TOEFL Test 1
TOEFL Test 1
TOEFL Test 1
Practice test 1
Section 1
Listening comprehension
Time approximately 30 minutes 50 questions
Section 1 has three parts. Each parts has its own set of directions. Do not take notes
while listening or make any marks on the test pages. Note taking, underlining, or crossing out
will be considered cheating on the actual TOEFL exam. Answer the questions following the
conversations or talks based on what the speakers have stated or implied.
For practice test 1, insert your listening comprehension section. In the following test,
however, you will have only the 12 second given after each questions. Turn the page as soon
as you have marked your answer. Start your cassette now.
Part A
Direction
In the part A, you will hear conversations between two speakers. At the end of each
conversation, a third voice will ask a questions about what was said. The questions about it,
read the four possible answer and decide which one would be the best answer to the questions
you have heard. Then, on your answer sheet find the number of the problem and mark your
answer.
C. John wouldn’t buy groceries even D. Fred and Mary were supposed to
if he had enough money meet them at the movies but their car
D. John can’t find his grocery money broke down
27 A. Eighty people came to the rally 29 A. He was supposed to give the
B. Fourty people came to the rally awards at the banquet, but didn’t
C. One hundred sixty people came to B. He was given an award, but he
the rally refused it
D. One hundred people came to the C. He didn’t go to the banquet
rally D. He went to the awards banquet, but
28 A. They are going to meet Freed and he refused to give a speech
Mary at the movies if they have a time 30. A. He is out of sugar
B. They went to the movies with freed B. He puts only sugar in his coffee.
and Mary, but the theater was closed C. There isn’t enough sugar in his
C. They couldn’t meet freed and Mary coffee
at the movies because they didn’t have D. He likes sugar, but the coffee he is
any money drinking has too much
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Part B
Directions
In the part B, you will hear longer conversations. After each conversations, you will be
asked some questions. The conversations and questions will be spoken just one time. They will
not be written out for you, so you will have to listen carefully in order to understand and
remembered what the speaker says. When you hear a question, read the fours possible answers
in your test book and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have
heard. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the problem and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Part C
Direction
In the part C, You will hear several talks. After each talk you will be asked some questions.
The talks and questions will be spoken just one time. They will not be written pout for you, so
you will have to listen carefully in order to understand and remember what the speaker says.
When you hear a questions, read the four possible answer in your test book and decide which
one would be the best answer to the questions you have heardj, then on your answer sheet, find
the number of the problem and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you
have chosen.
C. Bell experimented with the 49 A. Because the insured must pay for
sciences of acoustics the agents retirements fund
D. Bell invented a multiple telegraph B. Because it is pure insurance
47 A. 100 C. Because part of the money is
B. 25 invested
C. 35 D. Because it based on the age of
D. 50 insured
48 A. It is less expensive than term 50 A. It is expensive
insurance B. One can borrow from the fund that
B. It can have fixed premium for life is built up
C. It may result in the insurance being C. The premium is paid by the interest
able to discontinue premium payments D. It requires an easier medical
D. It may results in retirement income examination than dies cash value
insurance.
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Section 2
Structure and Written expression
Part A
Directions
Questions 1-15 incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or
phrases, marked (A), (B). (C) and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the
sentences. The, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space
that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter
inside the oval cannot be seen.
Part B
In question 16-40, each sentences has four underlined word or phrases. The four underlined
parts of the sentences are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word or
phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer
sheet, find the number of the questions and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of
the answer you have chosen.
16. The main (A) office of the factory can be found (B) in (C) maple street in (D) New York
City.
17. Because there are less (A) members present tonight than (B) there were (C) last night, we
must wait until the next meeting to vote (D).
18. David is particularly (A) fond of (B) cooking, and he often cooks (C) really (D) delicious
meals.
19.The progress (A) made (B) in space C) travel for (D) the early 1960s is remarkable
20. Sandra has not rarely (A) missed a play (B) or concert since (C) she was seventeen years
old (D).
21. The governor (A) has (B) not decide how to deal with (C) the new problems already (D)
22. There was (A) a (B) very interesting news on the (C) radio this morning about (D) the
earthquake in Italy.
23. The professor had already given the homework assignment (A) when he had remembered
(B) that Monday (C) was (D) a holiday.
24. Having been beaten by (A) the police for striking an officer (B), the man (C)will cry out
(D) in pain.
25. This table is not study enough (A) to support (B) a television, and that one (C) probably
isn’t neither (D).
