2017-01-16 TOEFL: listening inference and test

Greg Malivuk
greg.malivuk@gmail.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 236-237 and 239 - Listen and answer the questions for 2.4.C and 2.4.E.
If you have problems playing the mp3s on your CD, you can get album 3 at
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzQTAtJHmfaIaldtTzVGZHFfUms
exercise 2.4.C
1 C
2 A
3 C
4 A
5 C
6 D
7 A
8 A
9 B
10 D
p. 239 - 2.4.E
1 B
2 A
3 B D
4 C
5 D
6 A
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What are the question types for p. 238-239?
1 main idea
2 detail
3 detail
4 function
5 inference
6 attitude
1 main idea
2 inference
3 detail
4 function
5 detail
6 inference
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p. 240 - With your partner, try to explain in your own words what each expression means.
(There are audio scripts on p. 634-637, if you need more context.)
a hard time = some difficulties
keep up = understand as quickly as the class is going, without falling behind
drop a class = withdraw from a class (remove it from your schedule)
catch up = arrive back at the level of everyone else in the class (after falling behind)
run into = faced or encountered
clear it up = find a solution, deal with a problem
make sure = ensure (“insure” means to protect something by buying insurance)
make up = finish something that was already supposed to be done, which you missed because of an absence
can’t afford = don’t have enough time (you won’t be able to do it, because you won’t have enough [something valuable])
see someone around = see someone in random places in your daily life
look into = investigate in order to know more about something
Why not? = it’s a good idea
come up with = develop, imagine
What about = What do you think about… / What’s your opinion about… (to make a suggestion)
grow up = be raised / be brought up / become an adult
Bingo! = You got it!
pass away = die (This is one of many euphemisms for death.)
make-ups = tests and assignments done later because you missed the original time
stop by = come for a short time to do something specific
out of sight = excessive
not a bad idea = a good idea
drive someone crazy = annoy someone a lot and make them angry
It doesn’t matter = It’s not important.
knock someone out = make someone sleepy or unconscious
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BREAK
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Listening Test (Test 1 from DELTA 7 tests book)
1 D
2 C
3 B
4 A
5 A D (two points, one each)
	write the total out of 6 points
6 C
7 A
8 D
9 C
10 B
11 B C
	total out of 7 points
12 C
13 B
14 D
15 B C (two points, one each)
16 B
17 C
	total out of 7 points
1 C
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 A D (two points, one each)
	total out of 6 points
6 B
7 C
8 A C (two points, one each)
9 D
10 B
11 A
	total out of 7
12 D
13 A
14 C
15 skeletal
   cardiac
   skeletal
   cardiac
   cardiac
   (3 points for 5 correct, 2 points for 4 correct, 1 point for 3 correct, 0 points for 0-2 correct)
16 D
17 B
	total out of 8
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Total: out of 41
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Look at my comments on your independent writing from last week. What do you personally have to work on to improve?
- Make sure your thesis directly answers the question.
- Make sure all your supporting ideas clearly support your thesis. (If you’re arguing that advertising influences our behavior in a negative way, each paragraph should talk about negative behaviors.)
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