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TOEFL iBT |

Introduction

THE DESIGN OF THIS BOOK

This introduction provides an explanation ofthe organization of thisbook, some genera

Information sbost TOEFL iBT, and details about the dierent sections ofthe tet order

to get the most benefit fom this book, ist ea his Introduction "hough the four sections ofthe book in which you wil leara and practice che ii and thorough, The, work

statis hat wil help yo to seceed on test da

This Bookhas four sections: Reading, isenng, Spesking, and Writing The four sections are

inthesamecorder asthe tions of th ctal TOEFL Each ection of the book demonstrates

step-by-step satis TOEFL The strategies foreach question an task ype are alo followed wi examples foal he posible question rypesand ask types the by practise exercises,

so you can use the specific eatepes fo each question o ask The Answer Key conan the answer or mallple-choice questions and sample answers or Speaking and Weng tas

The Reading and Listening sections ofthis book ince strates for ll nltpe-cholce

"weston types fr TOEFL BT eis impossible to predict he exit order of mpl chive

‘uestons onthe actual test because ther slecion and order varies depending othe te Therefore in thisbook the Readig and Listening question types are ordered oily 0 tat

the ils and strategies for thecal quenion tfpe con bese in ater onc The strategies foreach question type build an the ides discussed earie,s0 you can review andseinfrce

your knowledges ow sty ily the disusion ofeach question type inches strategies

for choosing the corect answer as well strategies or eliminating incorrect answers or

Aisrates,

The Spesking and Wetg sections ofthis hook also evow al the tak types For the TOEEL

UBT These task types are discussed TOEFL iBT: As often as posi, the satis forthe Speaking and Wing asks als refer in the sme order in which they appear om the asta]

buck and review the concepts andl principles explained inthe eal sections,

The sample passages and practice stv in al fur sections ofthis book cove the sane

academe feldas the TOEFL 87 histor bard sclences physics shemiry ),cdu diem, business and economies, socal sciences a and literature, and technology: Like the topics

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fon the actual est the topics inthis book are mixed, meaning tha they ave not grouped

‘ccrding to field or category However the selection of topics inthis book doesnot indicate

‘orimply he order or choice of topics for any ctu TOEFL tet, Thetpicsin this boak were

‘hose to repesent the academic kvl of those onthe TOEFL iT, and they ae also meant to provide variety ad fterest to your learning experience

If you folio the step and explanations fn thisbook,you wil sin nore than just fate about the TOEFL After studying tis book, you wil know wbat question types to expect on the tet how to deny the covect answer, and how to avoid dsraters inthe mtpe-choice {qvestions The explanations and examples are designed te help yo improve your sls for ‘he TOEFL iBT: The reason fortis focus isthe unique nature of TOEFL iBT To sucteed on thistet, you must be abl ead sen, speak and wet peoiinty in English

Many ofthe practice excises in this book equi lstening passages and ectures, which are contained on CD-ROM 1 and 2 n this book, + headphone smb! fi nicstes when

‘you must sen toa recording, and an instruction indicates the CD and ack numbers, sch

‘the lowing "Play CD XX, Tack XX forthe fellowing lecture Questions XX to XX for

‘hislecture are Tracks XX to RX on thesame CD"

When you are ly practice he sil and strategies you learn from this book, use the four alleges prac testson The Practice Tests CD-ROM, which accompanies this book

‘And member to fr the tutorial on the CD-ROM to review some ofthe information in this introdation and to learn shout the fntionslity special estes, ở passage snd

‘question presentation on thee

Te protic your listening shill, use CD-ROM's I and 2, which are ao incladed with this 00k It contains audios for sample lectures, conversions, and sample responses found Uirovghout the lesions Transcripts of aud les are ound tte er ofeach chapter

TEST OVERVIEW

‘TOEFL iBT: A Communicative Academic English Language Skills Test

The Test of English as Foreign Languige (TOEFL) isa standrdized test designed ta

measure the ability to understand and t use English ait suse in a North American

academic sting, such as a university Standandived ests ae widely used in the United

Slates fr eolege and graduate school adisions and professional leeming.The TOBFL

isprodaced and aministerd by the Educitinal Testing Service (ETS) a private, ao-fr

rot company based in Princeton New sy

Sefre 1998 the TOEFL was based on a model of langue testing known a discrete point

testing A disretepoin language est measures one iaated aspect of language knowledge and mikes projections from ths measiement about langage proficiency Fo example, on

tater versions ofthe tesa et takers performance on questions tha tested the meaning of

‘ocabulary words wa sonsiered so be predictive ofthe test faker’ reading comprehension

Skills A test taker’ performance on questions that tested the rules of English sentence

Strature was considered 1 be peeditive of he test ake’ writing abies, Ove ie, some

people questioned how well discrete point langoage testing actually predicted test taker

tities hough Some test takers might perform well on the sentence stuctue questions

and yetnot be able to writes ols, coherent sayin English, Some est akers might perform

‘nell on the test genevll and yet not beable to speak English well ETS decided to change

the TOEHL,

The TOEFL computer-based tet (CHT), which was launched in 1998, maintained some Liscrete-point testing, but i included direct sil testing 38 well, A test take’ reading

