2018-10-23 TOEFL: word roots, reading fact

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word Roots (list 1) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each word root.
ab (abduct, abdicate) = away/from
ad (advocate, addition, advance) = to/toward
aer/aero (aerial, aerate) = air
agri/agro (agriculture, agribusiness, agrarian) = field/farm
ambi (ambidextrous, ambiguous, ambivalent) = both
amb/ambul (amble, ambulatory, ambulate) = move/walk
ami/amo (amiable, amorous) = love/friendship
andro (android, androgen) = man (contrasted with gyn- = woman)
anim (animate, animal) = life/spirit/movement
ann/enn (annual, millennium, anniversary) = year
ante/anti (antecedent, anteroom, anticipate) = before/in front
anthropo (anthropology, philanthropy) = human/humanity
anti (antibacterial, antisocial) = against
aqua (aquamarine, aqueduct, aquarium) = water
arch (monarch, hierarchy, archbishop) = first (in importance)
archa (archaeology, archaic) = old (first in time)
art (artist, artifact, artisan) = skill
astro (astronomy, astrology) = star
aud/audi (audience, audible) = hear
auto (automatic, autograph) = self
bell (belligerent, rebellious) = war/fight
bene (benefit, benevolent) =  good
bi (bilingual, bilateral, bisexual) = two
bio (biology, biography, biosphere) = life
cept/ceive (intercept, receive) = catch/capture (these all come from the same origin)
cardi/cardio (cardiac, cardiology) = heart
carn (carnivore, carnal) = meat/flesh
cede/ceed (intercede, exceed) = go
cent (century, centimeter, centennial) = hundred
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TOEFL: 4 hours, 4 sections, 120 points total (30 points each), $200
1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages, about 14 questions each
2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets, each set has (3 listenings, about 17 Qs, 10 minutes to answer)
	(10-minute break)
3 speaking: 20 minutes, 6 tasks, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
4 writing: about 60 minutes total, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of writing time
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Reading Question Types:
- fact
- negative fact
- purpose
- vocabulary
- paraphrase
- inference
- reference
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organization
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To answer fact questions quickly:
- scan the passage for key words or numbers
- read the sentence where you found the key information
- read or skim the sentence(s) before and after to make sure you understand the context of the info
- even if one answer doesn’t immediately jump out as correct, you can eliminate some wrong answers
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DELTA p. 20 - take 3 minutes to answer the questions about the first passage.
Compare with your partner. Why are the other answers wrong?
1 A
2 C
3 D (A and C are the same, so they’re both wrong.)
p. 21 - Take 2m15s for these questions
4 B
5 A
6 C
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BREAK
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p. 22 - Take 2 minutes for these questions.
7 B
8 C
9 D
10 B
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p. 23-25 - Take 5 minutes to try to answer all 10 questions in 1.1.B
1 D
2 D
3 A
4 C
5 C - Harris (a journalist) was responsible for “popularizing them for the general public”.
6 B
7 B
8 B
9 C
10 A
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p. 26-28 - Take 5 minutes with exercise 1.1.C to eliminate one or more incorrect choices for each question. (Don’t worry right now about guessing which of the remaining answers is correct.)
Check with your partner and if between you, you’ve eliminated all but one answer, pick that as your guess.
1 A
2 C
3 D
4 C
5 D
6 A
7 B
8 A
9 C
10 C
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p. 39 - Answer question 3, a negative fact question.
A - genetic defects
- If you scan for “somatic”, it’s the second type of damage, and the first is genetic.
- More typically, you can also find cataracts, burns, and cancer mentioned as examples of somatic damage, so you can eliminate those answers.
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p. 40 question 6 - B
- Paragraph 2 mentions all three of the other things.
question 10 - A
- You can eliminate the other answers, but this time you have to skim through the whole text.
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p. 39 - Answer the fact questions about radiation.
1 B
2 A
3 A
4 D
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Homework: finish p. 40-45 (NOT “The Role of Government in the Economy”)