tailieunhanh - Toefl preparation for the computer and paper test part 39

Tham khảo tài liệu 'toefl preparation for the computer and paper test part 39', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 364 READING 6. Do not spend too much time on a question you are unsure of. If you do not know the answer to a question simply guess click on and go on. You can click on to return to this question later while you are still working on the same passage. 7. Monitor the time carefully on the title bar of the computer screen. The title bar indicates the time remaining in the section the total number of questions in the section and the current number. 8. Guess to complete the section before time is up. Because this section is linear rather than adaptive it can only increase your score to guess the answers to questions that you do not have time to complete. Now look at an example of a passage from the computer TOEFL test followed by the various types of questions that appear in the reading section of the computer test. The first question is a multiple-choice question about a stated detail from the passage. Reading Amelia Bloomer 1818-1894 was an important writer and crusader for women s rights in the nineteenth century. Married to a newspaper editor she started her own journal Lily in 1849 to espouse her ideas on rights for women. While she was effective in her work in a number of areas of women s rights she is best known today for her attempts to improve the style of women s clothing. Women s fashions in the middle of the nineteenth century were impractical uncomfortable and occasionally unhealthy. The preferred silhouette was a tiny waist flaring out into a wide wide skirt. This minuscule waist was achieved through corsets a woman was wrapped in a heavily-boned corset and the laces of the corset were tightly laced pulled and secured to the point where her breathing was inhibited and damage to her ribs was possible. The flared-out skirts were created with hoop skirts and petticoats. Amelia introduced a style of clothing for women that was considerably more practical but also proved quite scandalous. Her outfit consisted of a knee-length tunic with a flared skirt over a .