The questions look like this: Select the appropriate sentences from the answer choices and match them to the type of that they describe.. The correct answers represent major ideas and i
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With your teacher and classmates, discuss situations in which writing summaries is important On
the board, write a list of as many situations as you can think of (Possible situations: college research papers; letters to parents; monthly reports for the company where you work; personal diary.)
Make another list of situations in which reading summaries is important What types of summaries have you read recently? Find examples of different kinds of summaries to bring to class, such as a summary in a research paper, a summary at the end of a chapter in a textbook, and the executive summary of a business report
In reading done outside class, select a short passage of one to three paragraphs Make three photocopies and bring them to class In class, work in a group of three students Work as a team to identify key words and sentences that provide clues to the major ideas in each passage Write a brief summary of each passage Include only the ideas and information that are essential for a general understanding of each passage Each summary should have no more than four sentences
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Q Focus
Read the following passage:
Human diseases can be classified according to their effect and duration, An acute
disease is an illness such as measles, influenza, or typhoid fever, from which the victim
cither recovers or dies in a relatively short time, Many acute diseases are also transmissible,
which means they are caused by living organisms such as bacteria and viruses and can be
spread from one person to another by air, water, or food
Chronic diseases, on the other hand, develop slowly and last for a long time, sometimes
for a lifetime Examples include cardiovascular disorders, most cancers, diabetes,
emphysema, alcoholism, and malnutrition Although a chronic disease may go into
remission, it may flare up periodically (malaria), become progressively worse (cancers and
cardiovascular disorders), or disappear with age (childhood asthma),
One hundred years ago, two of the major causes of death in North America were
epidemics of influenza and intestinal infections—short-term acute diseases that struck
young and old alike and ran quickly through the population In contrast, the leading causes
of death today are chronic illnesses, the types of heart disease and cancer that take a long
time to develop and get progressively worse
The passage compares two types of diseases: acute and chronic Put the following sentences in the correct column below
They take a long time to develop
The victim recovers or dies quickly
They are major causes of death today
Measles and influenza are examples
They run quickly through a population, The victim gets progressively worse
The question asks you to organize information from across the whole passage The correctly organized
information is:
The victim recovers or dies quickly They take a long time to develop
‘Measles and influenza are examples They are major causes of death today
They run quickly through a population The victim gets progressively worse
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1 The organization of a passage is closely linked with its function The organization of a passage
is how the author presents ideas and information to meet a specific purpose Recognizing the organization of a text is an important reading skill because it deepens your understanding of the material and increases your ability to remember it
Some reading passages on the TOEFL are organized according to these functions:
+2 to compare or contrast things or ideas;
+2 to describe different parts of something; or
_ to present alternative arguments,
2 On the TOEFL, you must demonstrate your ability to understand the function of a passage by organizing information from across the entire passage You will be asked to organize information into categories, classes, divisions, or types
The questions about organizing information have special directions The questions look like this: Select the appropriate sentences from the answer choices and match them to the
type of that they describe TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used
This question is worth 3 points
3 You must identify the correct items in the list of answer choices and put them in the correct box in the table The table fills the computer screen, but you can return to the passage while you are answering the question You may take notes and you may use your notes to help you answer the question
4 The question is worth either 3 or 4 points, depending on the number of answer choices given It is possible to receive partial credit You must put at least some of the answer choices in the correct place to earn credit Here is how the points are earned:
Points Possible Answers Correct Points Earned
3 points
4 points
5 The reading skill of scanning will help you check your answers to questions about organizing information Scanning is searching the passage for specific information If your answers are correct, they should be easy to confirm by scanning the passage to locate relevant information
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to state the essential information in a shorter form The correct answers represent major ideas and important supporting information in the passage
‘Two of the answer choices will be incorrect for either category in the table An answer choice may
be incorrect because it is
+2 inaccurate or untrue according to the passage; or
irrelevant or not mentioned in the passage
ENERGY QUALITY
Energy is the power to do work or to cause a heat transfer between two objects Energy
varies in its quality, that is, its ability to perform useful work High-quality energy is
organized or concentrated and has great ability to do useful work Some high-quality
forms of energy are electricity, coal, gasoline, concentrated sunlight, high-temperature
heat, and nuclei of uranium~235 Conversely, low-quality energy is disorganized or dilute
and has little ability to do useful work An example is the low-temperature heat in the air
around us or in a river, lake, or ocean Heat is so widely dispersed in the ocean that we
cannot use it to move objects or to heat objects to high temperatures
Scientists have repeatedly demonstrated that in any conversion of energy from one form
