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:(Hi! I just have a few hours to prepare for the TOEFL ibt. I do need to know if you can take notes or relax in front of your PC during the real exam between the listening and the speaking section. I think we only have 5 minuts to do so but it can be enough to calm down, take a few notes no remember during speaking... Do you know it is allowed to do so or do you have to leave the room so no notes are allowed during those 5 minutes???:rolleyes:

So please: anyone who has taken the TOEFL iBT and received the Official Report could please tell me if it is only reported or shown the last score in the exam, or the report includes the previous scores obtained in previous attempts as well????? I mean, Is the University or College able to know from your Toefl Ibt report the attemps ypu needed to reach that score or there is an individual report each time you take the test?? thanks!!

Hi all! I´ve a question regarding TOEFL iBT scores reports: Do you know if there is a list or record in which your previous attemps are shown in the official TOEFL iBT score reoport (I mean, like GMAT, in which official reports the previous official tests scores are shown...)?? thanks!

Surya.... sorry about that... I was still recovering my neurons after GMAT ;)

Hi TBAY! Your contribution to this forum has been really helpful for me as well!! And congratulations for your great score!!!

Thank you all! ShakeVT: I don´t think that the material or real GMAT is more difficult this time than the others. But one think: I realized that this time I had more "conceptual" problems (inequalities, integers,...) than word problems (rates, ratios...). I think that conceptual ones are tougher but if you know the concept you can go really faster than with simpler problems that require you to do many stupid calculations (percents, divisions,...). So I´d focus on the concepts: prime numbers, inequalities, equations and roots, permutations and combinations, etc... and Data Sufficiency questions. For verbal, i think that RC was a little harder, but Critical and SC were equivalent (I studied quite a lot SC and CR so that´s why i noticed as equivalent althougth they were supposed to be harder). IMO, I think that Manhattan CAT´s are really good for verbal. Aziznu: Manhattan stuff: I don´t have them anymore since I only had access to them during 2 month´s, almost two weeks ago. I can try to send you the email of that guy if you wish, but you can try to find a lot of the stuff in this forum. Most of my posts in Verbal come from Manhattan CAT´s so you can check those if you want!

