Monday, October 19, 2009

GRE resources

I found this GRE resource on the internet I think this will be very good for you.

KL-TOEFL.pdf
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PPGRE31.VCD
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PPTOEFL.VCD
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Practice_Reading_1.pdf
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Practice_Reading_3.pdf
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Scholarship_Guide.pdf
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Universitybystate.html
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

TOEFL Exam Essential

TOEFL Exam Essential

In order to enter most U.S. college programs, foreign students must take and pass the TOEFL exam. This exam assesses the ability to communicate in English by testing listening, reading comprehension, grammar, and writing skills.

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TOEFL Exam Success

TOEFL Exam Success

The 4 goals of TOEFL Exam Success are: 1) to explain the format of each section of the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), in plain English; 2) to offer straightforward and specific test-taking strategies that you can use on the exam; 3) to review the basic reading, writing, listening, and grammar skills you need to score well on each section; and 4) to provide exercises that help you build basic skills and practice the test-taking strategies you learn in each section.

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TOEFL Essentials

TOEFL Essentials

Students of English as a Second Language will find vital help as they build a large English vocabulary. Nearly 500 words are listed with definitions and pronunciation help. There is also detailed advice for dramatically expanding one’s vocabulary with help from a standard dictionary and a thesaurus. Practice tests with answer keys help students measure their progress as they develop increased fluency in English.

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GMAT Exam Success

GMAT Exam Success

GMAT Exam Success in Only 4 Steps is a potent GMAT study tool. Test takers can learn effective problem-solving strategies tailored to each type of math and verbal question found on the GMAT, as well as how to tackle tough analytical essay prompts.

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Acing the GRE

Acing the GRE

With over 60 percent of American graduate programs requiring strong GRE scores for entry, performing well on this test is essential for anyone interested in pursuing a graduate degree. "Acing the GRE provides targeted practice designed to increase academic aptitude and give students the tools they need to succeed.

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Cambridge IELTS 6 Student's Book with answers

Cambridge IELTS 6 Student's Book with answers: Examination papers from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge Books for Cambridge Exams)
By Cambridge ESOL
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press
# Number Of Pages:176
# Publication Date:2007-07-23
# ISBN / ASIN:0521693071

Book Description:
Provides students with an excellent opportunity to familiarise themselves with IELTS and to practise examination techniques using authentic test material prepared by Cambridge ESOL. Each collection contains four complete tests for Academic candidates, plus extra Reading and Writing modules for General Training candidates. An introduction to these different modules is included in each book, together with an explanation of the scoring system used by Cambridge ESOL. A comprehensive section of answers and tapescripts makes the material ideal for self-study.
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"When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success." Do you agree or disagree with the question above? Use specific

"When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success." Do you agree or disagree with the question above? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position.


Answer

Generally, hard work is one of the elements to succeed. But we must not turn away one more significant element, luck. Luck is important for successful business people. Without luck, they could not win in the business world. I am going to mention three reasons why luck is important for success.

The primary reason, which is the most important, is that business people have to catch quite a few business chances. Not all of the hard workers get a successful business chance. People who find a chance are lucky. After getting chance, they need to broaden their business by working hard. Only chance is not enough in (at) this stage. How they use their brain and work hard lead them to a success.

The second reason is that business people need to find excellent colleagues. People can not work alone. Usually, they work in a group. The group members should also be celebrities. They collaborate for the same aim in the same business. To find brainy members is difficult. Only luck relates to this element.

The third reason is that not all of the successful business people work hard. Some do not work even if they succeed in business. For example, some people succeed to land from their father. They construct buildings (in the land). They can earn from (the) rent fees (of offices or apartments). In this example, people do not work hard, but succeed (to their father's) land. Actually, we will estimate that they are lucky. If they do not succeed (obtain the) land, they might work in a company for small salary.

As a result, only hard work is not enough to succeed in the business world. People need to get luck. The reason why not all of the hard working people succeed is that they do not have luck. We must not ignore luck is necessary for our success.

Some people prefer to live in a small town. Other prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and deta

Some people prefer to live in a small town. Other prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.


Answer

Personally, I prefer to live in a big city. It fascinates me very much. Although small towns have much attraction, big cities are more fantastic to live. I would like to mention why I want to live in a big city in the following sentences.

