Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL® Test Book

by Jolene Gear

• ISBN13: 9780521367455
• ISBN10: 052136745X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-08-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume is a comprehensive test preparation course that helps learners acquire the skills they need to succeed on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. The course not only teaches test-taking strategies, but it actually provides the language foundation needed to score well on the TOEFL. All the print components are conveniently contained in a single book including diagnostic test, skills-building exercises, two full length practice tests, tapescript, and answer key), accompanied by high quality recordings. Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL® Test is ideal for both classroom and self-study use. * Diagnostic test at the beginning of the book (a full-length TOEFL-format test) directs individual learners to sections of the book that will strengthen the skills they need most. * Answer key for all tests and exercises explains why answers are right or wrong. Test answer keys are cross-referenced to relevant exercises in the test. * Offers test strategies for each section of the TOEFL. * TOEFL mini-tests throughout each section allow learners to constantly monitor their progress. TOEFL is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service. Cambridge University Press is solely responsible for the contents of this book, and is no way connected with Educational Testing Service.

Table of Contents

To the user	p. xiii
To the teacher	p. xvii
Introduction to the TOEFL Test	p. 1
Reasons for taking the TOEFL Test	p. 1
The TOEFL Information Bulletins	p. 1
Information about the Computer-Based TOEFL Test	p. 2
Computer-Based TOEFL Test format	p. 2
Information about computer-adaptive tests	p. 3
Scoring information	p. 3
Writing scoring information	p. 6
Information about the Paper-Based TOEFL Test	p. 7
Paper-Based TOEFL Test format	p. 7
Information about the answer sheet	p. 8
Scoring information	p. 8
How to take the TOEFL Test successfully	p. 10
Tutorial for the Computer-Based TOEFL Test	p. 13
Diagnostic Test	p. 35
Listening	p. 73
	p. 73
Strategies to use for Listening, Part A	p. 73
Practice with sounds	p. 76
Identifying the correct sound	p. 76
Recognizing questions and statements	p. 77
Identifying words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings	p. 77
Identifying the meaning of the word in the conversation	p. 78
Identifying which meaning is correct	p. 78
Identifying multiple meanings	p. 80
Matching words	p. 80
Practice with conversations	p. 81
Practice with idioms and phrasal verbs	p. 83
Understanding idiomatic expressions	p. 84
Identifying the correct idiom or phrasal verb	p. 86
Identifying the correct meaning of expressions	p. 88
Check your progress	p. 90
Mini-test	p. 91
Practice with various structures	p. 94
Practice with time, quantity, and comparisons	p. 97
Understanding causatives	p. 100
Understanding negative meaning	p. 102
Understanding modals	p. 104
Identifying conditions	p. 106
Identifying causes and results	p. 109
Check your progress	p. 111
Mini-test	p. 111
Practice with understanding meaning from context	p. 114
Identifying the purpose	p. 115
Understanding responses	p. 115
Identifying what people are doing	p. 116
Drawing conclusions	p. 117
Making inferences based on context	p. 118
Check your progress	p. 119
Mini-test	p. 119
	p. 124
Strategies to use for Listening, Part B	p. 123
Practice with topics	p. 124
Predicting the topic from the first statement	p. 125
Identifying the topic from the first statement	p. 125
Determining if the topic is stated in the first sentence of the passage	p. 126
Identifying a change in topic	p. 127
Check your progress	p. 127
Mini-test	p. 127
Practice with details	p. 129
Understanding referents in a conversation or talk	p. 131
Understanding restatements	p. 132
Getting all the facts	p. 133
Organizing details	p. 134
Focusing on details	p. 136
