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TOEFL Listening Comprehension





A. TOEFL Listening Comprehension Test

Understand the shape of the command (direction) on each part (part) well before the exam day.
Read the choices on each question as much as possible when the narrator is reading the direction and example questions (example).
Listen attentively and focus your attention on the conversation you are listening to.
Maximize your listening skills on the first questions in each part.

Part A: short conversation

Focus your hearing on the second person.
Don't panic if you can't comprehend word for word in a complete conversation. You only need to capture the idea or content of the conversation.
If you can't understand what the second speaker is talking about at all, choose the answer that is the most different from what you hear.
Understand the forms of funtional expression (agreement), uncertainty (uncertainty), suggestion (suggestion), surprise (shock)), idiomatic, expression, and the situation when the conversation is conducted.

Part B: longer conversation

When the narrator reads direction B part, you should read the answer choices at a glance then record it and estimate the theme of what will be the conversation.
When listening to the conversation, you must know what the theme / topic is being discussed.
Beware of each question.
Pay attention to the conditions and situations that occur during the conversation, which concerns the place and time of conversation, what and who is discussed.

Part C: talks

If you have time, look at the answer choices listed on the question sheet and find the keywords.
Be aware of the conversation in the first sentence because it will usually be the topic for the following sentences.
Focus your hearing on things related to 5-W questions (what, who, when, where, why) and How.
Make conclusions or inferitions for the situation that occurred when the conversation was held.

B. TOEFL Structure Test and Written Expression
General key

Understand the shape of the command (direction) on each part (part) well before the exam day.
Work on structural questions first.
Continue on written expression questions

Key structure

First note the questioned question in the question.
Pay attention to each of the answers available, the most appropriate choice to address the questioned sentence.
Don't ever inspire a choice of answers by just looking at the answers without looking at the sentence.
First note the words or groups of words underlined and quickly find out which parts are not right.
If the problem you are facing is not identifiable, it only sees words or groups of words that are underlined, immediately read the sentence in full.

C. TOEFL Reading Comprehension Test

General key

Don't read the reading text too long.
Pay attention to all the questions in a reading and remember the keywords.
Don't panic if the reading theme is not a discipline that you master.
Do previewing to find out the topic of reading.
Pay attention to the first sentence of a paragraph reading to find out the main idea.
Understand the context contained in the reading to find out the meaning of certain words.
Perform scanning to find certain information related to the query.
Gather facts and data in the reading to infer.
Concentrate while reading reading texts.
Increase your reading speed.

EXAMPLE :

Structure

1. ... Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn’t found a job yet.
Answer: Although
Keyword: has; hasn’t.
Discussion:
• However: (though) if in front of the sentence, the sentence consists of only one clause.
• Yet: (but) usage is the same as however.
• That: (that) functions to explain an object or clause in front of it.
• Although: (though) functions to combine two opposite clauses.

2. ... several universities that have excellent engineering schools.

Answer: There are
Keyword: several.
Discussion: Because objects are referred to as multiple universities, the most suitable phrase for describing them is "there are".
There are + noun plural - There is + noun singular

3. Many Middle Eastern diplomats still feel that the United States is the ultimate police in the region.

Answer: on being
Keyword: intent.
Discussion: Of the four answers, the words / phrases that are most likely to follow the intent are "on being". The choice (A) (to be) is wrong because after being sure Verb infinitive Choice (B) (being) is wrong because besides functioning as a clause modifier or participle, being cannot stand alone. Option (C) (be) is wrong because in front of "be" there is no preposition "to".

4. Woodrow Wilson believed the United States' entry into World War I would be ... to the war in months.

Answer: Stop
Keyword: a.
Discussion: Determiner (a / an / the) + noun (noun).
Of the four choices that are objects are stops.

5. ... of the New York Erie Canal greatly enhanced trade in the upstate region.

Answer: The completion
Keyword: of.
Discussion: Before the preposition "of" must be noun (noun), of the four answers which are nouns is "the completion"

Written Expression

6. The dwarf lemon tree, grown (A) in many areas of the world, bears fruit (B) when it is less than (C) six inches in high (D)

Answer: (D) high (correct = height)
Keyword: six inches in high.
Discussion: After the prepositions (in, on, at, by, of, from, etc) must be followed by noun, so the word "high" (adjective) should be replaced by the word "height".

7. The (A) brain composed of soft (B) gray matter (C) controls (intelligence) controls our intelligence.

Answer: (B) softly
Keyword: soft gray matter.
Discussion:
Arrangement of Noun Phrase:
D: Determiner (a, an, the, etc)
O: Opinion
S: Size
A: Age
T: Temperature
S: Shape
C: Color
O: Origin
M: Material
P: Purpose (in the form of V3 or Ving)
N: NounFrasa
The phrase of the object in the sentence should be soft (opinion) gray (color) matter (noun).

8. Polluter (B) today that even elementary school children are well informed (C) about its (D) dangers.

Answer: (A) Polluter
Keyword: Polluter
Discussion: The word that should be used is pollutant (cause of pollution).

9. Best (A) by da Vinci's represented oil painting (B), The Last Supper (C) is important part of the history (D) of Christianity.

Answer: (C) it
Keyword: The Last Supper it is.
Discussion: In one clause there should only be one subject and one predicate, because in the sentence above there are multiple subjects, the word "it" must be omitted.

10. Together with (A) his friend Little John, Robin Hood are (B) fondly (C) remembered (D) today by millions of people.

Answer: (B) are
Keyword: Together with.
Discussion: Noun after together with does not affect changes to the predicate.
In the sentence the subject is Robin Hood, so the predicate should be (single, past).

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