TOEFL Test (2) |

Lecture 1

What are the student and the IT staffer mainly discussing?

(A) The student’s new iPhone
(B) The student’s Wi-Fi issue
(C) The schools security system
(D) The latest virus going around

What is the student’s problem?

(A) Her new iPad has a virus
(B) She needs a new Wi-Fi connection
(C) She can’t connect to the schools wireless network
(D) She’s having problems with the network

What are the wireless security setting? Select three

(1) WPA (2) WEP2 (3) WEP (4) WPA2 (5) WPA-A

(A) 1,3,4
(B) 1,2,4
(C) 3,1,5
(D) 2,1,5

Why does the student say this?

(A) Because IT support fixed her iPhone
(B) Because IT support was helpful
(C) Because IT support disconnected her
(D) Because IT support involved her issue

What does the student mean by this?

(A) She needs more information
(B) She is missing the point
(C) She understands completely
(D) She is apologizing for her mistake

Lecture 2

What is the discussion mainly about?

(A) The North Pacific gyre
(B) How plastic is polluting the Pacific
(C) The North Pacific garbage patch
(D) Plastic and pelagic species

What is the purpose of the discussion?

(A) To highlight how pollution affects ocean currents
(B) To illustrate how plastic garbage is polluting the North Pacific
(C) To define an environmental disaster
(D) To show the relationship between a gyre and plastic water bottles

Why does the professor say this?

(A) To warn that plastic bottles are a growing problem
(B) To stress his disbelief at the amount of plastic in daily use
(C) To illustrate how much plastic he uses on a daily basis
(D) To introduce the next topic

Which pelagic species does the professor mention? Select two

(A) Whales
(B) Crabs
(C) Birds
(D) Sea turtles

The professor describes how plastic becomes part of the eco-system. Put those steps in order.

(1) Plastic photodegrades into particles (2) Plastic ends up in the Horse Latitudes

(3) Plastic enters the North Pacific (4) Plastic is swept along by the gyre

(A) 3,4,2,1
(B) 1,2,4,3
(C) 3,1,2,4
(D) 2,1,3,4

Lecture 3

What is the lecture mainly about?

(A) A movie maker named Michael Moore
(B) A politician named David Bossie
(C) A U.S Supreme Court ruling
(D) A decision by the Elections Commission

What does the professor say about Hillary: The Movie?

(A) It won an Oscar for best documentary
(B) It is a 90- minute political attack ad
(C) It helped raise millions for Mrs. Clinton
(D) It was mad by Michael Moore

Why does the professor say this?

(A) To indicate that something is wrong in the U.S Supreme Court
(B) To indicate how the Supreme Court’s ruling has angered Hillary Clinton
(C) To draw attention to how money can be Supreme Court decisions
(D) To illustrate how the Court’s ruling is already creating controversy

The professor mentions Ford. Why?

(A) As an example of a corporation that could influence an election
(B) As an example of a famous company
(C) As an example of a supporter of a political candidate
(D) As a reason why the Supreme Court made the right decision

What does the professor mean when she says this?

(A) That Hillary: The Movie was a big hit during the ’08 presidential primary
(B) That Hillary: The Movie had little or no influence when it was released
(C) That political movies are not popular during an election
(D) That Hillary: The Movie was as popular as Michael Moore’s film 911

Lecture 4

What is the topic of the lecture?

(A) Aristotle’s philosophy
(B) Aristotle’s writing style
(C) Aristotle’s ancient lesson
(D) Aristotle’s modes of appeal

What is the purpose of the lecture?

(A) To demonstrate three different types of persuasive argument
(B) To illustrate how an argument can be made more persuasive
(C) To highlight Aristotle’s influence
(D) To highlight how audiences have been persuaded

According to Aristotle, which appeals make a lecture more persuasive? Select three Answers

(1) Ethods (2) Bathods (3) Pathods (4) Choas (5) Logos

(A) 1,3,5
(B) 1,2,4
(C) 3,2,5
(D) 2,1,5

Why does the professor say this?

(A) To warn that even the best arguments can fail to persuade an audience
(B) To warn that persuades people often change their minds during elections
(C) To reinforce the idea that persuasive arguments guarantee results
(D) To highlight the need for arguments

The professor describes President Obama’s personal history. Put President Obama’s personal history in the proper order.

1. Graduated from Harvard Law 2. Become a U.S Senator

was a community organizer 4. Taught constitutional law

(A) 3,1,4,2
(B) 1,2,4,3
(C) 3,1,2,4
(D) 2,1,3,4

Lecture 5

What is the topic of the conversation?

(A) The pros and cons of PowerPoint
(B) A resent presentation
(C) The assignment
(D) The test

Why does the student visit the professor?

(A) To find out more about the assignment
(B) To change her presentation topic
(C) To pick up handouts and get advice
(D) To clarify the purpose of the assignment

Why does the professor say this?

