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TOEFL ITP (vol.1)

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Welcome to TOEFL ITP Online Prediction Test (Vol.1)

The test uses academic and social content to evaluate the English-language proficiency of non-native English speakers.

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There are three sections to the test including Listening, Reading and Structure and Written Expression.

All questions are multiple choice.

Number of Questions : 140 items

Total time allocation : 120 minutes

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Section 1
Listening Comprehension

Part A

Directions: In Part A, you will hear short conversations between two people. After each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers and choose the best answer.

a. He is majoring in economics.

b. He forgot to go to the bookstore.

c. He bought the wrong book.

d. He is selling his book to the woman.

2.Choose the best answer

a. She appreciates the man’s help.

b. Her presentation was somewhat long.

c. She needed more time to prepare.

d. She worked hard on her presentation.

3.Choose the best answer

a. Search his closet

b. Buy a new wallet

c. Look in his coat pockets

d. Take off his coat

4. Choose the best answer

a. He forgot about his appointment with the woman.

b. He did not finish his science project on time.

c. He cannot help the woman with her science project.

d. He will meet the woman at the library in 30 minutes.

5. Choose the best answer

a. He has never been to a dormitory party before.

b. He does not like his dormitory room.

c. He agrees with the woman.

d. He finds the party much too noisy.

6. Choose the best answer

a. She is happy she does not have so many exams.

b. She cannot help the man study.

c. She will not do as well on the test as the man.

d. The man should not complain.

7. Choose the best answer

a. Karen is experienced at making salads.

b. It is easy to make a good salad.

c. The woman’s salads are just as good as Karen’s.

d. He is not sure why Karen’s salads taste so good.

8. Choose the best answer

a. Have the store deliver the couch

b. Try to get a discount on the couch

c. Delay the delivery of the couch

d. Rearrange the furniture in her apartment

9. Choose the best answer

a. He thought the exhibit had closed.

b. He was confused about when the exhibit started.

c. He saw the exhibit last weekend.

d. He was not interested in meeting the photographer.

10. Choose the best answer

a. Trying on clothes

b. Buying a mirror

c. Packing for a trip

d. Looking at travel books

11. Choose the best answer

a. Make sure the cables are connected properly

b. Get a new printer

c. Replace the cables on the printer

d. Check the computer for lost files

12. Choose the best answer

a. He does not know the way to the golf course.

b. He is probably not free in the afternoon.

c. He may not be a better golfer than the woman.

d. He is glad the woman has her own equipment.

13. Choose the best answer

a. Wait for his headache to go away

b. Read a book instead

c. Take a different kind of medicine

d. Find out what the correct dosage is

14. Choose the best answer

a. She did not plan to eat supper.

b. She is washing up for supper.

c. She did not want to come home.

d. She was planning to eat at home.

15. Choose the best answer

a. The man plays the piano well.

b. The man should reconsider taking piano lessons.

c. She does not enjoy listening to music.

d. She does not have musical ability.

16. Choose the best answer

a. He needed to call the bakery again.

b. The bakery was not open.

c. The bakery was sold out of bread.

d. The bakery does not make French bread.

17. Choose the best answer

a. Go to the interview early

b. Do some exercise to relax

c. Tell the interviewer about his qualifications

d. Wear his new suit to the interview

18. Choose the best answer

a. They do not know who painted the pictures.

b. They think modern paintings are creative.

c. They think children should be taught to paint.

d. They do not like the paintings.

19. Choose the best answer

a. She will get a ride home with her parents.

b. She cannot go home until July.

c. She quit her job before summer vacation.

d. She is not going home for the summer.

20. Choose the best answer

a. Jeff can give her directions to the rehearsal.

b. The woman should tell Jeff to come to the rehearsal.

c. Jeff might know when the rehearsal will end.

d. He does not know whether Jeff will be at the rehearsal.

21. Choose the best answer

a. He had to turn it off.

b. He could not hear it.

c. He enjoyed listening to it while working.

d. He was disturbed by it.

22. Choose the best answer

a. Putting up posters now is a waste of time.

b. Most people have already voted.

c. The election results have already been posted.

d. Many voters are undecided.

23. Choose the best answer

a. She has made a lot of progress.

b. She was always good in chemistry.

c. She travels a long distance to school.

d. She has been studying chemistry for hours.

24. Choose the best answer

a. The man is a much better skier than he used to be.

b. The man lacks the ability needed to become a good skier.

c. The man should not compare his ability to hers.

d. The man should have taken skiing lessons as a child.

25. Choose the best answer

a. His neighbors no longer grow peaches.

b. He keeps forgetting to ask his neighbors for peaches.

c. He is not sure what the woman is referring to.

d. His neighbors planted a new peach tree after the storm.

26. Choose the best answer

a. He knows the manager of Jack’s company.

b. He wants to help Jack move.

c. He is sorry he cannot help Jack manage his business.

d. He is doubtful that Jack’s plans will succeed.

27. Choose the best answer

a. Stay home and watch the news

b. Watch the program at a classmate’s house

c. Tell Professor Jones the news

d. Meet Professor Jones at Dave’s house

28.Choose the best answer

a. Place an ad in the newspaper

b. Look in the student paper under apartments for rent

c. Check the notices posted on campus

d. Look at some apartments located near the student center

29. Choose the best answer

a. He hopes the woman will not forget their lunch date.

b. There are some tennis courts available right now.

c. The tennis courts will be too wet to play on.

d. He wants to continue the game tomorrow.

30. Choose the best answer

a. The man had already received the phone.

b. The phone will be installed soon.

c. The phone was already on order.

d. The phone had not been ordered.

