DOKTERPOST TOEFL TRYOUT 17

March 2021

CALCULATING YOUR SCORE

• SECTION 1 (listening) 20 Qs out of 50 = total correct number x 2.5

• 12 30

• SECTION 2 (grammar) 20 Qs out of 40 = total correct number x 2

• 14 28

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

• 9 45

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

TYPE OF QUESTIONS

• 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 QUESTIONS (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 QUESTIONS (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?

QUICK 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)

8. Idiom showing agreement

Section 1

NO 1

a) It met her expectations.

b) It was rather mediocre.

c) It was what she had hoped to see.

d) It was the last performance.

“It wasn't all I had hoped for.”

NO 2

a) Going home on the bus.

b) Sleeping on the bus.

c) Taking a quick walk.

d) Getting some sleep before going home.

NO 3

a) The course is free.

b) The course costs $100 more this semester.

c) The course was cheaper last semester.

d) She thinks the cost of the course is too low.

“It wasn't that much last semester.”

NO 4

a) That he would be at work.

b) That he knew a lot about architecture.

c) That he did not get the job.

d) That he would not be at home.

“Then he did get the job!”

NO 5

a) The rider took the road to the hospital.

b) An ambulance took the rider to the hospital.

c) The ambulance left the hospital with the rider.

d) The motorcyclist followed the ambulance to the hospital.

“Well, the motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.”

NO 6

a) He cannot work on the assignment because of a headache.

b) He thinks the assignment will take about two hours.

c) It would be better to prepare two assignments than one.

d) He prefers not to work on it by himself.

“I think that two heads are better than one.”

NO 7

a) The project that the woman wants is impossible.

b) Two hours is not long enough to complete the project.

c) The woman's request can be accomplished.

d) The woman should not ask for such a thing.

NO 8

a) He is not very impressed with it.

b) He thinks it is fantastic.

c) He does not want more pressure on it

d) It is less impressive than expected.

“I couldn't have been more impressed.”

NO 9

a) She spent her normal amount of time on it.

b) It is rare for her to finish an assignment.

c) It is rare for her to put any effort into an assignment.

d) She spent more time than usual on it.

“Only rarely have I put so much time into an assignment.”

NO 10

a) It was not cold enough.

b) The snowball struck him forcefully.

c) The snow stayed around too long.

d) It was too cold.

“I wish it had been a little colder, then the snow might have stuck around longer.”

NO 11

a) That she couldn't get into the lab.

b) That she wouldn't do the assignment.

c) That her lab assignment was already done.

d) That she would start working in a couple of hours.

“So you haven't finished the lab assignment yet!”

NO 12

a) She took the stairs out of necessity.

b) She didn't want to take the elevator.

c) It was only a few flights of stairs.

d) She preferred to climb the stairs.

“If only the elevator hadn't been broken, then we wouldn't have had

to climb all of those stairs.”

PART B NO 13 – 16

13. What is the topic of this conversation?

14. Why is the man interested in selling his book?

15. Why does the man not want to sell the books to the bookstore?

16. What does the woman suggest that the man do?

NO 13

a) To a doctor's appointment.

b) To an exercise club.

c) To a swimming pool.

d) To a school.

NO 14

a) They're both regular members.

b) He likes to go there occasionally.

c) She wants him to try it out.

d) She hates to exercise alone.

NO 15

a) A limited number.

b) Racquetball courts and a swimming pool.

c) Exercise machines but not classes.

d) Just about anything.

NO 16

a) Visit the club once.

b) Take out a membership.

c) Try the club unless he hurts himself.

d) See if he has time to go.

PART C NO 17 – 20

17. What is the primary topic of the talk?

18. When can a student officially drop a course?

19. How many signatures are necessary to drop a course?

20. What happens if a student stops attending a course without officially dropping it?

NO 17

a) How to get a professor's signature.

b) The procedure for dropping courses.

c) When to come and see the advisor.

d) The effect of officially dropping a course.

NO 18

a) Any time, if the professor is willing to sign.

b) Only on the day of the talk.

c) During the first three weeks of the semester.

d) Up to three weeks before the end of the semester.

NO 19

a) None.

b) One.

c) Two.

d) Three.

NO 20

a) The student fails the course.

b) The course is removed from the student's schedule.

c) The student needs to get the advisor's signature.

d) The student receives a warning.

