DOKTERPOST TOEFL TRYOUT 1

Mei 2021
 CALCULATING YOUR SCORE

• SECTION 1 (listening) 20 Qs out of 50 = total correct number x 2.5

• 12  30

• SECTION 2 (grammar) 20 Qs out of 40 = total correct number x 2

• 14  28

• SECTION 3 (reading) 10 Qs out of 50 = total correct number x 5

• 9  45
 LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
 TYPE OF QUESTIONS

• What does the man/woman mean?

• What are the man & woman discussing?
• What are the man & woman talking about?
• What is the main subject of the conversation?
• What is the purpose of the conversation?
• What do we know about …?
• What do we learn about …?
• What did the man/woman do?
 TYPE OF QUESTIONS (CONTD.)

• What does the man/woman prefer to do?

• What does the man/woman need to do?
• What does the man/woman probably want to do?
• What will the man/woman probably do next?
• What is the man/woman problem?
• What is the man/woman excuse?
• What does the man/woman suggest the woman/man to do?
• What does the man/woman imply?
 TYPE OF QUESTIONS (CONTD.)

• What had the man/woman thought?

• What should the man/woman have done?
• What has the man/woman assumed?
• Where does the conversation take place?
• When does the conversation take place?
• Who is the man/woman in this conversation?
• Why does the man/woman have problem?
• How does the man/woman feel?
 QUICK TIPS

1. Avoid choosing the similar sound

2. Be careful with the possibilities
3. Antonym
4. Synonym
5. Concluding remark
6. Assumption (stressed word as clue)
7. Conditional sentence (contrast)
8. Idiom showing agreement
Section 1
 NO 1

Man : This
A. Letting theteatea
is awfully
cool offhot.
a bit.
Woman : Whythe
B. Drinking not hot
waittea.
a few minutes?

C. Making more tea in a few minutes.

Narrator : What does the woman suggest?
D. Having the tea immediately.
 NO 2

A. In a restaurant.
Woman : I’d like two tickets to the 6 o’clock show, please.

B. In a theatre.
Man : That will be 10 dollars.

C. In a bus station.

D. In a store. : Where does this conversation probably take place?

Narrator
 NO 3

A. The end of :the

Woman Aresemester
you glad isthat
making
the semester's
him feel sad.
about over?

B. He’s glad to: be

Man I'mfinishing
not exactly
school.
sad that it's ending.

C. He’s unhappy
Narrator : WHAT
to end the
DOESsemester.
THE MAN MEAN?

D. He couldn’t be happier to begin the semester.

 NO 4

A. The house :blocked

Woman How much
the trees.
damage did the storm do?

B. The stormy: The

Man weather
treescaused
behindthe
thetrees
housetowere
fall. knocked down.

C. The storm :destroyed

Narrator WHAT DOESthe house.
THE MAN MEAN?

D. During the storm, someone knocked on the door of the house.

 NO 5

A. It’s out of the

Woman : I hear
ordinary
the football
for the team lost
to lose.
again.

B. He usually :hears
Man As usual.
about the football games.

C. The team hasn’t

Narrator : WHAT wonDOES
often.THE MAN MEAN?

D. He usually doesn’t pay attention to the football team.

 NO 6

Man : I ahave
A. He had job. to be at the office at 8:00 every morning.

Woman : Then,
B. He had you did
to arrive get a earlier
at work job! than 8 o’clock.

Narrator : WHAT
C. He went to theHADTHE WOMAN
office every ASSUMED ABOUT THE MAN?
morning.

