t have said nicer

things”
 NO 4

A. New employees are rarely initiated into the company.

B. New workers don’t generally undertake actions on their own.
C. New employees are initially rated.
D. It’s rare for employees to make new suggestions.
 NOTE

• Avoid choosing word with similar

sound
• Employees
 NO 5

A. The woman is more than a week late.

B. The children would have wrecked the house later.
C. The woman was so late that she was a wreck.
D. He’s glad that she was not any later.

“If you had gotten here any later, I would have been a wreck”
 NO 6

A. He had not gone to the store.

B. He was still at the market.
C. He was going to take care of the shopping.
D. He always went to the market.
 NOTE

• Assumption: in reverse to what is actually done.

• Clue: stressed word “So you did do the
shopping”
 NO 7

A. Hell correct the exams this afternoon.

B. The exam will be at noon.
C. He will collect the exams at 12:00.
D. The tests have not yet been graded.
 NOTE

• Avoid choosing word with similar

sound
• Exams
 NO 8

A. Martha applied for a visa last month.

B. Martha's visa will last for only a month.
C. Martha arrived last month without her visa.
D. Martha’s visa was already delivered.
 NO 9

A. The professor described what the students should do.

B. There was a long line to register for the required c.
C. The professor required an outline.
D. The professor lined up for retirement.
 NOTE

• Avoid choosing word with similar

sound
• Required, retirement
 N O 10

A. Chuck had improved.

B. This visit was better than the last.
C. Chuck looked at him in the hospital.
D. Chuck didn't seem to be doing very
well.
 N O 11

A. She thinks the tuition should be increased.

B. The semester’s tuition is quit affordable.
C. It costs too much.
D. She has more than enough for tuition.
 NOTE

• Avoid choosing word with similar

sound
• tuition
 N O 12

A. He thinks he got a good grade.

B. The history grades were all C or above.
C. No one got history grades.
D. All the grades were C or lower.

“No one got above a C”

 PART B N O 13 – 16

13.What is the woman planning to do on Saturday?

14.Why does the man want to go to the football game?

15.What is at the same time as the music department’s

concert?

16.When does the man plan to study?

 N O 13

A. Attend a football game alone.

B. Go to a sporting event.
C. Eat in the cafeteria and study.
D. See a play.
 N O 14

A. It’s the final game of the season.

B. It's better than the drama departments play.
C. It’s a very important game.
D. It’s close to the cafeteria
 N O 15

A. A play.
B. A game.
C. A study group meeting.
D. Dinner in the cafeteria.
 N O 16

A. Saturday night.
B. After dinner in the cafeteria.
C. Sunday afternoon.
D. Maybe next weekend.
 PART C N O 17 – 20

17.When does this talk probably take place?

18.When is the paper due?

19.What types of references should be used in writing the paper?

20.How many total pages should be in the paper, including the title page and

the reference list?

 N O 17

A. On the first day of class.

B. In the middle of the semester.
C. At the end of class.
D. In the final week of the semester.
 N O 18

A. Later today.
B. By Friday of this week.
C. In two weeks.
D. In three weeks.
 N O 19

A. Journal and magazine articles.

B. Books from outside the library.
C. Books listed in student journals.
D. Both books and journals.
 N O 20

A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Five.
D. Seven.

Section
2
STRUCTURE &
WRITTEN
EXPRESSION
 NO 1

The planet Mercury rotations during every two trips around the
Sun.
a) three complete
b) completes three
c) the completion of
three
d) completing three of
the S-V agreement &
plural
 NO 2

In prehistoric of western Utah was covered by Lake

Bonneville.

a) times, a large part

b) times, there was a large part

c) part of the time
Subject - Verb
d) for large parts of agreement, subject
time
 NO 3

The helicopter is able to hover in powered rotors produce lift even

at zero forward speed.

a) flight because of the

b) flying the

c) the flying of the

noun clause
d) flight because
the
 NO 4

The upper levels of the Sun's atmosphere are of very low heats the gases
there to very high temperatures.

a) dense and solar

b) density, solar activity

c) density, but solar activity

Noun – comparative
d) density and activity of the Sun
is
 NO 5

Lapis lazuli, stone, has been valued for ornamental purposes for
more than 6,000 years.

a) an opaque deep blue

b) is an opaque deep blue

c) it is an opaque deep Appositive: adjective

blue
d) that is an opaque deep
blue
 NO 6

Mountaineer climb Mount Everest must make reservations to do

so, often up to seven years in advance.

a) want to

b) they want to

c) who want

d) wanting noun clause

to
 NO 7

Created by the dissolution of limestone, the underground cave system

Mammoth Cave is noted for its stalactites and stalagmites.

a) is known as

b) it is known to be

c)
d) known
to be as
known Adjective clause
 NO 8

Most slang terms are simply old words additional new

meanings.
a) give
b) given
c) are given
d) they are
given

Adverbial clause
 NO 9

North Carolina's O uter Banks are a chain of low, narrow islands

the mainland from the frequent Atlantic storms in the area.

a) they buffer

b) that buffer

c) to buffer them
Adjective clause
d) that they
buffer
 N O 10

It is at the age of approximately eighteen months children begin to

make combinations of two or three words.

a) when many

b) when are many

c) when do many

d) when have many of

the Adverbial clause
N O 11

Article: the
N O 12

Adjective : profitable
N O 13

Perfect tense: have .. been mined.

N O 14

the other
N O 15

Adverb : -ly
have
recently
N O 16

Comparison : shorter
N O 17

Plural: three stallions

N O 18

Pronoun: them
N O 19

Past participle gathered

N O 20

Past tense: had

Section
3
 R E AD ING
C O M PREH EN SIO N
R E A D I N G PASSAGES
 NO 1

What does paragraph 1 mainly discuss?

a) Design elements in the Art Nouveau style.
b) The popularity of the Art Nouveau style.
c) Production techniques for art glass.
d) Color combinations typical of the Art Nouveau
style.
 NO 2

The word "one" in line 3 is closest in meaning to

.
a) century
b) development
c) style
d) coloration
 NO 3

Paragraph 1 mentions that Art Nouveau glass was sometimes similar to

which

aspect of ancient buried glass?

a) The distortion of the glass.

b) The appearance of the glass surface.

c) The shapes of the glass objects.

d) The size of the glass objects.

 NO 4

The word “prized” in line 13 is closest in meaning to

a) valued

b) universal

c) uncommon

d) preserved
 NO 5

The word “overtaken” in line 16 is closest in meaning to

a) surpassed

b) inclined

c) expressed

d) applied
 NO 6

What does the author mean by stating that “function should determine form”
(line

19-20)?

a) A useful object should not be attractive.

b) The purpose of an object should influence its form.

c) The design of an object is considered more significant than its function.

d) The form of an object should not include decorative elements.

 NO 7

It can be inferred from the passage that one reason Functionalism became
popular

was that it .

a) clearly distinguished between art and design

b) appealed to people who liked complex painted design

c) reflected a common desire to break from the past

d) was easily interpreted by the general public

 NO 8

Paragraph 3 supports which of the following statements about Functionalism?

a) Its design concept avoided geometric shapes.

b) It started on a small scale and then spread gradually.

c) It was a major force in the decorative arts before the First World
War.
d) It was not attractive to architects all designers.
 NO 9

According to the passage, an object made in the Art Nouveau style would
most

likely include .

a) a flowered design

b) bright colors

c) modern symbols

d) a textured surface
 N O 10

Which one is NOT true about the new

taste?

a) Dramatic effects of contrast.

b) Complex textural surfaces.

c) Floral motif.

d) Stark outline.
GOOD LU CK!