‘comprehension sis were measured on the TOEFL CBT not only by his or he knowedge

‘ofthe meaning of vocabulary words, but by the ably to afer the meaning ofa word from

the conte ofa reading pssige ent the min dea ofthe pasegs make inferences about

‘he author's meaning, and so on—alleading skills that any good reader must use A test

take’ wring sl were metsured on the TOEFL CBT not eal by is or ber knowledge of

the ules of English sentence structure but bythe abit to apply those rules aswell sues of dsourse organization ocabulry usage and soon, in writing an actual es

The TORE Internet-based tet (BT), bunched in 2005, includes no disrete-point testing

TOEFL 1BT is diect metre ofthe test taker’ communicative aie in all for base

skille—reading, listening speaking, andl writing, The change has made some test takers hervous, particularly those who have leeaed about Eaglish but have not had auch

‘opportunity to use English to commons, Perhaps you ae among this group! Whether

you ae neous about aking TOEEL iBT or nt, his book will help you prepare forthe TOEFL by fairing you with the test and by hang you Tocus.on the speci skils and

strategies you will nee o succeed onthe est For al test takers itis important o keep in

‘mind tht recent changes to the TOEFL are ltimstely o your benefit Ii possible hat ou

‘may now need to work abit harder o get ready for TOEFL iBT but you wl then be better

prepared forthe TOEFL and beter prepued for you ulate goal—aeademic tay in an Englh-speakiagenvizonment

Introduction) &

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TOEFL IBT Highlights

1, TOE iBT measures resepive and expresive «he testis based on eeading and Hstenng abities—on how well you recive and sil ely Half the tot score on understand English Ha the total score based on speaking and writing bie

‘om how well ou express youre using English This book wll help yu develop Your receive and your expressive sil forthe test, TOEFL iBT mesures integrated ski Inte Speaking nd Wing sections of the test there are several questions in which yous mut read andr listen, then speak or vite based on what you read and hear, This book will show you examples ofthe integrated sil questions and teach yo howe to prepare for ther

TOERL 8 contains no Sirectare section, As already mentioned, TOEHL includes no dscrete-point testing Your knowledge othe grammar of English is ressued within the eile sections of the test Foe expe, you must corel ply rules of Fnglish grammar when speaking on the tes

4 TOEFL iBT uses more authentic lnguoge inthe ceading and ltening passages For example in the Listening scion, pears ina conversation may interapt eich

‘othe, st ae two people natraiy da when engaged in conversion, Al the reading tnd listening passages inthis Book are modeled on the TOEFL iBT paseages, <0 you wl learn what 10 expect on the acto es

TOEFL iT allows note-taking You cin, and in fat shoul, ake notes in wery section of the es This book will help you develop you note-taking sl

minutes | answer 5 quesions on each comersston

Listen to 4-8 lecures, 2 of which nude siden comments,

‘Anse 6 queso on eae lace Medsoy | 10 minutes

reat

Speding | 20minutes | Speak about amar experience Gindependert as)

Sure reacing neo ting possage

LÍ negawd cs) wing sominutes | 1 irteyted task: wit an esa based on a eadeg end a stern posoge (20 cuts)

1 independent prompt only (30 mines) ak wie an esay based on 2

“The times liste do not nshide the time needed 19 read aa listen to sedion destons

“Thetis lied forthe Listeningand {O-msinoteBreakafter the Listening ein, Speaking sections are lose approximations There isa

TOEFL IBT Scores,

sch ofthe four sections of TOEFL iBT isacored ona scale of D100 The four section scores

tue hen added tether fr atotl et score of 019 130

In addition tothe section sore and total score, you wl eee score descriptors as prt

‘of your real These descriptors are bre explanations of wha he numeri tezmsof language sills and proficiency coree mean in

Most of the questions in the Reading and Listening sections ace four-ption muiple-chaiee

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A multiple-choice question with only one correct answer i worth one point As yo wil Tear a this Book, several questions in these two sections are other variations of multple- hole Multiple-choice questions that are worth ore than one point alway cent inte their value which can be between? and Reading section, ragen-Drop Summary and Table Completion insole partial Scoring 4 points, Moreover, two question types i the patil soning, ou cn receives portion of the oa pint ale i some, but natal your

‘nDrop Summary Question (3 correct angers

2 points

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TEST SECTIONS

Reading

Section Functionality Reading ie the fst ection of TOEFL iBT In this section, reading patsgessppent on the and Special Features

Fight sid ofthe divided computer seen, nd questions appear onthe let sid, Hesse pssages are long, tis necessary to scrll up and down trend an ete pasage You can

ferll up and dowa by using the rows and tab nex tothe pasge This ngon i sie

tothe scroll option tha comes with Microvaft Word

When the Reading section begins, gow wil see the instructions right aways nt the frst

weston You should have already studied the functionality af the Reading ston, 0 You

Should ship the instructions by dcking the Next button This button brings up the fst

reading passage The fst quevion for + passage appears with the pssage Inthe Reading Section, you can move forward though questions by clicking the Next bution atthe top of

the seren, and move bac t previous questions by clicking the Back botton a the top of the screen,

