Complete Practice TOEFL Test One Part C 38 50

Complete Practice TOEFL Test One

Part C 38 50

n  Number 38

n                  Where does this talk most probably take place?

n  a) In a school.

n  b) At the post office.

n  c) On an airplane.

n  d) In a museum.

n  Answer: d) In a museum.

n  •I’d like to welcome you all to our aeronautics collection.

n  Number 39

n                  Why is Samuel Langley important?

n  a) He designed the first airplane to carry a                             passenger.

n  b) His work provided valuable information for      inventors who came after him.

n  c)  He was the first man to cross the Potomac River.

n  d)  He put together an aeronautics collection.

Answer: b) His work provided valuable information for                 inventors who came after him.

•Here we house over 3,000 items of historical significance to the development of aeronautics in the United States.

n  Number 40

n                  What appears on the commemorative stamp discussed by the speaker?

A) The Potomac River.

B) Several items of historical significance.

C) A steam engine.

D) One of Langley’s inventions.

Answer: D) One of Langley’s inventions.

•The United States Postal Service recently honored Langley’s memory with the issue of the Langley commemorative airmail stamp.

n  Number 41

n                  What will the speaker probably do next?

A) Move into the next room.

B) Buy a commemorative stamp.

C) Take a ride in the Aerodrome #5.

D) Try to create a new model.

Answer: A) Move into the next room.

n  •In the next room, we can take a look at a model of this invention.

n  Number 42

n                  According to the speaker, how are shorebirds different from oceanic birds?

n  A) They use landmarks to navigate.

n  B) They fly at higher altitudes.

n  C) They are disoriented by large bodies of water.

n  D) They don’t spin, turn and wheel.

Answer: A) They use landmarks to navigate.

•Birds which fly over land and along the shore use landmarks to navigate, and they orient themselves before and after they cross large bodies of water.

n  Number 43

n                  How do experts believe that oceanic birds navigate?

n  A) They have a strong sense of smell and can keep          track of land.

n  B) They are guided by the Arctic and the Antarctic.

n  C) Their urge to breed leads them back to land.

n  d) They use the stars and some innate magnetic               sense.

Answer: d) They use the stars and some innate                                                  magnetic sense.

•The assumption is that they use the stars and some innate magnetic sense to guide them to their destinations.

n  Number 44

n  What is the significance of the story about the seawater taken from its home in Great Britain?

n  A) It seems cruel to take a bird so far from its home.

n  B) It was a new experiment to fly a bird on an airplane.

n  C) The bird was able to find its way home under seemingly          impossible circumstances.

n  D) The bird was able to fly from the north to the South Pole without getting lost.

n  Answer: C) The bird was able to find its way home                                           under seemingly impossible circumstances.

n  •A store is told about a young shearwater which was taken from its home in Great Britain, enclosed in a box, flown on an airplane to Boston, Massachusetts, and raised there. •Twelve

n  Number 45

n                  In which university class would this talk most likely take place?

n  A) Ocean geology.

n  B) Biology.

n  C) Psychology.

n  D) Geography.

Answer: B) Biology.

•Many species of birds spend most of their time far out at sea and return to land only to breed.

n  Number 46

n                  What can we infer about the speaker’s attitude toward nature’s mysteries?

n  A) Science and technology will eventually unlock all         mysteries.

n  B) Some of nature’s mysteries may be beyond our          understanding.

n  C) It is hard to believe that ocean birds don’t breed at sea.

n  D) All we need to do is waiting, ocean birds will show us how they navigate.

n  Answer:   B) Some of nature’s mysteries may be                                                    beyond our understanding

n  •Perhaps we will learn one day-or perhaps this is one of     nature’s mysteries which we will never understand.

Number 47

                What conclusion does the speaker draw from the fact that birth order differences seem to exist?

A) Parents tend to want and love their first-born children more than the others.

B) Parents know that their first-born children are likely to by brighter, so they push them to succeed.

C) Parents tend to treat children differently depending on whether they are first-, second-, or later-born children.

D) Parents run out of time and energy and neglect their later-born children.

Answer: C) Parents tend to treat children differently                                      depending on whether they are first-, second-,                                 or later-born children.

•No exact conclusions can be drawn about any particular child on the cassis of these studies, but some interesting differences emerge when large groups of people are compared on the basis of birth order.

n  Number 48

n  What does the speaker say about parents’ ability to counteract the effects of birth order?

n  A) Children’s personalities are fixed by birth       order and            nothing can be done about it.

n  B) With sensitive parenting, parents can               take steps to      reduce the effects of     birth order.

n  C) If parents continue to pay attention to the     middle child, he or she will be more flexible.

n  D) Oldest children would be more sociable if       they were           given more independence

Answer: B) With sensitive parenting, parents can take steps               to reduce the effects of birth order.

•But even parents who are sensitive to these patterns often don’t entirely eliminate the influence of birth order.

Number 49

                Why does the speaker say that middle children often have the most comfortable spot in the family?

A) Older and younger children tend to fight with  each other more often than with the middle child.

B) The middle child gets better quality attention and more love from the parents.

C) Middle children are less dependent on their  parents’ approval than the oldest child but free  from the pressure of being the youngest.

D) Middle children are brighter, more capable, moreserious-minded and more flexible than their               siblings.

Answer Number of 49: C) Middle children are less dependent on their parents’ approval than the oldest child but free from the pressure of being the youngest.

n  Number 50

n                  What significance does the speaker give to the fact that first-born children are outnumbered in the U.S. population by nearly two to one?

n  A) First-born children are under a lot of pressure to compute successfully since they are so outnumbered.

n  B) First-born children have to dominate their  younger siblings or else face being overwhelmed                   by them.

n  C) First-born children are brighter and more capable; therefore, they don’t have to worry about being   outnumbered.

n  D) In spite of this statistic, a large percentage of high achievers are first-born children.

Answer Number of 50: D) In spite of this statistic, a  large percentage of high achievers are                          first-born children.