The complete guide to the TOEFL iBT test part 2

Some questions have special directions that are During an actual listening test, you will not be able to skip items and come back to them later, so try to answer every question that you

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39 of39 Directions: Select phrases from the answer choices and match them to the cat-

egory to which they relate Two answer choices will not be used This question

is worth 4 points

Answer Choices

A Increased the percentage of working-class people who owned homes

B Required only one or two skilled artisans with specialized tools

C Were based on medieval building techniques

D Were made possible by advances in technology

E Transformed home building into an industry

F Took a lot of labor and time to build

G Were built of both wood and stone H.Were easy to move from place to place

I Is the dominant style of building in use today

Timber-Frame Houses

Balloon-Frame Houses

This is the end of the Reading Section Go on to the Listening Section

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LISTENING SECTION

» Nowstart the Audio Program @)

This section tests your understanding of conversations and lectures You will hear

each conversation or lecture only once Your answers should be based on what is

stated or implied in the conversations and lectures

You are allowed to take notes as you listen, and you can use these notes to help

you answer the questions

In some questions, you will see a headphones icon: 4) This icon tells you that

you will hear, but not read, part of the lecture again Then you will answer a ques-

tion about the part of the lecture that you heard

Some questions have special directions that are

During an actual listening test, you will not be able to skip items and come back

to them later, so try to answer every question that you hear on this practice test

This test includes two conversations and four lectures Most questions are sep-

arated by a ten-second pause

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» Listen to a conversation between a professor and a student G)

Notes:

lof34 Why is Ted unable to meet with

Professor Jacobs after class?

©) He wants to go to a poetry reading

» Listen again to part of the conver-

sation Then answer the question

2of34 What does Ted mean when he

says this? @

©) He is expressing surprise

©) He's showing a lack of interest

©) He's not sure what he is being asked to do

©) He's confused and upset

3 of 34 What is Ted most interested in

©) A nonfiction guide to fishing 40f34 Which of the following can be inferred about Professor Jacobs?

©) He likes some of Ted’s poems, but not the poem “Northern Lights.”

©) He doesn't always express his feelings about his students’ work in class

©) He doesn’t like poems in which the imagery is frightening

50f34 Why does Professor Jacobs ask Ted to come to his office?

©) To help Ted select some poems to read aloud

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» Listen to a conversation between a university administrator and a student Gp

Notes:

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Why does Dana want a work-study position?

What can be inferred about merit-based work-study jobs?

Which of these work-study positions does Dana express the most enthusiasm for?

What must Dana do first to apply for the position that she is interested in?

©) Mail an application to the museum

©) Fill out some forms

Why does Ms Fong say this? GP

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» Listen to a lecture in an anthropology class @

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Notes:

1lof34 The professor mentions three types of winter houses used by the Inuit Match

these three types of houses with the locations where they were used

A Snow houses

B Houses made of driftwood

C Houses made of stone, earth, and whalebone

» Listen again to part of the lecture Then answer the question

12 0f34 Why does the professor say this? G)

©) To explain why the Inuit in Greenland were isolated

©) To indicate where Thule is located

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13 of 34 Whatcan be inferred about the word igloo?

140f34 In this lecture, the professor describes the process the Inuit used to build a

simple igloo Indicate whether each of the following is a step in the igloo-

building process

Build a framework to support the igloo from inside

Cut blocks of hardened snow with a knife

Dig an entrance tunnel

Stand on top of the igloo in order to compress the

snow and make it stronger

Melt snow on the interior surface of the igloo with

150f34 The professor did NOT mention that larger igloos were used in which of

these ways?

L] Asa place to dance

1 Asahome for five or more families

1 Asa place to hold wrestling matches

L] Asa location for singing contests

C) As a storage space for food

16 0f34 According to the professor, what did the Inuit do in the early 1950s?

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Listen to a discussion in an astrophysics class @)

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What is Professor Fuller’s opinion of Albert Einstein?

