新托福考试专项进阶：高级阅读pdf/doc/txt格式电子书下载

书名：新托福考试专项进阶：高级阅读pdf/doc/txt格式电子书下载

推荐语：独特的“进阶训练”方式，辅以大量练习，帮助考生逐步掌握托福实考的技巧，切实提高英语实际运用能力，为考生提高托福成绩助一臂之力。

作者：蔡青,刘洋

出版社：北京新东方大愚文化传播有限公司

出版时间：2009-08-01

书籍编号：30287039

ISBN：9787800809798

正文语种：中英对照

字数：631334

版次：1

所属分类：外语学习-留学英语

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书名：新托福考试专项进阶：高级阅读

作者：蔡青，刘洋

ISBN：9787800809798

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How to Use This Book

How to Master Skills for the TOEFL iBT Reading Advanced is designed to be used either as a textbook for a TOEFL iBT reading preparation course or as a tool for individual learners who are preparing for the TOEFL test on their own. With a total of 10 units, this book is organized to prepare you for the test with a comprehensive understanding of the test and thorough analysis of every question type. Each unit consists of 6 parts and provides a step-by-step program that provides question-solving strategies and the development of test-taking abilities. At the back of the book are two actual tests of the Reading section of the TOEFL iBT.

1　Overview

This part is designed to prepare you for the type of question the unit covers. You will be given a full description of the question type and its application in the passage. You also will be given some useful tips as well as an illustrated introduction and sample.

2　Skill & Drill

The purpose of this section is to ensure that you understand the new types of questions that were described in the overview. You will be given a chance to confirm your understanding in brief texts before starting on the practice exercises. You will read some simple passages and answer questions of a particular type. This part will help you learn how to deal with each type of question on the Reading section of the TOEFL iBT.

3　TOEFL Reading Practice

This section allows you to practice reading TOEFL passages. Six long passages are provided, and a time limit is given for reading each passage. You first read the passage within a time limit and then solve general comprehension questions and the questions of the type that is mainly dealt with in the unit. A glossary of important words is listed in each passage to help increase your understanding. Also, clear notes are provided to help you grasp the overall organization of each passage and understand important points.

4　Building Summary Skills

The purpose of this part is for you to understand the previous long passages thoroughly by completing the summaries of them. This will also help you enhance your paraphrasing skills, which are strongly recommended to those who are preparing for the TOEFL iBT.

5　TOEFL iBT Practice Test

This part gives you a chance to experience an actual TOEFL iBT test in a shortened form. You will be given two passages with 8 questions each. The topics are similar to those on the actual TOEFL？？ test, as are the questions.

6　Vocabulary Review

This part offers you a chance to review some of the words you need to remember after finishing each unit. Vocabulary words for each unit are also provided at the back of the book to help you prepare for each unit.

7　Actual Test

This part offers two full practice tests that are modeled on the Reading section of the TOEFL iBT. This will familiarize you with the actual test format of the TOEFL iBT.

In this part, the reading comprehension questions include: vocabulary, reference, factual information, negative factual information, and sentence simplification. The learning objectives of these reading comprehension questions are to identify individual words, referential relations between the words in the passage, factual information, and essential sentences.

Unit 1　Vocabulary

Overview

■Introduction

Vocabulary questions ask you to identify the meanings of words and phrases in the passage, and you then choose a synonym from the answer choices. A word might have more than one meaning, but you should understand its contextual meaning and choose the answer choice closest in meaning to the word as it is used in the passage. There is no particular list of test words, so you need to increase your vocabulary as much as possible.Each passage has three to five vocabulary questions.

■Question Types

1.The word ___ in the passage is closest in meaning to

2.The phrase ___ in the passage is closest in meaning to

3.In stating that ___, the author means that~

4.Based on the information in paragraph X,which of the following best explains the term ___？

■Useful Tips

● Keep in mind that the question is asking for the meaning as the word is used in the passage.

● Make the most of contextual clues, such as definition, synonym, antonym, example, and experience clues.

● Confirm that the word or phrase you have chosen still makes sense in the passage.

Sample iBT Question

Jorge Luis Borges

Along with Charles Dickens and Franz Kafka,the Argentine short-story writer Jorge Luis Borges is one of the few authors to inspire his own adjective. A \"Borgesian\" work is one that bends time and reality, often creating a fantasy world revealing unexpected historical connections. In The Library of Babel, Borges describes an infinitelibrary that contains all possible texts. In The Babylon Lottery, he chronicles a lottery in which there are as many negative outcomes as positive; hence a winning ticket might carry a monetary prize while a losing ticket requires t

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