Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test: IBT

Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: READING

 

DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST: Aggression

 

READING OVERVIEW

 

READING SKILLS

Vocabulary and Reference

SKILL 1: Understand vocabulary from context

    READING EXERCISE 1

SKILL 2: Recognize referents

    READING EXERCISE 2

    READING EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Coral Colonies

Sentences

SKILL 3: Simplify meanings of sentences

    READING EXERCISE 3

SKILL 4: Insert sentences into the passage

    READING EXERCISE 4

    READING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): Theodore Dreiser

    READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Pulsars

Details

SKILL 5: Find factual information

    READING EXERCISE 5

SKILL 6: Understandnegative facts

    READING EXERCISE 6

    READING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): John Muir

    READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Caretaker Speech

Inferences

SKILL 7: Make inferences from stated facts

    READING EXERCISE 7

SKILL 8: Infer rhetorical purpose

    READING EXERCISE 8

    READING EXERCISE (Skills 7-8): Ella Deloria

    READING REVIEW EXERCISES (Skills 1-8): Early Autos

Reading to Learn

SKILL 9: Select summary information

    READING EXERCISE 9

SKILL 10: Complete schematic tables

    READING EXERCISE 10

    READING EXERCISE (Skills 9-10): Species

    READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-10): Decisions

 

READING POST-TEST: Aquatic Schools

 

SECTION TWO: LISTENING

 

DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

A Problem with a Class

Sleep

 

LISTENING OVERVIEW

 

LISTENING SKILLS

Basic Comprehension

SKILL 1: Understand the gist

    LISTENING EXERCISE 1

SKILL 2: Understand the details

    LISTENING EXERCISE 2

    LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Anthropology Paper

Pragmatic Understanding

SKILL 3: Understand the function

    LISTENING EXERCISE 3

SKILL 4: Understand the speaker’s stance

    LISTENING EXERCISE 4

    LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): The Fugio Coin

    LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Hibernation

Connecting Information

SKILL 5: Understand the organization

    LISTENING EXERCISE 5

SKILL 6: Understand relationships

    LISTENING EXERCISE 6

    LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): The Outer Banks

    LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Leaf Arrangements

 

LISTENING POST-TEST

    The Music Project

    The Great Lakes

 

 

SECTION THREE: SPEAKING

 

DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

    A Good Teacher

    Vacation Preferences

    Registering for Classes

    Nonverbal Communication

    A Problem in French Class

    Echolocation

 

SPEAKING OVERVIEW

 

SPEAKING SKILLS

Independent Tasks

SKILL 1: Plan the free-choice response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 1

SKILL 2: Make the free-choice response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 2

    SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)

SKILL 3: Plan the paired-choice response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 3

SKILL 4: Make the paired-choice response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 4

    SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 3-4)

Integrated Tasks (Reading and Listening)

SKILL 5: Note the main points as you read

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 5

SKILL 6: Note the main points as you listen

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 6

SKILL 7: Plan the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 7

SKILL 8: Make the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 8

    SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 5-8): History Syllabus

SKILL 9: Note the main points as you read

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 9

SKILL 10: Note the main points as you listen

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 10

SKILL 11: Plan the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 11

SKILL 12: Make the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 12

    SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 9-12): Equity Theory

Integrated Tasks (Listening)

SKILL 13: Note the main points as you listen

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 13

SKILL 14: Plan the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 14

SKILL 15: Make the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 15

    SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 13-15): Bored in Class

SKILL 16: Note the main points as you listen

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 16

SKILL 17: Plan the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 17

SKILL 18: Make the response

    SPEAKING EXERCISE 18

    SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 16-18): SAD

 

SPEAKING POST-TEST

    An Admirable Person

    Getting News

    A Cafeteria Problem

    Social Environments

    A Class Schedule Problem

    Life on Mars

 

 

SECTION FOUR: WRITING

 

DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

    Human Memory

    A News Story

 

WRITING OVERVIEW

 

WRITING SKILLS

Integrated Task

SKILL 1: Note the main points as you read

    WRITING EXERCISE 1

SKILL 2: Note the main points as you listen

    WRITING EXERCISE 2

SKILL 3: Plan before you write

    WRITING EXERCISE 3

SKILL 4: Write a topic statement

    WRITING EXERCISE 4

SKILL 5: Write supporting paragraphs on reading passages

    WRITING EXERCISE 5

SKILL 6: Review supporting paragraphs on listening passages

    WRITING EXERCISE 6

SKILL 7: Review sentence structure

            WRITING EXERCISE 7

SKILL 8: Review grammar

    WRITING EXERCISE 8

    WRITING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8): Stonehenge

Independent Task

SKILL 9: Plan before you write

    WRITING EXERCISE 9

SKILL 10: Write the introduction

    WRITING EXERCISE 10

SKILL 11: Write unified supporting paragraphs

    WRITING EXERCISE 11

SKILL 12: Connect the supporting paragraphs

    WRITING EXERCISE 12

SKILL 13: Write the conclusion

    WRITING EXERCISE 13

SKILL 14: Review sentence structure

    WRITING EXERCISE 14

SKILL 15: Review grammar

    WRITING EXERCISE 15

    WRITING EXERCISE (Skills 9-15): Emotions

 

WRITING POST-TEST

    Unintended Consequences

    Safe or Sorry

 

 

MINI-TESTS

 

MINI-TEST 1

Reading:         Migration

Listening:       Science Lab

                            The Little House Books

Speaking:       Leader of the Country

                             History Films

                            Formation of Glaciers

Writing:           Garlic

 

MINI-TEST 2

Reading:         Birth Order

Listening:       Confused Assignment

                            Cross-Dating

Speaking:       Getting Up Early

                            Leadership Roles

                            Meeting on Exam Schedule

Writing:          Historical Event

 

MINI-TEST 3

Reading:         Ketchup

Listening:       Biology Class

                            Gem Cuts

Speaking:       Hometown

                            Library Rules

                            Split Infinitives

Writing:           Scientific Management

 

MINI-TEST 4

Reading:         Estuaries

Listening:       Cumulative Exam

                            Mountains

Speaking:       Kinds of Exams

                            Nullification

                            Psychology Class

Writing:           Working for Others

 

MINI-TEST 5

Reading:         Schizophrenia

Listening:       Scholarship

                            Atolls

Speaking:       A Good Friend

                            Student Assistant Positions

                             Zero-Sum Economies

Writing:           Catch-22

 

MINI-TEST 6

Reading:         Exxon Valdez

Listening:       Schedule Plan

                            Animal Hearing

Speaking:       Million Dollars

                            Formation of the Solar System

                            Rescheduled Speaker

Writing:           Visitors to Your Country

 

MINI-TEST 7

Reading:         Plate Tectonics