You will have 20 minutes to plan, write, and revise your response.. You will have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your respoose.. You have 20 minutes to plan, write, and revise you
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Now fisten to part of a talk in a biology laboratory The teachng assistant is explaining how to use the microscope
Question
Using the main points and examples from the talk, desaibe the two major systems oflhe lab-oratory microscope, and then explain how to use it
Preparation TIITI9: 20 seconds
Recording lime: 60 seconds
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( ) Model Test 1, Writing Section, CD 2, Track 2
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( ' ) Now listen to 8 lecture on the same topic as the passage that you have Just read
Question
reading passage
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Question
• This Is the end of Model Test 1 •
To cheetl your enswers, refer to wExplenetory or Example Anlwers end Audio Scripts for Model Tests: Model Test 1," Chapter 7, pages 552-585
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WRITING SECTION
write in college coursas
will be spoken, but the directions and lhe questions will be written You will have 20 minutes to
plan, write, and revise your response Typically, a good essay lor the integrated topic will
require that you write 150-225 words
The independent essay usually 'asks for your opinion about a familiar topic You will have
30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your respoose Typically, a good essay for the indepen
-dent topic will require that you write 300-350 words
A clock on the screen will show you how much time you have to complete each essay
You have 20 minutes to plan, write, and revise your response to a reading passage and a
lec-ture on the same topic First, read the passage and take notes Then, listen to the lecture and
take notes Finally, write your response to the writing question Typically, a good response will
requl r ~ that you wrtle 150-22~ words
Reading P assage
Time: 3 minutes
Historically, schoots in the United States have borrowed the European
chronological age In general, children begin lormal schooling at the age of she
in what is referred to as the first grade For the most part, students progress
requirements for a particular grade may be asked to repeat the year
Graded schools are divided into primary gracles, intermediate grades, and
secondary grades Primary education includes grades 1 through 5 or 6, and
elementary school, these grades are usually taughJ: by one teacher in a
sel/-contained classroom Intermediate grades begin with grade 6 or 7 and offer
three years of Instruction At this level, teams of teachers may collaborate to
provide subject-based classes similar to those offered in high school Viewed
as a preparation for high school, Intermediate education Is known as junior high
school At grade 9 or to secondary school begins Classes taught by subject
specialists usually last about fifty minutes to allow a studem ten minutes to
move to the next class before it begins at the lop of the hour AI the end of
twelve successful grades of instruction, students are eligible !of a secondary
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TAKING NOTES
Taking notes is writing down information while you are listening or reading There are three problems thai you will confront when you are laking noles
1 The professor determines the pace of a lecture This means that you have to lake notes as quickly as the professor speaks
have to know how to Identify important information when you hear it or read it
3 The not may be uMd for diffef'ent reasons This means that you have to organile the notes 10 help you remember , to add to the information from a nothe r assignment , or
lO plan a Sj: B ech or an essay
Th is chapter wi l l help you i mprove your no t e taking skills You wilileam how to
o identify Important Information
• Take notes quicldy
How '111111 t/JeH strateg_ help you on the TOEFL 1 By learning to take better notes
when you heal lectures, you will have Ihe Infonnation you need to respond to the listening comprehension questions and to prepare your speaking and writing questions You will even improve your reading comprehension Taking excellent notes is one of the most imponant
aca-demic skills for success on the TOEFL and after the TOEFL when yoo are enrolled in a college
or university program
ORGAlIZE YOUR IOTES
Sb to UIII
~ Anticipate the purpose
~ Divide the paper into columns
~ Separate the major and minor points
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Anticipate the purpose
If you can antlclpale the purpose of a reading ()( a lecture, you will be able to prepare your
mind to receive Ihe Informalion, and you will already know how to Ofganize your notes
The most common purposes for academiC English are to provide the answers 10 basiC
ques-lions These questions are answered in textbooks and lectures to help you learn the academic
subjects
Purpose
Oefinrtion
Description and Example
Classification
Sequence
Comparison and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Persuasion or Evalualion
Question
What is it?
What are the characteristics?
WhiCh group does It belong to?
What Is the Ofder-first, second, and so on?
How Is It the same or different from something else?
How does it cause something? What happens?
Why Is It a problem? What is the solution?
Why should It be supportad or rejectad?
The headings and subheadings in textbooks help you anticipate the purpose of the chapter 01'
the sections within a chapter For example, a heading in an earth science textbook that
includes only one noun, The Atmosphere, will probably be a definition or a description of the
atmosphere A heading such as Forces Within the Atmospher implies that S&V9ral forces
will be discussed and further implies that this will be a classification or perhaps a comparison
and contrast of the forces Atmospheric Pattems of Motion introduces a process and oould
anticipate a sequence 01' even a cause and effect Problems In Predicting Weather Is a
heading that contains the purpose in the word problems You know that this is a problem and
solution section Persuasion can usually be idefltified because of words like should and must
as well as subjectiva or judgmental phrases like t>etreror WOrs8, whereas evaluation contains
both sides of an issue
Did you understand? Try to anticipate the purpose of each section in a lextbooi< by reading the
headings and subheadings Here are some headings and subheadings fOf practice The first
one is completed to give you an example The answers are printed in Chapter 7 on page 503
Sometimes you will make a mistake anticipating the purpose Your prediction will be
differ-ent from the way that the reading or lecture proceeds Don1 wony Trying to predict is still a
good idea, and you will become more skilled as you practice using other activities and tests in
this booK
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Subheading: The EnHghtenment
1 Settlement Patterns
2 The Functions of Art
4 How Important Is Relativity?
7 Types of financial Services
8 A History of Plate Tectonics
9 Estimating Population
10 Bladt Holes
TAKING NOTES 69
Purpo": definition ordescription
The lectures on the TOEFL begin with an introductory screen followed by a narrator's i ntro-duction They will give you a general direction lor your listening Most of the time, the narrator will tell you in which class the lecture is given Sometimes the narrator will also provide the
main topic
Did you understand? Try to anticipate part of the narrator'S introduction by viewing the i ntro-ductory screen Here are some introductions to lectures for practice The first one is completed
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"Ustan to part of a lecture In an astronomy class."
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n Activity 2, CD 2, Tr.ck
1 [ Buslne
USlen 10 part 01 a lecture in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2 [Music Apprecletion I
4 [ AnthropoJogy
6 [ Unguiltlcs
USlan to part 01 a lecture in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7 [Art History
Llslen to part 01 a lecture In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9 [ Geology
10 [History
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