The TOE iT Reading setion ince 3 Review funtion, Clicking the Review baton t

the top ofthe screen takes you ta Review screen where you can see all the questions in the

section and ther aatus—answered no nwered ot yl em

The Reading section aso asa Glossary feature A word highlighted indicates tht definition is avaiable forthe word Clicking on the word brings up in blve in a passage

this đeÑnhien

A Help buton inal sections takes you ta fist of topes for which hell explanations

areavalable,

Use The Practice Tests CD-ROM to get a beter understanding of how the passages and

‘questions appear on the sree inthe Reading section ofthe test and of how the special

features work,

Reading Passages

This section measures the ability to read, understand, and analyze short passages simian

topic and style to those that Noth American cllege and university students encounter in

thế courses It contains thre to five eading passages

ach pasage is roughly 675 to 725 words in length, Passages generally follow the typical American English organizational structore—a one paragraph inttodoton, which inches,

a thesis statement, body patagraphs tat develop the mos important points s expressed io

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‘the thesis statement, anda one-paragraph conclusion tha summarizes, Some passages may ‘ary from tis structure, fr example by containing an introduction that spread oer more

‘than one paragraph, Reading Questions

“There ate 10 diferent types of TOEFL iBT Reading section questions, The canbe divided notre enerleategores according to what each testing) understanding anguage

‘se (2) bse comprehension, and (3) the ability to read tolearn,

‘Language use questions test understanding of how language isused to express meanings and

‘ot how to determine these meuning while reading For example, one pe of langusge se

‘question tests understanding ofthe meaning ofa word sic comprehension questions test

‘enderstanding of deals presented in a passe, enetl understanding ofthe main ea of ‘passage andthe ability to make inferences based on information ina pase Reading o> learn questions test the ably taualre and sytesie inforaton ‘wows, they test the abit ear while reading, For example, one ofthese questions tests while reading in other

‘the bility fo summarize the most important points ofa reading passage

‘Following isan overview ofthe question types you wil find inthe Reading section of TOEFL, iWI The number ofeach question type per pase isa ange since the exact number of ach fon the actal test may vary: Also emember thatthe numberof reading pass ean ary fom thre to ve pr test

\ocabulay: 305 per posage

iy come et for | RearentO 0 2 per pares ach passage, an they contute cbt

hott too! Reading sexton questions, | tere sructe: Paghting 01a 1 per passage 0162 per passage

Coherenee:Dto 1 per passage

These questions conse roughly atid | NOT/EXCEPT (egtve fc): ofthe tal Readeg secon qustons | Oto2 per pasge

Inference: to 2 per passage

Reading to tea: (rag top table comeieten:

These questions the set fora passe general alla the end of | 010 1P PE 88 Drager dhop suena: O19 1 per passage

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Whenever a question ress to a specific word or sentence in the passug, the word or

sentence i highlighted You do not need fo search frit Also, many deal questions on TOFFL iBT idensfy the particular paragraph in which te answer canbe found, so you do

ot need to scan the pastage ia onde a find he vlevant information inthe passage for &

‘eta queslon

All Reading section questions are four-option multiple-choice, with the exception of dng:

‘drop table competion and dragen-drop summary As the names suggest, you mut ng

{newer choices with your mouse nd drop tens int the appeopate place nacht These

‘wo question typesare als diferent fom theaters becuse they are each worth more than

fone pont ach question can be worth ? or 4 points A note appears with thee questions

telling you thee poat value

Use The Practice Tess CD-ROM to get a better understanding of how the questions appear

to the sre inthe Reading seston af the est

Ustening,

‘Section Functionality and Special Features

Seglning in the Listening ection and continuing trough tothe Weng ection, you wear

headphones tht havea speci mictophone for speaking, You hve the portumft to set

the vlume before the test esumes fer the section begin, Vlusne bution atthe top of

‘he screen ca be wed ta change the vole a9 ine

You use the Next button atthe top ofthe Sees 19 move dough che Listening section On

‘hoosing an answer for agesion, you mst lick Nexto prosed othe next question, and

you also must confirm each answer chose as your Final answer, Before you inaliv your answer, you can change your sleton, bt ance you contrm your ane, the next question

bogins right vey 1s nt possible to return to ny question in the Listening secon

‘hile conversations and lectures ply photos of people in academic settings appeat on

the screen These photos ae sometimes bepfu in providing very limited context tothe

convertion or lecture, For example, the photo fora conversation between astodent and 3

liearan may shave two people ina Worry with one of them-—the librarian seated behind a releence desk, This offers sal cue 19 the location of the conversion However, the

[photos do not offer any dete information that i directly relevant 9 answering the

‘esos Therefore, donot study the photos fous on listeninginstead,

Alera converstion o lecture has finished, questions appear on the screen ane at time

Each question is spoken bya narrator a i appears on the sceen, though answer choices are wot A fe Listening seston question sypes regi listening again fo an except fom

the convertion or lecture In these case, the naretor mentions that you must sen to an

sexcepand sgn appear on the screen asthe excerpt plays

Introduction) 9

Ta Nenh Aneican academic seings The seton contains:

+ ‘Two converstins between two people cach fllawedby ive questions + Twolectures with student comments and questions each llowedby sx questions + Twostsigt lectures each followed by sx questions

