2016-09-28 TOEFL: listening practice, business vocab

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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http://ed.ted.com/lessons/aphasia-the-disorder-that-makes-you-lose-your-words-susan-wortman-jutt
How many types of aphasia were described? What were they? Do you remember any details about them?
What are some causes of aphasia?
- The lecture included types of aphasia, causes of aphasia, and treatment of aphasia.
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TOEFL Listening:
- Second section of the test (after reading)
- 6 to 9 passages in 2 or 3 sets
- each set has a conversation and two academic topics
- each set takes about 30 minutes to complete
- The timer gives you 10 minutes for each set, and runs only after the question is read, while you think of the answer.
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DELTA Test 1 listening set 1 (practice)
Check your answers with a partner. Refer to your notes if there is a disagreement.
1 D
2 C
3 B
4 A (same information, and C and D are true of official transcripts only)
5 A, D
6 C
7 A (it’s now central to our understanding, and every major scientific organization accepts it; the lecture mentions nothing about the origin of life or about plate tectonics no longer happening today)
8 D
9 C (“sub” means “under” or “below”, so “subduction” is where rock is led or forced under something)
10 B
11 B, C (pollution and thunderstorms are not mentioned in connection with plate tectonics)
12 C
13 B
14 D
15 B, C
16 B (she talks about other boundaries in a house, which typically means walls)
17 C
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BREAK
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Reading task in 15 minutes - Read the questions first, skim to find the answers before you read the full article carefully
27 D - paraphrase
28 C - negative fact
29 C - vocabulary
30 B - vocabulary
31 D - fact
32 B - fact
33 B - purpose
34 A - inference
35 D - vocabulary
36 C - fact
37 D - vocabulary
38 B - sentence insertion
39 C, D, F (A is a minor detail, B is about the causes of sleep deprivation, not the effects, D is a minor and irrelevant detail)
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Business and Economy vocabulary - Match the words with their definitions and check with your partner.
1 B
2 K
3 D
4 G (the opposite is deflation)
5 V
6 C
7 L
8 R
9 S
10 T
11 J
12 O
13 M
14 P (money that is gained beyond the cost of producing the product)
15 I
16 U
17 N
18 H
19 Q
20 A
21 F
22 E
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TOEFL Vocabulary handout (44-47) p. 45 - With a partner, do parts A and B
part A
1 compete, consumer
2 budget, economy
3 investors, capital
4 measured, output
5 Inflation, crisis
6 sector, generates
7 firms, promote
8 demand, supply
part B
1 promoting
2 firm
3 consumers
4 market
5 competitive
6 demand
7 profit
8 budget
9 allocated
10 supply