2017-05-04 TOEFL: reading vocab, listening detail

Greg Malivuk
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-animals-have-such-different-lifespans-joao-pedro-de-magalhaes
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Homework: 52-56 on the handout (two more passages where you write your own definitions, and one passage with multiple-choice questions)
Compare your answers with your partner
12 group close together
13 fog; haze
14 light-producing
15 detritus; useless pieces left over after something (especially after something was destroyed)
16 a few < a handful < several
17 grieving for someone’s death
29 cut through something (especially with a knife)
30 last
31 tiny
32 understand
33 expand
34 unclear; vague
1 B
2 C
3 C
4 D
5 A
6 D (“nothing if not accommodating” means it was accommodating)
7 B
8 B
9 A
10 A
11 A
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Cambridge p. 232-237 - Take 20 minutes to read the passage and answer the questions.
Then compare your answers with your partner.
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BREAK
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1 B - fact
2 D - vocabulary
3 C - fact
4 A - fact
5 A - sentence insertion (this is always the second to last question on the TOEFL)
6 D - vocabulary
7 A - reference
8 C - negative fact
9 D - purpose
10 B - paraphrase (D doesn’t mention that the spores come from the head, which is important information in the original sentence.)
11 A - inference
12 A - fact (“back up” = “support”)
13 (This is an organize/categorize information question.)
   unspecialized: B F H
   specialized: D E (G) I
	(4 points for 7 correct, 3 for 6 correct, 2 for 5 correct, 1 for 4 correct, 0 otherwise)
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Listening Section: Second part of the test, after reading and before the 10-minute break
Listening Question Types:
- purpose
- function
- attitude/stance
- inference
- prediction
- main idea
- detail
- organization
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Detail questions are information questions about the topic of the conversation or lecture.
(DELTA CD 1.5) Listen and take notes about hearing loss.
p. 203 - Choose the correct answers to these questions.
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p. 206 exercise 2.2.A - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 B
6 B
7 D
8 B
9 A
10 B
p. 207 exercise 2.2.B - Listen to the conversations and lecture and take notes, then answer.
1 C
2 C D
3 A
4 B D
5 B D
6 B
7 C
8 B
9 A C
10 B
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Homework (optional): finish the handout on reading vocabulary questions