2019-11-20 TOEFL: reading practice, fact Qs

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-laser-eye-surgery-work-dan-reinstein
myopia = nearsightedness
	(We also use “myopia” to describe short-term plans that may not work long-term, or to describe things that don’t see the “big picture”.)
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Reading practice (ETS Guide test 1 - on the computer)
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BREAK
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Reading Question Types:
- paraphrase
- vocabulary
- inference
- summarize
- organize
- purpose
- fact
- negative fact
- sentence insertion
- reference/pronoun (probably not on the test any more)
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Fact/detail questions - Generally you’ll want to scan the text for key words (words or numbers from the question, or synonyms of those words) and then read the full sentence where you find the information.
Cambridge p. 181 - Answer the true/false questions about the Channel Tunnel
A. T
B. F
C. T
D. T
E. F
F. F
G. F (F and G both imply that a tunnel was constructed in 1930, so they both must be false.)
H. T (If something is “cost-prohibitive”, it’s too expensive to do or make.)
Now take 5 minutes to do the same for passage 2.
A. T
B. F
C. F
D. T
E. T
F. F
G. T
H. T
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vestige = the last small part that remains of something that existed before
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Longman p. 51 - Take 5 minutes to answer the questions about Lake Baikal.
1 D (“crescent” is the shape of a new moon; the other answers can be eliminated from the information on its length and width)
2 A (It’s the ninth largest in area, so it’s smaller than 8 others. It’s a bit tricky because later the text uses “largest” for the total quantity of water (volume), not the area.)
3 D (20% is ⅕, A is wrong because it’s not just talking about fresh water)
4 C
5 B (It’s near the center of Asia (which isn’t a peninsula), not the edge.)
p. 52 - Do the same for the postage stamp
6 C
7 A
8 D
9 B
10 C
p. 53 - Clovis Culture
11 A (10,000 BC is about 12,000 years ago)
12 D (They lived all over North America, but the name we give them comes from the first place their tools were discovered.)
13 C (They’re sophisticated, relative to other tools from that time.)
14 B
15 D
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Cengage 1.1 - Scan quickly to find the answers to each question in the text.
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Homework (to start in class): Cengage exercise 1.2 - Answer the fact questions about longer passages.
(Optional: finish the true/false passages from the first exercise)