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TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Reading Vocabulary Questions: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT supplement=add to exclusively=solely anxious=worry @aalaeeTOEFLiBT enduring=lasting erase=eliminate culminate=end @aalaeeTOEFLiBT exploit=use initiate=start emergence=appearance autonomous=independent @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Speaking Task 6: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT In the lecture, the professor talks about fish’s abilities to avoid predators. He offers two examples to illustrate it. The first example is about zebrafish. Zebrafish have small hair cells under their membrane to help them detect predators in water. They can sense where the predator is by the water flow. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT The second example is about trout. Trout can stay still in flowing water. They can keep breathing while hiding under water. That’s how the professor uses these two examples to illustrate it. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Speaking Task 5: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT The woman’s problem is that she got injured last week and she can’t perform in the dance. There are two possible solutions. The first one is to dance anyway and the second solution is to find someone to replace her. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT If I were in her shoes, I would go for the second solution because Beck is a great dancer, even though she’s not in the class and there’s little time to learn, I’m sure she can grasp the moves pretty quickly. I personally don’t recommend the other solution because the choreography will look weird and it may compromise the whole performance. That’s why in this case, I think the second solution is a better option. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Speaking Task 4: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT In the lecture, the professor talks about the concept of information cascade which means people tend to follow others and make the same choice as theirs in spite of their own opinions when having to make a decision. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT He offers an example to illustrate it. Once he went to a city he had never been to and he had to make a decision about where to have dinner. At first, he wanted to go to an Italian place which was highly recommended by his guide book. But he noticed that one of the French restaurants was full of customers, so he decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, it was not a very good experience, the food was worse than he expected and the restaurant couldn’t be compared to the Italian restaurant he wanted to go at first. It was full of customers probably because they all thought it was good because others chose to go there. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Speaking Task 3: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT The university is planning to move the theater off-campus due to two reasons. The first reason is that the theater now is way too small to accommodate the increasing number of students, and the second reason is that much better facilities can be offered in the new theater. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT In the conversation, the student disagrees with the plan. His first reason is that the location of the theater is so important for students. Most of them are reluctant to go downtown because it’s so inconvenient. As for the second reason, the student points out that students are already used to dealing with the equipment they have now, they’re not trained to cope with fancier facilities, and it may not work out that well as expected in the end. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Speaking Task 2: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Should students be required to do volunteer work? @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Speaking Task 1: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Which one of the following jobs deserves a higher salary? Teacher, policeman or nurse? @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT December 5, 2015 Writing Topic: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Government, instead of individuals, should cover Internet fees.

Word of the Day: VANGUARD (VAN-gahrd) The forefront of an action or movement, leading position or persons in a movement: “They were in the vanguard of the war on poverty.” In its strict military sense, vanguard means the troops moving at the head of an army, the part of the army that goes ahead of the main body, an advance guard.

Word of the Day: SPORADIC (spuh-RAD-ik or spor-AD-ik) Occasional, infrequent, irregular, not constant, happening from time to time, occurring in a scattered or random way. A business venture may have sporadic success. A gambler's luck may be sporadic. Sporadic crimes are crimes scattered throughout a city or neighborhood. Sporadic outbreaks of a disease in the population are occasional, isolated outbreaks. Antonyms of sporadic include constant, incessant (in-SES-int), and unremitting.

Word of the Day: ADAMANT (AD-uh-mint) Unyielding, immovable, inflexible, refusing to give in, unshakable, unrelenting, implacable. “She was adamant in her opposition to the plan.” The adjective adamant comes from the noun adamant, which refers to a hard substance or stone, such as a diamond, that in ancient times was believed to be unbreakable. There is an old word adamantine (AD-uh-MAN -tin), still listed in current dictionaries but not often used; it means like adamant, very hard, unbreakable. The adjective adamant, which has replaced adamantine in current usage, means hard in the sense of inflexible, immovable, unyielding.

Word of the day: NEGLIGIBLE (NEG-li-ji-bul) Unimportant, trifling, of little consequence. That which is negligible can be neglected. A negligible concern can be disregarded; it is so trivial and insignificant that it warrants little or no attention.

TOEFL iBT November 30, 2105- Reading Key words Dynasty Rebound Prosperous Crop Tenant @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Estate Commercially profitable Landlord Pasture Disperse seeds @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Starch Exposure to the sun Antarctica Habitat Fertile soil Fleshy fruit

TOEFL iBT November 30, 2105- Reading Vocabulary Questions @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Conducive to = favorable to Exceptional = extraordinary Expand= develop @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Evenly= equally Hitherto = up till then Incentive = motivation Investigate = study @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Furthermore = in addition Generate = produce Quest = search @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Trait = feature Unique = one of a kind @aalaeeTOEFLiBT TOEFL iBT November 30, 2105- Reading Vocabulary Questions @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Conducive to = favorable to Exceptional = extraordinary Expand= develop @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Evenly= equally Hitherto = up till then Incentive = motivation Investigate = study @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Furthermore = in addition Generate = produce Quest = search @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Trait = feature Unique = one of a kind @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT November 30, 2105- Independent Writing Task @aalaeeTOEFLiBT Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: One quality that a successful leader must have is to make decision quickly; when a leader takes too much time to make decisions, he will be seen as ineffective to the people he lead. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT

TOEFL iBT November 30, 2105- Speaking Question 6 @aalaeeTOEFLiBT In the lecture, the professor talks about two ways how oxygen in water is replenished. The first one is from internal oxygen sources. For example, plants underwater are great providers of oxygen. They’re constantly doing photosynthesis releasing oxygen to the water, that’s how animals underwater get their oxygen. Another way is through external oxygen sources. For instance, on a windy day, waves appear on the surface of the water when the air blows, and the waves can bring oxygen into the water too. Those are the two ways oxygen in water is replenished. @aalaeeTOEFLiBT