Introductions TOEFL® practice

[Ada Luminare]

hi everybody,

I practiced on your lesson about “introduction’’ and I will like to know if I did well .
Thank you for your feed-back.

1. Topic/Question: If you had a choice, would you like to live forever? Explain why this does or does not appeal to you.

Thesis:

Idea of “forever living” excited the human kind under two antagonist points of view: through alchemy and philosophy as the absolute discovery and through religious adepts as a blasphemy.

2. Topic: Students attend a University or college for a variety of reasons. In your opinion, what should be the main purpose of a University education?

Thesis:
Attending a university is a big advantage, especially because of the knowledge and the horizon that opens in front of a student.

3. Topic: When many people think of the United States, words such as “independent” and “free-spirited” come to mind. If you had to describe your country by its personality, what trait(s) would best describe it?

Thesis:
Thinking about the American personality as “independent” and “free-spirits” is just a point of view. From the same point of view, talking about Romanian, I can bring words like “hospitality”, “having fun” and “status culture”

4. Topic: Most people experience at least some degree of culture shock when they are getting accustomed to a new culture. What advice would you give to a friend of yours to help him get over culture shock? (You may write about your own culture or about the American culture.)

Thesis:
There is no doubt that the contacts with a new culture produce a shock. How big this shock would be depends about how similar with the new culture is your culture and how many cultures have you met before.

5. Topic: It is necessary to be wealthy in order to be successful. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not.

Thesis:
To be wealthy is certainly an advantage but is this synonym with being also successful? In my opinion being rich does not mean being successful for two main reasons: being born in a rich family does not necessary make that person also successful and are many examples of successful people that are not necessarily
rich.

[Carmina]

I think you did great! The thesis cover the topic very well and provide great start to elaborate the rest. there are lots of high scoring words....so keep practicing!

where do you give the test and what score do you need?

[Ada Luminare]

i will have the test on may 15 in new york...score...i don't really know, but as high as possible. at essay i think i need around 5 and i'm a bit unsure on my skills

[Carmina]

I think you'll do just fine, the sample thesis statements are very good.
btw...are you romanian? your name is.

I'll take the test on may 15th as well but in vancouver, bc...and I'm romanian

[Ada Luminare]

me too...(si eu) adalumanare@yahoo.com. poate vrei sa vb pe mess

[Carmina]

ok