TOEFL TEST......

Toefl Test

A.    Listening comprehension

PART A LISTENING

(Man)      : I am trying to find a book by author Sterling Watson. Do you know where I should look?
(Woman) : He's a fiction writer, isn't he? Log on to this computer. Click on fiction, and then search by author name. See? Oh, he has written quite a few books, although I've never heard of him.
(Man)    : His books were never in the top ten, but I like his style. I took a class from him at the University of Florida.
1. Narrator :  What does the man say about Sterling Watson?

A.  He is required to read one of his books but does not like his writing.
B.  He has never read any of his works previously.
C.  He appreciates his writing style.
D.  He learned about his books from a computer.

Jawaban :  (C) He appreciates his writing style. Keyword : I like his style

(Man) :  I can't believe we have to read this entire book by Monday.
(Woman) : Some teachers think you have nothing else to do besides prepare for their class.
(Man) : My boss thinks the same thing about my job-that it's the only thing I have to do.
(Woman) : Oh, I didn't know you were working. What do you do?
(Man) : I do bookkeeping work for a small company on Saturdays. This weekend, I have to prepare end of the quarter reports to give to the accountant on Monday.
(Woman) : You'd better start reading soon.
Narrator : 2. What does the man imply about the assignment?
                  3. What does the man imply about some teachers?
                  4. What does the woman suggest that the man do?
                  5. What does the man say about his work?
2.  A. It is too much to read in such a short time.
    B. He has already read the material.
    C. He can read at work.
    D. The teacher knows that he has a job.
3. A. They are understanding.
    B. They give thought-provoking assignments.
    C. They act like taking their class is the only thing a student has to do.
    D. They are unprepared.
4. A. Skip work
    B. Begin work on the assignment as soon as possible
    C. Quit the class
    D. Stay up all night
5. A. He does manual labor.
    B. He dislikes his job.
    C. His employer is very understanding.
    D. He works with figures.

2. Jawab : (A)     It is too much to read in such a short time  Keyword : can't believe
3. Jawab : (C) They act like taking their class is the only thing a student has to do
    Key word : Some teachers think you have nothing else to do besides prepare for their class
4. Jawab : (B) Begin work on the assignment as soon as possible Key word : You'd better start reading soon.
5. Jawab : (D) He works with figures Keyword :  my boss thinks the same thing about my job

The reason we're meeting today is to introduce the plan for our new office layout. Starting next month, instead of cubicles, we will have an open office. There will be no cubicle walls or partitions. Instead, desks will be arranged in clusters for each department. The desks in each department will be facing each other in clusters of four or six. We feel this will facilitate better communication between workers in each departments. It will also create a more welcoming environment for clients.
The department managers will still have their own offices, but each will have large windows and glass doors, to make employees and clients feel welcome to come inside. We're also going to paint the walls and put in new carpeting. The project will start on the first of next month and should take about three weeks to complete. We will be moving to the third floor during that period.
6. What is the speaker mainly discussing ?
7.  What does the speaker say about the new layout?
8.  What is NOT true about plans for the office?

6.  A. An office renovation
     B. Building construction
     C. A marketing campaign
     D. New carpeting
7.  A. The desks will be facing away from each other.
     B. Department managers will sit in cubicles.
     C. It will increase the number of sales to clients.
     D. It will improve employee communication.
8.  A. The walls will be painted.
     B. New carpeting will be installed.
     C. Work will begin next year.
     D. The work will take three weeks.

Jawaban yang tepat untuk soal-soal di atas adalah:
6. Jawab : (A) An office renovation  Keyword : our new office layout
7. Jawab : (D) It will improve employee communication.  Key word : will facilitate better communication
8. Jawab : (C) Work will begin next year. Keyword : not true; start on the first of next month

(Man)      : I am trying to find a book by author Sterling Watson. Do you know where I should look?

(Woman) : He’s a fiction writer, isn’t he? Log on to this computer. Click on fiction, and then search by author name. See? Oh, he has written quite a few books, although I’ve never heard of him.

(Man)    : His books were never in the top ten, but I like his style. I took a class from him at the University of Florida.