What powers the “sails” on the ship that the class discusses?

to the stars?

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Professor Fuller discusses the process by which a new technology evolves

Summarize this discussion by putting these four steps in the proper order

A Technology phase

B Application phase

C Speculation phase

D Science phase

What does Professor Fuller say about the planets that have so far been discov-

ered around other stars?

(1 Most of them are gas giants

CL] Some of them are similar to the Earth

(1 Many of them may be inhabited

L] A few of them are very close to their stars

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» Listen to a lecture in an art class @)

Notes:

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What does the professor say about Minimalism and Conceptualism?

C1 They were the dominant schools of art when Photorealism began

C They were very similar in their philosophy and style to Photorealism (1 They were abstract schools of art

L] They had been influenced by both the Dutch Masters and the trompe Voeil school

Which of the following did Audrey Flack NOT use when painting The Farb Family Portrait?

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25of34 How does the professor explain the subjects that Photorealists painted?

She quotes two Photorealistic painters on their choice of subjects

She gives specific examples of subjects that Photorealists have painted

She tells her students to read a paper about the topic of Photorealistic paintings

She compares the subjects of Photorealistic paintings to those of famous photographs

26 of 34 Which of the following would Richard Estes most likely choose to paint?

27 of 34 ‘According to the professor, why are the sculptures of Duane Hanson so

remarkable?

28 0f34 In this lecture, the professor gives a number of characteristics of the

Photorealistic school of painting Indicate whether each of the following is a

typical characteristic of paintings of that school of art

They feature three-dimensional optical illusions

Their subjects are ordinary people and scenes

They are often painted in bright colors

They may be either representational or non-representational

They show great attention to detail

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» Listen to a discussion in a meteorology class @)

hail cumulonimbus clouds

Notes:

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According to the professor, which of the following are most often damaged

by hail?

L] Rides at amusement parks () Cars and other vehicles L] Farmers’ crops

L) Buildings According to the professor, which of these methods of preventing damage from hail was used most recently?

» Listen again to part of the discussion Then answer the question

31 of 34 What does the professor mean when he says this? G)

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32 0f34 | Why does the professor compare a hailstone to an onion?

33 of 34 At what time of year are hailstorms most common?

34 o0f34 In this lecture, the professor describes the process by which hail is formed

Indicate whether each of the following is a step in that process

Hailstones become so heavy that they fall to the ground

Water droplets are lifted into the cold region of a thundercloud

and freeze

Tornado winds circulate ice crystals inside of thunderclouds

Droplets are lifted into the cloud again and again, adding

more ice

A mass of fast-moving warm air hits a slower-moving mass of

cold air

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This is the end of the Listening Section of Practice Test 1 You may take a’

ten-minute break before beginning work on the Speaking Section

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SPEAKING SECTION

» Now start the Audio Program and listen carefully @

This section tests your ability to speak about various subjects There are six tasks in this section Listen carefully to the directions and read the questions on the screen The first two tasks are independent speaking tasks You have fifteen seconds in which to prepare your response When you hear a beep on the Audio Program, you will have forty-five seconds in which to answer the question

The last four tasks are integrated speaking tasks The third and fourth questions involve a reading text and a listening passage You have forty-five seconds in which

to read a short text You will then hear a short conversation or part of a lecture on the same topic You may take notes on both the reading and listening passage You will then see a question on the screen asking about the information that you have just read and heard, and you will have thirty seconds in which to plan a response When you hear a beep on the Audio Program, you have sixty seconds in which to answer the question

The fifth and sixth questions involve a short listening passage You may take notes as you listen After listening to the conversation or lecture, you will see a question, and you have twenty seconds in which to plan your response When you hear a beep on the Audio Program, you have sixty seconds in which to answer the question

During actual tests, a clock on the screen will tell you how much preparation time or how much response time (speaking time) remains for each question It is important that you time yourself accurately when you take this practice test On an actual test your responses will be recorded and evaluated by trained raters

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