The conversations ace generalybeween a student ands professor or other university staf rember, uch 3b Hbrarian, counselor adminsteative asistant in a univer oi, and

so am, The conversion are often of problem/resoution typ, where the stident needs sistance Hom the ather person and must expla his or her neds in an attempt to aba the desired aesstance and the other person atte a asst he stadent The conversions average two and half minutes or re

The lectures are on a range of topics, covering histor, art busines scence and social science, The lectures donot asume specialized knowledge tn any Held, no do they atu ete knowledge of United States cltore, government, history and basi, inrodactory-leve understanding of varie of fields wll ake the lectures (and 40 on, However, 4 reading) much eae oflow Lactres average furtive mites

Markers of authentic speech such s pauses, digression, interruptions hodedions se stars (eg, °m ot +1 don’ ally know the answer o that question”) coi ba a clue what you mean") and colloquia language ("The cents were Sort ion (eT

of sorprsed by theresul"}—are evident ia bath the coaversationsand etues, Listening Questions Ther ace eight dterent question typeson the TOEFL Listening section You can expect toad most ol ofthese question Iypes on the lectres, bt oa he or four of thers on the conversations ike the Reading ection questions, Listening questions canbe divided into thre general categories ssonding to what each is testing: (1) understanding oflanguage ‘se, (2) bate eomprehenson and (3) the sbi iste f lesen Following ian overview of the question types you wl find in the Listening seston ofthe TOEFL The number of each ype per test san approximation sie the number onthe taal est may vay

Language Use hetoria function (speaker toitener)3 10 pe test,

asic Comprehension Main ides questions (lectures oni 4 pr test

Panposeguetns: 33 per test

etal questions 121018 pe test

inference questions:3 05 pertest

Listening to Learn

Content lationship questions (lectures only? per test,

For most of the language ase question, you will hese an excerpt—that i, a repeated

portion—from the conversation of lecture The excerpt coats 4 word, cxpresson, oF

omen thats the focus ofthe question Ofte, the proper interpretation of the excerpt

‘lepende on the intonation and exact word choice of the apeaker Therefore you shook

listen carefully to these excerpts and you should ls think back to te broader context of

the conversation oc lecture as you hee the excerpt The strategies in this ook wil make that

sfeaer once ou review ther ter

All Listening section guestons are four-option multiple-choice, with the exception of

‘content relationship questions, This question resent se options nthe frst format yo mast chook type comes in two Formats, both of wich he hve correct answers rom the

Five choices nthe second format, you must click Ves or No foreach of the Fie options In Matin, one os two of the detail questions om lectures may ash you to choose two creect

answers out of four options

Jee The Paste Test CD-ROM fo gta better understanding of how the questions appear

lon theseren inthe Listening section of the est

Speaking

Section Functionality and Special Features

The fist thing you mat do in the Speaking section ft ais the microphone on your

headset At the beginning of the section, an instruction will apps, aking you to ive @

shor sample of your spech in order to adjst the resrding equipment o your wae The

"weston may ask you to speck for only 30 seconde about a familie topic such a your

bhometown This preliminary exercise des not count towards your mark eis ony used ta

ensure that the copter can record the wliome of your wie aecurately This aestment +

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one automatically 2 you respond: the question that appears on he screen An instruction will appear inform you when the austment is compete Theve aes irestons and the task question, The First two Speaking sks are independent, meaning tasks inthe Speaking section, In ech case, you iste to and read both the that you speak about fail topics without listening oor reading any extra material YOu have 4S seconds to gve each independent response, The eemaining for Speaking tas are integrated, meaning that you mst isten to andor read material bsfre vou speak two of the tks include reading passages anda conversation o lecture, and two others incu a conversation or lecture ony You have 6 sein for each integrated tk

The timing throughout sections, 700 do not choose when you hive fnihed one question and are ready to mone eis section i preset, That uni inthe Reading and Listening

to the net Instead, you havea given amount of time to listen tothe tsk, prepare your response ad respond before the nest tas bins

While conversations and etures tht ae part of asks ply photos of people in academic seaings appear onthe seen These photos provide minimal context te conversation

fr lecture They do not oer any information that is cvecty relevant ro sneering the

‘A Help buton i all sections aks you toa ist of topics for which help explanations are ‘ailble However, you wor need the Help fancton very often afer you have reviewed

‘ich section this book Use The Practice Tests CD-ROM to get bette understanding of how the reading possoges, conversion, lectures, andquistlons appear onthe acren nd pty nthe Speaking scion ofthe test aswell as of how the speci tures work,

‘Speaking Tasks mem on a enge of topic Tiss 1 and 2 are independent speaking tsks—you respond toa short prompt by speaking aboot a familar topic: You ae ‘coved on you abt to speak clearly and coherently Tasks hough Gare iterated sks Yasks—you read anor listen fis, the speak about what you have reid and bese, Yow may take nots while you read andsten, and use your nots to belp prepare your responses You rescord on you bility 10 speak early andeahereniy a wells you ality acurately

‘ythesize and summarize the information yo¥e rend and heard

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Following it an overview of the six takin the Speaking ection,

Independese Tsk 1 Deseipton 1S seconds to prepare

‘Speak about a fama topic 25 seconds peak

Independent Tsk 2: Oprion 1S seconds to prepare

gress and suppor.an cision based on | 45 seconds to speak foil exponen

Iregteed To 3:Resdrg & Contergton | 45 seconds to ed he announcement

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rls) abot univer e ope ten

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length an he same tpi then spond {question by smmarng wht you hove

