PRACTICE TEST FOUR READING PART VII D OXFORD PRACTICE TEST FOR TOEIC

OXFORD PRACTICE TEST FOR TOEIC

PRACTICE TEST FOUR

READING

PART VII D

Directions: In questions 161-200 are based on selection of reading materials, such as notices, letters, forms, newspaper and magazine articles, and advertisements. You are to choose the one best answer (A), (B), (C), or (D) to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answer. Answer all questions following each reading selection on the basis of what of what is stated or implied in that selection. Read the following example. The Museum of Technology is a ‘hands-on’ museum, designed for people to experience science at work. Visitors are encouraged to use, test, and handle the objects on display. Special demonstrations are scheduled for the first and second Wednesdays of each month at 13:30. Open Tuesday-Friday, 12:00-16:30, Saturday 10:00-17.30, and Sunday 11:00-16:30. When during the month can visitors see special demonstrations? (A) Every weekend (B) The first two Wednesdays (C) One afternoon a week (D) Every other Wednesday The reading selection says that the demonstrations are scheduled for the first and second Wednesdays of the month. Therefore, you should choose answer (B). Now begin work on the questions.

Questions 187-189 refer to the following article.

The field of engineering can be broken down into various specialties. Civil engineering is the branch that deals with the construction of roads, bridges, railroads and waterways. Mechanical engineering deals with the models, designs and material which are used in the construction of the various types of machinery. Electrical engineering deals with the creation and distribution of chemical energy. Other areas of engineering include chemical, aeronautical and military.

187	What type of engineer would the highway department of a town most likely hire?		189	What would an electrical engineer be familiar with?
	(A)	A mechanical engineer		(A)	Rock drilling equipment
	(B)	A civil engineer		(B)	The nature of various building materials
	(C)	A chemical engineer		(C)	Power lines
	(D)	An electrical engineer		(D)	Surveying techniques
188	A manufacturer of labor-saving devices and equipment would most likely hire which kind of engineer?
	(A)	A mechanical engineer
	(B)	A military engineer
	(C)	A chemical engineer
	(D)	A civil engineer

Questions 190-192 refer to news article.

It is noteworthy that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appears to be developing two forms of credit for economies of Third World countries. Money is flowing very freely from the IMF – much more so than ever before, which has bankers worried that the creditworthiness that used to be associated with a loan from the IMF no longer carries the same import. It is feared that the credit standards of the IMF have been lowered. Commercial banks, who will be funding most of the projected $220 billion deficit of the developing countries, must be able to maintain their confidence in the IMF programs. The managing director of the IMF insists that the nations which are recipients of these loans have exhibited successful economic reform, a prerequisite for becoming eligible for the loans. Forty-nine percent of the IMF debt was shouldered by industrial nations. It is now down to 9% while the share carried by oil-poor developing countries has risen from 51% to 91%. Also 45% of the Fund’s outstanding loans are to natio ns with gross national products of less than $700 per capita

190	What is the concern of the commercial banks?		192	What percentage of the IMF loans do industrial nations carry today?
	(A)	The IMF is running out of money.		(A)	9%
	(B)	Eligibility for IMF loans is too lax.		(B)	49%
	(C)	The IMF is exercising too much influence.		(C)	51%
	(D)	Third World economies are changing too slowly.		(D)	91%
191	What percentage of the debt did developing countries used to carry?
	(A)	9%
	(B)	45%
	(C)	49%
	(D)	51%

ANSWER KEY

187	B
188	A
189	C
190	B
191	D
192	A