Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 55 to 64

Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies' emotional states and behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech.

Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues. One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain words.

More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds. In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language.

Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often is for adults

The word "diverse" is closest in meaning to ______________

Read the following passage and decide which answer bestfits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box from 45 to 54.

The UK Government ensures that all schools in theUK(45)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are (46)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (47)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (48)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (49)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry (50)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (51)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

The (52)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (53)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (54)_______ high as £25,000.Question 51

Read the following passage and decide which answer bestfits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box from 45 to 54.

The UK Government ensures that all schools in theUK(45)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are (46)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (47)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (48)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (49)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry (50)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (51)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

The (52)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (53)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (54)_______ high as £25,000.Question 53

Read the following passage and decide which answer bestfits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box from 45 to 54.

The UK Government ensures that all schools in theUK(45)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are (46)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (47)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (48)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (49)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry (50)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (51)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

The (52)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (53)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (54)_______ high as £25,000.Question 49

_______ the light rain, the baseball game will not be cancelled unless the other team concedes

Read the following passage and decide which answer bestfits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box from 45 to 54.

The UK Government ensures that all schools in theUK(45)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are (46)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (47)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (48)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (49)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry (50)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (51)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

The (52)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (53)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (54)_______ high as £25,000.Question 52

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. Identify your answer by circling

Most doctors and nurses have to work on a ________ once or twice a week at the hospital

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to  each of the questions from 35 to 44

Course numbers are an indication of which courses are to various categories of students at the University. Undergraduate courses with the numbers 100 or 200 are generally courses with the numbers 300 or 400 often have prerequisites and are often to juniors and seniors only. Courses with the numbers 800 or above are open only to graduate students. Certain graduate courses, generally those devoted to introductory material, are numbered 400 for undergraduate students who qualify to take them and 600 for graduate students. Courses designed for students seeking a professional degree carry a 500 number for undergraduate students and a 700 number for graduate students. Courses numbered 99 or below are special interest courses that do not carry academic credit. If students elect to take a special interest course, it will not count toward the number of hours needed to complete graduation requirements.

Full-time undergraduate student is expected to take courses that total twelve to eighteen credit hours. A full-time graduate student is expected to take courses that total ten to sixteen credit hours. Student holding assistantships are expected to enroll for proportionately fewer hours. A part-time graduate may register for minimum of three credit hours. An overload, that is, more than the maximum number of hours, may be taken with the approval of an academic advisor. To register for an overload, students must submit the appropriate approval form when registering. Overloads above 24 hours will not be approved under any circumstances.(Source: Practice Exercises for the TOEFL iBT, by Pamela J. Sharpe, Ph.D)

The word "appropriate" in the LAST paragraph is closest in meaning to______

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined

I think we can safely say now that we have got our money back, we are home and dry

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 55 to 64

Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies' emotional states and behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech.

Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues. One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain words.

More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds. In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language.

Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often is for adults

The word "emphasize" is closest in meaning to ______________

My friend bought ___________ from a shop onTran Phu street

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. Identify your answer by circling

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to  each of the questions from 35 to 44

Course numbers are an indication of which courses are to various categories of students at the University. Undergraduate courses with the numbers 100 or 200 are generally courses with the numbers 300 or 400 often have prerequisites and are often to juniors and seniors only. Courses with the numbers 800 or above are open only to graduate students. Certain graduate courses, generally those devoted to introductory material, are numbered 400 for undergraduate students who qualify to take them and 600 for graduate students. Courses designed for students seeking a professional degree carry a 500 number for undergraduate students and a 700 number for graduate students. Courses numbered 99 or below are special interest courses that do not carry academic credit. If students elect to take a special interest course, it will not count toward the number of hours needed to complete graduation requirements.

Full-time undergraduate student is expected to take courses that total twelve to eighteen credit hours. A full-time graduate student is expected to take courses that total ten to sixteen credit hours. Student holding assistantships are expected to enroll for proportionately fewer hours. A part-time graduate may register for minimum of three credit hours. An overload, that is, more than the maximum number of hours, may be taken with the approval of an academic advisor. To register for an overload, students must submit the appropriate approval form when registering. Overloads above 24 hours will not be approved under any circumstances.(Source: Practice Exercises for the TOEFL iBT, by Pamela J. Sharpe, Ph.D)

A graduate student may NOT_________

It cost me about sixty dollars to have my tooth ________.

The last person _____ will have to turn off the lights