2018-04-30 TOEFL: tests

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: write a response to this independent prompt and email it to me:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Playing computer games is a waste of time. Children should not be allowed to play them.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-cambodian-myth-of-lightning-thunder-and-rain-prumsodum-ok
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You will only have 15 minutes for each passage today. What strategies can help you choose answers quickly?
- scan the text for key words and phrases, then read the text around that and compare it to the answer choices
- eliminate choices that are probably wrong and guess among the others
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DELTA extra practice test 1 - Reading - Take 15 minutes to answer the questions after each of four passages.
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BREAK
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Listening Test - Write the numbers 1 to 17 on your paper twice
Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
Put your answers in the Google form in your email.
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Discuss reading questions most people got wrong.
4 - C
22 - C
	“...replacing popular sovereignty with the total power of the state”
	= First there was popular sovereignty, but then there was total power of the state.
	(According to the text, popular sovereignty is the idea “that all of the people had effective authority, or sovereignty”.)
8 - A
	“Spring and neap tides have 20% more or less, respectively, than average.”
	= spring tides have 20% more, neap tides have 20% less
45 - D “He knows neither good nor evil” - paragraph 3
25 - D (This is an example of “the number of new laws increased immensely”)
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You can still do your homework writing this evening if you haven’t already.