to another, there is always a decrease in energy quality or the amount of useful energy
This law of energy quality degradation is known as the second law of thermodynamics It
is a fundamental scientific law that in any conversion of energy from one form to another,
some of the initial energy input is always degraded to lower-quality, less useful energy,
usually low-temperature heat that flows into the environment This low-quality energy is
so disordered and dispersed that it is unable to perform useful work
Select the appropriate phrases from the answer choices and match them to the type of energy that they illustrate TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used This question is worth 3 points
Drag your answer choices to the spaces where they belong To remove an answer, click on it,
Heat stored in the ocean :
Energy with great ability to do work *
Energy that is disorganized *
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Answer Choices ‘Type of Energy
High-quality + Concentrated sunlight Psychological energy + Energy with great ability to do work
+ High-temperature heat
Low-quality
+ Heat stored in the ocean
Conversion of energy + Energy that is disorganized Some key information about high-quality energy is:
High-quality energy is organized or concentrated and has great ability to do useful work
Some high-quality forms of energy are concentrated sunlight, high-temperature heat
Some key information about low-quality energy is:
Heat is so widely dispersed in the ocean
This low-quality energy is so disordered and dispersed that it is unable to perform useful work
Psychological energy is incorrect because it is not mentioned in the passage Conversion of energy
is incorrect because it is neither high-quality nor low-quality energy but rather the changing of energy from one form to another
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Exercise 1.10.A
Read the passages and answer each question based on what is stated or implied in that passage
THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM
The Romantic Movement in music and literature was a reaction against the
Enlightenment philosophy that had dominated much of the eighteenth century
Enlightenment ideals held that human society could reach perfection through rational
thought, while Romantic philosophy reveled in the beauty and unpredictable power of
Nature The Enlightenment gloried in civilization and believed in princely rule of a
benevolent kind Romanticism believed in democracy and the common people, reviving
folk traditions, ballads, and medieval sagas that made heroes of rural characters
Artistically, the Enlightenment condemned excess and dictated that the discipline of
formal structure was beneficial to artistic expression Romanticism, on the other hand,
celebrated emotions and the senses, believing that the emotional demands of a particular
work should dictate its form While the Enlightenment believed in a generally positive
approach to life and the abandonment of superstition, Romanticism found inspiration
in death as an “other kingdom” and in the supernatural; hence, literature developed a
“Gothic” streak that eventually found its way into music
Select the appropriate sentences from the answer choices and match them to the philosophy that
they illustrate TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used This question is worth 3 points
Answer Choices Philosophy
@® There is value in emotions, the senses,
® The discipline of formal structure *
benefits artistic expression *
© Death and the supernatural are sources
of inspiration
© Artistic values are more important than
social themes Romanticism
© Human society can reach perfection *
© folk traditions are important because *
‘common people are heroes
©® Symbols and patterns of images convey
artistic meaning
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The floor of a river valley develops in one of two ways: as a rock-floored valley
bottom or as an accumulation valley floor A rock-floored valley is formed by a stream
that no longer incises by cutting downward but rather erodes laterally in a course that
winds from side to side across the valley floor In a rock-floored valley, the valley slopes are undercut and steepened by the sideways erosion The floor of the river channel lies
in the bedrock, and on either side of the channel it is covered by only a thin layer of
gravel and sand, As the stream swings across the valley floor, it deposits material on the
insides of the bends in the channel
The second type of valley bottom, the accumulation floor, cannot easily be
distinguished from a rock-floored valley on its surface An accumulation valley floor is
created by the continuous deposition of gravel and sand in an existing incised valley
where the accumulation of material has replaced the cutting action Both the channel floor and the floodplain—the part of the valley floor flooded frequently at high water—are
composed entirely of these gravel and sand deposits An accumulation floor is much less
resistant to erosion than a rock floor since the gravel and sand of its channel bed have
already been transported and may easily be removed during the next flood
4-6 Select the appropriate sentences from the answer choices and match them to the type of valley floor that they describe TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used This question is worth 3 points Answer Choices
@® The river channel flows directly over
the bedrock
The top layer of rock is more resistant
to erosion than the underlying rock
© Deposits of gravel and sand accumulate
on the valley floor
©® The river swings from side to side,
leaving material on the insides of bends
in the channel
© Sand and rock accumulate parallel to the
coast but separated from it by a channel,
© The sideways erosion of the river
undercuts and steepens the valley slopes
©® The channel floor and the floodplain are
made entirely of gravel and sand deposits
‘Type of Valley Floor Rock Floor
Accumulation Floor
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We can distinguish animals from plants by looking at their contrasting modes of
nutrition, Unlike plants, animals cannot manufacture their own food Animals cannot
construct organic molecules from inorganic chemicals as plants can during
photosynthesis Animals must take pre-formed organic molecules into their bodies
Most animals do this by ingestion—that is, by eating other organisms or organic
