Toefl ibt internet based test 2006 - 2007 part 10 pps

a good response will require all of the response time but the answer will be complete by the end 0 1 the response tima.. The tima l or the Speaking section is about 20 minutes, A clock

so According to the professor, what can be inferred about a Renaissance man?

<Xl He would probably be a mast&!' craftsman

<D He would have an aptrtude for both art and science

<D He would be interested in clasSical philosophers

G:I He would value logic at the expense of creativity

5t All of the following characteristics are true of humanism EXCEPT

<Xl Mankind is innately good

<J) Scholars must serve society

<D The individual is impol"lanl

<D Human beings are rational

Pl tum off the audio Thent I a 1G-minute bfeak between the Liaten i ng Metlon nd the Speaking section

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SPEAKING SECTION

( ) Model Test 1, Speaking Section, CD 1, TraCk 2, continued on CD 2, T, ck 1

The Speaking section tests your ability to communicate In English in an academic setting

Dur-ing the lesl you will be presented wilh six speaking queslions The questions ask for a response 10 a single question, a conversation, a talk, or a lecture

You may take noles as you listen but notes are not graded You may use your noles to answer

the questions Soma of the questions ask for a response to a reading passage and a talk or a

lecture The reading passages and the questions ara written but most 01 the directions wltl be

spoken

Your speaking will be evaluated on both the fluency of the language and the accuracy of the

content You will have 15- 20 seconds to prepare and 45-60 seconds to respond to each ques-tion Typically a good response will require all of the response time but the answer will be

complete by the end 0 1 the response tima

The tima l or the Speaking section is about 20 minutes, A clock on the screen will show you how much time you have to prepare your answer and how much tima you have to record It

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( ) Usten for a question about a familiar topic

Question

Describe an ideal marriage partner What qualities do you think are most impoflant for a hus-band or wife? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choices

Preparation Time: 15 seconds

Recording Time: 45 seconds

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( ) USlen for a question that asks your opinion about a familiar topic

Question

newspaper Stin others use their computers to get the news How do you prefer to be informed

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Read a short passage and listen to a talk on the same topic

Cha~e in Meal plans

Residence hall students are no longer required to purchase seven-day meal plans Now two meal plan options will be offered The traditional seven-day plan will still be available,

including three meals every day at a cost of $168 per month In addilion, a five-day plan will

who eled to use the five-day plan may purchase meals on the weekend at three dollars per meal The food court in the College Union provides several fast-food alternatives In addi-tion to burgers and pizza, Chinese food, Mexican food, and a salad bar are also available

( ) Now listen to two students who are talking about the plan

Question

The man expresses his opinion of the new meal plan Report his opinion, and explain the rea -sons that he gives for having that opinion

Preparation Time: 30 seconds

Recording Time: 60 seconds

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Read a short passage and listen to part ola lecture on the same topic

Readi"lllime: 45 seconds

Aboriginal poople

Although the first Inhabitants of Australia have been identified by physical characteristics,

culture, la"lluage, ancllocale, none of these attributes truly establishes a person as a

areas and developed customs and lifestyles that reflected the resources available to them,

there is great diversity among those groups, including more than 200 li"lluishc varieties

Probably the most striki"ll comparison is that 01 the Aboriginal People who inhabit the desert terrain 01 the Australian Outback with those who live alo"ll the coast Clearly, their, societies have developed very different cultures Acoording to the Department 01

Educa-tion, the best way to establish identity as a member of the Aboriginal People is to be identl

-lied and accepted as such by the Aboriginal community

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-( } Now listen to part 01 a lecture in an anthropology class The professor is talking about

Aboriginal People,

Question

Explain how the Aboriginal People are identified Draw upon information in both the readi"ll and the lecture

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o Now listen to a short oonversation between a student and his friend

Question

Describe the man's problem and the two suggestions that hiS friend makes about how to

han-dle it What do you think the m8Jl should do, and why?

Preparation Time: 20 seconds

Recording Time: 60 seconds