The first reason is that big cities are useful to live. They are filled with stores. We can buy whatever we want. On the other hand, it is impossible in small towns. It is hard to get stuff, and sometimes we have to get out the town to gain what we need. For example, small towns do not have big bookstores (book stores). Of course there are book stores even in small towns. But we do not always find specific books there. We just get magazines, novels and so on. We can imagine that quite a few people buy organic chemistry books there.

The second reason is that big cities are invigorated. There are many people living there. They try to live as hard as they can. They produce powerful energy. The energy fascinates me a lot. Moreover, many people move to big cities every day. Some have a dream for their future. Especially, the energy is come (comes) from young people. This young energy also stimulates me.

The last reason is that big cities have many art facilities. They have museums and concert halls. We can go there easily. Thus, it (there) is more possibility to be familiar with them. To go there or not is dependent on each person. But whether we have chance or not is important.

Therefore, I want to live in a big city. I like the energy of big cities, and they are useful to live. Moreover, we have more chance to commune with arts. It is hard to get everything written above in small towns.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Use specific reasons

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.


Answer

I agree with the statement television has destroyed communication among people. We watch programs so often. It is one of the most popular entertainments. TV brings fun to every watcher. But we do not notice television gives bad influence on us. We become worse to communicate each other. Therefore, we have to be careful to watch programs.

First, babies who often watch TV programs can not communicate with people well. That baby does (They do) not cry and (are) silent always. It is proved scientifically. Nowadays, some parents have their baby watch educational VCRs. The babies have to watch them for many hours, and it (they) continues day by day. They (People) can not talk to the characters of the programs because the communication of TV is only one way. They have to watch without saying anything. Thus, it influences baby (babies) to be silent.

Second, children do not get out and play with other friends. They like animations, dramas, and music programs. They want to watch the programs more than getting out. Furthermore, they can not talk to their friends unless they watch the programs. Some children watch programs even if they do not want to watch them. Therefore, they spend much time to watch TV programs, not play with friends.

Third, people watch TV programs alone. Many family have more than one TV sets. They are reasonable compared to those of 30 years (ago). People can watch programs they want by moving to another room. They do not have to talk when watching these programs. Obviously, I can declare that television destroys the communication of family.

Consequently, television has destroyed the communication of friends and family. It influences babies, children, and families. We have to notice the bad influence of TV programs.

How do movies and television influence people's behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

How do movies and television influence people's behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.


Answer

People see and watch Movies and television for many hours. (People see movies and watch television for many hours.) Moreover, we can reasonably rent the VCR of a movie. People are strongly influenced by both media. Especially, I believe that people (they) are inspired to buy goods. I will write three reasons why people want to buy commercial goods by these media.

First, (we tend to buy goods familiar to us in commercials.) We often watch TV commercials, We (and) remember them without consciousness. When we go shopping, we look for (the) goods we watched (looked at) in commercials, because we get to trust them. Suppose, which we buy, a familiar energy (health) drink or an unfamiliar one when we go to a drag store? I strongly believe a majority of people buy a familiar drink.

Second, we want to buy the same goods movie characters have. They show their cars, jewels, or clothes in movies. Sometimes, buying the same stuff elevates a (the) status of other people. Therefore, many companies want to have a contract to big movie stars or sport players. Companies can get benefits because people buy the companies' goods more.

Third, many television programs try to sell commercial goods. The aim of the programs is to show new and useful goods. They explain how useful and cheap the goods are. We are inspired that we might lose money when (if) we do not buy them. Then, we call the telephone number written on the screen just after watching the program.

To sum up, movies and television encourage people to buy goods. We watch many commercials, and we want the same stuff movie stars have. Some TV programs sell goods. We find that our economy is closely related to movies and television.

If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.


Answer

If I can (could) change one important thing in my town, I want to conserve forests. Although it has forests, they have been smaller. I think we were surrounded by wider forests when we were young. We need beautiful and wide forests to enrich our life. I will write three reasons why I want forests.

My primary reason is that forests have been destroyed for urban plannings. A lot of buildings have been constructed to sell new comers moving to our town. Already, a wide range of forest changed to apartments or office buildings. The sight view of the town is not beautiful because we can see only buildings. Originally, human beings were living in forest. Even if we live in a big town, I strongly believe that we are longing for a (the) green environment.

