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目錄:
Contents
PART 1 Basic Comprehension
Unit 1 Listening for Main Ideas 3
Music Agriculture Public Health Literature
Unit 2 Listening for Main Purpose 29
Zoology Geology Astronomy Climatology
Unit 3 Listening for Major Details 55
Dramatics Literature Language Entomology
PART 2 Pragmatic Understanding
Unit 4 Understanding the Function of What Is Said 83
Agriculture Geology Culture Botany
Unit 5 Understanding the Speakers Attitude 109
Life Science Climatology Sociology Biology
PART 3 Connecting Information
Unit 6 Understanding Organization 137
Art Economy Archeology Zoology
Unit 7 Connecting Content 163
Psychology Zoology Culture History
Unit 8 Making Inferences 189
Meteorology Writing Art Geology
Vocabulary Wrap-up 215
Actual Test 01 226
Actual Test 02 236
Contents Answer Book
Unit 1 Listening for Main Ideas 249
Unit 2 Listening for Main Purpose 257
Unit 3 Listening for Major Details 265
Unit 4 Understanding the Function of What Is Said 274
Unit 5 Understanding the Speakers Attitude 282
Unit 6 Understanding Organization 291
Unit 7 Connecting Content 300
Unit 8 Making Inferences 309
Actual Test 01 317
Actual Test 02 322
內容試閱:
Introduction
A. Information on the TOEFL iBT
The Format of the TOEFL iBT
Section
Number of Questions
Timing
Score
Reading
3~4 Passages
- approximately 700 words each
- 10 questions per passage
54~72 min.
30 points
Listening
2~3 Conversations
- 12~25 exchanges each 3 min.
- 5 questions per conversation
3~4 Lectures
- 500~750 words each 4~5 min.
- 6 questions per lecture
41~57 min.
30 points
BREAK
10 min.
Speaking
1 Independent Task
preparation: 15 sec. response: 45 sec.
① 1 paired choice
2 Integrated Tasks: Read-Listen-Speak
preparation: 30 sec. response: 60 sec.
① 1 campus situation topic
- reading: 80~110 words 45 sec.
- conversation: 150~180 words 60~80 sec.
② 1 academic course topic
- reading: 80~110 words 45 sec.
- lecture: 150~220 words 60~90 sec.
1 Integrated Task: Listen-Speak
preparation: 20 sec. response: 60 sec.
① 1 academic course topic
- lecture: 230~280 words 90~120 sec.
17 min.
30 points
Writing
1 Integrated Task: Read-Listen-Write 20 min.
- reading: 250~300 words 3 min.
- lecture: 250~320 words 2 min.
- a summary of 150~225 words
1 Independent Task 30 min.
- a minimum 300-word essay
50 min.
30 points
B. Information on the Listening Section
The Listening section of the TOEFL iBT measures test takers ability to understand spoken English inEnglish-speaking colleges and universities. This section has 2~3 conversations that are 12~25 exchanges about 3 minutes long and 3~4 lectures that are 500~750 words 4~5 minutes long. Each conversationis followed by 5 questions and each lecture by 6 questions. Therefore, test takers have to answer 28~39 questions in total. The time allotted to the Listening section is 41~57 minutes, including the time spent listening to the conversations and lectures and answering the questions.
1. Types of Listening Passages
1 Conversations
_ Between a student and a professor or a teaching assistant during office hours
_Between a student with a person related to school services such as a librarian, housing director,
bookstore employee, etc.
2 Lectures
_ Monologue lectures delivered by a professor unilaterally
_ Interactive lectures with one or two students asking questions or making comments
*One lecture may be spoken with a British or Australian accent.
2. Types of Questions
Basic Comprehension Questions
1 Listening for Main Ideas _ This type of question asks you to identify the overall topic or main idea
of a lecture or conversation.
2 Listening for Main Purpose _ This type of question asks you why the speakers are having a
conversation or why a lecture is given.
3 Listening for Major Details _ This type of question asks you to understand specific details or facts
from a conversation or lecture.
Pragmatic Understanding Questions
4 Understanding the Function of What Is Said
_ This type of question asks you why a speaker mentions some point in the conversation or lecture.
_ This involves replaying part of the listening passage.
5 Understanding the Speakers Attitude
_ This type of question asks you what a speakers feelings, opinions, or degree of certainty is about
some issue, idea, or person.
_ This may involve replaying part of the listening passage.
Connecting Information Questions
6 Understanding Organization _ This type of question asks you how the listening passage is organized
or how two portions of the listening passage are related to each other.
7 Connecting Content _ This type of question asks you to classify or sequence information in a
different way from the way it was presented in the listening passage.
8 Making Inferences _ This type of question asks you to draw a conclusion based on information
given in the listening passage.