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Read an academic pasage (of 100t0 | 60 seconds 128 wards), ten ta etre (abot 1 peak

ope anda half minute engh ơn thề

same tpi then respond oa cueston by ‘Sunmarng and synesang lormaton

fom both pssges

Integrate sk 5: Conversation 20 seconds repre

Lison toa conorsaon 2h two minutes length) bebe (about one and | 60 seconds t peak

two students dscussig a rebem and

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sy forthe est ash While etre that spurt the st task pasa photo ofa peoesor Sppearson the screen, This photo provides itl or na content tothe ect Ht doesnot

‘offer any information that is ect relevant othe esa that you must wt As always, You should focus onthe etre You ust then ead pasa and write a surmmry of bot Prssges, Since the headphones block out distractions, many sudents could bent rom vveaving the headphones while writing, The second Weling task sa independent essay simi the essays rom the C3 TOR

Hand writing an esayis no longer an option on TOEFL iS You must ype both yor say,

Tk you do not know fow to type well you mus race on a Keyboard before your est oF take yping lessons before akg he test You have the abit to eat, copy,and past as you type your essay, Honever, the word procsir doesnot check your speling, s0 Yo anne reyon the compute to indicate when you've made a pling or grammatical evr Aci brton in all sections aks you to ist of topics for which help explanations are saab,

Use The Practice Tests CD-ROM to get a better undersianding of how the reading passage, lecture, and questions appear on the seren and play ia the Weling section ofthe 5 well asf ow the pec entre work

whiting Tasks

he Writing section contains wo tasks ask |i a integrated skills ask—yow read and listen fst, then you write an essy based om what you have read and heard, You may take nots while you read austen and use your noes io hep prepare your ey You sre scored

‘on how wel you select and corey presen information fom te lta sit relates to information in the reading psig, a well son how wel you write generally (vocabulary, grimmar and ongzation, Tass independent familar topic based ona shor: promps, You ae sored on ow wel you adres the pin sẽ writing tsk—you malta estyo0 wellaon how wel you organize the esry and use voabuliry and gamma

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Integrated Task I: Reading and Lecre

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USING THE APPLICATION-MAJOR SECTIONS OF THE SOFTWARE

Installing and Launching the Software (The Practice Tests CD-ROM)

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Chapter 1: Reading

The Reading section isthe fst section ofthe TOEFL In this section, you must read

tree oF five passages of approximately 700 words, and answer questions that 1st youe

‘comprehension after cach passage Al the ening passages are about the same length, but

the number of passages questions ad the total amount of time fr this section can vary (On any TORFL administration, you an receive between three and Give reading passges, and

you have ners from 60 9 10 nates to read the passages and answer the questions,

Aepending onthe number of passages, Ao cach passige can have 120 quedtions, nd

the times divided follows

+ 2a inotes forthe fit pasage

+ ad minotesforthesesond and third passages

+ ad minotsfor the fourth and fit pases

owe not al et wil have ive passages some may hare ony thre

The variation in the numberof passages questions, and amount ttricvlom development ofthe test writer forthe exam, The test writers sometimes of time i due tothe

include new passages andfor questions in order 10 asess thee level ficult You are not

traded on these pusages or questionsbut your performance on them i used o modify the

‘questions for later tests The problem is, you are not told which passages or auestions art

counted toward your mark, you must cell passages and answer al questions aswel as

you an nother words you must asin hat lof your answers wil be set calle

All ofthe reading passages have academic topics from fields commonly found in North

American colleges and oniveraes The is inclde the atthe hard acences (chemistry,

physics, biology, math), the applied sciences (engineering, architectre, et.) and the

Social sciences psychology, scilogy.etc.)- You are not reqiced 0 have any specialized ot advanced keowiedge in thew Fels The reading passges ad question test yur ablity to

read abou an unfamiar topic, comprehend nd learn

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‘The pasages flint one of hee types: exposition, narrative, o argument An exposition,

or expository passage is a description and explanation of atopic A narrative fa stor},

fd usally a academic marae inves historical events or biraphicldscssions A

‘areative i ealy a typeof exposition snc it describes and expline what happened, Aa rgoment howeve.s an opinion or point of wew aboot the ops anal postion for or

‘agains «parila theory or plan Unlike an exposition, an arguments persuasive, which

‘ean thatthe writer wars 0 persuale—or fo convince—the eader fo agee with hs opinion

After you rea a pasage, you must answer 1210 questions These questions test your compreheasion of the writes explanation or argument by asking about the deal,

‘vocabulary organization, key points and «examined thoroughly below, but fis there is review of basic reading strategies, iliationsin the pasage Each question type i

GENERAL READING STRATEGIES Regardless of the topic ofthe passage or the specific questions, you should alvays follow certain guidelines that wil help you understand the passage better and prepare you © ser the questions more curate Us the following rates whenever you ae reading Spssige onthe TOEFL

‘Sertegy I familar withthe instructions and kip them immeditly

[e pepured for your exam by knowing the orpnivaton ofthe section and the function ofthe

