2019-04-03 TOEFL: reading sum/org, listening detail

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: exercise R23 (summary questions) AND Cengage p. 167-172 (organization questions about passages 1, 2, 3)
	(Optional: finish all the rest of the organization exercises)
R23
1 B D F - All the correct answers say something about the causes of road rage.
2 B C F - These are steps 1, 2&3, and 4, respectively.
3 A C D - E and F, about diagnosis, are more minor details
4 C E F - These are the three “ways of dealing with the economic problem” mentioned in the passage
Cengage p. 167
1 Homology: C D F
  Analogy: A E
2 European: D E F H
  Asian: B C I
3 Burbank: A B E G
  Carver: C F H
4 Radiation: C E
  Advection: B D F
5 Primary: B (characteristic of preliterate societies) E (cooperation itself is prized) H (group and individuals fuse)
  Secondary: C (they can separately enjoy the fruits) G (the group is not their first consideration)
  Tertiary: A (not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all) F (cooperation ceases when the parties have…)
Cambridge R24
Passage 4
Artificial: A D
Traditional: C E (Three of the answers are in the “Unlike…” sentence.)
Passage 5
Found: D E H
“Perhaps” Don’t: A B F I
Passage 6
First four: A D G I
Final: C F H
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Listening Question Types:
- gist = main idea (content or purpose)
- detail/fact
- purpose
- replay (function)
- attitude
- inference
- prediction (= inference about the future)
- complete a chart/table (“extended detail questions”)
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Cambridge L13 - What are the key differences between the pairs of sentences?
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BREAK
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Listen and choose which sentence correctly restates the information.
1 B - Today they use many old words from Homer’s time.
2 A - first manned flight, not first hot-air balloon
3 B - The word means “tail feather” and it is also the name of a particular type of bird.
4 B - Mao’s men captured the bridge so that Mao’s forces could escape
5 A - The areas didn’t set up relieve centers.
6 B - revolutionized our concept, not the human past itself
7 B - “Recent explorers have been…”, NOT “explorers in 1783 had been”
8 A - The authorities reported, but they didn’t spot the dead animals.
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Exercise L14 - Choose the TWO correct answers to each question. (Take notes while you listen, then read and answer the questions.)
1 A C
2 B D
3 A B
4 B C
Exercise L15 - Choose ALL the correct answers (two or three). There are NOT questions like this on the TOEFL, but you’re basically doing the same thing here as in L16.
1 A B D (The president was Grant, but the journal wasn’t named.)
2 A B (You don’t know the names, because she didn’t include them in her instructions.)
3 A D
4 B C
Exercise L16 - For each statement, choose “yes” or “no”
1 yes yes no yes no (C and E are part of racing, not training)
2 no yes yes yes no (A didn’t happen and E helped the movement)
3 no no yes yes yes (A and B are things the aphids do)
Exercise L17 - Mark the correct boxes in each table.
1 A prisms
  B plates
  C stars
2 A antiviral (although malaria isn’t a virus)
  B antibacterial
  C antibacterial
3 A refrigerator
  B icehouse
  C icebox
4 A drops
  B drops
  C drops
  D flow
  E flow