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1、Toefl iBT Practice Test TPO 6 Listening Section 1No. of Questions: 17OKNow put on your headsetClick on CONTINUE to go onCONTINUEYou may have to wait a few seconds for the audio to load and play.REPLAYCONTINUECONTINUEREPLAYNow get ready to answer the question6Question 1 of 17Why does the student go t

2、o the career services office?To confirm the date and time of the career fairTo learn the location of the career fairTo find out if he is allowed to attend the career fairTo get advice about interviewing at the career fair6Question 2 of 17Why does the student think that companies representativeswould

3、 not be interested in talking to him?He will not be graduating this year.e is not currently taking business classes.He has not declared a major yet.He does not have a current resume.6Question 3 of 17What does the woman imply about the small print on the career fair posters and flyers?The information

4、 in the small print was incomplete.The print was smaller than she expected it to be.The information the small print contains will be updated.The information in the small print will be presented in a more noticeable way.6Question 4 of 17What does the woman say is a good way for the student to prepare

5、 for speaking to companies representatives? Click on 2 answers.Take some business classesFamiliarize himself with certain business beforehandHave questions ready to ask the representativesTalk to people who work for accounting firms6Question 5 of 17Why does the student say this:o acknowledge that he

6、 cannot go to this years career fairTo acknowledge the amount of preparation he will haveTo indicate that he has school work he must complete before the career fairTo indicate that he needs to go to his job now6You may have to wait a few seconds for the audio to load and play.REPLAYCONTINUE6CONTINUE

7、REPLAYNow get ready to answer the question6Question 6 of 17What is the main purpose of the talk?To show what happens after an economy has experienced a boom-and-bust cycleTo illustrate the conditions needed to produce a boom-and-bust cycleTo demonstrate how boom-and-bust cycles have changed over tim

8、eTo explain why the boom-and-bust cycle is not a frequent historical occurrence6Question 7 of 17What is the professors opinion about the dot-com crash?She thinks that people should have realized it would happen.She does not believe that anything like it will happen again.She is surprised that it did

9、 not have more serious consequences.She is confident that people learned a valuable lesson from it.6Question 8 of 17According to the professor, where did tulips originate?In the mountains of central AsiaIn the region around Istanbul in TurkeyIn the sandy soils of the NetherlandsIn the forests of nor

10、thern Europe6Question 9 of 17Why does the professor mention a merchant who ate tulip bulbs?To explain how the Turks introduced the flower to European visitorso explain what happened to tulip bulbs that did not produce desirable colorsTo give an example of one way that the rich in the Netherlands sho

11、wed off their wealthTo illustrate her point that Europeans were unfamiliar with the flowerulips in the wild bloomed in unusual color combinations.he tulip market was not regulated by the government.Tulip bulbs were initially cheap and easy to obtain.ulips in the wild bloomed in unusual color combina

12、tions.he tulip market was not regulated by the government.The number of people with disposable income was growing.Tulip bulbs were initially cheap and easy to obtain.ulips in the wild bloomed in unusual color combinations.he tulip market was not regulated by the government.Wealthy gardeners liked to

13、 compete for rare plants.The number of people with disposable income was growing.Tulip bulbs were initially cheap and easy to obtain.ulips in the wild bloomed in unusual color combinations.he tulip market was not regulated by the government.6Question 10 of 17What were some of the factors that contri

14、buted to the tulip craze in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century? Click on 3 answers.Wealthy gardeners liked to compete for rare plants.The number of people with disposable income was growing.Tulip bulbs were initially cheap and easy to obtain.ulips in the wild bloomed in unusual color combina

15、tions.he tulip market was not regulated by the government.6Question 11 of 17The professor mentions the practice of trading promissory notes in the Netherlands in the 1630s. What does this practice explain? Click on 2 answers.Why tulips replaced gold as a form of currencyWhy buyers were no longer int

16、erested in owning actual tulipshy borrowing in the Netherlands increased on a significant scaleWhy the middle class in the Netherlands expanded in size6You may have to wait a few seconds for the audio to load and play.REPLAYCONTINUE6CONTINUEREPLAYNow get ready to answer the question6Question 12 of 1

17、7What topics related to the Nightcap Oak does the professor mainly discuss? Click on 2 answers.Factors that relate to the size of the area in which it growsThe size of its population over the last few centurieshether anything can be done to ensure its survivalWhy it did not change much over the last

18、 one hundred million years6Question 13 of 17According to the professor, what led scientists to characterizethe Nightcap Oak as primitive?t has no evolutionary connection to other trees growing in Australia today.It has an inefficient reproductive system.Its flowers are located at the bases of the le

19、aves.It is similar to some ancient fossils.6Question 14 of 17What point does the professor make about the Nightcap Oakshabitat?It is stable despite its limited size.Unlike the habitats of many plants, it is expanding.ts recent changes have left the Nightcap Oak struggling to adapt.ts size is much la

20、rger than the area where the Nightcap Oak grows.6Question 15 of 17According to the professor, what are two factors that prevent the Nightcap Oak population from spreading? Click on 2 answers.The complex conditions required for the trees to produce fruitThe fact that the seed cannot germinate while l

21、ocked inside the shellThe limited time the seed retains the ability to germinateCompetition with tree species that evolved more recently6Question 16 of 17Why does the professor mention the size of the Nightcap Oak population over the last few hundred years?To explain why it is likely that the Nightc

22、ap Oak population will increase in the futureTo point out that the Nightcap Oaks limited reproductive success has not led to a decrease in its populationTo present evidence that the Nightcap Oak is able to tolerate major changes in its environmentTo point out that the Nightcap Oak is able to resist

23、diseases that have destroyed other tree species6Question 17 of 17Why does the professor say this:She wants the students to think about a possible connection.he wants to know if the students have any questions.She is implying that researchers have been asking the wrong questions.She is implying that

24、there may be no connection between the questions.Congratulations!You have completed this practice test.Obtain answer keysSave / exit the testReview your answer RETURNTPO 1 - listeningTPO 2 - listeningTPO 3 - listeningTPO 4 - listeningTPO 5 - listeningTPO 6 - listeningSection 11. D2. B3. C4. A5. B6.

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