Mô tả
How to Master Skills for the TOEFL® iBT Reading Intermediate 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 (Biography / Sociology / Literature / Biology)
Unit 2: Reference (Animals / Weather / Environment / Science)
Unit 3: Factual Information (Journalism / Health Science / Government / Culture)
Unit 4: Negative Facts (Biology / Psychology / Weather / Technology)
Unit 5: Sentence Simplification (Law / Biology / Health Science / Economics)PART 2 Making Inferences
Unit 6: Rhetorical Purpose (Astronomy / History / Zoology / Physics)
Unit 7: Inference (Biology / Music / History / Geology)
Unit 8: Insert Text (Culture / Astronomy / Literature / Chemistry)PART 3 Reading to Learn
Unit 9: Prose Summary (Biology / Psychology / Art / Geography)
Unit 10: Fill in a Table (Science / Sociology / Economics / History)Vocabulary Wrap-up
Actual Test
Answer Book