I´ve done the test this moorning and, although a little dissapointed, I feel that it´s a good result (don´t know if enough yet) considering how bad was I feeling just 3 months ago (you can check my previous post: http://www.www.urch.com/forums/just-finished-my-gmat/65012-550-plz-need-help-can-t-believe-guys.html) . After my second attempt i was really down but I was sure that I was able to cross the 700 (I have scored higher in most of the CATS), and I can:tup: . All of you can get a 650 or more if you have a respectable english level and since you are considering taking the GMAT i´m sure you have. I´m not a native english speaker nor use english usually so my verbal is my flaw as you can see from my scores and from the posts i´m use to make in both sections of this forum... Therefore, after experiencing such a fustration in the second attempt I´ve tried to focus on verbal, BUT NOT FORGETTING MY QUANT!. I work in consulting from 8 to 8 so I have not much time for GMAT and i´m really tired after work and i needed to focus and use my weekends fully. PREPARATION: I will try to explain it in such a way that can be useful from my experience and practice (from my point of view at least;) ). Well I cannot say anything else other than this: PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE AND CONFIDENCE CONFIDENCE CONFIDENCE, but some aspects to consider: Quantitative: I based all the quant preparation in Manhattan CATS: quant is really much more difficult that the real GMAT but they explanations are quite good and helpful. Besides, the tough problems help you to see GMAT problems easier!. I also reviewed some posts in TestMagic and made my modest contribution. Notice that I had taken almost 4 GMATPREPS and some other Kaplan CAT´s to prepare for my second exam so I needed to get fresh meat and that meat had to be a good quality one! Verbal: First premise: GMAT is not difficult but it is tricky. Second premise: In Quant, tricks are more easily detectable (I think...) but Verbal ones can be hard for a non-speaker. Besides I´m really slooooow reading english, and that´s the big problem: i´m sure that i can get almost verbal questions right but i need more time:yuck: ) Conslusion: How to solve it? PRACTICE!! In general: I think that a good way to get used "naturally" and "friendly" to Verbal is to read New York Times articles (one each day during a month and surely you will improve). Besides reading news, this is the best stuff for verbal -I think - (remember I scored a 38, not a 50, so may be you want more): Manhattan SC: REALLY HELPFUL (not only for GMAT but also for real life;) ) Kaplan 800: I would not use it (too many subtile thinks for a guy around 40 in verbal and so a waste of time) Manhattan CAT´s: again, SC´s there are really intructive. RC´s are good (may be a little tricky), and CR are helpful (mainly for bold faced questions). GMATPREP questions!!!!! I think that they are like the real exam so please do some GMATPREPS. OG11: no comments - a must. 1000 sc (just did 200), 1000 cr (just did 200), 1000 rc (just dit 1000): good for practice and increase your speed but OG11 can be more than enough. (i use it because i needed fresh material, you know...) I contacted a french guy (thanks to my sister) that had really useful staff (Manhattan SC, CR and RC in pdf, Kaplan tests, 800score, SETs, GMATPREP problems -around 150 or so-, Manhattan quant problems, PR tests, etc.) I gain access for two months to all this stuff for around 40 dollars. I think that all this material is available for free in internet but I though it could be useful so i paid but i´m sure you can find it and this forum is surely enough. Deffinetly, Manhattan SC is a must and Manhattan CR and RC were really good too).SO FINALLY...: I don´t think that GMAT is more difficult in one country than others, although some people think that. Practice is the most important thing...NO! the most important thing is CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE WORKING WELL AND UNDERTANDING THE CONCEPTS (these concepts are repeated over and over). Once you get that, you MUST focus on your flaws and PRACTICE to solve them. It sounds obvious but after being kicked two times I realized that it is more important your attitude if you have the basic concepts clear. I´m for sure not a moorning person, and i´ll never be: try to sleep the night before and take some pills if required (i think i have not slept even 4,5 hours today because I was afraid that some pills could made me even sloooower than I am when doing the exam). Here come some feelings catched by some other test takers i´d like to comment; they are mostly right: GMAT is an american exam designed for Graduate Management students (well...I think that americans are as capable, or even more, to crack the GMAT as others). It cannot be so hard but you need to work with a positive attitude! Non english speakers are usually undermined by the GMAT... yes, so what?? If you want to study in USA or Europe or wherever english is required you should keep this in mind: GMAT is another signature in your MBA program in english, for which there are a lot of resources available and for which you can apply as soon as you feel prepared. The first questions count more: yes they do, but if you want more than 700 your exam consits on 37+41, not 25+25. GMAT is, for sure, not representative of your intelligence or whatever similar. I´m not stupid but not a genious, my english sucks.. but i´m i fighter and don´t want the GMAT to prevent me from an MBA simply because other are luckier or can control nervious the G-day: no way!!!. that´s all.I want to thank TestMagic and all of you (including MarsAllien, Suriya, Otori, mfeaspire, checkstone, thankont, GREMAT, Bob, and many others.....). You have been really useful![clap] I would recommend to use forums actively: to solve your problems and those of others. CATs in order of importance and scores: GMATPREP: from 710 to 780 Manhattan CAT´s: from 670 to 740 SETS 21 to 31 (just did 5 of them): quant 90% and verbal around 75% Princeton (although quant is easy): 700 kaplan and other free online: 640´s but forget it. i dont like kaplanI think I deserve more and I even think in repeating the GMAT (but my girlfriend would kill me before than the test would:crazy: ). Life is not fair, but success is only available for those who are lucky and for those who fight for it. GMAT is probably not fair (experimental questions, nervious, english exam...) but if you think you can do it you will rock. GMAT is only a part of your application process so let´s do it right, keep motivated and, if something wrong happens keep calm. Well......I don´t want to be boring or pedantic ... Next stop: TOEFL