Using details	p. 139
Check your progress	p. 140
Mini-test	p. 141
Practice with inferences	p. 145
Understanding inferences	p. 145
Drawing conclusions	p. 146
Inferring reasons	p. 148
Check your progress	p. 148
Mini-test	p. 149
Listening Section Practice Test	p. 151
Structure	p. 163
Strategies to use for the Structure Section	p. 163
Strategies to use for complete-the-sentence questions	p. 164
Strategies to use for identify-the-error questions	p. 164
Practice with nouns	p. 165
Identifying count and noncount nouns	p. 167
Reviewing plural and singular forms	p. 167
Locating and checking plurals and singulars	p. 168
Checking noun forms	p. 169
Checking nouns	p. 170
Practice with articles and demonstratives	p. 170
Identifying the need for articles	p. 173
Checking articles	p. 174
Checking demonstratives	p. 174
Correcting articles and demonstratives	p. 175
Locating and checking articles and demonstratives	p. 175
Practice with pronouns and possessive adjectives	p. 176
Locating pronouns and possessive adjectives	p. 177
Checking pronoun and possessive adjective forms	p. 177
Identifying referents	p. 178
Checking for agreement	p. 179
Completing sentences	p. 179
Check your progress	p. 180
Mini-test	p. 181
Practice with subjects	p. 184
Focusing on subjects	p. 186
Locating subjects	p. 187
Checking subject-verb agreement	p. 187
Choosing the correct subject	p. 188
Understanding "it"	p. 189
Understanding "there"	p. 190
Checking "there" and "it"	p. 191
Check your progress	p. 192
Mini-test	p. 192
Practice with verbs	p. 195
Focusing on verbs	p. 202
Recognizing the passive and active voices	p. 203
Checking verb tenses	p. 203
Checking subject-verb agreement	p. 204
Checking verb forms	p. 204
Checking infinitives and gerunds	p. 205
Completing the sentence	p. 206
Practice with subject/aux-word inversions	p. 207
Identifying words and phrases that cause a change in word order	p. 208
Locating inversions	p. 209
Correcting word order	p. 209
Completing the sentence	p. 210
Check your progress	p. 211
Mini-test	p. 211
Practice with word forms	p. 213
Identifying suffixes	p. 216
Identifying functions	p. 216
Checking noun forms	p. 217
Checking verb forms	p. 218
Checking adjective forms	p. 219
Checking adverb forms	p. 220
Practice with word choices	p. 220
Checking "and," "or," and "but"	p. 223
Checking "either...or," "neither...nor," and "both...and"	p. 224
Checking "so," "as," and "such as"	p. 224
Checking "too," "enough," and "so"	p. 225
Checking "many," "much," "few," and "little"	p. 225
Checking "like," "alike," and "unlike"	p. 226
Checking "another," "the other," "other," "the others," and "others"	p. 226
Checking frequently confused words	p. 227
Check your progress	p. 228
Mini-test	p. 228
Practice with clauses	p. 230
Recognizing complete simple sentences	p. 232
Recognizing complete complex sentences	p. 232
Practice with noun clauses	p. 233
Identifying noun clauses	p. 234
Identifying noun clause functions	p. 235
Locating subjects and verbs in independent clauses	p. 236
Locating subjects and verbs in noun clauses	p. 236
Checking verbs in noun clauses	p. 236
Choosing correct clause markers	p. 237
Check your progress	p. 238
Mini-test	p. 238
Practice with adjective clauses	p. 240
Locating clause markers	p. 243
Locating adjective clauses	p. 243
Checking clause markers	p. 244
Choosing correct clause markers	p. 244
Locating subjects and verbs in adjective clauses	p. 245
Checking verbs in adjective clauses	p. 246
Practice with reduced adjective clauses	p. 246
Locating adjective phrases	p. 248
Identifying adjective phrases and clauses	p. 249
Recognizing whether or not clauses can be reduced	p. 249
Checking verb forms	p. 250
Check your progress	p. 250
Mini-test	p. 251
Practice with adverb clauses	p. 253
Locating adverb clauses	p. 256
Identifying adverb clauses	p. 256
Locating subjects and verbs of adverb clauses	p. 257
Checking verb tenses and forms	p. 258
Choosing correct clause markers	p. 258
Practice with reduced adverb clauses	p. 259
Identifying adverb phrases and clauses	p. 261
