2017-03-03 TOEFL: reading fact

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 21 of the handout (Collins)
part A
1 Both
2 contrast
3 Likewise
4 Whereas
5 Neither
part B
1 both
2 like
3 however
4 differ / are different
5 difference
6 While / Whereas
7 resemble
8 on the other hand / in contrast
9 in common
10 unlike
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Reading Section: first part of the test, 60-80 minutes to answer questions about 3 or 4 passages (20 minutes for each passage)
Reading Question Types:
- sentence paraphrase
- vocabulary in context
- reference
- fact
- negative fact
- inference
- purpose
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize/categorize
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Fact and vocabulary questions are the most common. (Half of the questions for each passage will probably be one of these types.)
Fact question handout p. 181-182 (from Cambridge) - Read paragraphs 1-4 and decide if each of the following statements are true or false. Then check with your partner.
1 A T
  B F (it was rejected twice and then accepted the third time)
  C T (“military risks” are a security threat)
  D T
  E F (“bore” can mean to make a hole in something)
  F F (There was no construction in 1930. The proposal was rejected because of cost, risks, and doubt.)
  G F
  H T (It was rejected partly because of the estimated cost, so the cost was too much.)
2 A T
  B F (The animal was probably that size, but the fossils are smaller.)
  C F (The animal lived on land.)
  D T
  E T
  F F (Whales can recognize the source because the bones are separated.)
  G T
  H T (“The separation of those bones in marine whales” implies that whales living in the sea have separated bones.)
3 A T
  B F
  C F (The potato in Bolivia releases a glue from its hairs, not a scent.)
  D T
  E T (“Cross” in the context of breeding means one was bred with the other, so it doesn’t matter which order we say them in.)
  F F (It only had that effect on the population of aphids, not all insects.)
  G T
  H T (“Unfortunately, the hairs also trap beneficial insects.”)
4 A F (Other violins can’t match the Stradivarius, which means other violins sound worse.)
  B T
  C T
  D F
  E F (They believe the quality comes in part from the varnish, but not from the color of the varnish.)
  F T
  G F
  H T
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Handout p. 51 (Longman) - Take 3 minutes to read the questions and find the answers in the text.
1 D (Even if you don’t know “crescent”, the others can’t be correct based on the length and width given in the first paragraph.)
2 A (It’s the ninth largest, which means there are 8 larger lakes.)
3 D (“It holds one-fifth of the world’s total fresh water.” ⅕ = 20%)
4 C
5 B
p. 52-53 - Take 3 minutes to read your passage and take notes. Then summarize/paraphrase the information for your partner, and your partner will try to answer the questions based on that information.
6 C
7 A (“in advance” means before)
8 D (14 g or less; 3 US nickels or 6 US pennies weigh 15 g)
9 B
10 C
11 A
12 D
13 C
14 B
15 D
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p. 30-32 (Cengage) - Read the questions after Passage 1 and identify where in the passage you can find the answers.
1 paragraph 1 - “According to legend,...”
2 paragraph 1 - “In emergencies,...” (This is a negative fact question.)
3 paragraph 2 - “made false teeth from African ivory.”
4 paragraph 3 - “and only two of these graduated.”
5 paragraph 3 - “has recently been restored as a museum of dental history.”
6 paragraph 4 - “two methods of reducing pain”
7 paragraph 4 - “Two years later, in 1846,...”
8 paragraph 5 - “Early decay, …”
9 paragraph 6 - “These power drills, which were at first called ‘dental engines’”
10 paragraph 6 - “These drills work...drilling produces.”
p. 32-33 - Take 5 minutes to locate the answers to the questions after passage 2
11 paragraph 1
12 paragraph 1
13 paragraph 1
14 paragraph 2
15 paragraph 3
16 paragraph 3
17 paragraph 4
18 paragraph 4
19 paragraph 5
20 paragraph 5
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Homework: handout p. 35-42 - Read the passages and answer the questions.