2020-03-04 TOEFL: reading fact, listening detail

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/spells-threats-and-dragons-the-secret-messages-of-viking-runestones-jesse-byock
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Homework: Cengage p. 35-42 (don’t worry too much about number 4)
Compare your answers, and try to convince your partner of your answers if you diagree.
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 B (“In the next 300 years”, but C is also not unreasonable given the two years mentioned in the text)
5 C
6 B (First they were mud, but later sandstone, still during the Early Pueblo Period.)
7 D
8 C (The mortar was mud, but the houses were mainly sandstone.)
9 A
10 B
11 C
12 D
13 D (each course is one note)
14 C
15 A (If it’s maybe not even in the same family as the zither, then the zither can’t be an ancestor. The santir is mentioned in the middle of the first paragraph. - Sometimes you have to scan through the whole passage to answer negative fact questions.)
16 B
17 A
18 C (It was during the revival, but they didn’t start it.)
19 A
20 C
21 D
22 B
23 A
24 C
25 C
26 D (The other three are listed in the last sentence of the passage.)
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The last question for a reading passage is the summary or organization question.
The question before that is always the sentence insertion question.
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Listening: Second section, after reading
	- you’ll have 2 or 3 sets (one long set, one or two short sets)
	- long set = one conversation, one lecture, one discussion; 10 minutes to choose answers
	- short set = one conversation, one lecture or discussion; 6.5 minutes to choose answers
Listening Question Types:
- detail/fact
- inference
- main idea / gist
- prediction
- purpose
- function / replay
- attitude
- complete a table or chart
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The “main idea” or gist of a listening can be either the main topic/content, or the main purpose.
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Cengage exercise 9.1 - Listen and take notes. Then answer the questions about each passage.
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
exercise 9.2 - Do the same for lectures and discussions
1 D
2 B
4 D
5 C
6 A
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Oxford p. 167 - Listen to the talk and take notes.
p. 167-8 Exercise 3L5 - Use your notes to find information about each of these things
1 It has increased by 1 degree F.
2 The 11 hottest years on record have occurred within the past 13. (However, this is what we would expect even if the rate of increase isn’t speeding up.)
3 GHG emissions from human activities since the Industrial Revolution
4 carbon dioxide, methane, ozone
5 the planet gets warmer
6 CO2 forms from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)
7 emissions have increased 130 times since the beginning of the 19th century
8 additional 10F (5.5C)
9 severe heat waves, melting glaciers, melting sea ice, more powerful storms
10 less glaciers = less water and higher sea levels, heat waves kill, hurricanes destroy lives
11 & 3L6 - b
Why are the other answers wrong?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgrXd0NM2y8
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Writing Section: Fourth and final section of the test (after speaking), 2 tasks
1 integrated: read a text, listen to a lecture, 20 minutes to write about how they relate
2 independent: read a choice question prompt, 30 minutes to write and support your answer