Next (The next) reason is that people throw away many stuffs (much stuff) they do not need. In the forest near my house, a lot of stuffs are (stuff is) left. For example, they are (it is) refrigerators, televisions, microwaves, and so on. The forest does not seem beautiful. We must not forgive a small number of bad people destroying the view of the forest. I think to conserve forests includes to clean it (them) up.

Another reason is that forests are places for wild animals. It means that any forest does not belong to only human beings. Therefore, we need to consider all of the animals living (in) the forests. We can not cut the trees without any permission of the animals. To live together with them is a fundamental way for us. The conservation of forests also protests (protects) animals.

In conclusion, I want to keep the forests in our town. We destroy forests to construct new buildings, and we destroy the view of them. Moreover, we sometimes forget many animals are living there. We have to think the importance of the forests again.

A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your comunity. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on

A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your comunity. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.


Answer

Building a large factory influences on our community a lot. Although it has some disadvantages, I strongly believe that it has great advantages to overcome the disadvantges. Therefore, I will support to build a new factory.

The worst disadvantage I am worried is that the factory might pollute the environment aound our community. In fact, many factories produce bad air, or contaminated water. We must not encourage (discourage) any factory which makes our life unworthy. However, if we regulate the water and air from the factory, the bad influence will be less. We often survey the concentrations of the contaminants in the air and water from the factory. If (Whenever) the factory violate the standards, we have to claim the factory. As long as the factory are not harmful to our environment, they do not have to stop the production.

On the other hand, building a factory has many advantages. The primary advantage is that the factory brings much money to the community. We can use it for our community. Concretely, we can solve a welfare problem. Especially, Japan has faced on a problem that the ratio of old people increases. It is hard to solve the problem, but we have to conquer it. By getting money from the factory, we can build new facilities for old people. The factory will give good influence on our community.

In addition, the factory hires people living in the community. To get a job has been harder in (the latest) fifteen years. Especially, youngsters do not get a full-time job. To solve the problem, we have to offer a new job. A large factory will need a lot of people. If all of them are hired from our community, the life of the people of (in) the community will be more stable.

Consequently, I will support to build a new large factory in our community. Although it has disadvanges, if we solve the problem (them), they are not matter. Also, it brings us advantages: giving money; and hiring people. Both are problems we have now. The factory is welcome if it solves the problems.

It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and constract knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained

It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and constract knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?


Answer

Certainly, books include a lot of knowledge useful in our life. I often read a book to kill time or to gain knowledge; However, I strongly believe that knowledge gained from experience is more valuable than that from books. Even if books are useful, they can not tell us all of the real information. I will write three reasons why experience is more important.

First, knowledge from experience is more valuable for children. Children learn many ways from their real experience. As an example, I will show how to climb a tree. Suppose children who can not climb a tree. The only way to be a good climber is to climb actually by themselves. They feel the tree through their five senses by touching a stem and by grabing branches.

Second, knowledge from experience is more believable. Sometimes, books include false information. Especially, old technical books have that. For example, people trusted old medical books from China in Edo age. But they were not correct. Once they practically had opened a human body to observe, they would have found out the books would have been wrong. They did not try to observe that. Only subtle experience would have changed the medical progress.

Third, knowledge from experience is harder to forget. When we read a book, we think we understand the book. But to tell a (the) truth, we forget the information just after reading it. Reading a book is less impressive than experience because we use only eyes when reading book. On the other hand, we hard to forget the experience (We do not forget the memory we actually experienced). At least, we forget our experience less than reading a book. That is because we can use all of our senses when we experience. Using more senses is better to understand in our brain.

To sum up, experience is more important than reading books. Experience is more practical, more believable, and more unforgettable. If we have a chance to choose experience or book, we should choose experience.

Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.


Answer

I do not agree that easy preparation of foods leads improvement of our life. Nowadays, we can buy cooked foods easily. We just use a microwave before eating them. It is very convenient. However, I think we lose important things when we eat easily prepared foods. We should not pursue only convenience in our life. I will show three reasons why I think that.

The primary reason is that the quality of easily prepared foods is low. Many kinds of chemicals are added in cooked foods we buy. The aim of the chemicals is to give flavors and colors. It is said that they do not harm for us. But consumers are anxious about the safety. It is difficult to understand the work of a huge number of chemicals. Moreover, when two or more chemicals are mixed, safe chemicals might change to harmful one. Unfortunately, the arrangement is infinit. We can not survey all of patterns.