9. Narrator :  What does the man say about Sterling Watson?

A. He is required to read one of his books but does not like his writing.

B. He has never read any of his works previously.

C. He appreciates his writing style.

D. He learned about his books from a computer.

9. Jawaban :  (C) He appreciates his writing style. Keyword : I like his style

(Man) :  I can’t believe we have to read this entire book by Monday.

(Woman) : Some teachers think you have nothing else to do besides prepare for their class.

(Man) : My boss thinks the same thing about my job that it’s the only thing I have to do.

(Woman) : Oh, I didn’t know you were working. What do you do?

(Man) : I do bookkeeping work for a small company on Saturdays. This weekend, I have to prepare end of the quarter reports to give to the accountant on Monday.

(Woman) : You’d better start reading soon.

Narrator :

10. What does the man imply about the assignment?

A. It is too much to read in such a short time.
B. He has already read the material
C. He can read at work
D. The teacher knows that he has a job

Jawab : (A) It is too much to read in such a short time Keyword : can’t believe

PART B LISTENING (Audio sampai nomor 10)

1. a. He'll correct the exams this afternoon.

    b. The exam will be at noon.                                                            

    c. He will collect the exams at 12:00.

    d. The tests will be graded by noon.                                            

2.    a. Martha applied for a visa last month.

             b. Martha's visa will last for only a month.                                                                                       c. Martha arrived last month without her visa.  

             d. One month ago Martha got her visa.

3     3.  a. The professor described what the students should do.

            b. There was a long line to register for the required class.        

            c. It is a requirement for each professor to teach at least one course.

     d. The professor required the class to prepare an outline. 

4. a. Chuck had improved.

    b. This visit was better than the last.                                        

    c. Chuck looked at him in the hospital.                                         

    d. Chuck didn't seem to be doing very well.

5. a. She thinks the tuition should be raised.                                                                                                  b. The semester's tuition is quite affordable.     

    c. She doesn't have enough money for her school fees.

    d. She has more than enough for tuition.  

6. a. He thinks he got a good grade.

             b. The history grades were all C or above.       

             c. No one got history grades.

    d. There were no high scores.    

7. a. The parking lots were full before 10:00.  

       b.  It was impossible to start class by10:00.                                                                                              c. He parked the car before class at

    d. The possibility of finding a place to park increased

8.  a. she's found a new ring

     b. she needs to help him find something

     c. she's shopping for a carpet

     d. she's thankful she has a rag

9. a. in a department store

     b. in a bank

     c. in an accounting firm

     d. In a checkout line

10. a. jane usually visits san francisco fo he vacations

      b. jane's cousin often visits san francisco

      c. whenever there's holiday, jane's cousin goes to san francisco

      d. whenever there's a holiday, jane leaves san francisco

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Answer :

B.     Structure and written expression

1. _____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, aengineers, are creating exotic new metallic substances.
    (A) Meet
    (B) Being met are
    (C) To meet
    (D) They are meeting

2. _______ James A. Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was adopted is the state song of Virginia in 1940.
    (A) Was written b
    (B) His writing was
    (C) He wrote the
    (D) Written by

3. Mary Garden, ______ the early 1900’s was considered one of the best singing actresses of her time.
    (A) a soprano was popular
    (B) in a popular soprano
    (C) was a popular soprano
    (D) a popular soprano in

4. In the realm of psychological theory Margaret F. Washburn was a dualist _____ that motor phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
    (A) who she believed
    (B) who believed
    (C) believed
    (D) who did she believe

5. Engineers________ for work on the new space program.
    (A)     necessary
    (B)     are needed
    (C)     hopefully
    (D)     next month

6. Fitzgerald_______ the society of the 1920's in his novel, The Great Gatsby.
    (A)     reflect
    (B)     reflects
    (C)     are reflecting
    (D)     have reflected

7.  _________, George, is attending the lecture.
    (A)    Right now
    (B)    Happily
    (C)    Because of the time
    (D)    My friend

8. __________ , Sarah rarely misses her basketball shots.
    (A)    An excellent basketball player
    (B)    An excellent basketball player is
    (C)    Sarah is an excellent basketball player
    (D)    Her excellent basketball play

9. The child_________  playing in the yard is my son.
    (A)    now
    (B)    is
    (C)    he
    (D)    was

10.  The bread _________ baked this morning smelled delicious.
    (A)    has
    (B)    was
    (C)    it
    (D)    just

C.    Reading comprehension

Questions 1-11

There are two basic types of glaciers, those that flow outward in all directions with little regard for any underlying terrain and those that are confined by terrain to a particular path.

