Mô tả
How to Master Skills for the TOEFL® iBT Reading Basic 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 test on their own. With a total of 10 units, this book is organized to prepare students for the test with a comprehensive understanding of the test and a thorough analysis of every question type. Each unit provides a step-by-step program that includes question-solving strategies and the development of test-taking abilities.
Special Features:
- Intensive practice of all the question types on the TOEFL® iBT
- Graded reading passages with various topics that frequently appear on the TOEFL® iBT
- Glossed vocabulary to help students understand the passages better
- Graphic organizers to show the structures of the passages
- To-the-point practice to build summary skills
- Ten mini-tests and one complete test that familiarize students with the actual test format
- Vocabulary exercises and lists to help students expand their vocabulary
- Full answer key
CONTENTS
- Introduction
How to Use This Book
PART 1 Basic ComprehensionUnit 1: Vocabulary (Animals / Sports / Weather / Technology)
Unit 2: Reference (Science / Music / History / Economics)
Unit 3: Factual Information (Social Issues / Space / Art / Geography)
Unit 4: Negative Facts (Culture / Astronomy / Films / Physics)
Unit 5: Sentence Simplification (Biology / Weather / Environment / Law)PART 2 Making Inferences
Unit 6: Rhetorical Purpose (Science / Sociology / Geography / Psychology)
Unit 7: Inference (Journalism / Health Science / Government / Culture)
Unit 8: Insert Text (Biography /Social Issues / Literature / Sports)PART 3 Reading to Learn
Unit 9: Prose Summary (Law / Agriculture / Health Science / Economics)
Unit 10: Fill in a Table (Astronomy / History /Biology / Geology)Vocabulary Wrap-up
Actual Test
Answer Book