2017-11-14 TOEFL: word roots, reading purpose

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word Roots (list 1) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root
ab = away
ad = to/toward
aer = air
agri = farm/field
ambi = both
ambul = walk (or walk around)
ami/amo = love/friendship
andro = man (contrasted with “gyn” = woman)
anim = life/spirit/movement
ann/enn = year
ante/anti = before
anthropo = human/humanity
anti = against
aqua = water (sometimes specifically fresh water as opposed to salt water)
arch = first (in importance or power)
archa = old (i.e. first in time)
art = skill
astro = star
aud = hear/listen
auto = self
bell = war (antebellum = before (the US Civil) war)
bene = good
bio = life
cept/ceive = catch (“capture” is also from the same root)
cardi = heart
carn = meat/flesh (“meat” is most common when it’s dead, “flesh” can be living)
cede/ceed = go (nouns and other related words often use “cess” for this root)
cent = hundred (“centi” = one hundredth)
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philanthropist = someone who loves humanity (and gives money for social projects and programs)
philanderer = womanizer; man who frequently has casual sex with different partners
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TOEFL: 4 sections, 30 points each
1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3-4 passages, 20 minutes (and about 15 questions) each
2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets, 3 listenings (17 questions, 10 minutes of answer time) each
	(10-minute break)
3 speaking: 20 minutes total, 6 tasks, 45-60 seconds of speaking each (5m30s total speaking time)
4 writing: 60 minutes total, 2 tasks, 20 and 30 minutes of writing time
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Reading Question Types
- vocabulary
- fact
- negative fact
- reference
- purpose
- inference
- paraphrase
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- categorize/organize
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DELTA p. 90 - Read the paragraph and answer the question. Why does the author mention oil prices?
p. 91 - Some examples of what purpose questions look like and some typical words in answer choices.
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p. 94-95 - Take 5 minutes to answer these purpose questions (1-4 of 1.5.A)
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BREAK
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Compare your answers with a partner and try to convince them yours are correct if you disagree.
1 A
2 D
3 B
4 A
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Handout (Cengage) p. 85-86 - Take 4 minutes to skim the first passage and answer questions 1-4.
1 T
2 F
3 F (We don’t know anything about the author’s opinion.)
4 F
p. 86-87 - Take 7 minutes to do the same for the second passage. Then check with your partner.
5 T
6 T
7 F
8 T
9 F
10 T
11 F
p. 87-88 - Take 3 minutes for passage 3.
12 F
13 T
14 F - There were “triumphant” performances in those cities.
15 T
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Handout p. 91-94 - Skim the article about video games and answer the questions (10 minutes). Then check your answers with your partner.
1 B
2 A
3 A
4 B
5 C
6 A - Cell phones are mentioned as an example of a device that is not “primarily designed for game-playing”. The previous paragraphs are about devices that are primarily for games.
	(There’s nothing in the text about ‘only’ or ‘more important’. We can infer that it has other uses, but we can’t infer any opinion about their importance.)
7 D
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p. 94-95 - Take three minutes to answer these two questions.
8 A
9 B
p. 95-97 - Take five minutes.
10 D
11 A
12 C
13 D
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Homework: Finish the handout (88-91 and 97-101)