‘rious buttonson the seen The tne begins countngassoon asthe Reading section begins, 50 you should not spend time reading te instructions tha appara he beginning of the Sesion f you are aie th dtrediene gu can ship them and go staight tote Fes ‘reading pssige Review the following explanations and memorize them before yur test

Tevet ‘There a tinea the top of he steen dung the ent section, As rmantoned ave you begn te readeg secon wih 20 rates oad

the fist passage and arse he ues Then yous 40 ates to nite second and thre passages ry yur text nes a outs 1nd ify passage, uve 40 mouteso complete bath orem The

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“ven and click he Nest button to sete ist ceding pssage

“TOFEI reing passages are organized according tthe base outline for essays in English Understanding thin nponizaton is extent all four sections of the TOEFL The Barc

ptero for any passage isthe paragraph, which sa group of sentences related to a unique

topic andlor purpose Any reading postage ot lctre has several paragraphs with bret

breaks or spaces, berneen oe paragraph andthe next and each paragraph gies a pat of ‘authors math ide, The enitepasage canbe broken up int three mai dong the

inwoduction {body (Ie 1V)-and conclusion (V),

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LIL Parageaph 3 ~ Body Paragraph

A Topic sentence

8 Detail (examples, description explanation etc)

1V-Paagaph = Boy Pach ATopicsenence

8 Deu (examples espn, xplaatio, ete)

‘Paragraph $= Conclusion

‘A Restatement /paraphias ofthe tess optional)

8 Final comment, prediction, ecommendationete

‘Thetatroduction

‘The fist paragraph isthe ntzoduction, which begins with an opening remark, or hook

‘Writers, and spekers se hooks to generate interest inthe audience A hook can bea ormmoa observation fo everyay Ula sorpeising o unustal ata personal oe tions anestotes rhetorical question quote, amongmany other possiblities After the hook, the

‘writer mayor may not include Background information, which s any information that he eae wl ned to flaw the discussion o argument in the rest ofthe passage Fal, the Jntrodcton ends with a thesis statement, The thesis aterent sone sentence that sates

‘the writer's nin idea which isthe writer’ opinion, message, or subject, ane pesibly sates

‘the author sopporting points, Look at the losing sample inrodtion for # passage cellule division, or mito

nance phiesogh once gud hat 2 ings innate conned emer vesions

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‘The hook is reated tothe sai topic cel division) because both discus the fandamenta stractre of tre bat he hook contrast with the mn topic since the hook san incorrect

‘dea that hasbeen dsprovedby ‘is description of cll and its fnction within the human bo Final the intron modern science Net the write provides background, which cds with s thesis satement which mentions the tpic (mitosis) and the supporting points (Tour main stages of cel ditsion) Notice how you mas understand on your owe thatthe writer wil discs each stage of cll division inthe passge the writer docs not make 30

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“The second section of the pase the Body, which the dale group of pcagraphs body could contain any number of paragraphs, but usally TOEFL reading posses have ssther thee or four body paragraphs Each body paragraph begins with 2 topic sentence, The

which toes the unique topicof that paragraph point forthe thesis andthe top sentence states that supporting point, After the topic ach body paragraph discusses suppeting

‘sentence each body paragraph ncudes deal such as examples desceiption, explanation,

‘einitons Det are specific ides that help yu understand the supporting points Lok ‘the fllowing body paragraphs fr the pssigeon cell division:

Inte fest tage a cell recees a signal ode when a molecule sich 2 ns,

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‘he nceus whichis el cotned wine own val isi the xk The ucts the

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‘Seca he cal undegesrthas, which the copying thề DNA Deugibenudee

{sod FON conta the returns ror eeyig that cel nea neue

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[Notice hat each paragraph begins with sentence stating the top of tht paragraph, Foe

‘example, the top eentence of Paragraph 2 mentions synthesis, eich is thetic ofthat

peagraph Also, the deta n each paragraph lates to that unigue paragraph topic For

instance, the desl in Paragraph 2 defines INA and explains its importance to 9 el Each

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body paragraph ie a pat of the writers min ides, and together all the body paragraphs

‘equal the main idea, which san explanation of cel division TheConduden he inal pararaph isthe concason, which may or may nt summarie the ey supporting, points rom the body ofthe passage A summary is nesesary when the passages extemely Tong, but since the TOEFL reading patsges ae not very long, a summary ia requied However writer must definitely restate te mai ideo the passage Final the conclusion

‘could include sme commento opinion (Support, rejecton,concera, optimism) about the topic ofthe pasage, and perhaps 3 resommendation,slation, rediston, o warning related tit Look atthe flowing conclusion forthe passage about el vision

io sumearice, 3 ol undergoes tour eps to dpi contr and then sta Wo

Ge rj fa ores nn th cet, or sap sĩ ảl duson Caner how totun ase offndhak te spend of anes,

Strategy Reading actively meane reading citcally or analytically: In other words, you mnt think 3 Read actively she yoo read due to the level of description and explanation The reading passages on the TOEFL ae dense, which mesns that they involve compos ideas These concepts of any aspects such slp people actions, tates, places, and they have very specific relationships with eachother For example, te posige above defines many ers (ell

