2019-01-30 TOEFL: reading paraphrase, listening gist

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Finish this handout (6-10 and exercise R14) and do the other handout (DELTA 1.6.A and B)
Compare your answers with your classmates’. Convince them if you disagree.
R13
6 A
7 B
8 C
9 A
10 A
R14
1 A
2 C
3 D
4 B
1.6.A
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 D
6 B
7 C
8 A
9 D (Human beings did not originate in Siberia.)
10 C
1.6.B
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 C
6 A
7 B (The enzymes don’t break apart, dead cells break down.)
8 D
9 B
10 A
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Listening: second section, 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets (1 convo, 1 lecture, 1 discussion; 17 Qs; 10 min)
Listening Quesiton Types:
- main idea / gist (purpose or content)
- details
- purpose
- inference
- function
- prediction
- attitude
- organization
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Identifying topics
Cambridge exercise L9 - What (in your words) will each lecture be about?
1 United Kingdom (and its political geography)
2 an architecture award
3 Irish linen
4 human and animal shapes carved in hillsides
5 geology of Mars
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BREAK
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exercise L10 - Choose the correct topic
1 C
2 B
3 A
4 D
5 A
6 D
L11 - Identify whether the topic is or isn’t mentioned in the first sentence.
1 Yes (magic squares)
2 No (public zoos)
3 No (pony express)
4 Yes (butterfly farm)
5 No (gargoyles)
L12 - Identify the real topic (which is not mentioned in the first sentence).
1 development of ways to write dance moves
2 why people decided to settle in the New World
3 lack of historical value in modern photographs
4 official language policies in the US
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Cengage exercise 9.1 - Listen and take notes, then answer the main idea question and some detail questions about each conversation.
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
exercise 9.2 - Do the same with lectures.
9 D
8 B
7 C
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Homework: Answer questions 1-6 from exercise 9.2