cracking the toefl ibt part 22

... the main point of the reading and the lecture, and the first sentence of the third paragraph is not men- tioned in either the reading or the lecture ® The response is also rather short, only 118 ... reasons: ® The writer keeps the essay focused on the topic Everything relates to the thesis se The writer goes into a good amount of detail for each of the reasons ¢ The essay is just the right ... te make thelr students question everything When the stu- dents leave the school, they will rot have the teacher around to guide them, A student needs ta know how to Judge the things they find

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 00:15

... right?—into the wild The first time they tried it, the cats died of starvation—they didn't know how or where to hunt This time, they kept the animals longer and let them mature They also forced the animals ... instead of giving them the food directly And finally, they kept the lynx together in a big pen so they know how to get along with other members of their species, The professor describes the results ... have discovered that the neurons in the brain develop in the early stages of infancy The more stimulation these neurans receive, the more connections the neurons make with other neurons Cognitive

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 15:15

... stop the audio to read the passage and either time yourself or ask a friend to time you After 45 seconds, resume the audio for the listening passage After the narrator reads the question, the ... academic departments from its College of Liberal Arts The campus newspaper printed the following report about the announcement of the department cuts You have 45 seconds to read the report Begin ... of them is being let go They're just being moved to bigger departments—you know, like, the falklore professors are going to be in anthropology They'll still do the same résearch and teach the

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 02:15

... about the announcement of the department cuts You have 45 seconds to read the report Begin reading now The university has announced that, effective at the beginning of the fall semester, three departments ... CRACKIN6 THE TOEFL Trang 12 Cracking the Writing Trang 13 The final section of the TOEFL measures your ability to communicate in an academic environment There are only two writing tasks, and they ... CRACKING THE WRITING SECTION: BASIC PRINCIPLES There are a few things to keep in mind when writing your essays for the TOEFL As with the Speak- ing section, the graders are not expecting perfection They

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 00:15

... also see a prompt like the following: Summarize the points made in the lecture, explaining how they support the reading This task is simply the opposite of the first one The template is fairly ... However, the reading contends that (the main idea of the reading) IV Thesis statement The professor’s lecture casts doubt on the reading by using a number of points that are contrary to (the main ... a Lecture For the first essay, you will generally be asked to perform the following task: Summarize the points made in the lecture, explaining how they cast doubt on the reading The template for

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 00:15

... THE TOEFL Trang 11 THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL iBT PRACTICE TEST MM 435 Trang 12 436 WB CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 13ye 12 What is the discussion mainly about? (A) The symptoms of joint ... people can improve the flexibility of their joints THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL iBT PRACTICE TEST Ml 437 Trang 14fibrous cartilaginous synovial 438 Mi CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 15NEAR ... THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL 187 PRACTICE TEST I 433 Trang 10LISTENING 3 Please play Track 13 on the accompanying CD-ROM Pause the CD after each question ‘434 TB CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 00:15

... Northern Europe to the Eastern Seaboard of what is now the United States to the islands of the Pacific Despite the lack of contact among these regions, the veneration of trees united them The ... Northern Europe to the Eastem Seaboard of what is now the United Staies to the islands of the Pacific Despite the lack of contact among these regions, the veneration of trees united them The ... Northern Europe:to the Eastern Seaboard of what is now the United States to the islands-of the Pacific, Despite the lack af contact amang these regions, the veneration of trees united nem, The

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 07:15

... the professor, what are the primary characteristics of the poetic form called the dramatic monologue? the near future poem (C) The speaker in the poem is a person of high status story | (E) The ... CD-ROM Pause the CD after each question THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL i8T PRACTICE TEST MM 445 Trang 7 446 ME CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 8 18 What is the main topic of the discussion? ... mention it THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL iBT PRACTICE TEST MM 441 Trang 3 15 According to the professor, what is an example of a hinge joint? (B) The knuckles C) The shoulder (D) The neck

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 07:15

... worship In the first, a society sees the tree as the physical body of the spirit that inhabits it, much as the human body can be seen as housing the mind It is known that both the Celtic and the Germanic ... render the final image worthless, they had to'be perfectly buffed, The plates were thert bathed ih solutions of bromine atid iodine The-thin layerot bromo-iodine thal farmed on them ƒ made them ... After exposure, the plates were dipped alternately in heated mercury and freezing-cold water The meroury vapors helped i the images to the plates THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL iBT PRACTICE TEST

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2013, 22:15

... CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 7 27 WNhat does the education department like about the tutors? (A) Most of them have taught students before (B) The tutors are available in the afternoon, (C} Most of them ... PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL iBT PRACTICE TEST ME 463 Trang 10 464 ME CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 11 THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL iBT PRACTICE TEST N 465 Trang 12 : 29 What did the professor ... at the City Department of Education 462 ME CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 9 > LISTENING Ô = "Please play Track 16 on the accompanying CD-ROM Pause the CD after each question THE

