We administer a mock TOEFL test comprising the following components: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Comprehension and Writing. Students who score less than 350 are advised to join the Access Program. Those who score more than 350 are provisionally admitted to the Regular Program. They are supposed to secure their TOEFL grade of 500 within six months and seek regular admission to the AS program.

TOEFL: Computer-based Testing (CBT)

Listening Comprehension Practice Questions - Section 1

The Listening Comprehension section tests your ability to understand both short and long conversations in English. The section contains recorded material that is similar to what you might hear if you were with a group of North American students at a college or university. The language includes

• Vocabulary and idiomatic expressions common to spoken English
• Special grammatical constructions used in speech.

Directions and Practice Questions

There are three parts to this section, with special directions for each part. Answer all questions based on what is stated or implied by the speakers you hear.

Do not

• Take notes or write in your test book at any time
• Turn the pages until you are told to do so.

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. The conversations and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, 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.

Here is an example.

On the recording, you will hear:

(woman)	I don't like this painting very much.
(man)	Neither do I.
(narrator)	What does the man mean?

In your test book, you will read:

A. He doesn't like the painting either.
B. He doesn't know how to paint.
C. He doesn't have any paintings.
D. He doesn't know what to do.

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. You will hear:
(man)	Shall I lock up the computer lab now before I go home?
(woman)	Don't bother. I'm not leaving for a while, I can check it on my way out.
(narrator)	What will the woman probably do?

You will read:	A. Lock the computer lab later.
	B. Leave with the man.
	C. Buy a new lock for the computer lab.
	D. Show the man where the lab is.

2. You will hear:
(man)	Do you mind if I turn the television off?
(woman)	Well, I'm in the middle of watching a program.
(narrator)	What does the woman imply?

You will read:	A. The man should watch the program too.
	B. The man should leave the television on.
	C. The program will be over soon.
	D. She'll watch television later.

3. You will hear:
(woman)	I heard the math requirements for graduation are being changed.
(man)	Yes. And I may be short one course.
(narrator)	What does the man mean?

You will read:	A. He isn't sure what course to take.
	B. The math course is too short.
	C. He may not meet the graduation requirements.
	D. The graduation date has been changed.

Reading Comprehension Practice Questions

Directions and Practice Questions for Reading Comprehension
Directions and examples of the types of questions you will find in the Reading Comprehension section of the TOEFL® test follow. Use the Answer Key to see the correct answers for the Reading Comprehension questions.

Section 3 measures your ability to read and understand short passages similar in topic and style to those that students are likely to encounter in North American universities and colleges. This section contains reading passages and questions about the passages.

Directions: In the Reading Comprehension section you will read several passages. Each one 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. Then, 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.

Answer all questions about the information in a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.

PRACTICE PASSAGE

	The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean .
	It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in
	the United States , ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly
Line	800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely
(5)	complicated to operate.
	The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of
	delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It weaves through
	crooked canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky
	crags, makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or
(10)	under hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter,
	and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can
	be pumped through it daily.
	Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents," long sections of
	the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth.
(15)	Other long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky
	ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the
	pipeline's up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh
	demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the
	land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost
(20)	(permanently frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline
	is elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere
	from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and
	the properties of the soil.
	One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately
(25)	$8 billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction
	project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact, no single
	business could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies
	formed a consortium in order to share the costs. Each company
	controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and
(30)	paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its
	holdings. Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply
	shortages, equipment breakdowns, labor disagreements, treacherous
	terrain, a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the
	Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's

• Operating costs
• Employees
• Consumers
• Construction

The word "it" in line 4 refers to

• Pipeline
• Ocean
• State
• Village

According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each

• day
• Week
• Month
• Year

The phrase "Resting on" in line 13 is closest in meaning to

• Consisting of
• Supported by
• Passing under
• Protected with

The author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline's route EXCEPT the

• Climate
• Lay of the land itself
• Local vegetation
• Kind of soil and rock

The word "undertaken" in line 26 is closest in meaning to

• Removed
• Selected
• Transported
• Attempted

How many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?

• 3
• 4
• 8
• 12

The word "particular" in line 29 is closest in meaning to

• Peculiar
• Specific
• Exceptional
• Equal

Which of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each member of the consortium would pay?

• How much oil field land each company owned
• How long each company had owned land in the oil fields
• How many people worked for each company
• How many oil wells were located on the company's land

Where in the passage does the author provide a term for an earth covering that always remains frozen?

• Line 3
• Line 13
• Line 19
• Line 32