托福考試專項(xiàng)進(jìn)階系列叢書引進(jìn)自韓國(guó)多樂園出版社,從托?荚囁疾榈穆、說、讀、寫四項(xiàng)技能入手,為考生提供了詳盡的考試指導(dǎo),并將各技能分為初、中、高三級(jí),通過獨(dú)特的進(jìn)階訓(xùn)練方式,再輔以大量練習(xí),讓考生逐步掌握托福實(shí)考的技巧,同時(shí)切實(shí)提高英語(yǔ)實(shí)際運(yùn)用能力,從而在短期內(nèi)輕松取得托福高分。本叢書內(nèi)容編排由易到難,循序漸進(jìn),實(shí)戰(zhàn)性強(qiáng),是不可多得的托福備考資料。
《托?荚噷m(xiàng)進(jìn)階中級(jí)寫作》屬于托福考試專項(xiàng)進(jìn)階系列圖書中的寫作專項(xiàng)。書中詳細(xì)介紹了托福寫作兩大題型:綜合寫作和學(xué)術(shù)寫作,包括16個(gè)單元的內(nèi)容,每單元都結(jié)合豐富練習(xí),分步驟點(diǎn)撥實(shí)用寫作技巧,書后還提供兩套托福寫作模考題。
本書配有答案冊(cè),以書中書形式呈現(xiàn),內(nèi)容包括:全部題目都配有答案及譯文供考生參考。
書中所有題目均配有MP3音頻,專業(yè)外教錄制,地道美式發(fā)音。掃描封底的音頻二維碼或登錄封底提供的鏈接即可免費(fèi)獲取音頻文件。
本書內(nèi)容難度適中,適合有一定基礎(chǔ)的托福備考者。該系列圖書中另有初級(jí)寫作和高級(jí)寫作供不同學(xué)習(xí)水平的讀者選擇。
1 Information on the TOEFLiBT
A The Format of the TOEFLiBT
Section
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Number of Questions or Tasks
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Timing
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Score
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Reading
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20 Questions
2 reading passages
with 10 questions per passage
approximately 700 words long each
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35 Minutes
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30 Points
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Listening
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28 Questions
2 conversations
5 questions per conversation
3 minutes each
3 lectures
6 questions per lecture
45 minutes each
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36 Minutes
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30 Points
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Speaking
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4 Tasks
1 independent speaking task
1 personal choice/opinion/experience
preparation: 15 sec. / response: 45 sec.
2 integrated speaking tasks: Read-Listen-Speak
1 campus situation topic
reading: 90115 words (45 sec.)
conversation: 150180 words (6080 sec.)
1 academic course topic
reading: 90115 words (50 sec.)
lecture: 150220 words (6090 sec.)
preparation: 30 sec. / response: 60 sec.
1 integrated speaking task: Listen-Speak
1 academic course topic
lecture: 230280 words (90120 sec.)
preparation: 20 sec. / response: 60 sec.
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16 Minutes
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30 Points
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Writing
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2 Tasks
1 integrated writing task: Read-Listen-Write
reading: 250300 words (3 min.)
lecture: 250320 words (2 min.)
a summary of 150225 words (20 min.)
1 academic discussion task
a minimum 100-word essay (10 min.)
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30 Minutes
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30 Points
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B What Is New about the TOEFLiBT?
- The TOEFLiBT is delivered through the Internet in secure test centers around the world at the same time.
- It tests all four language skills and is taken in the order of Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing.
- The test is about 2 hours long, and all of the four test sections will be completed in one day.
- Note taking is allowed throughout the entire test, including the Reading section. At the end of the test, all notes are collected and destroyed at the test center.
- In the Listening section, one lecture may be spoken with a British or Australian accent.
- There are integrated tasks requiring test takers to combine more than one language skill in the Speaking and Writing sections.
- In the Speaking section, test takers wear headphones and speak into a microphone when they respond.The responses are recorded and transmitted to ETSs Online Scoring Network.
- In the Writing section, test takers must type their responses. Handwriting is not possible.
- Test scores will be reported online. Test takers can see their scores online 48 business days after the test and can also receive a copy of their score report by mail.
2 Information on the WritingSection
The Writing section of the TOEFL iBT measures test takers ability to use writing to communicate in an academic environment. This section has two writing tasks. For the first writing task, you will read a passage and listen to a lecture and then answer a question based on what you have read and heard. For the second writing task, you will state and support an opinion in an online classroom discussion.
A Types of Writing Passages
- Task 1 Integrated Writing Task
You will read a short text of about 250-300 words on an academic topic for 3 minutes. You may take notes on the reading passage.
After reading the text, you will listen to a lecture discussing the same topic from a different perspective for about 2 minutes. You may take notes on the lecture.
You will have 20 minutes to write a 150-to-225-word summary in response to the question.
- Task 2 Writing for an Academic Discussion Task
You will see a discussion board on a university website that comprises two students responding to a question posted by a professor.
You will have 10 minutes to read everything and to write a response to the topic in the online post. It should be at least 100 words.
B Types of Writing Questions
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge specific claims/arguments made in the reading passage.
- This question type accounts for almost all the questions that have been asked on the TOEFLiBT so far.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to specifically explain how they answer the problems raised in the reading passage.
- Writing for an Academic Discussion Task
Yes or no questions: These questions require you to agree or disagree with a statement.
Preference questions: These questions ask you to state a preference between two similar things.
Open-Ended questions: These questions ask for your own thoughts or opinions on a broad topic.
C Important Features of Evaluation
In the first task, the quality of the response is about how well you integrate and relate information from the reading and listening materials. In the second task, it is about the relevance and depth of your argument.
Language use is about the accuracy and range of your grammar and vocabulary. In order to get good grades on the writing tasks, you should be able to use both basic and more complex language structures and choose the appropriate words.
[美] 帕特萊克(Michael A. Putlack):畢業(yè)于美國(guó)塔夫茨大學(xué),TOEFL、TOEIC、TEPS教育專家,對(duì)托?荚囉兄钊肓私狻
[美] 林克(Will Link):畢業(yè)于美國(guó)佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué),文學(xué)碩士,對(duì)托福考試有著深入了解和研究。
[加] 波里爾(Stephen Poirier):畢業(yè)于加拿大韋仕敦大學(xué),歷史學(xué)碩士,對(duì)托?荚嚨拿}與備考有著深入了解。
Introduction .......................................................................................4
How to Use This Book ......................................................................7
PART I Integrated Writing Task........................................................ 9
UNIT 01 Technology ....................................................................... 14
UNIT 02 Environmental Science I ................................................... 22
UNIT 03 Sociopolitics ......................................................................30
UNIT 04 Environmental Science II .................................................. 38
UNIT 05 Education I ........................................................................46
UNIT 06 Business ........................................................................... 54
UNIT 07 Education II .......................................................................62
UNIT 08 Environmental Science III ................................................. 70
PART II Writing for an Academic Discussion Task.............................79
UNIT 09 Education I ........................................................................ 84
UNIT 10 Sociology I ......................................................................... 90
UNIT 11 Economics ......................................................................... 96
UNIT 12 Environmental Science ...................................................... 102
UNIT 13 Education II ........................................................................108
UNIT 14 History of Technology ....................................................... 114
UNIT 15 Sociology II ........................................................................ 120
UNIT 16 Health ............................................................................... 126
Actual Test ...................................................................................... 133