TOEFL Test

What does the man mean?

• He doesn't want to take the course.

• He doesn't know anyone who has taken the course.

• He thinks the course requirements are unfair.

• He has a general understanding of the course requirements.

What does the woman suggest the man do?

• Ask the librarians for help.

• Borrow an article from Dr. Frazier.

• Ask Dr. Frazier for a reference.

• Find a quieter place to study.

What does the woman mean?

• She won't be able to come to dinner.

• She would like to invite the man to the theater.

• She doesn't like to go out on Fridays.

• It was kind of the man to give her the tickets.

Vegetables ............ an excellent source of vitamins.

• it is

• by are

• they are

• are

One of the major rivers of the western United States, .... flows for some 1,500 miles from Colorado to northwestern Mexico.

• it is the Colorado River

• the Colorado River is

• in the Colorado River

• the Colorado River

In 1864, Nevada ............ the united states as the thirty-sixth state.

• enterance

• it was entered

• entered

• was entered

The hard palate .......... between the mouth and nasal passages.

• forming a partition

• a partition forms

• forms a partition

• a form and a partition

From photography’s infancy, ....... of landscape views by camera began to supplant handmade depictions in watercolor, pencil, or ink.

• it was capturing

• the capturing

• was capturing

• the capturing was

A snowfall consists of myriads of minute ice crystals that fall to the ground in the form of frozen precipitation. The formation of snow begins with these ice crystals in the subfreezing strata of the middle and upper atmosphere when there is an adequate supply of moisture present. At the core of every ice crystal is a minuscule nucleus, a solid particle of matter around which moisture condenses and freezes. Liquid water droplets floating in the supercooled atmosphere and free ice crystals cannot coexist within the same cloud, since the vapor pressure of ice is less than that of water. This enables the ice crystals to rob the liquid droplets of their moisture and grow continuously.

Which of the following questions does the author answer in the first paragraph?

• Why are snowflakes hexagonal?

• What is the optimum temperature for snow?

• In which months does most snow fall?

• How are snowflakes formed?

A snowfall consists of myriads of minute ice crystals that fall to the ground in the form of frozen precipitation. The formation of snow begins with these ice crystals in the subfreezing strata of the middle and upper atmosphere when there is an adequate supply of moisture present. At the core of every ice crystal is a minuscule nucleus, a solid particle of matter around which moisture condenses and freezes. Liquid water droplets floating in the supercooled atmosphere and free ice crystals cannot coexist within the same cloud, since the vapor pressure of ice is less than that of water. This enables the ice crystals to rob the liquid droplets of their moisture and grow continuously.

What is at the center of an ice crystal?

• A small snowflake

• A nucleus

• A drop of water

• A hexagon