2016-07-22 Pre TOEFL: political systems reading

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all my classes
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Homework: p. 39-41 - Identify the question types for the other reading.
26 function
27 vocabulary
28 detail
29 vocabulary
30 detail
31 vocabulary
32 negative fact
33 function
34 sentence summary
35 reference
36 inference
37 add text
38 table completion
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Take 20 minutes to answer the first set of questions on p. 35-37
14 B “while monarchs remained of national unity, real power had passed to constitutional assemblies”
15 A
16 B (The whole paragraph is about liberal democracy. The previous sentence describes it and then this sentence tells us what it applies to.)
17 A “differ from” -> this is to show contrast
18 C
19 D “except where limits on state control were directly stated in a bill of rights or in a democratic constitution”
20 D “The expansion of state activity…. The passing of laws came to be seen as a way to promote the wellbeing of the people”
21 C (some democracies, not some dictatorships)
22 B
23 A (beginnings of paragraph 2 and 5)
24 D (it’s an example of passing many more laws than before, which means it should come after the sentence about increasing the number of laws)
25 Monarchy: A, E
   Liberal Democracy: B, F
   Dictatorship: D