Questions 1 – 3
Choose which of these sentences is closest to the meaning in the text.
Write A, B or C in your answer sheet (1-3)

A) Modern composers do not always want their music to sound pleasant
B) Some modern composers do not want their music to be enjoyable
C) A modern musical composition should not be orderly2.
A) Crossover music is when classical orchestras play modern tunes
B) Crossover music moves between musical genres
C) Crossover music is a modern musical genre
3.
A) Performers, lyricists and composers each have a separate function
B) Performers of a song will need to become lyricists
C) Composers instruct musicians to play their work ‘con brio’.

Questions 4 – 7
Match the follwowing groups of words(4-7) with one of the words in the box opposite(A- F).
NB. There are more workds in the right column than you need.

4. Rock and roll, classical music, jazz
5. Composer, lyricist, performer
6. Symphony, concerto, opera
7. Cinemagoer, Jazz fan, dancer


A. Collaborators
B. John Cage
C. Classical
D. Baroque
E. Audience
F. Genres

Questions 8- 12

The reading passage has 8 paragraphs which are numbered A-H.
On your answer sheet write the letter of the paragraph which contains the following information (You can choose a paragraph more than once).

People can tell genres of music apart even without musical training.
9. Where you hear music can be as important as the skill of the performer.
10. Music has been a part of human existence for many thousands of years.
11. A piece of music might have more than one set of words to go with it.
12. Some people cannot tell the difference between classical music and birdsong.

Answer key:
1. A (Modern composers do not always want their music to sound pleasant)
2. B (Crossover music moves between musical genres)
3. A (Performers, lyricists and composers each have a separate function)
4. F
5. A
6. C
7. E
8. D
9. G
10. A
11. E
12. H

GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 10, 1397)


SELECT TWO ANSWER CHOICES.
His premiership, seemingly cast-iron a year ago, is now so vulnerable that even a good day at the office does no more than buy him a few weeks of ___ from rebels within his own party.
A. controversy
B. reproach
C. respite
D. relief
E. censure
F. deference












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Answer: C/D

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GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 12, 1397)


The (i) __ child approached the diving board; (ii) _ water in the first place, he found the prospect of jumping into it from some height even more frightening.

Blank (i)
A. tremulous
B. coltish
C. cumbersome

Blank (ii)
D. beguiled by
E. chary of
F. repulsed by







@ibtil


Answer: A/E

@GRE_Borzabadi

GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 13, 1397)


The insecticide proved (i) ___ ; by killing the weak adults of a species, it assured that the strong ones would mate among themselves and produce offspring still more (ii) ___ to its effects.
Blank (i)
A. ruthless
B. counterproductive
C. ineluctable

Blank (ii)
D. rancorous
E. vulnerable
F. resistant









@ibtil




Answer: B/F

@GRE_Borzabadi

نمونه سوالات آزمون های اخیر تافل
با توجه به امکان تکرار یا مشابه بودن سوالات در آزمون های بعدی، توصیه می کنیم این سوالات را مطالعه نمایید:

#TOEFL iBT #Speaking and #Writing Topics
Exam Date: May 26, 2018
@ibtil
Speaking Task 1:
One of your friend decided to study more course s in order to graduate one year earlier. Do you agree or not agree?
Speaking Task 2:
Your university decided to allow local communities to attend the classes on campus; they could enter into the class but can't ask questions and don't have assignments. Do you agree or not agree?
@aalaeeTOEFLiBT
Writing Task 2:
At work or school, you might encounter a problem that requires creativity -for example, you are given a task to complete that is very different from other tasks you do. In work or school situation that requires you to think creatively, would you prefer to work alone or with others? Why?


