Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL® Test Book with CD-ROM

by Jolene Gear , Robert Gear

• ISBN13: 9780521784016
• ISBN10: 0521784018
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2002-03-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test includes skill building and practice tests to help learners succeed on the Test of English as a Foreign Language.This comprehensive test-preparation course is ideal for classroom use and self-study. The third edition also includes a CD-ROM component containing seven complete practice tests. Learners may take the tests in study mode, which generates feedback on their responses, or in test mode, which simulates the experience of taking the exam by computer. Fully revised and updated, the text provides a complete tutorial and a wealth of new activities to introduce students to the new computer formats and activity types. Other key features include more than 200 skill-building exercises fully updated for the new exam, 6 hours of listening material on Audio Cassettes, a complete grammar review, and an in-depth mini-writing course.

Table of Contents

To the user	xiii
To the teacher	xvii
Introduction to the TOEFL® Test	1	(1)
Reasons for taking the TOEFL® Test	1	(1)
The TOEFL® Information Bulletins	1	(1)
Information about the Computer-Based TOEFL® Test	2	(1)
Computer-Based TOEFL® Test format	2	(1)
Information about computer-adaptive tests	3	(1)
Scoring information	3	(3)
Writing scoring information	6	(1)
Information about the Paper-Based TOEFL® Test	7	(1)
Paper-Based TOEFL® Test format	7	(1)
Information about the answer sheet	8	(1)
Scoring information	8	(2)
How to take the TOEFL® Test successfully	10	(63)
Tutorial for the Computer-Based TOEFL® Test	13	(22)
Diagnostic Test	35	(38)
Section 1 Listening	73	(1)
PART A	73	(51)
Strategies to use for Listening, Part A	73	(3)
Practice with sounds	76	(7)
Identifying the correct sound	76	(1)
Recognizing questions and statements	77	(1)
Identifying words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings	77	(1)
Identifying the meaning of the word in the conversation	78	(1)
Identifying which meaning is correct	78	(2)
Identifying multiple meanings	80	(1)
Matching words	80	(1)
Practice with conversations	81	(2)
Practice with idioms and phrasal verbs	83	(7)
Understanding idiomatic expressions	84	(2)
Identifying the correct idiom or phrasal verb	86	(2)
Identifying the correct meaning of expressions	88	(2)
Check your progress	90	(4)
Mini-test	91	(3)
Practice with various structures	94	(17)
Practice with time, quantity, and comparisons	97	(3)
Understanding causatives	100	(2)
Understanding negative meaning	102	(2)
Understanding modals	104	(2)
Identifying conditions	106	(3)
Identifying causes and results	109	(2)
Check your progress	111	(3)
Mini-test	111	(3)
Practice with understanding meaning from context	114	(5)
Identifying the purpose	115	(1)
Understanding responses	115	(1)
Identifying what people are doing	116	(1)
Drawing conclusions	117	(1)
Making inferences based on context	118	(1)
Check your progress	119	(5)
Mini-test	119	(5)
PART B	124	(39)
Strategies to use for Listening, Part B	123	(1)
Practice with topics	124	(3)
Predicting the topic from the first statement	125	(1)
Identifying the topic from the first statement	125	(1)
Determining if the topic is stated in the first sentence of the passage	126	(1)
Identifying a change in topic	127	(1)
Check your progress	127	(2)
Mini-test	127	(2)
Practice with details	129	(11)
Understanding referents in a conversation or talk	131	(1)
Understanding restatements	132	(1)
Getting all the facts	133	(1)
Organizing details	134	(2)
Focusing on details	136	(3)
Using details	139	(1)
Check your progress	140	(5)
Mini-test	141	(4)
Practice with inferences	145	(3)
Understanding inferences	145	(1)
Drawing conclusions	146	(2)
Inferring reasons	148	(1)
Check your progress	148	(15)
Mini-test	149	(2)
Listening Section Practice Test	151	(12)
Section 2 Structure	163	(122)
Strategies to use for the Structure Section	163	(1)
