2016-09-06 TOEFL: history vocab, function Qs

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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History Vocabulary handout p. 41 part A - Take a couple minutes to do this individually
1 documents
2 revolution
3 restricted
4 settlers
5 established
6 monarchy
7 kingdom
8 invention
part B - With a partner, complete the paragraph (you might need to change the form of some of the words).
1 settled
2 established
3 documents
4 society
5 hierarchy
6 rulers
7 constructed
8 overthrown
9 declared
10 period (adj-periodic, adv-periodically, n-periodical)

graduate, estimate, elaborate, moderate, duplicate - Change stress between noun/adjective and verb
(record, produce, conflict, permit - also change stress)
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p. 42 Test practice - Read the passage and answer the three questions.
1 A
2 D
3 1/A (“During this period” in the next sentence)
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Take 20 minutes to read about the Norse in North America and answer the questions.
Compare your answers with your partner. If you disagree, find evidence in the text for your answer.
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BREAK
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Reading answers:
26 C
27 B (“Although [he] did not go ashore” - he didn’t land there or colonize)
28 B
29 A
30 D (“unknown until the 21st century” means now we know, “to this day” means we still don’t know)
31 C (“evidently with a longer stay in mind, as women and cattle accompanied them” - this is the evidence for their plan for a longer stay)
32 B (after being thwarted, they went home and stopped trying to colonize)
33 D
34 C (“Encouraged by [the possibility that it meant ‘meadow’], he discovered a grassy site…)
35 D (“similar to huts found in Norse structures” / “similar to features found in Norse structures”)?
36 A
37 B (Stoneland, then Woodland, finally Vinland, where they established a colony)
38 B, D, E
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Listening Question Type: Function
- “Why does the professor say this: [listen again]?”
DELTA p. 247 - Examples of what function questions might look like. p. 248 - Conversation excerpt.
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Remember: listenings are in sets of 3, with one conversation followed by two academic (lectures or discussions)
p. 249 - Listen and take notes (without looking at the questions)
1 D - Her intonation is very sarcastic.
2 A - Intonation suggests that she is genuinely uncertain.
3 B
Listen to the second conversation and take notes. Then answer the questions.
4 C
5 A
6 B
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p. 257 - Listen and take notes (without looking at the questions), then answer the questions.
Compare your answers with your partner.
1 D
2 B
3 A, C
4 C
5 D
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I will use the book more often than not. Bring your book every day unless I tell you you won’t need it.
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