The first category of glaciers includes those massive blankets that cover whole continents, appropriately called ice sheets. There must be over 50,000 square kilometers of land covered with ice for the glacier to qualify as an ice sheet. When portions of an ice sheet spread out over the ocean, they form ice shelves.

About 20,000 years ago the Cordilleran Ice Sheet covered nearly all the mountains in southern Alaska, western Canada, and the western United States. It was about 3 kilometers deep at its thickest point in northern Alberta. Now there are only two sheets left on Earth, those covering Greenland and Antarctica.

Any domelike body of ice that also flows out in all directions but covers less than 50,000 square kilometers is called an ice cap. Although ice caps are rare nowadays, there are a number in northeastern Canada, on Baffin Island, and on the Queen Elizabeth Islands.

The second category of glaciers includes those of a variety of shapes and sizes generally called mountain or alpine glaciers. Mountain glaciers are typically identified by the landform that controls their flow. One form of mountain glacier that resembles an ice cap in that it flows outward in several directions is called an ice field. The difference between an ice field and an ice cap is subtle. Essentially, the flow of an ice field is somewhat controlled by surrounding terrain and thus does not have the domelike shape of a cap. There are several ice fields in the Wrangell. St. Elias, and Chugach mountains of Alaska and northern British Columbia.

Less spectacular than large ice fields are the most common types of mountain glaciers: the cirque and valley glaciers. Cirque glaciers are found in depressions in the surface of the land and have a characteristic circular shape. The ice of valley glaciers, bound by terrain, flows down valleys, curves around their corners, and falls over cliffs.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) Where major glaciers are located

(B) How glaciers shape the land

(C) How glaciers are formed

(D) The different kinds of glaciers

2. The word “massive” in line 3 is closest in meaning to

(A) huge

(B) strange

(C) cold

(D) recent

3. It can be inferred that ice sheets are so named for which of the following reasons?

(A) They are confined to mountain valleys.

(B) They cover large areas of land.

(C) They are thicker in some areas than in others.

(D) They have a characteristic circular shape.

4. According to the passage, ice shelves can be found

(A) covering an entire continent

(B) buried within the mountains

(C) spreading into the ocean

(D) filling deep valleys

5. According to the passage, where was the Cordilleran Ice Sheet thickest?

(A) Alaska

(B) Greenland

(C) Alberta

(D) Antarctica

6. The word “rare” in line 12 is closest in meaning to

(A) small

(B) unusual

(C) valuable

(D) widespread

7. According to the passage (paragraph 5), ice fields resemble ice caps in which of the following ways?

(A) Their shape

(B) Their flow

(C) Their texture

(D) Their location

8. The word “it” in line 16 refers to

(A) glacier

(B) cap

(C) difference

(D) terrain

9. The word “subtle” in line 17 is closest in meaning to

(A) slight

(B) common

(C) important

(D) measurable

10. All of the following are alpine glaciers EXCEPT

(A) cirque glaciers

(B) ice caps

(C) valley glaciers

(D) ice fields

11. Which of the following types of glaciers does the author use to illustrate the two basic types of glaciers mentioned in line 1?

(A) Ice fields and cirques

(B) Cirques and alpine glaciers

(C) Ice sheets and ice shelves

(D) Ice sheets and mountain glaciers

Questions 12-15

Tools andhand bones excavated from the Swartkrans cave complex in South Africa suggest that a close relative of early humans known as Australopithecus robustus may have made and used primitive tools long before the species became extinct I million Line years ago. It may even have made and used primitive tools long before humanity’s direct ancestor, Homo habilis, or “handy man,” began doing so. Homo habilis and its successor, Homo erectus, coexisted with Australopithecus robustus on the plains of South Africa for more than a million years.