The second reason is that people become not to cook well. They can go to a convenience store or a grocery store to buy frozen foods or cooked foods easily. They use a microwave, or sometimes only pour hot water. They wait until the foods are prepared. How can they improve their cooking skill in this way? Cooking is important to enrich our life. When we lose the skill, we also lose the quality of life, too.

Another reason is that to cook foods means to keep our house tastes. Each house has its own taste. It is succeeded to many generations. A house taste can be estimated to be a culture in the family. But convenient foods neglect all of the house tastes. They offer the same taste to consumers. In other words, we eat the same taste cooked by machines. We do not think they are the best taste. We know that the most delicious taste for people is their own house taste.

In conclusion, easily preparation of foods does not improve our life. We have to worry about chemicals, we disprove our cooking skills, and we do not succeed our house taste. Sometimes we are busy, and we do not have time to cook. But even if we eat easily prepared foods, we should not forget the importance of cooking.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.


Answer

Some people think parents influence their children because they spend much time with the children. But personally, I think some parents have problems to raise the children, and the surroundings around children influence them a lot. Therefore, I believe that parents are not the best teachers.

Firstly, parents are not always have a right to raise the children. Some parents violate the children. It is a serious problem. Society has to protect the children from the parents. Sometimes, an official of children protection center visits the parents, and persuade not to violate them. In the worst case, parents and children have to live separately. Parents are not teachers any more in this case. Children also must not imitate such parents as them.

Secondly, children do not have enough time to spend time with parents these days. Parents today work a lot. They go back home very late everyday. Many kindergartens open until late time. Some are until seven o’clock, and some are until ten o’clock whatsoever (and so on) . Parents go and bring the children at very late time. The reason kindergartens open late is the change of our society. In the old time, women stayed home. If they have a job, they work inside home. But nowadays, many women work outside. As a result, both parents return home to sleep. When children can make time to learn from the parents?

Lastly, children are influenced by their surroundings. They go to school, play with the friends, and get familiar with many people. All of them are teachers for children. For example, children make friends in their school. Children learn how to make friends by themselves. In other words, other children teach it. Parents can not teach how to make friends in their home. Despite children are living with parents, we can not determine that parents are the best teachers.

Therefore, I think that parents are not the best teachers. Some parents have very serious problems. Some can not have enough time to communicate with the children. Children are also influenced by other people to whom parents can not change. Altough parents are not the best teachers, they should strive to be the best teachers for their sweet children.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Question 1 : People attend college of university for many different reasons

Question 1

People attend college of university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.


Answer

The percentage of the people attending college or university has been increasing. Various reasons bring out with the increase of attending. Personally, I think that the new reasons are based on the changes of our social surroundings. Therefore, I would like to raise and explain the reasons from the point of new changes.

The primary reason is that workers return to college or university to broaden their knowledge. They try to get a degree such as Master’s or PhDs. Or they just take a few courses to meet their pursuit of study. In these days, many universities offer courses in order for such kind of workers to take part in. At a glance, they look experts in the business and people think they do not have to go to school. That is because they worked for many years before attending college. However, they think their business skill is not complete. They declare that they go to school again to combine their knowledge and to add new knowledge (skills, experience).

The second reason is that people try to get new skills to meet social demands. Many companies want very skillful people when they employ. In the past, companies educated employees after they entered it. It was worthy as long as employees never quitted the job. However, the long-lasting recession makes it impossible. Companies can not afford to pay money for the education of employees. Therefore, many workers have to study by themselves to develop their skills. To seek the new education, they attend college or university.

In the end, colleges and universities themselves change to offer new specific fields. They are no longer research facilities in this meaning. Studens can get their favorite job relating to their specific field. I will illustrate law schools as an example. Law schools will be founded next year. Of course, people go there to be a lawyer. Yet, they do not have to enroll a law school if they can pass the law examination. People can choose one of the ways, going to a law school or passing the test. When they choose a law school, they attend a college. Besides law schools, colleges or universities offer various courses about specific fields for students.

In sum, people change their reasons to attend colleges or universities along the social environment change. I believe there are many changes such as worker's mind, market recession and university itself. In the future, more and more changes will occur if our surroundings change again.