TOEFL Practice Test #7

Question 1

The porcupine is noted for curving its back when attacked and sticking out sharp quills in every directions.

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directions

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for curving

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when attacked

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quills

Question 2

Due to its relatively small size and inextricable orbit, some scientists believe that Pluto not actually a planet.

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Pluto not

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its

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and

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planet

Question 3

Barbiturates' prolonged use can increase the user's tolerance for a much larger doses of these drugs.

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doses

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prolonged

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the user's

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much

Question 4

A state law allows companies incorporating in Delaware even though they might handle the bulk of the business activities outside the state.

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incorporating

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A state

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they

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bulk

Question 5

Earl Hines, an American jazz pianist and band leader, improvisation single trumpet-style notes with his right hand.

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improvisation

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an American

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trumpet-style

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with his

Question 6

Essential source of vanadium and uranium, carnotite is found in large quantities in the Colorado Plateau area.

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Essential source

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in

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quantities

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area

Question 7

In drawing, the emphasize is on form or shape, while in painting the concentration is on color and mass

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emphasize

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on form

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while

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concentration

Question 8

The edible parts of broccoli are their succulent stems and dense clusters of tiny dark green flowers.

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their

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edible parts

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stems and

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tiny

Question 9

Venus, covered with a thick, cloudy atmosphere, is only second to the Moon in brightness.

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only second

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covered with

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cloudy

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in

Question 10

1. Since markets are saturated diverse merchandise which give the

2. consumer unprecedented choices, mass marketing falls short of reaching the

3. needs of a target market. As a result, after 1960, market segmentation addressed

4. a strategy which directs all the marketing promotion to identify the needs of a

5. certain group of consumer and evaluates the future potentials for expansion

6. of a product.

7. Four essential factors must be considered for market segmentation strategy to

8. be effective. Market segmentation breaks up consumers of a product on the

9. basis of demographic characteristics, which include income, age, ethnic,

10. background, marital status, and life cycle. Psychographics takes into account the

11. consumers' behavior pattern. Geographical region segmentation is concerned

12. with the location of the product, the size of the region, the population density, and

13. the climate characteristics. Usage pattern segmentation concentrates on the

14. amount of the product sold to all potential buyers, for instance, first-time users

15. or frequent users.

16. Market segmentation in business consist of two distinct areas:

17. macrosegmentation and microsegmentation. Macrosegmentation includes the

18. individual areas of a market segment, for instance, usage pattern and costumer

19. type. Microsegemntation, however, is involved in the decision-making areas

20. of microsegmentation and can exactly interpret the target markets.

The author presents the term "Usage pattern segmentation" in line 13 with

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an explanation followed by an example

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specific statistical data

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an analogy

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an argument