The Swartkrans cave in South Africa has been under excavation since the 1940’s. The earliest fossil-containing layers of sedimentary rock in the cave date from about 1.9 million years ago and contain extensive remains of animals, primitive tools, and two or more species of apelike hominids. The key recent discovery involved bones from the hand of Australopithecus robustus, the first time such bones have been found.

The most important feature of the Australopithecus robustus hand was the pollical distal thumb tip, the last bone in the thumb. The bone had an attachment point for a “uniquely human” muscle, the flexor pollicis longus, that had previously been found only in more recent ancestors. That muscle gave Australopithecus robustutJ an opposable thumb, a feature that would allow them to grip objects, including tools. The researchers also found primitive bone and stone implements, especially digging tools, in the same layers of sediments.

Australopithecus robustus were more heavily built- more “robust” in anthropological terms-than their successors. They had broad faces, heavy jaws, and massive crushing and grinding teeth that were used for eating hard fruits, seeds, and fibrous underground plant parts. They walked upright, which would have allowed them to carry and use tools. Most experts had previously believed that Homo habilis were able to supplant Australopithecus robustus because the former’s ability to use tools gave them an innate superiority. The discovery that Australopithecus robustus also used tools means that researchers will have to seek other explanations for their extinction. Perhaps their reliance on naturally occurring plants led to their downfall as the climate became drier and cooler, or perhaps Homo habilis, with their bigger brains, were simply able tomake more sophisticated tools.

12. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that all of the following may have made and used tools EXCEPT.

(A) Australopithecus robustus

(B) Homo erectus

(C) Homo habilis

(D) Australopithecus robustus’ ancestors

13. The word “extensive” in line 9 is closest in meaning to

(A) numerous

(B) exposed

(C) ancient

(D) valuable

14. Which of the following does the author mention as the most important recent discovery made in the Swartkrans cave?

(A) Tools

(B) Teeth

(C) Plant fossils

(D) Hand bones

15. What does the third paragraph ‘mainly discuss?

(A) Features of Australopithecus robustus’ hand

(B) Purposes for which hominids used tools

(C) Methods used to determine the age of fossils

(D) Significant plant fossils found in layers of sediment

Questions 16-20

A distinctively American architecture began with Frank Lloyd Wright, who had taken to heart the admonition that form should follow function and who thought of buildings not as separate architectural entities but as parts of an organic whole that included the land, the community, and the society. In a very real way the houses of colonial New England and some of the southern plantations had been functional, but Wright was the first architect to make functionalism the authoritative principle for public as well as for domestic buildings. As early as 1906 he built the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, the first of those churches that did so much to revolutionize ecclesiastical architecture in the United States. Thereafter he turned his genius to such miscellaneous structures as houses, schools, office buildings, and factories, among them the famous Larkin Building in Buffalo, New York, and the Johnson Wax Company building in Racine, Wisconsin.

16. The phrase “taken to heart” in line 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

(A) Taken seriously

(B) Criticized

(C) Memorized

(D) Taken offence

17. In what way did Wright’s public buildings differ from most of those built by earlier architects?

(A) They were built on a larger scale.

(B) Their materials came from the southern United States.

(C) They looked more like private homes.

(D) Their designs were based on how they would be used.

18. The author mentions the Unity Temple because, it

(A) was Wright’s first building

(B) influenced the architecture of subsequent churches

(C) demonstrated traditional ecclesiastical architecture

(D) was the largest church Wright ever designed

19. The passage mentions that all of the following structures were built by Wright EXCEPT

(A) factories

(B) public buildings

(C) offices

(D) southern plantations

20. Which of the following statements best reflects one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural principles?

(A) Beautiful design is more important than utility.

(B) Ecclesiastical architecture should be derived from traditional designs.

(C) A building should fit into its surroundings.

(D) The architecture of public buildings does not need to be revolutionary