HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE TOEFL PART 9

The Next Generation TOEFL will include comprehension passages with natural speech at a rate that is normal for native speakers and a style that is appropriate for campus conversations and acade- mic classroom interactions.
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For now, let's look at the diagram that we worked on last time when we began our hydro- ponics experiment. Your drawing should look more or less like this one. As you know, for plants grown in soil, the roots not[r]

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combinations of properties for a particular use. In the aircraft industry, there is a need for met- als that are both strong and light. Steel is strong but too heavy, whereas aluminum is light but not strong. By alloying aluminum[r]

In 1920, the same year that he published his first book, This Side of Paradise, he married
Zelda Sayre, also a writer. His most famous book, The Great Gatsby, appeared in 1925.
Fitzgerald had a great natural talent, but unfortunately he became a compulsive drinke[r]

On the day of the test, the amount of time you will have to answer all of the questions will appear on the computer screen. The time you spend listening to the test material will not be counted. The listening material[r]

She is the prettiest of all of the girls in our class. New York is the larger of all American cities. New York is the largest of all American cities.
Of all of the candidates, Alex is probably the less qualified. Of all of the candidates, Alex[r]

INCORRECT: All business' students must take the Graduate Management Admission Test. CORRECT: All h ~ n e s s students must take the Graduate Management Admission Test. INCORRECT: I forgot their telephone's number.
CORRECT: I forgot their telephone number. INCORRECT: There i[r]

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You probably remember learning that "pronouns take the place of nouns." What this means is that pronouns often are used instead of nouns to avoid repetition of nouns.
A pronoun usually has a reference noun that has been mentioned before in conversation or in writ- in[r]

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We know that the Chinese had been aware of basic photographic principles as early as the fifth century B.c., and Leonardo da Vinci had experimented with a dark room in the 1500s, but it was a number of discoveries in chemistry during the ei[r]

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Assumption: So you did show your family your diploma.
Problem: I need to mail this form and pay my fees before I can get my diploma.
dissertation n. a thesis that is written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a doctorate. Example: Dr. Green wrote his di[r]

be up and running: (for a technological process) be operational; be ready to use .
"Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web has been up and running since December 1995."
be used to (+Ving/noun): be accustomed to; not uncomfortable with.
"It won't be hard[r]

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Problem: 1 have to find Dr. Graham's T.A. before class tomorrow.
teaching assistant n. a graduate student whose teaching duties are supervised by a faculty member Example: We have a teaching assistant for the discussion session of this class.
Suggestion: You had bet[r]

Suggestion: You could see if the book is available through interlibrary loan.
Assumption: Your interlibrary loan books arrived in time?
Problem: I can't seem to find the desk for interlibrary loans.
internship n. a training opportunity for an advance[r]

I am realistic about the disadvantages of for- eign study, however. I know that I will miss my family very much. It will be too expensive to re- turn to my country to spend holidays with them, and I will be very lonely during the times w[r]

Narrator 1: Now listen to an example answer.
Example Answer
A fax machine has three parts. The fax that's sending text and images has sensors to read black-and- white points on paper and communicate the patterns digitally to a microprocessor, and the[r]

Some verbs, nouns, and expressions require a subjunctive. A subjunctive is a change in the usual form of the verb. A subjunctive is often a verb word in English.
Importance-Subjunctive Verbs
Remember that the following verbs are used before that and the ver[r]

What happened? The problem is not that you didn’t study. The problem is that you didn’t study wisely. You focused on memorizing, not remembering. You didn’t learn the words in context. You didn’t use the verbs or practice them by writing sample sentences. That’s why,[r]