26. The bridge was hitting (A) by a large ship during (B) a sudden (C) storm last (D) week.
27. The company (A) representative sold to the manager (B) a sewing (C) machine for (D)
forty dollars.
28. The taxi driver (A) told the man (B) to don’t allow (C) his disobedient son to hang out
(D) the window.
29. These televisions are quite (A) popular in (B) Europe, but those ones (C) are (D) not
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30. Harvey seldom pays his bills (A) on time (B), and his (C) great brother does too (D).
31. The price of (A) crude oil used to be a great (B) deal lower (C) than now, wasn’t it? (D)
32. When an (A) university formulates new regulations (D) it (C) must relay its (D) decisions
to the students and faculty.
33. Jim was upset (A) last night because (B) he had to do (C) too many homeworks (D)
34. There is (A) some scissors (B) in (C) the desk drawer in (D) the bedroom if you need
them.
35. The board of realtors doesn’t have any informations (A) about (B) the increase (C) in rent
(D) for this area.
36. George is not enough intelligent (A) to pass (B) this (C) economics (D) class without
help.
37. There was (A) so much (B) people trying to leave the burning (C) building that (D) the
police had great deal of trouble controlling them.
38. John lived in (A) New York since (B) 1960 to 1975, but he is now living (C) in (D)
Detroit.
39. The fire began in (A) the fifth (B) floor of (C) the hotel, but it soon spread (D) to adjacent
floors.
40. Mrs. Anderson bought last week a new sport car (A). However (B), she has yet to learn
(C) how to operate (D) the manual gearshift.
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Section 3
Reading Comprehension
Directions
In this section, you will read a number of passages. Each one is followed by approximately
ten questions about it. For questions 1-50 choose the one best answer, A, B, C, D to each
questions. Then, find the number of the questions on your answer sheet, and fill in the space
that corresponds the letter of the answer you have chosen. Answer all of the questions
following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.
The stone age was a period of history which began in approximately 2 million BC and
lasted until 3000 BC. Its name was derived from the stone tools and weapon that modern
scientist found. This period was divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic ages,
during the first period (2 millions to 8000 BC ), the first hatchet and use of fire for heating and
(5) cooking were developed. As a result of the ice age, which evolved about the million years into
the Paleolithic age, people were forced to seek shelter in caves, we wear clothing and develop
new tools.
During the Mesolithic Age (8000 to 6000 B.C), people made crude pottery and the first
fish hooks, took dogs huntung, and developed the bow and arrow, which were used until the
(10) fourteenth century A.D.
The Neolithic Age (6000 to 3000 BC) saw humankind domesticating sheep, goats, pigs,
and cattle, being less nomadic than in previous eras, establishing permanent settlements and
creating governments.
D. 5
2. In the line 2, the word “derived” is closet in meaning to
A. Originated
B. Destroyed
C. Hallucinated
D. Discussed
3. Which of the following was developed earliest?
A. Fish hook
B. Hatchet
C. Bow and arrow
D. Pottery
4. Which of the following developments is NOT related to the conditions of the Ice Age?
A. Farming
B. Clothing
C. Living indoors
D. Using fire
5. The word “crude” in line 8 is closet in meaning to?
A. Extravagant
B. Complex
C. Vulgar
D. Primitive
6. The author states that the Stone Age was so named because
A. It was very durable like stone
B. The tools and weapons were made of stone
C. There was little vegetation
D. The people lived in stone caves
7. In the line 12 “nomadic” is closet meaning into?
A. Sedentary
B. Wandering
C. Primitive
D. Inquisitive
8. With what subject is the passage mainly concerned?
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Some researcher have found this method beneficial in maintaining tender meat, while
others have found that the meat also becomes tough aster electrical simulation.
C. Carcass chilling
D. Electrical stimulation
17. The toughening of meat during hot boning has been combated by
A. Following hot boning with electrical stimulation
B. Tenderizing the meat
C. Using electrical stimulation before hot boning
D. Removing only the edible muscle and fat prerigor
18. The word “bovine” in line 3 is nearest in meaning to
A. Cold
B. Electrically stimulated
C. Beef
D. Pork
19. The word “this” in line 17 refers to
A. Hot boning
B. Hot boning following electrical stimulations
C. Prerigor mortis
D. Removing edible muscle and fat Prerigor
20 In the line 3, the word “carcass” is closest in meaning to
A. Deboned meat
B. Body
C. Refrigerator
D. Fat
21. The word “considerable” in line 5 is closest in meaning to
A. Frigid
B. Kind
C. Lesser
D. Substantial
22. One reasons it is recommended to remove bones before refrigerating is that
A it makes the meat more tender
B the bones are able to be used for other purposes
C it increase chilling time
D it saves cooling space by nit refrigerating parts that will be discarded
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In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with disease, high costs and politics
the Panama Canal was officially opened, finally linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by
allowing ships to pass through the fifty-nine Canal Zone instead of traveling some seven
thousand miles around Cape Horn. It takes a ship approximately eight hours to complete the
(5) trip through the canal and costs an average of fifteen thousand dollars, one tenth of what it
would costs an average ship to round the horn. More than fifteen thousand ships pass through
its locks each year.