‘material, Animals store their food reserves as glycogen, whereas plants store their food
as starch,
Animal cells lack the cell walls that characterize plant cells, and animal cells have
unique types of junctions between them In most animals, cells are successively
organized into tissues, organs, and organ systems Animals have two types of tissues that
plants do not have The first is nervous tissue, for the conduction of electrical impulses,
and the other is muscle tissue, for movement Nerves and muscles, which control active
behavior, are unique to animals
Animal life began in the Precambrian seas with the evolution of multicellular
forms that lived by eating other organisms This new way of life led to an evolutionary
explosion of diverse forms Early animals populated the seas, fresh water, and eventually
the land The diversity of animal tife on Earth today is the result of over half a billion
years of evolution from those first ancestors that consumed other life forms
(0 Select the appropriate sentences from the answer choices and match them to the form of life that
they describe, TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used This question is worth 4 points
@® They are not able to manufacture
They construct organic molecules :
© They have the ability to survive on :
another planet,
@® Nerves and muscles control their
active behavior
© They evolved from multi-cellular forms
They store their food reserves as starch *
‘They have evolved very little over one *
@ They have neither nervous
muscle tissue
@ Their cells do not have walls
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Read the passages and answer each question based on what is stated or implied in that passage
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Arcades were built in Paris as early as 1799 and in London in 1816, but these were
primarily arched passages through buildings to connect institutions American arcades,
by contrast, were not just passages to some other destination but the entire focus of large
commercial blocks, and were, in effect, prototypical shopping malls The Providence
Arcade (1829) in Rhode Island’s capital illustrates the American transformation of the
arcade into a temple of shopping The Arcade’s pitched glass roof sheltered a large open
space surrounded by tiered shops The Arcade was set at the edge of Providence’s
business district, making it a focal point for future growth On the two street sides, six
huge granite columns modeled on a Greek temple dominated the building's facades
‘Nineteenth-century urban Americans flocked to another ancestor of the contemporary
shopping mall, the department store, a controlled indoor world where an array of goods
were organized under a single management The origins of the department store were in
Cincinnati, where in 1829, a new kind of building was dedicated to trade, business, and
culture This building, called the Bazaar, featured a four-story rotunda beneath a huge
dome that meant to unite multiple functions under one symbolic roof Unfortunately,
however, the Bazaar was short-lived, A more successful commercial and architectural
prototype was the department store known as the Marble Palace, which opened in New
York in 1846, Monumental in style, the building’s impressive facade of Corinthian columns, with large plate glass display windows between them, easily lured in the city’s wealthy
customers
1-3 Select the appropriate sentences from the answer choices and match them to the type of building that they describe TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used This question is worth 3 points
@ tis a passage under or through a building
@)A glass roof encloses an area lined *
© A wide variety of goods are organized
under one management
@® tis designed to be the entire focus of a
© The earliest example had a four-story *
© It specializes in selling a single category *
of high-quality good
© Its large display windows are designed to
attract customers
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In the fields of psychology and sociology, a crucial decision for researchers is
which research design to use When the subject of the study is how people change or
develop over time, two designs are frequently used: the cross-sectional design and the
longitudinal design
Cross-sectional studies look at a cross-section of subjects and compare their
responses The essential characteristics of the design are that it includes groups of subjects
at different age levels, and that each subject is tested or interviewed only once For
example, researchers may give a memory test to adults in their twenties through seventies,
select the youngest group as a standard, and then compare each older group to that norm
Cross-sectional studies are relatively quick to do and can provide information about
possible age differences However, they do not reveal anything about individual change
over time, since each subject is tested only once
Longitudinal studies differ from cross-sectional studies because they test or interview
the same subjects over time and therefore allow us to look at consistency or change within
the same individual The typical procedure is to select a relatively small group of subjects
who are all about the same age at the beginning of the study and then look at them
repeatedly over a period of time Short-term longitudinal studies cover several years and
are common in research on both children and adults Long-term longitudinal studies follow
subjects rom childhood into adulthood, from early to middle adulthood, or from middle
adulthood to old age One advantage of longitudinal studies is that any changes found are
real changes, not just age-group differences
4-6 Select the appropriate sentences from the answer choices and match them to the research design that
they describe, TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used This question is worth 3 points
@®A group of subjects of the same age
is tested repeatedly over a long period Cross-sectional
@® Researchers examine an existing relationship *
between two groups of subjects *
© This design allows researchers to study
human behavior indirectly
© Researchers test or interview each subject
© This type of study may reveal differences *
that are not just age-group differences, *
© Researchers can study consistency or change :
within the same individual
© This design can tell us about possible
differences among various age groups
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