Recognizing clauses that can be reduced	p. 262
Checking verb forms	p. 262
Choosing correct clause markers	p. 263
Check your progress	p. 264
Mini-test	p. 264
Practice with comparing	p. 266
Locating phrases	p. 268
Identifying kinds of phrases	p. 268
Checking comparatives	p. 269
Checking parallel comparatives	p. 269
Checking superlatives	p. 270
Checking expressions of equality and inequality	p. 270
Practice with parallel structures	p. 271
Locating parallels	p. 271
Checking for parallels	p. 272
Checking parallels	p. 272
Practice with prepositional phrases	p. 273
Identifying prepositional phrases	p. 275
Locating prepositional phrases	p. 275
Identifying correct prepositions	p. 276
Identifying correct phrases	p. 276
Practice with redundancies	p. 277
Checking phrases	p. 278
Identifying redundancies	p. 278
Check your progress	p. 278
Mini-test	p. 279
Structure Section Practice Test	p. 281
Reading	p. 285
Strategies to use for building reading fluency	p. 285
Strategies to use for building vocabulary	p. 286
Strategies to use for reading	p. 288
Practice with vocabulary	p. 289
Understanding words in context	p. 290
Choosing the synonym	p. 300
Finding synonyms	p. 304
Check your progress	p. 305
Mini-test	p. 305
Practice with main ideas	p. 308
Locating topics	p. 309
Selecting a topic sentence	p. 311
Checking the topic	p. 312
Check your progress	p. 314
Mini-test	p. 314
Practice with understanding details and restatements	p. 316
Locating referents	p. 318
Understanding referents	p. 319
Finding the referent	p. 321
Understanding transitions and connectors	p. 322
Inserting sentences	p. 324
Identifying illustrations	p. 326
Identifying sentences	p. 328
Identifying paragraphs	p. 330
Understanding exceptions	p. 332
Identifying if statements are the same or different	p. 334
Identifying restatements	p. 335
Locating restated information	p. 338
Check your progress	p. 339
Mini-test	p. 339
Practice with inferences	p. 349
Identifying inferences in statements	p. 350
Locating inferred information	p. 352
Checking if a statement can be inferred	p. 354
Identifying inferences in paragraphs	p. 355
Making inferences	p. 358
Drawing conclusions	p. 360
Check your progress	p. 361
Mini-test	p. 361
Reading Section Practice Test	p. 368
Writing	p. 389
Strategies to use for building essay-writing fluency	p. 389
Strategies to use for the essay	p. 390
Writing Paragraphs	p. 391
Practice with topic sentences	p. 391
Looking at topic sentences	p. 391
Checking topic sentences	p. 392
Writing topic sentences	p. 393
Practice with supporting ideas	p. 394
Checking supporting ideas	p. 394
Checking paragraphs for supporting ideas	p. 395
Writing supporting ideas	p. 395
Writing supporting ideas in a paragraph	p. 397
Practice with details	p. 397
Adding details	p. 398
Adding details to paragraphs	p. 399
Further practice in adding details to paragraphs	p. 400
Practice with organizing and writing paragraphs	p. 400
Brainstorming	p. 401
Combining related ideas	p. 402
Writing topic sentences	p. 403
Outlining	p. 403
Adding details to the outline	p. 405
More brainstorming	p. 406
Brainstorming for questions	p. 406
Writing paragraphs	p. 407
Writing Essays	p. 408
Practice with introductions	p. 409
Rewriting introductions	p. 410
Practice with developmental paragraphs	p. 411
Writing developmental paragraphs	p. 411
Comparing and contrasting	p. 411
Practice with conclusions	p. 412
Rewriting conclusions	p. 413
Practice with analyzing essays	p. 414
Analyzing essays	p. 414
Scoring essays	p. 415
Practice with answering essay questions	p. 417
Practice writing essays	p. 420
Check your progress	p. 421
Mini-test	p. 421
Writing Section Practice Test	p. 421
Practice Tests	p. 423
Practice Test 1	p. 424
Practice Test 2	p. 457
Answer Keys	p. 495
Diagnostic Test	p. 495
Listening	p. 499
Structure	p. 513
Reading	p. 534
Writing	p. 545
Practice Test 1	p. 550
Practice Test 2	p. 554
Scripts	p. 559
Diagnostic Test	p. 559
Listening	p. 562
Practice Test 1	p. 583
Practice Test 2	p. 587
Index	p. 591
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