D. He was not working.

 NO 7

A. He did: not
Woman How really
was lose
yourhis
vacation
passport.
in the islands?

B. The vacation
Man : If I hadwas
notreally
lost my
enjoyable.
passport, I would have enjoyed it a lot more.

C. He got: WHAT
Narrator lost on his
DOESvacation.
THE MAN MEAN?

D. He did not enjoy his vacation as much as possible.

 NO 8

A. He doesn’t
Woman : Can know
you tell
where
me which
Riverdale
bus Iis.should take to get to Riverdale?

B. He assures
Man : The the
number
woman
8 bus,
thatI he
think.
knows the way to Riverdale.

C. He believes
Narrator : WHAThe knows
DOES THE
the correct
MAN INDICATE?
bus.

D. It will take eight hours to get to Riverdale on the bus.

 NO 9

A. None :of Did

Man the the
experiments
laboratorycould
assistant
be completed.
get a lot done?

B. The laboratory
Woman : He couldn't
assistant
finishcouldn’t
more than
finishone
oneexperiment.
experiment.

C. The laboratory
Narrator : WHAT assistant
DOES THEcompleted
WOMAN one
MEAN?
experiment.

D. The laboratory assistant didn’t want to do more experiments.

 NO 10

A. She would
Man : I really
like the
wish
man
theto semester
repeat what
would
he said.
end soon!

B. She has
Woman : the
You same
can say
wish
thatasagain!
the man.

C. The semester
Narrator : WHATis DOES
rally over!
THE WOMAN MEAN?

D. The semester will never end.

 NO 11

Woman
A. There’s: no
Could you
more put some
wood inside.more wood in the fireplace?

Man : I'llto have

B. He needs bringto bring
some some
wood in from outside.
outside.

Narrator
C. There’s: fire
WHAT DOES THE MAN IMPLY?
outside.

D. The wood in the fireplace should be put outside.

 NO 12

A. She was
Man : late
Alice,
toI athought
conference.
you were working late tonight.

B. She worked
Woman : I was
latesupposed
at a conference.
to, but my conference was called off.

C. She called
Narrator : WHAT
a conference
HAPPENED
at work.
TO ALICE?

D. Her meeting was cancelled.

 PART B NO 13 – 16

13.What is the subject of this conversation?

14.How will the woman spend thanksgiving?

15.What were the Massachusetts colonists thankful for?

16.According to the speaker, when is thanksgiving celebrated today?

 NO 13

A. How and when they celebrate Thanksgiving

B. The traditional Thanksgiving began

C. When Thanksgiving began

D. Abraham Lincoln
 NO 14

A. With colonists in Massachusetts

B. Alone and thinking about how Thanksgiving dinner

C. With a big Thanksgiving dinner

D. In an untraditional manner
 NO 15

A. The terrible winter

B. The corn harvest

C. The development of Thanksgiving Day

D. For getting the whole family together

 NO 16

A. At many different times

B. In July

C. Any time in November

D. On a Thursday in November
 PART C NO 17 – 20

17. WHO IS THE SPEAKER?

18. WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF THE TALK?

19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN WORSEN ITCHING?

20. HOW DOES CAFFEINE IRRITATE THE SKIN?

 NO 17

A. A student in health services

B. A drug abuse lecturer

C. A dermatologist

D. A representative of the tobacco industry

 NO 18

A. How to reduce nicotine and other addictions

B. How stress affects the skin

C. The effects the skin

D. How to achieve optimal health

 NO 19

A. Alcohol

B. Nicotine

C. Caffeine

D. A reduced supply of blood

 NO 20

A. It increases the consumption of alcohol.

B. It causes increased consumption of alcohol.

C. It prevents the skin from receiving enough nourishment.

D. It causes stress.

Section 2
STRUCTURE &
WRITTEN
EXPRESSION
 NO 1

_____ explores the nature of guilt and responsibility and builds to a

remarkable conclusion.

A. The written beautifully novel

Noun : novel
B. The beautifully written novel
Adverbial clause : beautifully written
C. The novel beautifully written

D. The written novel beautifully

 NO 2

According to ____ , the smallest bird of prey in southeast Asia is The

black-legged falconet which has an average length of 5.5-6 inches.

A. any scientists
Countable noun
B. some scientists

C. little scientists

D. much scientists
 NO 3

With specially designed vaults, modern banks ___ their customers’

money and other valuables.