‘ovganlle, DNA},ane thes terms are used hroughout the passe In onde to relat al the ides in a eaingpssage, you wil ned think about them, not js rea them Active ceadingis not skimming, Many students shim the pase ight away before they read the frst question, but your fis reading should be mare thorough, Skiaming is when you pase your eyes quickly aver the word, and you et abasic understanding ofthe opi bt Iie understanding ofthe specie of she patsge This ale ting the ist oa passe, futitis’ enough or you to get the is

Before you rend the irs question, pou shold end she pasageonse comprehensively but ule Ldemily the weiter’ mai ida, purpose, and supporting points other words, think bout what the author say abou the topic why the author has writen the pase, and how the witer supports Think about the actor, action, ats and the logic being thet, As you wl ear when you ty te strsteles for each question type, you must use

‘he context o gues the meaning of farvlar aobalang ets, and follow the cobesve device to relate the deal mk inferences sed om ein accurately, The more you thik shout the writers idee ana how they ae explained or argued, he easier it wil befor You to

‘liminate disracerssorncorect answers and recognize the core newer (a the other hand the reading seston is ime 0 you mast rsd too slowly at is When you fst read the passage ea for comprebension, bot dan’ spend t0 much sme

‘on unfmlla word or kes, You should lave tine fo closer reading when you answer each

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suesion Depending onthe question, you can facuson a particular paragraph or pat of the

passage and vad it more cave

Strategy 4 Be prepared to infer meaning inference sa wt sil forthe Reading and Listening sections, To nfermeans to understand

tnstted or unwritten meaning based an certain detail and ogc, When you infer an ides,

you understand it even though the writer (r speaker) didn state it deel inferences

Felted to implication; when » speaker or writer implies an idea he o se communicates

theidea without mensioningit dec A veader of sen the infers it based on Some key

‘ead og

The clue to an inference the dtl hat allows you to connect log to something tunmentioned, One can make an inference based on identity, cst, lotion time, 9

‘ection, quan, or amount, among many other details maine thats man wakes up in

the mie of the might sd gts ovt of bed bute can find the ight ste, Why does he

hve trouble finding the ight switch? Based onthe ime idle ofthe night}, ane can infer

the reason that he can't ind thesis ack and isnot mentioned inthe sentence, but you can automaticaly understand it bated on the tine, the man can't sexes, The darkness

‘Also the inference importante undecsanding he sentence fly

[Not alinfrences ae based on cveryy'stustians or bse on just one deal n fasts many

equines caefl eading ofthe postage and a combination of more than one deal An

inference eau be based on keyword sich some inthe following sentence fram the

sage above: Some molecules combine frm organelles, which are groups of molecules

"hat perform specie fanction in the cel Based on the use of ome, You can understand

thot not all molecules form organelles Moreover, you mast be caret not tine too mụch,

“Any inference must be supported by the passage Many disacterorincoeect anshers, att

tase on asumptions that rent supported by detain the reding

There are qustons specially written about inference but the ability to infer 6 necesiry

farmany ther questions, not st uestons that mention the verbs iplr or infer A writers

prpese and opinion can als be implied inthe passage Therefore you wll study inference

fit own, bot you shovld keepin mind whenever you 84 orien to 3 passage onthe TOEFL

Swrategy 5Pay attention to modifying phrases and clauses Both writen and spoken statements offen have many ideas connected together Each idea

relate tothe others in particle ways, depending on the srectire and vost, Yow always need to pay attention to hese specifi relationships between ideas, o¥ qualifications

To usa satementmeanste ieror moat Awritercandothis witha variety of words,

phrases and dependent causes is impertunt o recognize these qualifications because they

specify time pice person cas, ees, intention, contin, contrat, and 80 on, Ofer

Inowrect answers omit or alter he quaifctions in the orginal passage Students who read

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10 quickly ov carelessly miss thee qualifications in the passage, and they become dstated Dyincoreet answers esl, For example, ea he fowing statement:

conc clare arene ui

‘Thesentence aboveisan unqualified statement nother wordt isnot molified or fected byany other ideas, such 35 time or reason, Compare the abow statement ote allowing sentences wth a modifying phrase o use:

Frequent, doses remove cancers | Aver (ime) coe mea

For many cancer patents, doctors remone | Piepodlend phose(benefderyleeee) reece cls sage

Te vest many potent docs remove | Inve pase (ouposs) fencnos ces sy hen wating many cases ofconcer, | Patil prose doctors remove cancercus cls sugcaly | (bme/smuonecus acon)

‘To read actively, you need 10 pay attention to these modifying oF qualifying expressions

“Moreover ule the ample entences above, many sentences inthe reading passages the ‘TOEFL are log, complex sentence These sentences inca many phrases snd dependent

‘aust Therefore, you have to consider variety of efferent but relate ies in oder to

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creo, cancerous clscan be fequenty | + prepotiona phase (corts})

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Strategy 6 Pay attention to sequence especially mixed sequence

“Thesequence,or lanportant writer often, but sọ alway, explains or descrbes the top in conolgical order of the ideas, events, step actions or states ina pase is exteemely

onder In other words writers ofen ste atthe beginning ofan even or process and then

