2019-10-02 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/einstein-s-twin-paradox-explained-amber-l-stuver
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Homework: Cengage p. 35-42 - Answer the fact questions about these three passages. (Question 4 is a bit unclear.)
Compare your answers with your partner. Try to convince them if you disagree.
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 B (or C, if the sentence at the end of paragraph 4 also includes paragraph 3)
5 C
6 B
7 D
8 C
9 A
10 B
11 C
12 D
13 D (course = set of 2, 3, or 4 strings struck at one time to produce a note => 1 course = 1 note)
14 C (“although some musicologists challenge this classification”)
15 A (People don’t even agree that they’re in the zither family, so the zither isn’t an ancestor. Paragraph 1 says, “Their earliest ancestor was a Persian instrument called the santir.” Sometimes you need to scan the entire text for negative fact questions.)
16 B
17 A
18 C
19 A
20 C
21 D
22 B
23 A
24 C
25 C
26 D
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea / gist (content or purpose)
- detail
- purpose/method
- inference
- prediction
- attitude
- function/replay
- complete a chart or table (multi-part detail questions)
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Detail Questions - Usually the answers to these should be in your notes. However, the answer choices are often restatements of the information from the audio, rather than direct quotes.
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Cambridge L13 - Choose which option is the correct restatement of what you hear.
1 B
2 A
3 B
4 B
5 A
6 B
7 B
8 A
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BREAK
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exercise L14 - Listen and take notes. Then answer the detail questions (each one has two answers).
1 A C
2 B D
3 A B
4 B C
exercise L15 - Listen and take notes. Then choose the two or three correct answers. (There are not questions like this on the TOEFL, but it’s basically the same strategy as L16.)
1 A B D
2 A B
3 A D
4 B C
exercise L16 - Listen and take notes, then choose “yes” or “no” for each option
1 yes yes no yes no (C and E are part of racing, not training)
2 no yes yes yes no
3 no no yes yes yes
exercise L17 - Listen and take notes, then mark the correct boxes in the chart.
1 prisms plates stars
2 antiviral antibacterial antibacterial
3 refrigerator icehouse icebox
4 drops drops drops flow flow
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Cengage exercise 10.1 - Listen to conversations and take notes. Then answer the questions.
19 A
20 C
21 A B
22 D
exercise 10.2 - Listen to the discussion and take notes. Then answer the questions.
37 B
38 D
39 B C
40 A
41 D
42 C
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Homework: exercise 10.1 through question 18 (conversations) and 10.2 through question 18 (lectures and discussions) (Optionally, you can continue through question 36)