A. protects
Subject – Verb agreement
B. to protect
plural subject requires singular verb
C. protecting

D. protect
 NO 4

According to records of eruption, it is ___ that Indonesia has the most

active volcanoes in the world.

A. report
passive voice: to be + past participle
B. reports

C. reported

D. reporting
 NO 5

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s decade in office has been marked by

only patchy progress on human rights and Indonesia’s next leader must ___
ongoing violations and repeal repressive and discriminatory laws.

A. to tackle

B. tackle Base form of verb after modal ‘must’

C. had tackle Other modals: may, might, will, would,

ought to, can, could
D. tackling
 NO 6

A hot and sunny climate can be neutralized by eating less, drinking more
liquids, and___.

A. wears lighter clothing

Parallel structure: all in –ing form
B. wearing lighter clothing

C. to wear lighter clothing

D. wear lighter clothing

 NO 7

Ethics is a branch of philosophy___ with moral principal.

A. is concerned

B. who concerns
Noun phrase, begin with ‘which’
C. whose concern

D. which is concerned
 NO 8

All our students are special, we are proud of them and ___
accomplishments.

A. themselves
possessive adjective
B. them

C. they

D. their
 NO 9

It goes without saying that tea ___ as one of the most popular trading
commodities around the world since 1975.

A. have been known

Subject – Verb agreement
B. has been known

C. had been known

D. having been known

 NO 10

In 1999, Democratic Republic of Timor Leste obtained its independence

and officially ___ itself as a free nation.

A. proclaimed
Parallel structure in past tense
B. to proclaimed (-ed) form

C. has proclaimed

D. proclaiming
NO 11

Uncountable noun
NO 12

Base form after modal ‘will’

NO 13

Subject – Verb agreement

NO 14

Passive voice after to be (is)

NO 15

Plural form after ‘many’

(companies)
NO 16

Word order (subject - verb -

adjective)
NO 17

Parallel structure in the form of

past tense
NO 18

Possessive adjective ‘their

belongings’
NO 19

Past tense – sunk

To show event occurring in the
past
NO 20

Subject – Verb agreement

Section 3
 READING
COMPREHENSION
READING PASSAGES
 NO 1

The word "major" in line 1 is closest in meaning to ____.

A. principal

B. intense

C. unique

D. huge
 NO 2

What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?

A. The Milky Way

B. Major categories of galaxies

C. How elliptical galaxies are formed

D. Differences between irregular and spiral galaxies

 NO 3

The word "which" in line 6 refers to ___ .

A. pattern

B. galaxy

C. dust

D. gas
 NO 4

According to the passage, new stars are formed in spiral galaxies

due to ___ .
A. the compression of gas and dust
B. the combining of old stars
C. strong radio emissions
D. an explosion of gas
 NO 5

The word "obvious" in line 9 is closest in meaning to ____ .

A. understood
B. discovered
C. apparent
D. simplistic
 NO 6

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of

elliptical galaxies?
A. They are the largest galaxies.
B. They mostly contain old stars.
C. They have a spherical shape.
D. They contain a high amount of interstellar gas.
 NO 7

Which of the following characteristics of radio galaxies is

mentioned in the passage?
A. They are a type of elliptical galaxy.
B. They are usually too small to be seen with a telescope.
C. They are closely related to irregular galaxies.
D. They are not as bright as spiral galaxies.
 NO 8

What percentage of galaxies are irregular?

A. 10%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
 NO 9

The word "they" in line 18 refers to ___ .

A. intervals
B. yardsticks
C. distances
D. galaxies
 NO 10

Why does the author mention the Virgo galaxy and the Andromeda
galaxy in the third paragraph?
A. To describe the effect that distance has no visibility.
B. To compare the ages of two relatively young galaxies.
C. To emphasize the vast distances of the galaxies from Earth.
D. To explain why certain galaxies cannot be seen by a telescope.
GOOD LUCK!