2018-01-12 TOEFL: reading reference

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Reading Section: first section on the test, 3 or 4 passages, 20 minutes to answer questions about each
Reading Question Types:
- fact/detail
- negative fact
- inference
- reference/pronoun
- paraphrase/sentence restatement/sentence simplification
- purpose
- vocabulary
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize/complete a chart
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Reference Questions
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Handout (Cambridge) p. 168-169 exercise R5 - Take 3 minutes to identify what each highlighted word or phrase refers to.
1 B
2 C
3 D
exercise R6 - What do the highlighted words refer to in each paragraph?
1 their = predators’ (the next “their” refers to the animals that scream)
  these screams = the piercing, far-reaching cries of animals
2 they = cartoonists
  These kinds of cartoon drawings = caricatures
  them = famous people
  them = particular characteristics
3 these pictures = satellite pictures of desert areas
  these insects = locusts
  they = locusts
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Longman p. 20 - Take 2 minutes to answer the questions, then check your answers with a partner.
5 A
6 B
7 A (If it meant solid particles, the verb after would be “are”.)
8 C
9 B
p. 21 - 2 minutes
10 A
11 C
12 A
13 B
- “one of which” could refer to one of the epidemics
p. 22 - 3 minutes
14 B
15 D
16 B
17 C - Even if you’re not sure what pawns are, you should be able to identify that in Alger’s view, the children were pawns.
18 A
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There are three books on the table, one of which looks very old.
There are three people in the elevator, one of whom I know.
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“Alger was the author that focused on the theme of success.” = He was the only author that did this.
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BREAK
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Handout (Cengage) p. 119-120 - In Passage 1, identify the referents of each highlighted word (e.g. by drawing a line, NOT by reading the multiple choice questions.)
them = pieces (of ore)
These = trucks or ore trains
Another type = surface mining
This = water
this process = mineral concentration
they = mineral particles
Passage 2 - Take 2 minutes to answer the quesitons. Then compare with your partner and try to convince your partner of your answers if you disagree.
7 B
8 A
9 C
10 C
Passage 3 - 2 minutes
11 A
12 A
13 D
14 B
15 B
Passage 4 - 3 minutes
16 C
17 C
18 D
19 A
20 B
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X is not similar to Y. It is different. (“It” = X)
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Passage 5 - 9 minutes
21 D
22 A
23 D
24 A
25 A
26 C
27 C
28 A
29 B
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Homework: answer the questions after passage 6 on the handout (at the gmalivuktoeflhw link)

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