If, in a tennis tournament, a match reaches a fifth-set tiebreak, the lower-ranked player always loses the tiebreak (and, therefore, the match). If Rafael, the second-ranked player, wins a tournament by beating Roger, the top-ranked player, then the match must not have included a fifth-set tiebreak. Which of the following arguments most closely mimics the reasoning used in the above argument? If a woman with a family history of twins gets pregnant three times, she will have one set of twins. Jennifer, who falls into this category, had two sets of twins, so she must not have gotten pregnant exactly three times. If a salesman sells more product than anyone else in a calendar year, then he will earn an all-expenses-paid vacation. Joe earned an all-expense-paid vacation, so he must have sold more product than anyone else for the year. A newspaper can charge a 50% premium for ads if its circulation surpasses 100,000; if the circulation does not pass 100,000, therefore, the newspaper can't charge any kind of premium for ads. If a student is in the top 10% of her class, she will earn a college scholarship. Anna is not in the top 10% of her class, so she will not earn a scholarship. All of the players on a football team receive a cash bonus if the team wins the Super Bowl. If quarterback Tom Brady earned a cash bonus last year, he must have been a member of the winning Super Bowl team. OA

Recently, some critics of the U.S. government have pointed out that this country is the only advanced industrialized nation without a national vaccine laboratory and suggested that this lack makes the American public more vulnerable than other developed nations to infectious diseases, such as avian flu. A government official said these critics were disloyal and thus wrong about the public’s vulnerability. To support his claim, the official cited the generally long life span and low infant mortality of United States citizens, relative to all United Nation member nations. Mentioning the high quality of American hospitals, he added that all of the Europeans that he knew preferred to undergo major medical treatments in the United States rather than in the socialized medical systems in place in their home countries. All of the following are weaknesses or potential weaknesses in the official’s argument EXCEPT: a. The high quality of hospitals in the United States is not a factor affecting the public’s vulnerability to infectious disease. b. Whether or not the critics are disloyal has no bearing on whether or not they are wrong. c. The Europeans that the official cited are a demographically narrow sample, overwhelmingly composed of wealthy males over the age of fifty. d. The average life span of United States citizens is determined not only by deaths due to infectious diseases but also by deaths due to all other causes. e. Comparing the United States to all United Nations member nations does not address the concern that the U.S. is behind other advanced industrialized nations in a particular way. OA

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Could you explain why are those answers correct in both questions?? thanks!

Analyst: The pace of technological development brings a constant stream of new devices to the market, and many of them enjoy commercial success. But announcing new technology too soon after the introduction of a successful device can backfire. Once consumers hear about the new device, they may stop buying the one currently on sale. So, if a company wishes to announce the upcoming sale of a new device, it should wait until purchases of the old device have begun to decline. Which of the following, if true, would best support the analyst's main assertion? A. New technology often becomes less expensive after an initial surge in sales. B. Media outlets, such as television programs and magazines, often report on the planned introduction of new devices while the sales of old devices are still strong. C. Many consumers are unable to determine whether new technology is superior to current technology. D. Surveys have shown that some consumers make only one or two technology purchases per year, whereas others make more frequent purchases. E. Consumers tend to be loyal to technology companies whose products they enjoy using. OA

Greek tragedy, one of the enduring pillars of our belief system, dramatized the concept that the misfortune a person suffers is not an accident, but rather a logical outcome of flaws in that person's nature; the misfortune is thus that person's "fault." Nonetheless, today the public broadly supports bankruptcy protection, family welfare and other "social safety net" programs that shield the destitute in the face of their hardships, at taxpayer expense. Which of the following, if true, would best resolve the paradox in the statements above? A. The ancient Greeks had few, if any, such social safety net programs in their society. B. The majority of the public is more familiar with the works of Shakespeare than those of Greek tragedy. C. Some people insist that society, not the individual, is to blame for most accidents. D. Many people in financial difficulties feel too ashamed to declare bankruptcy or to take advantage of other social safety net programs. E. The religions practiced by most people today strongly encourage people to contribute to charities that assist innocent people injured in natural disasters, such as hurricanes. oa

To receive a driver license, sixteen year-olds at Culliver High School have to pass both a written and a practical driving test. Everyone has to take the tests, and no one failed both tests. If 30% of the 16 year-olds who passed the written test did not pass the practical, how many sixteen year-olds at Culliver High School received their driver license? (1) There are 188 sixteen year-olds at Culliver High School. (2) 20% of the sixteen year-olds who passed the practical test failed the written test. oa

IMO A ("could" in B sounds to me a little incomplete)

thanks! 3 different things to look at!

Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile Phones are increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones To make calls across a wide region at night and on weekends, when numerous Wireless companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee. A. Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as Mobile phones are increasingly common, many people. B. As the cost of wireless service plummeted in the last year and as mobile Phones became increasingly common, many people. C. In the last year, with the cost of wireless service plummeting, and mobile Phones have become increasingly common, there are many people. D. With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile Phones becoming increasingly common, many people are E. While the cost of wireless service has plummeted in the last year and Mobile phones are increasingly common, many people are. OA

http://www.scoretop.com/forum/uploads/missi0nmba/images/2006-10-25_130239_pic.JPG In the figure, each side of square ABCD has length 1, the length of line Segment CE is 1, and the length of line segment BE is equal to the length Of line segment DE. What is the area of the triangular region BCE? a. 1/3 b. (2^-2 )/4 c. 1/2 d. (2^-2)/2 e. 3/4

if X>1 and Y>1, is X (1) X^2/(XY+X) (2) XY/Y^2-Y OA

IS (X+Y)^3 an even integer? (1)X and Y are integers. (2)XY=9 OA

At a fruit stand yesterday, the price of each apple was $0.10 more than the price of each orange. What was the total revenue from the sale of oranges at the fruit stand yesterday? (1) The number of oranges sold at the fruit stand yesterday was 5 more than the number of apples. (2) The total revenue from the sale of apples at the fruit stand yesterday was $15.00 OA

Q30 TO 33 In most earthquakes the Earth’s crust cracks like porcelain, Stress builds up until a fracture forms at a line depth of a few kilometers and the crust (5) slips to relieve the stress. Some earthquakes, however, take place hundreds of kilometers down in the Earth’s mantle, where high pressure makes rock so ductile that it flows instead of (10) cracking, even under stress severe enough to deform it like putty. How can there be earthquakes at such depths? That such deep events do occur has been accepted only since 1927. (15) when the seismologist Kiyoo Wadati convincingly demonstrated their existence. Instead of comparing the arrival times of seismic waves at different locations, as earlier researchers had (20) done, Wadati relied on a time difference between the arrival of primary(P) waves and the slower secondary(S) waves. Because P and S waves travel at different but fairly constant (25) speeds, the interval between their arrivals increases in proportion to the distance from the earthquake focus, or initial rupture point. For most earthquakes, wadati dis- (30) covered, the interval was quite short near the epicenter; the point on the surface where shaking is strongest. For a few events, however, the delay was long even at the epicenter. Wadati saw (35) a similar pattern when he analyzed data on the intensity of shaking. Most earthquakes had a small area of intense shaking, which weakened rapidly with increasing distance from the epicenter. (40) but others were characterized by a lower peak intensity, felt over a broader area. Both the P-S intervals and the intensity patterns suggested two kinds of earthquakes: the more (45) common shallow events, in which the focus lay just under the epicenter, and deep events, with a focus several hundred kilometers down. The question remained: how can (50) such quakes occur, given that mantle rock at a depth of more than 50 kilometers is too ductile to store enough stress to fracture? Wadati’s work suggested that deep events occur in areas (55) (now called Wadati-Benioff zones) where one crustal plate is forced under another and descends into the mantle. The descending rock is substantially cooler than the surrounding mantle and (60) hence is less ductile and much more liable to fracture. ------------------------------ 30. The author’s explanation of how deep events occur would be most weakened if which of the following were discovered to be true? A. Deep events are far less common than shallow events. B. Deep events occur in places other than where crustal plates meet. C. Mantle rock is more ductile at a depth of several hundred kilometers than it is at 50 kilometers. D. The speeds of both P and S waves are slightly greater than previously thought. E. Below 650 kilometers earthquakes cease to occur. Answer: -------------------------- 31. information presented in the passage suggests that, compared with seismic activity at the epicenter of a shallow event, seismic activity at the epicenter of a deep event is characterized by A. shorter P-S intervals and higher peak intensity B. shorter P-S intervals and lower peak intensity C. longer P-S intervals and similar peak intensity D. longer P-S intervals and higher peak intensity E. longer P-S intervals and lower peak intensity. Answer: ---------------------------- 32. The passage supports which of the following Statements about the relationship between the epicenter and the focus of an earthquake? (A)P waves originate at the focus and S waves originate at the epicenter. (B) In deep events the epicenter and the focus are reversed. © In shallow events the epicenter and the focus coincide (D)In both deep and shallow events the Focus lies beneath the epicenter (E) The epicenter is in the crust, whereas the focus is in the mantle. Answer: ---------------------------- 33. The passage suggests that which of the following must take place in order for any earthquake to occur? 1.Stress must build up. 2.Cool rock must descend into the mantle. 3.A fracture must occur (A)1 only (B) 2 only © 3 only (D)1 and 3 only (E) 1, 2, and 3 OA

