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For the first one I guess it is woods from the meaning of the following lines -dense vegetation ,heavily forested etc.But the word edible plants makes me think the ans to be animals.What are the preceeding lines?:hmm: For the second one I think it is A as it is stated in the passage that the people were able to exploit thier environment ,thus it was capable to support such a large population. Iam curious to know the correct answers.

1] pulitzer ,owner of the New york world and the st.loius dispatch ,made a proposal in 1903 to columbia university for the dual purposes of establishing a school of journalism at the university and also establishing prizes for exceptional work in journalism and other fields. which of the sentences below expresses the essential meaning of the sentence above? 1] Joseph pulitzer generously offered to donate a large sum of money to columbia university for two specific purposes. 2] In 1903 ,an attempt was made by joseph pulitzer to halt the movement of the school of journalism and the journalism prizes from columbia university. 3]Joseph pulitzer requested that columbia university donate a large sum of money to the New york world and the st.louis post dispatch for the purpose of establishing journalism scholarships and prizes. 4]In 1903, joseph pulitzer decided to give up his position as head of two newspapers to take over the department of journalism at columbia university. 2] Today,21 different awards are given in three different areas ,with the majority of awards going to journalists ;14 of the 21 awards are from various aspects of journalism[i.e.,news reporting feature writing ,cartoons, and photography],6 awards are given in letters[in fiction,nonfiction , history, drama, poetry,and biography] and 1 award in music. which of the following best expresses the meaning of the above question? 1] The 21 awards are divided equally among journalism,letters, and music. 2]Three different awards are given to journalists, while others are given to artists and musicians. 3]Most awards are given in three different areas of journalism,while the rest are given in letters and music. 4] Two thirds of the awards are for journalism , while the other third goes to other fields.

Hi nalini, Iam also appearing for the ibt TOEFL test sometime soon.I do not know much about the ibt toefl but I thought I could help u with the gre preparation.It is good that u r studying barrons words .I think u should study the new wordlist as well as revise the older ones and also those which u forget and also continue working on quantitative ability.Some of the books ,which I think,r useful such as - Big book-do as many tests as u can and start them along with ur study of wordlists .Do not worry that u do not know the words .U will learn them along with solving bigbook questions.Also u will get good practise on solving sentence completion,analogy,antonyms and r.c questions. Kaplan -good book for basics for quant.U can also find some very good links for mathematics like purplemath,dr.math by searching this forum. Do the gre powerprep test first so that u will know ur shortcomings in the specific areas and u can work on them. Also for rcs -Arco's gre- gmat-mcat-lsat reading comprehension book is good.I found this book really useful with tips and stratigies to tackle reading comprehension.Also work on improving speed in solving the questions.Hope this helps.Do share ur toefl experience. Good luck:tup:

Thank u hamilton1 for ur kind suggestions.

Hey toodlesmart, Congrats for ur awesome score.Check out this link for interpretation of the scores-http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/994994.pdf . Good luck

Hello everyone, Iam new to this forum.Looking forward for good cooperation and help.Iam thinking of taking the exam in nov.I have completed the Gre general [v-590,Q-690] 15 days back and currently preparing for TOEFL ibt.I have done masters in organic chemistry in India and thinking of pursuing studies in US.Iam interested in doing masters leading to PhD in chemistry or biochemistry.Need guidelines for preparing the test and also I wanted to know- How much time is required for preparing the test and Can anyone plz give me recomendations of the books for the test? Thanks

Hi hamilton1, First of all congrats for ur awesome score[clap] Plz share ur experience of the exam and also type of questions ,books u referred etc.. Thanx in advance.

Hi, I took my exam on the sixth of may .I also took the tutorials ,as I thought I would get adjusted to the surrounding there and also I would get some time to relax,for about 15 min.Then I noticed that there was no backspace word written on the keyboard :eek: and I asked the proctor when he showed me that there was actually a key marked with an arrow and that was the backspace.And thus my exam started . I took the break of 10min -ate an energy bar and drank some gaterade and when I came back and saw that there was a question on my computer asking me to confirm wheather I was taking a break.I was so nervous about the exam that I clicked 'no' hoping that the test will start[ I was impatient to wait till the time elapse] as there was about one minute left for the exam to start automatically.Then the computer hang :mad:and I again had to ask for assistance and the proctor told me that I was supposed to click 'yes' instead of 'no'.Then once again the test started with the quant and verbal section.I was amazed:) to see that there was no unidentified experimental section as I went prepared to the exam with three sections in mind.I felt as though the exam ended soon not only because there were only two sections but also we become involved in it so much that those 75min seem like 10min.I also totally agree that the break time should be fully utilised for relaxation.

Hey todlesmrlot, First of all I would like to specify that Iam not a guru or something,may be there are other very genius people in this forum to give u a better advice.Why Iam replying to u is that I happened to see ur post and since I've finished my GRE I thought I would be able to help u to a certain extent. Well I think,first of all do not PANIC.It is very essential to keep ur cool during the examination.Since I believe that ur exam is on monday ,I think u r done with ur preparation.So my advice would be to not worry about anything and just write it with whatever knowledge u have.Just revise whatever preparation u have done.If u think that u do not know standard deviation ,then go through some simple problems .Do not put pressure on urself especially when the exam is near.I think the last week of the examination should be used only to revise and not to study anything new.Otherwise it will be counterproductive.Just be confident with ur preparation and face with a positive attitude. If u have worked through ETS materials then u must be familiar with the type of questions that will be asked in the exam.If u are wondering what BB means-well it is BIG BOOK .I think it is a must for gre preparation.The questions are similar to powerprep. Hope this helps.All the best :tup:

Hello everyone, I saw a lot of recommendations for longman ibt bookwith cdrom but inorder to gain access to its listening section we have to purchase the audio programme seperately.Then is the book helpful without the audio programme?.Is it worth purchasing?:rolleyes:plz help Thanx in advance.

Thanku Tino for ur suggestions.It seems that longman is a good material to practice. Thanku.

Hello everyone, Iam new to this forum.I just finished my GRE last week and Iam thinking of taking TOEFL next month.I read about the test on ets.org but confused about few things. 1 Is it necessary to study grammer for the ibt? 2 Is the gre vocabulary sufficient for ibt? Also I searched some books on amazon.com.I think the official guide to the new TOEFL by ETS and cracking the TOEFL by priceton review are good books. Can anyone recommend me with names of some good books? Thanks in advance.