‘move 1o the end The order of ides in the passage matches dee onde in time However,

don't assome that evento steps take pce in te sme order that they are mentioned in

the passage

‘es common fora pasage onthe TOEFL to mix the sequence of ides This meas that

the write dosnt mention al dessin chronological ovde An eater event in a hitorcl

ragrative can be mentioned afer ater events for various reasons Look atthe following

ceacerp froma Mistrial passage about the begining ofthe American Revolution:

Inf 1725, stip lof Brits oes land Boston, the Utes ates not

‘ists anindapendet ‘heseiderswere tow to hep tem underthepowe ofthe kgf rgd Attar cut The 13 cares wee sl part fe Bean Erp ahd

‘ime howe sales began marching hom Boon the cy of Coven, Masachuses Rebels hại ona izes nese panning ir negendence Once an nd the ish

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The writer begins the narration withthe arcval ofthe British soldiers in April 1775 Although he could have chosen any numberof ether events oc moments that choice

‘sablishes the time fame of the paragraph However not everthing Jn the paragraph occurred dingo afer that asval- The organization ofthe vebelion ws that is mentioned liter

in progres at that ine based on the pest continuous vero were planning, Moreover, you sus logedly assume tha the solders began marching after they lf the Beatson Boston However he MassachsetsCongeess was not formed a that ine Based en thế nát pefKST

‘er hd formed, you should waerstand thatthe Congress was already formed before the rival ofthe Brith soir

Any passage not just historical narratives can include a mined sequence of events A you

‘mse in the pasage above, vr tense often useful o sequence ess corte You can slko use the content The cones f any sentence or paragraph imslses any etry ations, states locations ties and elated deals Fo example, the context ofthe paragraph above ‘hepre-Revolationary Unie Stats and the attempted ares of the Masschutets Congress

ay Brits sldiers Based on this context the creation ofthe Congress logically occurred before the atival ofthe soldiers since the Congress part ofthe ebellon tht brought the solder

Strategy 7: Take basi notes for the Bs reading, Read the passage intally for comprehension, not note-taking In other words, your aim shold be 1 understand a mac as posible aboot the passe fom the fst reading Since

‘sour focusison understanding record wry detailed note, the concepts the connections among tern, you shoo

‘You dont need detailed notes ofthe reading passage becuse your notes are not he primary source for answers Since you can see the reading passage next 1 every question, you can return to the pasige forthe vast majority of your answers Infact his ia pact of most steategies fr answering questions, such as deta or inference questions

Moreover you don't slways need to Incite paragraphs since some questions include references to epic paragraphs A question about ania in Paragraph 3 could eer to that parageaph ‘worry to much about locating the caret paragraph, but each pasgraph could include a with a phrase such si Parag or in the thin paragraph So you needa’

<oten sentences o snore 40 yu ll have to sa for information within paragraph Despite the dzetions in some questions ote ae sil useful: not all questions carey irestions oa particular parsers some questions inelde point rom several part of

‘he passages and one question may require you to summarize the pssageby choosing three ey points roma Uist Therefore, aap oF outline, of dhe passage can be useful ist, you

‘should record the authors msi iden and key points in singular words, phates, symbols and abbreviations, noe complete sentences Neer eyo tecord notes incomplete sentences {uring any section ofthe es Since your notes are ly dục Ta remind yo abot what you rexd or beard they don't ced tobe entire sentences Moreover, you can aways return tothe reading pase for any question,

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Create an outing ofthe passage sig key words 1 ony major pons,

sovignore the hook or opening remarks and any specific deta Incluge approximately Fie key words foreach paragraph, You should be able to cosa our ouline and

tocateinforonation os wll x check the overall nin ies, Al nde the bse paragraph

‘ngaization by epestngparasaph topics and grouping deste with the sppeoprate tpi,

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READING STRATEGIES: QUESTION TYPES

"Now, you can eeview strategies for each question type in the Reading section ofthe TOBEL There ate 10 unigue question types in the Reading section All of them require the general

reading strategies eeplained ahove However, each type of question i leo bamd an

paticolcinforrstin from the pasage,so you need to eview way find tht information decurstely and quickly Final cach qveston type alo chides particular incorrect answer,

‘or dstracter, which manipulate oat Hes from the pasioge Therefore, he follwing eprreview the est ways in the correct answers) and avoid heicorrct nes fr cach

‘weston type

The srategies for each question type below include short eading pusage and a simple

"weston, The short passge and ssnple question are edt lla he steps necessary to

answer each question type Remember o practice the general reading steategies when you

read the short passage Try to anewer the sample question before you res the strate, and

then review the strategies carflly and identity any steps ou may have mised in your fst

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tempt The corect choice 1 each sumple question i ive n he sưategjesthạtflew: 4A These sample questions ae ot included in the Arawer Key at he end ofthe Reading chapter The Answer Key explains the correct answer(s) and dsvacters far the questions in the Practice section foreach question ype

‘Question Type 1: Fact/Detail Questions tal qoetions et your bse conoprehesion of ey fats inthe patnge For each patnge, you muy receive fom St 6 questions about specif facts, or details Like al questions in

‘the eading section, detail questions are multiple-choice questions You have four choices and ether ome or two choices is correct (The question will specify whether you should shoose one or two correct answers) The ether choices are dstacters oF incorrect answer ‘choices Detail questions ask about facts elated to ane ofthe intesroptive pronouns: what,

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