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2013, 22:15

... benefits ! THE PRINCETON REVIEW TOEFL iBT PRACTICE TEST Ml 403 Trang 10 28 The word if in the passage refers to Hormones in the Body Up to the beginning of the twentieth century, the nervous ... exposure, the plates were dipped altemately in heated mercuryand freazing-cold water The mercury vapors: tielped fia the images to‘the d them The chilled water kept the plates from breaking The daquerrectypists ... perfectly buffed The plates were then bathed in solutions of bromine and lodine: The thin layer of bromo-iodine that formed on them made them sensitive to light, at which point they were ready

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2013, 22:15

... in the passage and last sentence of the conclusion The last sentence will contain the author’s final point 4 The main idea should connect all the ideas found in the first sentences of the ... areas The first two ragraphs talk about the discovery, the next two talk about the controversy, and the final two talk uit the court case and its effects Our main idea should touch on each of these ... paragraphs and the last sentence of the conclusion If you're having trouble con- necting all of the topics, ask yourself what the purpose of the passage is to help you put all the pieces together P

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 17:20

... learn the material Many students are of a young age and do not realize the value of education Therefore, it is up to the teacher to F help them learn the lessons and realize the value of the ... goals The more your writing and speech mirrors the reading selections, the better your scores will be In the “real” world, writing and speaking are two very different skills But on the TOEFL, the ... repeats the prompt, is in a foreign language, or is left blank A score of 4 on the section is judged to have accomplished the following: The response fulfills the demands of the task | The response

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 17:20

... the university, 4 (Introduction) The passage states that the problem is the poisonous cane toad The toad |s threaten: ing many of the species in Australia (Body) According to the passage, the ... WRITING AND SPEAKING ON THE TOEFL EM 89 Trang 5SUMMARY: BUILDING THE BODY - | The body provides the reader with the key points of your thesis Build strong body paragraphs by doing the following: 1 ... heard On the TOEFL, summarizing tasks look like the following: 1 The professor describes the controversy surrounding a new technique Explain the technique and what the controversy is, 2, In the conversation

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 17:20

... However, on the TOEFL, the correct inference is the answer that must be true based on the information in the passage Our approach to these questions remains basically the same First restate the question ... choice as either TRUE or FALSE based on the passage 4, Choose the answer that’s different from the other three Here’s how it works First, we'll rephrase the question, removing the EXCEPT part Our ... may want to do them during your second pass 152 Mi CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 6Question Tyre #11: Summary Questions | The final question type on the TOEFL is the summary question These questions

Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 22:20

... to the portion of the lecture reproduced below P- So when biologists talk about the layers of the bady, that's what they mean: The outermost is the-skin and nervous system, the middle is the ... move on to the Speaking and Writing sections 270 WE CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 7 Cracking the Speaking Section Trang 8Of all the sections on the TOEFL, the Speaking section often causes the most ... heavy they were for their size—determined their value and would also be recorded 266 MM CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 3Then, when you wanted to use it, you just went back, gave the shopkeeper the

Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 22:20

... choice (A) is on the wrong topic The professor is addressing the students, not herself Eliminate this choice 224 MH CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 2« Answer choice (D) has the wrong tone The professor ... CRACKING THE TOEFL Trang 10DRILL #2: A CONVERSATION Listen to Track 2 on the CD-ROM Then answer the following questions 1 Why is the woman speaking ta the man? (A) (B) (C) (D) She wants the ... again to part of the discussion Then answer the cuestion Soluble uh, | don’t have to explain that one to you, because the root's related to the word dissolve, right? [This will be heard on the audio

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 10:15

... hose However, on the TOEFL, the correct inference is the answer that ‘must be true based on the information in the passage Our approach to these questions remains the same as many other types First, ... on the passage Choose the answer that’s different from the other three Here's how it works First, we'll rephrase the question, removing the EXCEPT part Our new question asks "What are the ... POE guidelines for the rest The Approach 1 Actively read the passage, looking for the pur- 2 Attack the questions based on question type 3 Find the answer to the question in the passage 4, Use

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 12:20

... from there, with the offspring moving farther and farther down the eastern and western sides of the valley The first part of the sentence says that “the ancestral salamander species arrived at the ... Let's look at the highlighted sentence and try to find the important parts A likely scenario is that the ancestral salamander species arrived at either the northern or southern tip of the valley ... north along the eastern side of the valley, the salamanders have fewer and fewer blotches At the northern end of the valley, the salamanders appear to be a mixture of the two species; these salamanders

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 10:15

... that (the main idea of the lecture) IIL Transition/main idea of reading However, the reading contends that (the main idea of the IV Thesis statement “The professor's lecture casts doubt on the ... also see a prompt like the following: Summarize the points made in the lecture, explaining how they support the reading “This task is simply the opposite of the first The template is fairly ... and lecture “The (point #2 from lecture) shows the truth of the reading be- Cracking the Writing Section | 403 Trang 10404 | Cracking the TOEFLIBT cause (how point #2 agrees with the reading)

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 13:15