(A) To describe the advantages of using PowerPoint
(B) To remind the student to use tools such as PowerPoint
(C) To state what he strongly believes
(D) To illustrate how PowerPoint is a tool often use in presentations

According to the professor, what will an audience do if the presenter loses control of a presentation?

(1) Start to yawn (2) Start to complain (3) Ask for refunds

(4) Check their cell phones (5) Walk out

(A) 1,4,5
(B) 1,2,4
(C) 3,2,5
(D) 2,1,5

What does the professor imply when he says this?

(A) To compare giving a presentation to walking
(B) To stress the fact that the student must learn the basic first
(C) To suggest that presentations move at different speeds
(D) To repeat a point mentioned in the handout

Lecture 6

What is the focus of the lecture?

(A) Early housing through the ages
(B) Housing and class structure in Europe a long time ago
(C) Medieval housing
(D) Architecture in the Middle Kingdom

What is the purpose of the lecture?

(A) To define and examine the evolution of medieval structures and societies
(B) To describe the process of housebuilding prior to modernization
(C) To explore the lives of those who lived in ancient houses and societies
(D) To classify and illustrate how housing in the middle ages reflected the prevailing social hierarchy

According to the lecture, in whose house did animals do more than provide a food source?

(A) The king’s
(B) The peasant’s
(C) The noble’s
(D) The landowner’s

Why does the professor say this?

(A) To highlight the dangers of crowded housing built of flammable material
(B) To describe how houses were built in order to prevent fires
(C) To contrast how city houses were far safer that peasant structures
(D) To describe the long-term effects of crowded medieval cities and towns

According to the lecture, a castle had two main purposes. One was militaru. What was the other?

(A) A center of worship
(B) An administrative center
(C) An educational institution
(D) An agriculture market

Lecture 7

What does the lecture mainly focus on?

(A) A magazine called the Bvlack Mask.
(B) The history of pulp fiction in Americal.
(C) The writer Carroll John Daly and Dashiell Hammet.
(D) Great American Detective

What is mentioned about the Black Mask? (Select 3 answers)
It was 128 pages long. 2. It started to sell in 1920. 3. It published formula writing.
It had no illustration. 5. It was popular

(A) 1,2,3,
(B) 1,2,4
(C) 3,2,5
(D) 2,1,5)

According to the lecture, what was Peter Collinson’s real name?

(A) Carroll John Daly
(B) Dashiel Daly
(C) Peter Hammett
(D) Dashiel Hammett

Why does the professor say this?

(A) To identify each writer’s influences
(B) To illustrate that hamlet had more life experience than Daly
(C) To illustrate that Hammett lived a block from Daly’s house
(D) To describe what Hammett and Daly were doing in 1923

The professor describes the life of Carroll John Daly. Put Daly’s early life in the corrct order.
Attended art school 2. Published Three-Gun Terry
Ran a movie theater in Atlantic City 4. Born in Yonkers, New York

(A) 4,1,3,2
(B) 1,2,4,3
(C) 3,1,2,4
(D) 2,1,3,4

The professor mentions three dates. Match each to the corresponding event.

A. 1889	B. 1923	C. 1894
Three Gun Terry Arson Plus were published in the Black Mask.	Carrol John Daly was born in Yonkers, New York.	Dashiell Hammett was born on a farm in Meryland
1	2	3

(A) 1:B, 2:A, 3:C
(B) 1:C, 2:B, 3:A
(C) 1:A, 2:C, 3:B
(D) 1:A, 2:B, 3:C

Lecture 8

What is the discussion mainly about?

(A) Counterfeit goods
(B) Counterfeit manufacturers
(C) Counterfeit currency
(D) Counterfeit laws

What is the point of the discussion?

(A) To illustrate the many ways knock-offs can enter a foreign market
(B) To illustrate how consumers benefit from affordable products like fakes
(C) To illustrate how counterfeit products threaten a company’s bottom line
(D) To illustrate unfair business practices

Why does the professor say this?

(A) To illustrate that the problem of knock-offs is getting bigger
(B) To signal a return to the main topic
(C) To indicate that the problem of knock-offs is far bigger than most realize
(D) To stress that accessories are the most knocked-off products

How can knock-offs hurt a company? Select three

(1) They can diminish brand equity (2) They can hurt consumers (3) They can reduce market share

(4) They can dramatically decrease costs (5) They can force companies to spend a lot of money on legal fees.

(A) 1, 3, 5
(B) 1, 2, 4
(C) 3, 2, 5
(D) 2, 1, 5

From the discussion, we infer that “touts” on Fifth Avenue are…

(A) Tourists buying knock-offs
(B) People selling knock-offs
(C) People selling designer products
(D) Affordable products sold in summer

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