TOEFL iBT December 13, 2015 Reading Topics: Plate Tectonics @aalaeeTOEFLiBT
To get some ideas about the topic you may check this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics

TOEFL iBT December 13, 2015 Reading Topics: Continental Drift @aalaeeTOEFLiBT
To get some ideas about the topic you may check this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift

SKEPTIC (n.)
A person who doubts; a skeptic asks questions and lacks faith

In the movie Men in Black, Edwards was originally a SKEPTIC who did not believe that aliens were actually living in New York City. In Bruce Almighty, Bruce was originally a SKEPTIC who did not believe that the man he met was really God. And in the movie Superbad, Seth was originally a SKEPTIC who did not believe Fogell’s fake ID, with the name “McLovin” from Hawaii, would work.

Quick Quiz:
He seems to have a good plan to revitalize the economy, but he should first convince the skeptics that his plan —----------.
A. is designed individually
B. is workable
C. requires no financial backing

Answer: B
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TOEFL iBT December 12, 2015 Reading Vocabulary Questions
Master= skillful at solving the problem
Hierarchy=ranking
Rudimentary=simple
To a degree= to some extent
Initiate=introduce

Exceptional= extraordinary
Install=put in place
Valid=well founded
Lost favor=does not prefer
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TOEFL iBT December 12, 2015 Speaking Task 1: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT
If your university is going to invite someone to give a speech, who do you think they should invite? A businessman, a scientist or a politician?

TOEFL iBT December 12, 2015 Speaking Task 2: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT
If you have a misunderstanding with your friend, do you prefer talking it out in a public place or in a private place?

TOEFL iBT December 12, 2015 Speaking Task 3
The university is planning to offer business class on Saturdays and lower the tuition fee. In the conversation, the woman agrees with the plan. The first reason is that a lot of students who take business class also work full-time, since the business class will now be offered on Saturdays, it means it's more possible for students who also work full-time to take the class. As for the second reason, she points out that lowering the tuition fee will make it possible for more students to take the class, they will be able to afford it
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TOEFL iBT December 12, 2015 Speaking Task 4: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT
In the lecture, the professor introduces the concept of loss aversion. He offers an example to illustrate it. The professor once went to a supermarket and bought food which cost him 20 dollars, but the cashier made a mistake and charged him 30 dollars instead. When the professor realized the mistake, he had to drive all the way back to the supermarket to get his 10 dollars back. But a couple of days later, his friend told him that a new cafe in town was giving 10 dollars to whoever was willing to try their new coffee, but the professor just wasn't interested in going at all.

TOEFL iBT December 12, 2015 Speaking Task 5: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT
The woman's problem is that she's the president of the camping club and she's supposed to take everyone camping this weekend, unfortunately the weather report said that it would rain. There are two possible solutions. The first one is to postpone the trip and go camping next weekend instead. And the second solution is to go this weekend and remind everyone to bring a raincoat. If I were in her shoes, I'd go for the first solution because her club members would probably understand since it's not really something within her control. I personally don't recommend the other solution because if it really rains, the members will have to stay inside the tents, what's the point of going camping if you can't even go outside?

TOEFL iBT December 12, 2015 Speaking Task 6
In the lecture, the professor talks about the characters of rainforest. The first one is warm climate. Take orchids as an example, orchids are pretty sensitive to the temperature, they can hardly survive the cold, but since the climate in the rainforest is relatively warm, the orchids can grow very well there. The other one is about canopy. The canopy created by layers and layers of leaves blocks the sunlight, so the environment on the ground is quite different from the environment over the canopy. A plant that can survive at that height will die once it falls onto the ground.
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Charlatan (n.)
A fake; fraud; imposter; cheat

Would you trust the Wizard of Oz, Gilderoy Lockhart (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), or Frank Abagnale Jr. (Catch Me If You Can)? I hope not. All three of these men were CHARLATANS or imposters who could not be trusted. The Wizard of Oz was a CHARLATAN who tried to trick Dorothy and her friends. Gilderoy Lockhart was a CHARLATAN who interviewed famous wizards and witches and then took credit for their heroic deeds. And Frank Abagnale Jr. was a CHARLATAN who pretended to be an airline pilot and a surgeon.

Quick Quiz:
The famed faith healer turned out to be a charlatan because —--------.
A. no one believe him
B. though having no certificate in medicine he was able to cure disease
C. had pretended to have a disease-curing power only to swindle people

Answer: C
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TOEFL iBT December 13, 2015 Reading Vocabulary Questions
Obviously=clearly
Widespread=common

Dense=thick
Thus=consequently

Shallow=small depth
Profound= very strong

Emergence= rise
Tactic=strategy
Adjacent to=next to
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Parallel=match
Hence=consequently

ADMONISH (v.)
To earnestly caution; to warn against (another) to avoid a course of action

Admonish implies the giving of advice or a warning in order to rectify or avoid something: "A gallows erected on an eminence admonished the offenders of the fate that awaited them" (William Hickling Prescott).

Quick Quiz:
They told me I was a fool and admonished me for —---------.
A. taking risks with my health
B. making friends with sagacious people
C. telling the bare truth

Answer: A
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CAPRICIOUS and MERCURIAL (adj.)

Very changeable; fickle; characterized by constantly-shifting moods



In 2008, teenagers coveted tickets to attend sold-out concerts featuring the Jonas Brothers. The young fans shrieked with delight as the "Joe Bros" sang their hit song "Burning Up." But pop music fans are CAPRJCIOUS. Soon after a new type of music appeared the same teenagers forgot all about their old favorites. Now Jonas Brothers group has fallen into oblivion. In a recent interview, the group’s spokesman stated that the group is optimistic to regain its popularity and that people inattention to them was not due to the performance of the group but instead because of the MERCURIAL nature of human beings, who keep changing moods.