Strategies to use for complete-the-sentence questions	164	(1)
Strategies to use for identify-the-error questions	164	(1)
Practice with nouns	165	(5)
Identifying count and noncount nouns	167	(1)
Reviewing plural and singular forms	167	(1)
Locating and checking plurals and singulars	168	(1)
Checking noun forms	169	(1)
Checking nouns	170	(1)
Practice with articles and demonstratives	170	(6)
Identifying the need for articles	173	(1)
Checking articles	174	(1)
Checking demonstratives	174	(1)
Correcting articles and demonstratives	175	(1)
Locating and checking articles and demonstratives	175	(1)
Practice with pronouns and possessive adjectives	176	(4)
Locating pronouns and possessive adjectives	177	(1)
Checking pronoun and possessive adjective forms	177	(1)
Identifying referents	178	(1)
Checking for agreement	179	(1)
Completing sentences	179	(1)
Check your progress	180	(4)
Mini-test	181	(3)
Practice with subjects	184	(8)
Focusing on subjects	186	(1)
Locating subjects	187	(1)
Checking subject-verb agreement	187	(1)
Choosing the correct subject	188	(1)
Understanding ``it''	189	(1)
Understanding ``there''	190	(1)
Checking ``there'' and ``it''	191	(1)
Check your progress	192	(3)
Mini-test	192	(3)
Practice with verbs	195	(12)
Focusing on verbs	202	(1)
Recognizing the passive and active voices	203	(1)
Checking verb tenses	203	(1)
Checking subject-verb agreement	204	(1)
Checking verb forms	204	(1)
Checking infintives and gerunds	205	(1)
Completing the sentence	206	(1)
Practice with subject/aux-word inversions	207	(4)
Identifying words and phrases that cause a change in word order	208	(1)
Locating inversions	209	(1)
Correcting word order	209	(1)
Completing the sentence	210	(1)
Check your progress	211	(2)
Mini-test	211	(2)
Practice with word forms	213	(7)
Identifying suffixes	216	(1)
Identifying functions	216	(1)
Checking noun forms	217	(1)
Checking verb forms	218	(1)
Checking adjective forms	219	(1)
Checking adverb forms	220	(1)
Practice with word choices	220	(8)
Checking ``and,'' ``or,'' and ``but''	223	(1)
Checking ``either...or,'' ``neither...nor,'' and ``both...and''	224	(1)
Checking ``so,'' ``as,'' and ``such as''	224	(1)
Checking ``too,'' ``enough,'' and ``so''	225	(1)
Checking ``many,'' ``much,'' ``few,'' and ``little''	225	(1)
Checking ``like,'' ``alike,'' and ``unlike''	226	(1)
Checking ``another,'' ``the other,'' ``other,'' ``the others,'' and ``others''	226	(1)
Checking frequently confused words	227	(1)
Check your progress	228	(2)
Mini-test	228	(2)
Practice with clauses	230	(3)
Recognizing complete simple sentences	232	(1)
Recognizing complete complex sentences	232	(1)
Practice with noun clauses	233	(5)
Identifying noun clauses	234	(1)
Identifying noun clause functions	235	(1)
Locating subjects and verbs in independent clauses	236	(1)
Locating subjects and verbs in noun clauses	236	(1)
Checking verbs in noun clauses	236	(1)
Choosing correct clause markers	237	(1)
Check your progress	238	(2)
Mini-test	238	(2)
Practice with adjective clauses	240	(6)
Locating clause markers	243	(1)
Locating adjective clauses	243	(1)
Checking clause markers	244	(1)
Choosing correct clause markers	244	(1)
Locating subjects and verbs in adjective clauses	245	(1)
Checking verbs in adjective clauses	246	(1)
Practice with reduced adjective clauses	246	(4)
Locating adjective phrases	248	(1)
Identifying adjective phrases and clauses	249	(1)
Recognizing whether or not clauses can be reduced	249	(1)
Checking verb forms	250	(1)
Check your progress	250	(3)
Mini-test	251	(2)
Practice with adverb clauses	253	(6)
Locating adverb clauses	256	(1)
Identifying adverb clauses	256	(1)
Locating subjects and verbs of adverb clauses	257	(1)
Checking verb tenses and forms	258	(1)
Choosing correct clause markers	258	(1)
Practice with reduced adverb clauses	259	(5)
Identifying adverb phrases and clauses	261	(1)
Recognizing clauses that can be reduced	262	(1)
Checking verb forms	262	(1)
Choosing correct clause markers	263	(1)
Check your progress	264	(2)