Part B

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear longer conversations. After each conversation, you will hear several questions. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers and choose the best answer.

31.

a. A new book

b. An exhibit of photographs

c. A lecture series on transportation

d. Recent developments in urban transportation

32. Choose the best answer

a. The editor of the school newspaper

b. The professor’s student

c. The coauthor of the book

d. A subway company executive

33. Choose the best answer

a. How it was financed

b. The engineering of the tunnels

c. Its representation in art and literature

d. Its effects on city life

34. Choose the best answer

a. Show the reporter some photographs

b. Read an article in the campus newspaper

c. Explain how the subway tunnels were built

d. Examine a map of the New York subway system

35. Choose the best answer

a. Setting up a computer class

b. Meeting a computer software vendor

c. Planning a computer fair

d. Arranging a trip to a computer company

36. Choose the best answer

a. They attended a similar one the day before.

b. Too few members are interested in the activity.

c. The room is not available that evening.

d. The weather may be bad.

37. Choose the best answer

a. At a computer software company

b. Far from the university

c. At the man’s house

d. On the university campus

38. Choose the best answer

a. The man will contact all the members.

b. A radio announcement will be made.

c. They will talk to the person in charge of publicity.

d. They will each call some of the members.

Part C
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks. After each talk, you will hear some questions. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers and choose the best answer.

39.

a. To introduce a recording of a Native American legend

b. To encourage young people to become storytellers

c. To compare oral and written traditions

d. To tell a famous story

40. Choose the best answer

a. They were used to teach children the language.

b. They carried news from one tribe to another.

c. They preserved the society’s history.

d. They served as chiefs.

41. Choose the best answer

a. They are more comprehensive than earlier recordings.

b. They provide income for the Crow people.

c. Today’s children do not enjoy Native American stories.

d. Without recordings the stories might be forgotten.

42. Choose the best answer

a. Children have better memories than adults do.

b. The traditional storytellers have died.

c. He is interested in the children’s reactions.

d. The storytellers are too busy to be interviewed.

43. Choose the best answer

a. To prepare students for the next reading assignment

b. To provide background information for a class discussion

c. To review material from a previous class

d. To prepare for a quiz on chapter six

44. Choose the best answer

a. Insurance companies

b. Sailors

c. Manufacturers

d. Merchants

45. Choose the best answer

a. The distance the merchandise had to be shipped

b. The number of insurance companies available at the time

c. The amount of danger involved in shipping the goods

d. The type of vessel used to transport the goods

46. Choose the best answer

a. Only four types of policies still exist today.

b. They are cheaper than the ones in the Middle Ages.

c. They include features similar to earlier policies.

d. The interest rates are based on early methods of calculation.

47. Choose the best answer

a. How they enjoy their food

b. How they communicate with each other

c. How they depend on the Sun

d. How they learn different dances

48. Choose the best answer

a. A signal that it is tired

b. A message about a food source

c. Acceptance of another honeybee to its hive

d. A warning that danger is near

49. Choose the best answer

a. It is not verbal.

b. It is not informative.

c. It is not effective.

d. It is not complicated.

50. Choose the best answer

a. Read the chapters on honeybee communication

b. Discuss the different ways humans communicate

c. Give examples of other types of animal communication

d. Write a paper on the various forms of communication

Section 3
Structure and Written Expression

Structure
Directions: Questions 1–15 are 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 sentence. Then, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

1. Simple photographic lenses cannot ------- sharp, undistorted images over a wide field.

a. to form

b. are formed

c. forming

d. form

2. Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ------- the most.

a. it influences farmers

b. that influences farmers

c. farmers that it influences

d. why farmers influence it

3. Beverly Sills, -------, assumed directorship of the New York City Opera in 1979.

a. be a star soprano

b. was a star soprano

c. a star soprano and

d. a star soprano

4. ------- of tissues is known as histology.

a. Studying scientific

b. The scientific study

c. To study scientifically

d. That is scientific studying

5. With the exception of mercury, ------- at standard temperature and pressure.

a. the metallic elements are solid

b. which is a solid metallic element

c. metallic elements being solid

d. since the metallic elements are solid

6. Dehydration is ------- that a land animal faces.

a. the often greatest hazard

b. the greatest often hazard

c. often the greatest hazard

d. often the hazard greatest

7. By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed at which -------.

a. is a storm moving

b. a storm is moving

c. is moving a storm

d. a moving storm

8. The publication of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn helped make Mark Twain one of America’s ------- literary figures.

a. most famous

b. the most famous

c. are most famous

d. and most famous

9. Technology will play a key role in ------- future lifestyles.

a. shaped

b. to shape

c. shaping

d. shape of

10. The computer has dramatically affected ------- many products are designed.

a. the way

b. which way do

c. is the way

d. that the way

11. The early railroads were ------- the existing arteries of transportation: roads, turnpikes, and canals and other waterways.

a. short lines that connected

b. connected by short lines

c. short connecting lines

d. those short lines connected

12. ------- as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which it was created.

a. Ranks

b. The ranking

c. To be ranked

d. For being ranked

13. Jackie Robinson, ------- to play baseball in the major leagues, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

a. the African American who first

b. the first African American

c. was the first African American

d. the first and an African Americanwho

14. During the flood of 1927, the Red Cross, ------- out of emergency headquarters in Mississippi, set up temporary shelters for the homeless.

a. operates

b. is operating

c. has operated

d. operating

15. In bacteria and in other organisms, ------- is DNA that provides the genetic information.

a. both

b. which

c. and

d. it

Written Expression

Directions: In questions 16–40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

a. (A)

b. (B)

c. (C)

d. (D)