Thispaperpresentsastudyoftheeffectofcultur-albackgroundonTOEFLscores.Itproceedsfromtherelationbetweencultureandlanguage,thenillus-trateswithactualquestionsfromvarioussectionsofTOEFLtestshowAmericanculturalbackgroundexertsaremarkableinfluenceonTOEFLscores,andcon-cludeswithrevelationswithregardtoEnglishteachinginthiscountry.