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#نمونه سوالات آزمون های اخیر #تافل
📣 سوالات تافل اینترنتی June 2, 2018
🔹هر هفته چند سری آزمون در کشور ها و سنتر های مختلف برگزار می شود. اطلاع از سوالات هر هفته به شما کمک می کند با موضوعات اخیر آشنا شوید.
🔷نکته مهم: به علت برگزاری چند سری آزمون در یک هفته، ممکن است تعدادی از داوطلبان با سوالات دیگری در آزمون خود مواجه شده باشند.
با توجه به امکان تکرار یا مشابه بودن سوالات در آزمون های بعدی، توصیه این سوالات را مطالعه نمایید:

#TOEFL iBT #Speaking and #Writing Topics
🔹Exam Date: June 2, 2018
@aalaeeTOEFLiBT
🔹Speaking Task 1:
The university decides to only release online version of textbooks. Discuss disadvantages and advantages of this change.
🔹Speaking Task 2:
Some professors prefer to answer students' questions at the end of the lecture, and others stop at different points to answer students' questions. Which style do you think is better for learning?
@ibtil
🔹Writing Task 2:
For schools, assessing teachers’ teaching efficiency is a very important issue. But is it better for other teachers to assess or let students assess teachers?
🔹Reading Passage 1
Topic: Groundwater depletion
Vocabulary Questions
Sufficiently : adequately
Common: widespread
Sustain: support
Divert: redirect
🔹Reading Passage 2
Topic: Greek City States: Spartans and Athenians
Vocabulary Questions
Stringent: strict
Alter: change
Inaugurating: starting
🔹Reading Passage 3
@aalaeeTOEFLiBT
Topic: Tool Use in Monkeys
Vocabulary Questions
Persistently: for a long time
Diverse: a variety of
Impressive: remarkable
🔹Reading Passage 4
Topic: United States Interstate Highway Systems
Vocabulary Questions
Hasten: speed up
Integrate: combine


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GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 14, 1397)


It is part of human nature to resist change and (i) _____ new ideas. This fact is evidenced in many teachers' (ii) ______ adherence to archaic methodologies, which makes educational reform difficult to enact. Until some (iii) ______ teachers and administrators begin to welcome new classroom techniques, the attempts of the current administration at modifying the system will be ineffective.

Blank (i)
A. eschew
B. aver
C. covet

Blank (ii)
D. inept
E. partisan
F. dogged

Blank (iii)
G. sagacious
H. superfluous
I. obstinate








@ibtil



Answer: A/F/G

@GRE_Borzabadi

GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 16, 1397)


In contemporary usage, continents are understood to be large, continuous, ____________ masses of land, for they are almost always separated by expanses of water.
(A) tortuous
(B) arable
(C) discordant
(D) antithetical
(E) discrete








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Answer: E

@GRE_Borzabadi

GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 19, 1397)


SELECT TWO ANSWER CHOICES.
______ though the family now may be, they continue to carry themselves in public with an air befitting their aristocratic heritage.
A. Impecunious
B. Idyllic
C. Glamorous
D. Patrimonial
E. Bucolic
F. Insolvent









@ibtil



Answer: A/F

@GRE_Borzabadi

GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 20, 397)


Although retired, the professor takes pains to remain _____ the latest developments in her field.
A. akimbo to
B. abreast of
C. obtuse to
D. subservient to
E. askance to











@ibtil



Answer: B

@GRE_Borzabadi

GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 21, 1397)


Newborn babies are perfectly (i) _____, as yet unable to be concerned for others, or even to understand a difference between themselves and the world around them. As young children mature, they make the (ii) ______ discovery that other people exist and have their own needs and desires—in other words, that the entire world is not about them.

Blank (i)
A. solipsistic
B. sophomoric
C. quixotic

Blank (ii)
D. arresting
E. selfish
F. undue





@ibtil




Answer: A/D

@GRE_Borzabadi

GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 22, 1397)



Perhaps there is nothing more to the album than its case that experimentalism into uncharted sonic landscapes did not (i) __ with Stockhauen. Or perhaps its forays―many of which could rightly be dubbed sophomoric--into the avant-garde also lead to the (ii) __: that to create an unprecedented sound one has to (iii) __ a discernible melody.

Blank(i)
A. come full circle
B. culminate
C. perish

Blank(ii)
D. unsettling conclusion
E. unwarranted hypothesis
F. uncharacteristic rebuttal

Blank (iii)
H. choose to create
G. forgo producing
I. subtly embed












@ibtil

Answer: C/D/G

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GRE Question of the Day (Khordad 23, 1397)


SELECT TWO ANSWER CHOICES.
In 1905, there were only fourteen automobiles in the United States, yet, _____ enough, two of them ran into each other in St. Louis.
A. justifiably
B. ironically
C. inevitably
D. deservedly
E. ludicrously
F. lamentably









@ibtil



Answer: B/E

@GRE_Borzabadi