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READING
Beginning
BT TOEFL-Reading 2005.10.13 1:30 PM Page 3
Contents
Table of
Introduction to TOEFL
Reading ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
Chapter 1 Short Passage Skill Practice
Skill A Understanding Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17
Skill B Identifying Topics and Paraphrasing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
Skill C Recognizing Coherence ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29
Review A---C: Vocabulary Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 36
Skill Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38
Skill D Understanding Referents and Vocabulary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43
Skill E Making Inferences and Establishing Purpose -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49
Skill F Completing Summaries and Tables ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55
Review A---F: Vocabulary Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 62
Skill Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64
Chapter 2 Long Passage Skill Practice
Skill A Understanding Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71
Skill B Identifying Topics and Paraphrasing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79
Skill C Recognizing Coherence ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 87
Review A---C: Vocabulary Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 96
Skill Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 100
Skill D Understanding Referents and Vocabulary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 105
Skill E Making Inferences and Establishing Purpose -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113
Skill F Completing Summaries and Tables ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 121
Review A---F: Vocabulary Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 130
Skill Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 134
Chapter 3 Focus: Summarizing Information
Focus A Summaries from Prompts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 144
Focus B Summaries from Charts and Tables -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 150
Practice Test for Reading ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 157
Answer Key --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 169
BT TOEFL-Reading 2005.10.13 1:30 PM Page 5
Understanding Details 17
Understanding Details
Skill
A
Necessary Skills
Identifying Facts
Using transitional expressions to locate details such as examples, time, reasons, or results
Identifying Negative Facts
Identifying paraphrases that do or do not correctly summarize information from the text
Example Questions