2020-02-10 TOEFL: tests

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework (optional): If you want more feedback on your writing than a score and a sentence or two, email me with a self-evaluation. What did you do well (or better than last time)? What could you have done better? What will you try to improve for next time?
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/game-theory-challenge-can-you-predict-human-behavior-lucas-husted
k-0 = random guess (average 50)
k-1 = everyone else guesses randomly, so guess 25
k-2 = everyone else guesses 25, so guess 12.5
k-3 = everyone else guesses 12.5, so guess 6.25
k-4 = guess 3.125
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Reading Test - Take 60 minutes to answer all the questions about the passages.
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BREAK
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Listening Test
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Discuss reading questions all of you got incorrect:
21 - fact - C (“examine contributory factors in a considered manner” is the same as “examine thoughtfully the possible causes of events”)
23 - inference - D (This is basically a paraphrase of the only sentence in the paragraph about what teachers thought.)
24 - vocabulary - B (“even” means the word is stronger than “good”)
40 - fact - C (The others are all characteristics of seeds, not spores.)
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If you have to choose 3-4 answers, the question is worth 2 points.
If you choose 5-6 answers, it’s worth 3.
If you choose 7-8 answers, it’s worth 4.
(Each wrong choice loses one point.)