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TOEFL IBT PRACTISE TEST 33 FROM MASTERING SKILLS FOR TOEFL IBT

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TASK I

Directions: Listen to Track 86.

Directions: Now answer the questions.

1.What are the speakers mainly discussing?

Getting financial aid for college
Planning a student’s course schedule for the next four years
Taking courses during the summer session
Differences in admissions requirements between Hooper University and two other schools

2.Why does the student want to take classes at City College?

Because Hooper University does not offer the classes he wants
Because City College classes cost less money than ones at Hooper University
So that he can take classes on the weekend
So that he can graduate from Hooper University early

3. Why will the man probably take only two courses?

Students are limited to two summer courses.
He can attend classes only on Saturday and Sunday.
His financial aid will pay for only two courses.
His summer job will keep him from taking more than two courses.

4. What will Ms. Brinker probably do for the man? Choose 2 answers.

Give the man a student ID number
Give the man a financial aid form
Help the man figure out which classes to take .
Help the man apply to Hooper University
Put the man’s information into the City College admission system

5.Listen to Track 87.

The man waited too long to apply to City College
The man should not attend Hooper University.
The man will be able to do what he wants to do.
The man is very unlucky.

World History

Directions: Now answer the questions.

6.What is the main purpose of the lecture?

To compare the study of world history to the study of United States history
To explain to the students their next assignment
To explain different approaches to the study of world history
To explain the origins of history as an academic discipline

7.Why does the professor mention the Western-Heritage Model used in her high school? ^y

To explain why she prefers using the model
To emphasize that the model was widely used in the past
To correct an error in a student’s description of the model
To compare high school history courses to college history courses

8.According to the professor, what is an advantage of the Different-Cultures Model?

It focuses on the history of the United States.
It is based upon the most widely researched theories.
It includes the history of a variety of cultural groups.
It makes thematic connections across different cultural groups.

9. What aspect of Islamic civilization will the professor likely discuss in the course?

A succession of Islamic rulers
The ancient origins of Islamic architecture
The isolation of European cultures from Islamic influence
Islamic elements in African cultures

10.Match each of the topics below with the type of world history course in which it would most likely be discussed.

Write your answer choices in the spaces where they belong

The Western-Heritage Model	The Different-Cultures Model	The Patterns-of-Change Model

Answer Choices

The contributions of Native American art to United States culture
The independent discovery of printing techniques in Asia and Europe
Ancient Roman foundations of the United States legal system

11. Listen to Track 89.

She doubts that the course will fulfill the students’ expectations.
She hopes that the students selected the course because of their interest.
She is pleased that the course will fulfill the requirements.
She is worried that the students might not be familiar with the course requirements.

Environmental Science

Directions: Now answer the questions.

12.What does the professor mainly discuss? .

A common weather pattern in the southern Great Plains region
Factors that created an ecological and human disaster
Farming techniques introduced during the Dust Bowl era
The erosion of grasslands by excessive rainfall

13. What happened during the agricultural expansion in the southern Great Plains?

People improved the soil by planting wheat.
Raising cattle and other livestock became less common.
Most of the landowners became farmers.
Much of the grassland was destroyed.

14.What point does the professor make when he mentions that good topsoil takes thousands of years to form?

It takes a long time to ruin good topsoil.
It was wrong to believe that land could not be damaged.
Farmers should not have moved on to other places.
Plowing the land creates good topsoil faster than natural processes do.

15.Why does the professor mention that drought is often blamed as the cause of the Dust Bowl?

To explain that many tenant farmers had to leave their land before the Dust Bowl era
To emphasize that the Dust Bowl resulted mainly from soil erosion
To show why the local population increased when rainfall returned to normal
To prove that the drought was the worst on record at that time

16.According to the professor, what did the Soil Erosion Act do to improve soil conservation? Choose 2 answers.

It provided special equipment for farmers.
It encouraged farmers to use better farming techniques.
It turned damaged farmland into permanent grassland.
It increased the variety of crops grown on each farm. .

17.Listen to Track 91.

To ask the students for their opinions
To express uncertainty about a historical situation
To emphasize a point he has just made
To correct an earlier statement

Directions: Now answer the questions.

18.Why does the man go to see the woman?

To ask her to talk to his professor about an exam
To get help completing an assignment
To get help understanding why he is having trouble in his classes
To ask her opinion about which class he should take

19.What does the man imply about his Spanish class?

He helps other students in the class.
He is doing well in the class.
He cannot complete all the assignments.
He needs to study more for the class.

20. What problem does the man have with his reading assignments? ‘

He is not interested in what he reads.
He cannot memorize definitions of terms.
He is overwhelmed by the amount he has to read.
He has difficulty identifying what is important information.

21. Why does the woman tell the man about her own experience as a student?

To make him aware that other students have similar problems
To encourage him to spend more time studying at the library
To explain the importance of remembering details
To convince him to take a study-skills course

22.What recommendations does the woman make about what the man should do? Choose 2 answers.

Underline definitions in the text as he reads
Write a summary of what he reads
Read the text twice
Find additional texts on his own

Astronomy

23.What is the lecture mainly about?

How astronomers found the correct interpretation for a certain observation
How astronomers distinguish between two kinds of nebulae
Various improvements to the telescope over the last 300 years
An old problem in astronomy that remains unsolved

24.According to the lecture, how did distant galaxies appear to eighteenth-century astronomers?

Like the moons of planets
Like small clouds
Like variable stars
Like bright points of light

25.What could astronomers better estimate once they knew what nebulae really were?

The diameter of variable stars
The density of cosmic dust
The size of the universe
The average number of planets in a galaxy

26.According to the professor, what did a 1920s telescope allow astronomers to do for the first time?

Study the moons of Jupiter
Observe gamma-ray bursters
Reject the dust theory of nebulae
Prove that galaxies are surprisingly small .

27.What did eighteenth-century astronomers have in common with astronomers today?

They could not explain everything they detected with their instruments.
They knew the correct distances of objects they could not identify.
Their instruments were not powerful enough to detect spiral nebulae.
They argued over the natural brightness of variable stars.

28. Listen to Track 94.

She is certain about the correct answer.
She is now aware that her original idea had a weakness.
She is not convinced that the professor is right.
She thinks that the professor misunderstood what she said earlier.

Art History

Directions: Now answer the questions.

29.What is the lecture mainly about?

Various painting techniques
Ways to determine the purpose of a piece of art
How moral values are reflected in art
How to evaluate a piece of art

30. According to the professor, what did ancient Greek philosophers value in a work of art?

An accurate imitation of life
An unusual perspective on life
The expression of complex emotions
The use of symbolism

31. Why does the professor talk about personal taste?

To point out its importance in the evaluation of art
To help students understand the meaning of aesthetics
To show that personal taste and aesthetics are the same
To help explain art from different cultures

32.Why does the professor mention wheels and spheres?

To illustrate how movement can be expressed in a piece of art
To demonstrate that objects are more important than colors in a piece of art
To give an example of objects that have symbolic significance
To explain why some objects rarely appear in works of art

33. The professor mentions 4 formal steps used in examining a piece of art. Place the steps in order from first to last.

Write your answer choices in the space where they belong. You can either write the letter of your answer choice or you can copy the sentence.

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