The French initiated the project but sold their rights to the United States, which actually
began construction of the project. The letter will control it until the end of the twentieth century
(10) when Panama takes over its duties.
C. $150,000
D. $ 1,500,000
27. In what year was construction begun on the canal?
A. 1881
B. 1920
C. 1939
D. 1999
28. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. The canal is a costly project which should be reevaluated
B. Despite all the problems involved, the project is beneficial
C. Many captains prefer to sail around Cape Horn because is less expensive
D. Problems have made it necessary for three government control the canal over
the years
29. In the line 3, the word “linking” is closest in meaning to
A. Controlling
B. Dispersing
C. Detaching
D. Joining
30. In line 8, “initiated” is nearest in meaning
A. Purchased
B. Launched
C. Detaching
D. Joining
In 776 B,C, the first Olympic games were held at the foot of mount Olympus to honor
the Greeks Chief God, Zeus. The warm climate for outdoor activities, the need for preparedness
in war. And their lifestyle caused the Greeks to create competitive sports. Only the elite and
military could participate at first, but later the games were open to all free Greek males who
(5) had no criminal record. The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education
of youth. Therefore, contest in running, jumping, discus, and javelin throwing, boxing and
horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities, and the winners competed every four
years at mount Olympus. Winners were greatly honored by having olive wreaths placed on
their heads and having poems sung about their deeds.
(10) Originally these contest were held as games of friendship and any wars in progress were
halted to allow the games to take place. They also helped to strengthen bonds among
competitors and the different cities represented.
The Greeks attached to much importance to the games that they calculated time in four-
year cycles called “Olympiads” dating from 776 BC. The contest coincided with religious
(15) festivities and constituted and all of effort on the part of the participants to please the gods.
Any who disobeyed the rules were dismissed and seriously punished. These athletes brought
shame nit only to themselves, but also to cities they represented.
B. To honors Zeus
C. To crown the best athletes
D. To sings songs about the athletes
35. Approximately how many years ago did these games originate?
A. 800 years
B. 1,200 years
C. 2,300 years
D. 2,800 years
36. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks?
A. They were pacifists
B. They believed athletic events were important
C. They were very simple
D. They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for dates
37. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks
B. The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in physical fitness
programs
C. The Greeks had always encouraged everyone to participate in the games
D. The Greeks had the games coincide with religious festivities so that they could go
back to was when the games we over.
38. In line 9, the word “deeds” is closest in meaning to
A. Accomplishments
B. Ancestors
C. Documents
D. Property
39. Which of the following was ultimately required of all athlete competing in the Olympics?
A. They must have completed military service
B. They had to attend special training sessions
C. They had to be Greek males with no criminals record
D. They had to be very religious
40. The word “halted” in line 11 means most nearly the same
A. Encouraged
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B. Started
C. Curtailed
D. Fixed
41. What is an “Olympiad”?
A. The time it took to finish the games
B. The time between games
C. The time it took finish a war
D. The time it took the athletes to train
43. The word “flee” in line 3 means most nearly the same as
A. Escape
B. Return to
C. Fight
D. Disembody
44. The word “seek” in line 4 is closest in meaning to
A. Purchase
B. Pursue
C. Elude
D. Develop
45. Why will people probably continue to remember Ybor?
A. He suffered a great deal
B. An area was named in his honor
C. He was a Cuban revolutionary
D . He was forced to flee his homeland
46. In line 8, the word “flocked” is closest in meaning to
A. Came in large numbers
B. Escaped hurriedly
C. Increased rapidly
D. Prospered greatly
47. In the early years, how many residents of Ybor City worked the cigar factory?
A. 4,000
B. 5,000
C. 10,000
D. 20,000
48. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Spanish-American War
B. Cuban contributions in the developments of Ybor city
C. Ybor’s contribution to developing part of the Tampa area
D. The process of cigar manufacturing
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