Section 2

STRUCTURE & WRITTEN

EXPRESSION

NO 1

Different hormones ______ at the same time on a particular target issue.

a) usually act

b) usually acting

c) they usual act

d) the usual action S-V agreement

NO 2

The tidal forces on the Earth due to ______ only 0.46 of those due to the

Moon.

a) the Sun is

b) the Sun they are

c) the Sun it is

d) the Sun are

Subject & verb

NO 3

Most radioactive elements occur in igneous and metamorphic ______ fossils

occur in sedimentary rocks.

a) rocks, nearly all

b) rocks, but nearly all

c) rocks, nearly all are

d) rocks, which nearly all are

Noun & contrastive marker

NO 4

_____ radioisotope is encountered, the first step in its identification is the

determination of its half-life.

a) An unknown

b) Afterwards, an unknown

c) When an unknown

d) During an unknown

Noun clause flag

NO 5

The Missouri _______ longest river in the United States, flows through seven

states from its source in Montana to its confluence with the Mississippi.

a) River, the

b) River is the

c) River is one of the

d) River, one of the

Noun & appositive

starter

NO 6

Coral islands such as the Maldives are the tips of reefs built during periods of

warm climate, when ______ higher.

a) were sea levels

b) sea had levels

c) having sea levels

d) sea levels were S- V agreement

NO 7

Hail forms within large, dense cumulonimbus ______ develop on hot, humid

summer days.

a) clouds

b) clouds that

c) clouds that are

d) clouds that they noun

NO 8

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease _____ by a characteristic skin rash.

a) accompany

b) is accompanied

c) accompanied

d) it is accompanied

Passive voice

NO 9

Charles Darwin's first scientific book, published in 1842, _____ a since

substantiated theory on the origin of coral reefs and atolls.

a) to present

b) presented

c) presenting

d) it presents Past tense

NO 10

Phytoplanktons thrive where _____ phosphorus into the upper layers of a body

of water.

a) upwelling currents circulate

b) the circulation of upwelling currents

c) are upwelling currents

d) circulates upwelling currents

Subject and verb of the where clause

(adverbial phrase)

NO 11

Article the

NO 12

Word order officially opened

NO 13

Passive were issued

NO 14

Article A typical

NO 15

alone

NO 16

Word choice made

NO 17

passive razed

NO 18

Phrasal verb relies on

NO 19

Singular nucleus

NO 20

expensive

Section 3

READING COMPREHENSION

R E A D I N G PA S S AG E S

NO 1

The paragraph preceding the passage most likely discusses _____ .

a) astronaut training

b) the inception of the Apollo space program

c) a different space trip

d) previous Moon landings

NO 2

”Abundance" in line 3 is_____ .

a) a disorderly pile

b) a wealthy bunch

c) an insignificant proportion

d) a large amount

NO 3

According to the passage, what does Moon soil consist of?

a) Hydrogen and helium

b) Large chunks of volcanic lava

c) Tiny pieces of stones and glass

d) Streams of gases

NO 4

The word “spherical” in line 8 is closest in meaning to ___.

a) earthen

b) circular

c) angular

d) amorphous

NO 5

Which of the following was NOT brought back to the Earth by the astronauts?

a) Basalt

b) Soil

c) Breccia

d) Plant life

NO 6

An "indication" in line 13 is _____ .

a) an exhibition

b) a clue

c) a denial

d) a dictate

NO 7

According to the passage, breccia was formed _____ .

a) when objects struck the Moon

b) from volcanic lava

c) when streams of gases hit the surface of the Moon

d) from the interaction of helium and hydrogen

NO 8

It is implied in the passage that scientists believe that the gases found in the Moon

rocks___.

a) were not originally from the Moon

b) were created inside the rocks

c) traveled from the Moon to the Sun

d) caused the Moon's temperature to rise

NO 9

The word "emitted" in line 18 is closest in meaning to ___.

a) set off

b) vaporized

c) sent out

d) separated

NO 10

The author's purpose in this passage is to ___.

a) describe some rock and soil samples

b) explain some of the things learned from space flight

c) propose a new theory about the creation of the Moon

d) demonstrate the difference between basalt and breccia

GOOD LUCK!