Mini-test	264	(2)
Practice with comparing	266	(5)
Locating phrases	268	(1)
Identifying kinds of phrases	268	(1)
Checking comparatives	269	(1)
Checking parallel comparatives	269	(1)
Checking superlatives	270	(1)
Checking expressions of equality and inequality	270	(1)
Practice with parallel structures	271	(2)
Locating parallels	271	(1)
Checking for parallels	272	(1)
Checking parallels	272	(1)
Practice with prepositional phrases	273	(4)
Identifying prepositional phrases	275	(1)
Locating prepositional phrases	275	(1)
Identifying correct prepositions	276	(1)
Identifying correct phrases	276	(1)
Practice with redundancies	277	(1)
Checking phrases	278	(1)
Identifying redundancies	278	(1)
Check your progress	278	(7)
Mini-test	279	(2)
Structure Section Practice Test	281	(4)
Section 3 Reading	285	(104)
Strategies to use for building reading fluency	285	(1)
Strategies to use for building vocabulary	286	(2)
Strategies to use for reading	288	(1)
Practice with vocabulary	289	(16)
Understanding words in context	290	(10)
Choosing the synonym	300	(4)
Finding synonyms	304	(1)
Check your progress	305	(3)
Mini-test	305	(3)
Practice with main ideas	308	(6)
Locating topics	309	(2)
Selecting a topic sentence	311	(1)
Checking the topic	312	(2)
Check your progress	314	(2)
Mini-test	314	(2)
Practice with understanding details and restatements	316	(23)
Locating referents	318	(1)
Understanding referents	319	(2)
Finding the referent	321	(1)
Understanding transitions and connectors	322	(2)
Inserting sentences	324	(2)
Identifying illustrations	326	(2)
Identifying sentences	328	(2)
Identifying paragraphs	330	(2)
Understanding exceptions	332	(2)
Identifying if statements are the same or different	334	(1)
Identifying restatements	335	(3)
Locating restated information	338	(1)
Check your progress	339	(10)
Mini-test	339	(10)
Practice with inferences	349	(12)
Identifying inferences in statements	350	(2)
Locating inferred information	352	(2)
Checking if a statement can be inferred	354	(1)
Identifying inferences in paragraphs	355	(3)
Making inferences	358	(2)
Drawing conclusions	360	(1)
Check your progress	361	(28)
Mini-test	361	(7)
Reading Section Practice Test	368	(21)
Section 4 Writing	389	(2)
Strategies to use for building essay-writing fluency	389	(1)
Strategies to use for the essay	390	(1)
WRITING PARAGRAPHS	391	(17)
Practice with topic sentences	391	(3)
Looking at topic sentences	391	(1)
Checking topic sentences	392	(1)
Writing topic sentences	393	(1)
Practice with supporting ideas	394	(3)
Checking supporting ideas	394	(1)
Checking paragraphs for supporting ideas	395	(1)
Writing supporting ideas	395	(2)
Writing supporting ideas in a paragraph	397	(1)
Practice with details	397	(3)
Adding details	398	(1)
Adding details to paragraphs	399	(1)
Further practice in adding details to paragraphs	400	(1)
Practice with organizing and writing paragraphs	400	(8)
Brainstorming	401	(1)
Combining related ideas	402	(1)
Writing topic sentences	403	(1)
Outlining	403	(2)
Adding details to the outline	405	(1)
More brainstorming	406	(1)
Brainstorming for questions	406	(1)
Writing paragraphs	407	(1)
WRITING ESSAYS	408	(15)
Practice with introductions	409	(2)
Rewriting introductions	410	(1)
Practice with developmental paragraphs	411	(1)
Writing developmental paragraphs	411	(1)
Comparing and contrasting	411	(1)
Practice with conclusions	412	(2)
Rewriting conclusions	413	(1)
Practice with analyzing essays	414	(3)
Analyzing essays	414	(1)
Scoring essays	415	(2)
Practice with answering essay questions	417	(4)
Practice writing essays	420	(1)
Check your progress	421	(2)
Mini-test	421	(1)
Writing Section Practice Test	421	(2)
Practice Tests	423	(72)
Practice Test 1	424	(33)
Practice Test 2	457	(38)
Answer Keys	495	(64)
Diagnostic Test	495	(55)
Listening	499	(14)
Structure	513	(21)
Reading	534	(11)
Writing	545	(5)
Practice Test 1	550	(4)
Practice Test 2	554	(5)
Scripts	559	(32)
Diagnostic Test	559	(24)
Listening	562	(21)
Practice Test 1	583	(4)
Practice Test 2	587	(4)
Index	591