Tài liệu Toefl preparation for the computer and paper test part 18 pdf

SKILL 34: VISUALIZE THE PASSAGE As you listen to each academic lecture in Part B of the computer TOEFL test, you should try to visualize what you hear in the passage because visual ques

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14 Where were the teachers in the lecture

forbidden to go?

Click on 2 answers

[_] To stores

[ ] To bars

L_] To friends’ houses

|] To ice cream shops

Questions 15-22

Listen to a lecture in an astronomy class The

professor is talking about Venus

15 It can be inferred from the lecture that

Venus is how large in relation to the other

planets in our solar system?

C) It is the second largest planet

© It is the fourth largest planet

C> Itis the fifth largest planet

©) It is the sixth largest planet

16 How does Venus compare with the Moon?

©) From Earth, they appear similar in

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©) They have similar temperatures

©) From Earth, they both appear to

have phases

©) They both have similar cloud cover

17 What can be inferred about Venus when

it is in a full phase?

C > Itis not visible from Earth

C Itis not at its brightest

C> It reaches its hottest temperatures

C > It is hidden behind the Moon

18 What are the highest temperatures on

Venus?

Click on 2 answers

L] 500 degrees Centigrade

[_] 500 degrees Fahrenheit

L] 900 degrees Centigrade

L] 900 degrees Fahrenheit

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Why is it hot on Venus?

Click on 2 answers

[ ] Because of its brightness

|] Because of its nearness to the Sun

L] Because of its shape

|_] Because of its atmosphere

What is implied in the lecture about the clouds that surround Venus?

C) They are very thick

C> They are invisible from Earth

©) They are similar to the clouds

surrounding Earth

Cc) They have been discovered only

recently

Which of the following are true, according to the lecture?

Click on 2 answers

L] Venus’s atmosphere is made of carbon

dioxide

[ ] Venus’s atmosphere is made of

sulfuric acid

[_] Venus’s clouds are made of carbon

dioxide

[ ] Venus’s clouds are made of sulfuric

acid

Why is Venus so bright?

Cc) Because its inner core is so hot

© Because its atmosphere is so thin

© Because its clouds magnify the

planet’s inner light

C> Because its clouds reflect a lot of

sunlight

SKILL 34: VISUALIZE THE PASSAGE

As you listen to each academic lecture in Part B of the computer TOEFL test, you should

try to visualize what you hear in the passage because visual questions about what is being

described in the passage quite commonly accompany the academic lectures There are two

types of visual questions that may accompany an academic lecture One type of visual ques-

tion shows you four drawings and asks you to click on the one drawing of the four that

answers a question The other type of visual question shows you one drawing with four let-

ters on it and asks you to click on the one letter of the four that answers a question Look at

an example of a part of a lecture and a visual question with four drawings

Example 1 from the Computer TOEFL® Test _,

On the computer, you hear:

(narrator) Listen to a part of a lecture in a class on American culture

The lecture is on the history of the bicycle

(professor) .In 1870, a new type of bicycle came into fashion This

bicycle was called a high-wheeler It had two wheels: a huge front wheel five feet in diameter and a much smaller rear wheel a foot and a half in diameter

You think:

This passage describes something that I should try to visualize

You see the question:

Which of the following bicycles is most likely a high-wheeler?

Click ón a drawifg

In the lecture, the professor states that a high-wheeler had two wheels: a huge front wheel and

a much smaller rear wheel Answer A, a bicycle with a large front wheel and a smaller rear

wheel, is therefore the best answer to this question

Now look at an example of a part of a lecture and a visual question with one drawing

and four letters.

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Example 2 from the Computer TOEFL® Test

On the computer, you hear:

(narrator) Listen to a part of a lecture in a zoology class The lecture is

on a kind of bird known as a lovebird

(professor) The next bird I'll be talking about is a type of parrot that

is commonly called a lovebird As you can probably guess, this bird is called a lovebird because it lives in pairs and demonstrates great affection for its partner

Something unusual about lovebirds is the method that they use to carry grass and straw to their nest They don’t carry

the grass and straw in their beaks, in their claws, or under

their wings Instead, they pick up pieces of grass and straw

in their tail feathers and carry the material to their nest in this way

You think:

This passage describes something that I should try to visualize

You see the question:

Where would a lovebird most likely carry pieces of grass or straw?

Click on a letter

In the lecture, the professor states that they pick up pieces of grass and straw in their tail feathers

Answer D, on the bird’s tail feathers, is therefore the best answer to this question

EXERCISE 34: Listen to each academic lecture, and try to visual the information in the

passage

1 How do you visualize the Iroquois village?

a An Iroquois house b Where the clan is c The stockade that

2 How do you visualize a plant affected by tropism?

a A plant affected by b A plant affected by c Aplant affected by

3 How do you visualize the sinkhole and its contents?

a The sinkhole today b The weapon found c Where the weapon was

in the sinkhole found in the sinkhole

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.d Where the water level e Where the trap was found

was 12,000 years ago

TOEFL EXERCISE 34: Listen to each passage, and answer the questions that accompany it

clan the inhabitants belong to?

Listen to a lecture in a course on Native

American studies The lecture is on Iroquois Click on a letter

houses

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stockade surrounding an Iroquois village?

Click ona drawing

Questions 4—6 6 What is the stimulus for hydrotropism?

Listen to a lecture in a biology class The Click on a letter

4 Which of these plants is exhibiting

phototropism?

Click on a drawing

Questions 7-10

Listen to a lecture in an archeology class The

lecture is on some archeological finds at Little

Salt Spring

7 What type of weapon was found at the sinkhole?

5 Which of these root systems is exhibiting

Click on a drawing

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8, Where was the weapon found? 10 Where was the trap found?

9 Where was the water level 12,000 years

ago?

Click on a drawing

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 32-34)

Questions 1-5

Listen to a lecture in an American history class The lecture is on the St Louis Arch

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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

American History

The St Louis Arch

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1., What does the professor say about the

arch?

Click on 2 answers

L] Itis over 600 feet high

L] It is made of stainless steel

L] Its legs alone do not support it

LJ It has solid legs

Where is each of these features of the

arch located?

Click on a word Then click on the empty

box in the correct column Use each :

Under the

At the top In the legs ground

Why is the arch named after Jefferson?

C> He was responsible for building the

arch

C> He lived in St Louis

©) He was responsible for expanding

the country

C > He traveled with Lewis and Clark

It is implied in the lecture that it is

approximately what distance between St Louis and the Pacific Northwest?

Cc) 1,000 miles

Cc) 2,000 miles Cc) 4,000 miles

Cc) 8,000 miles

The professor explains a historical series

of events Put the events in order

entence Then click on

re it belongs Use

Thousands of settlers set out from St Louis The arch was built

Jefferson became president

Lewis and Clark set out to explore the west

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Questions 6-10

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