TOُEFL Competition

  • TOُEFL Competition

    In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful


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    With my pleasure I would like to start the
    Competition of the Languages Forum
    Wish you all the best


    ...

    Part I

    ::Listening::

    Directions

    In Part I, you will hear short conversations between two people
    After the conversation, you can read the question about the conversation
    You will read four possible answers, choose the best answer


    [MP3]http://www.oman0.net/uploads/13370089804698jj.mp3[/MP3]



    Questions



    o1.What are the speakers mainly discussing?o


    a. How the woman should prepare for the next game

    b. The woman’s responsibilities as team captain

    c. Things that happened while the woman was away

    d. The style of the new team uniforms



    o2. Who is buying new jackets for the team?o

    a. The coach

    b. The captain

    c. A former player

    d. A group of basketball fans



    o3.Why is the woman surprised to learn that she has been chosen as the new team captain?o
    o( choose 2 answers)o

    a. She is not the best player on the team

    b. Her teammates did not tell her about the decision

    c. She does not have many friends on the team

    d. She has missed a lot of practices



    o4. What does the man mean when he says this: “family is very important”o

    a. He hopes the woman’s family is doing well

    b. He would like to meet the woman’s family

    c. The woman should spend more time with her family

    d. The woman had a good reason for missing practice



    o5. Why does the coach say this: “good, so all the news their is, I think that is for now “o

    a. He want to know if the woman understood his point

    b. He wants the woman to act immediately

    c. He is preparing to change the topic

    d. He is ready to end the conversation



    ...

    Part II

    ::Reading::



    Directions

    In the Reading Comprehension section you will read a passages
    It is followed by a number of questions about it.
    You are to choose the one best answer, A, B, C or D, to each question


    [TABLE='width: 800, align: center']
    [TR]
    [TD]Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish inventor and philanthropist, bequeathed most of his
    [/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]vast fortune in trust as a fund from which annual prizes could be awarded to individuals and[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]organizations who had achieved the greatest benefit to humanity in a particular year[/TD]
    [TD]line[/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]Originally, there were sex classifications for outstanding contributions designated in Nobel's will[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]including chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, and international peace[/TD]
    [TD]5[/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]The prizes are administered by the Noble Foundation in Stockholm. In 1969, a prize for[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]economic endowed by the Central Bank of Sweden was added. Candidates for the prizes[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]must be nominated in writing by a qualified authority in the field of competition. Recipients in[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]physics, chemistry, and economics are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; in[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]physiology or medicine by the Caroline Institute; in literature by the Swedish Academy; and[/TD]
    [TD]10[/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]in peace by the Norwegian Noble Committee appointed by Norway's parliament. The prizes[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]are usually presented in Stockholm on December 10, with the king of Sweden officiating, an[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]appropriate tribute to Alfred Noble on the anniversary of his death. Each one includes a gold[/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]medal, a diploma, and a cash award of about one million dollars [/TD]
    [TD]
    [/TD]
    [/TR]
    [/TABLE]

    Questions

    o1. What does the passage mainly discuss?o

    a. Alfred Bernhard Nobel

    b. The Noble prizes

    c. Great contribution to mankind

    d. Swedish philanthropy


    o2. The word "outstanding" in line 4 could best be replaced by

    a. recent

    b. unusual

    c. established

    d. exceptional


    o3. The word "will" in line 4 refers to

    a. Nobel's wishes

    b. a legal document

    c. a future intention

    d. a free choice


    o4. The word "one" in line 13 refers to

    a. tribute

    b. anniversary

    c. prize

    d. candidate


    o5. The word "appropriate" in line 13 is closest in meaning to

    a. prestigious

    b. customary

    c. suitable

    d. transitory



    ...


    Part III

    ::Structure::

    Directions

    In this part you will have 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


    o1. Political demonstrations on American campuses have abated ______.o


    a. After 1970

    b. In 1970

    c. For 1970

    d. Since 1970

    o2. North Carolina is well known not only for the Great Smoky Mountains National
    Park ______ for the Cherokee Indian settlements


    a. also

    b. and

    c. but also

    d. because of


    o.3 If a ruby is heated it ______ temporarily lose its color.


    a. would

    b. will

    c. dose

    d. has



    o4. _________ small specimen of the embryonic fluid is removed from a fetus,
    it will be possible to determine whether the baby will be born with birth defects.

    a. A

    b. That a

    c. If a

    d. When it is a



    o5. If it _______ more humid in the desert of the Southwest,
    the hot temperature would be unbearable
    .

    a. be

    b. is

    c. was

    d. were



    ...

    Part IIV

    ::Written Expression::

    Direction

    In this part you will have five sentences
    each sentence has four underlined words or phrases.
    The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked
    (A), (B), (C), and (D).
    indentify the one underlined word or phrase that
    must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct


    o1. The duties of the secretary are (A) to take (B) the minutes,
    mailing (C) the correspondence, and calling the members before meetings (D).
    o


    o2. The neutron bomb provides the capable (A) of a limited (B)o
    nuclear war in which (C) buildings would be preserved (D),
    o
    but people would be destroyed.


    o3. The differential attractions of the sun and the moon have (A) a
    direct effect in (B) the rising (C) and falling of (D) the tides.


    o4. With special enzymes that are call (A) restriction enzymes
    it is possible to spilt off (B) segments of DNA from (C) the donor (D) organism


    o5. If (A) it receives enough (B) rain at the proper time
    hay will grow (C) quickly, as(D) grass



    ...

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    30\05\2012

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