Fish currently costs about the same at seafood stores throughout Eastville and its surrounding suburbs. Seafood stores buy fish from the same wholesalers and at the same prices, and other business expenses have also been about the same. But new tax breaks will substantially lower the cost of doing business within the city. Therefore, in the future, profit margins will be higher at seafood stores within the city than at suburban seafood stores. For the purposes of evaluating the argument, it would be most useful to know whether. (A)more fish wholesalers are located within the city than in the surrounding suburbs. (B) Any people who currently own seafood stores in the suburbs surrounding Eastville will relocate their businesses nearer to the city © The wholesale price of fish is likely to fall in the future (D)Fish has always cost about the same at seafood stores throughout Eastville and its surrounding suburbs. (E) Seafood stores within the city will in the future set prices that are lower than those at suburban seafood stores. OA

Despite its 1989 designation as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act, the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, has declined in numbers by ninety percent since the 1980s. Although federal protection made it illegal to harm desert tortoises or remove them from the wild of the southwestern North American deserts, this measure has been insufficient to reverse the species’ decline, and further intervention is required. Recovery has been slow, partly due to the desert tortoise’s low reproductive potential. Females breed only after reaching full size at fifteen to twenty years of age, and even then may only lay eggs when adequate forage is available. Although the number of eggs in each clutch varies, and each female might lay a few clutches in one season, the average mature female produces only a few eggs annually. From these precious eggs, hatchlings emerge wearing soft shells that will harden slowly into protective armor over the next five years. The vulnerable young are entirely neglected by adult tortoises, and only five percent ultimately reach adulthood. Predators are blamed for most tortoise deaths; ravens, specifically, are estimated to cause more than half of the juvenile tortoise deaths in the Mojave Desert. Tortoise eggs and juveniles, with their delicate shells, can fall prey to many birds, mammals, and other reptiles. For protection from predators, as well as from desert temperature extremes, tortoises of all ages burrow into the earth. However, if rabbits and rodents are scarce, larger mammalian predators may dig tortoises out of their burrows, devouring even mature tortoises despite their hardened shells. Even with current protections from human interference, the desert tortoise faces a tough recovery, so additional measures must be taken. First, the limited habitat of desert tortoises, with soil suitable for their burrows, must be protected from development. Next, urban expansion often has the unintended effect of increasing raven populations, so aggressive measures to control the birds are necessary to increase desert tortoise hatchling survival rates. Finally, released captive tortoises typically perish, and can pass upper respiratory tract disease into the wild population with devastating consequences, so continuing education of pet tortoise owners is essential. It can be inferred from the passage that the desert tortoise mortality rate would be most likely to decrease if which of the following were true? Desert tortoise burrows were cooler. Male and female tortoises mated more frequently. Adult tortoises provided better care for their young. Forage plants were abundant in the habitat of the desert tortoise. Rabbits were abundant in the habitat of the desert tortoise. OA

Antoine: The alarming fact is that among children aged 19 years and younger, the number taking antipsychotic medicines soared 73 percent in the last four years. That is greater than the increase in the number of adults taking antipsychotic medicines during the same period. Lucy: But the use of antipsychotic drugs by adults is considered normal at the current rate of 11 adults per 1,000 taking the drugs. In contrast, the number of children on antipsychotic medication last year was 6.6 per 1,000 children. Lucy’s argument relies on the assumption that ______. a-normal levels of antipsychotic drug use are rarely exceeded. b-the percentage of adults taking antipsychotic medication is always higher than the percentage of children on such medication. c-the use of antipsychotic medication in children is no different from the use of such medications in adults. d-Antoine is not consciously distorting the statistics he presents. e-a rapid increase in the number of children taking antipsychotic drugs generates more fear of random violence by adolescents than does knowledge of the absolute number of children on such medications. oa