tailieunhanh - Toefl preparation for the computer and paper test part 40

After you have given a Pre-Test, Posi-Test, or Complete Test* it is important to review the test thoroughly. The various types of tests serve different functions, so a review of these types of tests should have different emphases. | 374 READING The question In this passage A an idea is presented and then refuted B a concept is followed by examples C a cause is followed by an effect D a belief is supported with reasons This question is about how the information is organized in the passage. To answer this question it is necessary to look at the main ideas of each of the three paragraphs. The main idea of the first paragraph is found in the first sentence of the first paragraph that if asked who invented the game of baseball most Americans would probably reply that it was their belief that Abner Doubleday did. The main idea of the second paragraph is found in the first line of the second paragraph that Doubleday was given credit for this invention. The main idea of the third paragraph is found in the first line of the third paragraph that most sports historians are in agreement that Doubleday really did not have much to do with the development of baseball. If you study the information in the first lines of the paragraphs you can determine that the third paragraph contradicts or refutes the information that is presented in the first two paragraphs. Answer A is therefore the best answer to this question. Now look at an example of a click-on question from the computer TOEFL test that asks you to select the paragraph that discusses a certain idea. Example from the Computer TOEFL Test Reading If asked who invented the game of baseball most Americans would probably reply that it was their belief that Abner Doubleday believe this because the story about Doubleday is part of the tradition of baseball. Doubleday was given credit for this invention early in the twentieth century when sporting-goods manufacturer Spaulding inaugurated a commission to research the question of who invented baseball. In 1908 a report was published by the commission in which Abner Doubleday a . Army officer from Cooperstown New York was given credit for the invention of the National Baseball Hall of Fame was