Quick Quiz:

The weather in New York City is capricious, especially in the springtime, with good weather one day, and —---------— the next.

A. another spell of fine weather

B. no change

C. freezing rain





Answer: C

Word of the Day: TAWDRY (TAW-dree, rhymes with Audrey)
Cheap and showy, gaudy, garish, sleazy.
Legend has it that tawdry comes from the phrase “tawdry lace,” a corruption of “Saint Audrey lace,” a type of lace sold at Saint Audrey's fair in England. Apparently the lace was of inferior quality, thus over time the
word tawdry came to mean cheap and showy. Today the word may be used both literally and figuratively. A person may wear tawdry clothing or have a tawdry reputation.

Word of the Day: ARDUOUS(AHR-joo-us)
Very difficult, hard to achieve or accomplish, requiring great effort. “Compiling the annual report is an arduous task.” “Raising children is an arduous responsibility.” Synonyms of arduous include strenuous, laborious, and toilsome.

DIVISIVE (adj.)
causing a lot of disagreement between people
POLARIZE (v.)
to divide into clearly separate groups with opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to make people do this

NOTE: Both mean to create disunity or dissension; to break up into opposing factions or groups

Americans have a long and distinguished record of settling differences by reaching a compromise. However, some issues are so DIVISIVE that a compromise is impossible. Before the Civil War, the issue of slavery POLARlZED Americans into two groups: those who defended the South's "peculiar institution" and those who demanded that slavery be abolished. Lincoln eloquently expressed this division when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free."

Quick Quiz:
Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in America, with people —------.
A. advocating the official policy
B. polarized on two different ends
C. trying to polarize other nations as well



Answer: B
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Aesthetic (adj.)
Relating to what is beautiful; an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive

In The 40-Year-Old Bigot , Andy's friends tell him his chest hair is not AESTHETICALLY pleasing. In order to rectify the problem, they take him to get his chest waxed. Unfortunately, the result is even uglier, or less AESTHETICALLY pleasing, than before.


Quick Quiz:
When some people put wood shingles on their roofs for aesthetic purposes, they actually want their homes to —---------.
A. be sturdy enough to withstand precipitation
B. have a more perceived value
C. look more beautiful



Answer: C
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A student's experience of taking the test at NOET
سلام دوستان
من امروز برای دومین بار سنجش تافل دادم و به این نتیجه رسیدم که امیر بهادر از سنجش خیلی بهتره. به چند دلیل:
اول اینکه من یه ووچر از سنجش گرفتم که متاسفانه شماره ووچر رو اشتباه به من داده بودن و وقتی من خواستم واسه 19 دسامبر ثبت نام کنم ETS میگفت که ووچرت اشتباهه، فرداش زنگ زدم سنجش و گفتن که اشتباهه تایپی یکی از کارمندامون بوده و 2 ساعت بعد ووچر و تصحیح کردن بعدازظهرش وقتی خواستم واسه 19 دسامبر ثبت نام کنم دیدم بسته شده و تاریخ late خورده و به خاطر اشتباهه کارمندای سنجش مجبور شدم 40 دلار اضافه بدم جهت ثبت نام ..
دوم :امروز قرار بود امتحان ما ساعت 9 شروع بشه ولی مسئولین و کارمندای سنجش اصلا نمیدونستن که امروز ساعت 9 امتحانه! به ما گفتن باید ساعت 12 و نیم امتحان بدید چون امروز فقط ساعت 12 و نیم امتحان برگزار میشه. بعد از 2 ساعت معطلی بلاخره ساعت 11 امتحان شروع شد. ما 20 نفر بودیم که میکروفن 15 نفر از ما کلا وصل نبود، بعدش ساعت 12 و نیم اون کسایی که امتحانشون 12 و نیم بوده اومدن توی سالن و یه سر وصدای زیادی ایجاد کردن، تمرکز همه ما بهم خورد و لیسینینگمون کلا نابود شد!
قبل از ورود به امتحان خودکار نذاشتن ببریم داخل برعکس دفعات قبل، سر لیسینینگ خودکار من که مال خود سنجش بود تموم شد و من یک لکچر رو بدون نت گوش کردم... @aalaeeTOEFLiBT
یه چیز جالبه دیگه این بود که امروز قبل از شروع امتحان به مسئول برگزاری آزمون گفتم بچه ها خیلی بلند صحبت میکنن موقع اسپیکینگ ولی شما اصلا تذکر نمیدید، بهم گفت کار ما درسته، هیچ سنتری حق نداره موقع آزمون به افراد اخطار بده حتی اگه بلند صحبت کنن وگرنه تخلف کرده و بسته میشه!!! و وقتی گفتم امیربهادر تذکر میده و تا حالا هم بسته نشده دیگه جوابی نداشت بده...
در کل، اگر اون کابینای سنجشو در نظر نگیریم، سنتر امیربهادر خیلی بهتره، شاید محیطش مثل سنجش نباشه ولی رسیدگی بهتری دارن.

TOEFL iBT Sunday December 20, 2015 Writing Topic
Which one of the following would you change to improve your health:
1.The kind of food you eat
2. The amount of exercise
3. The amount of stress @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT Sunday December 20, 2015 Speaking Task 1:@aalaeeTOEFLiBT
Among the following three volunteer activities, which one are you interested in and why?
Tutoring students
Teaching adults to read
Providing transportation for old people