tailieunhanh - Toefl preparation for the computer and paper test part 45

Additional practice of each of the types of passages and questions on the computer version of the test are found in che CBT Volume. The exercises in the CBT Volume can be used with the entire class or can be assigned to individual students who require additional work on the passages and questions-cypes on the computer test (., additional practice on Academic Discussions in listen¬ ing, or additional practice on Insertion questions in reading), | 424 READING .The following chart outlines the key information that you should remember about vocabulary questions containing simple words VOCABULARY QUESTIONS CONTAINING SIMPLE WORDS gf HB HOWTO IDENTIFY THE QUESTION on both paper and computer tests IBÏ0I What is the meaning of X in HneY The word X in HneYcould best be replaced by. on computer test only -Bfi Look at the word X in paragraph Y. Click on another word that could best be replaced by. Click on the word in paragraph Y that could best be replaced by. WHERETO FIND THE ANSWER Information to help you understand the secondary meaning of a simple word can often be found in the context surrounding the word. HOWTO ANSWER THE QUESTION 1. Find the word in the passage. 2. Read the sentence that contains the word carefully. 3. Look for context clues to help you understand the meaning. 4. Choose the answer that the context indicates. TOEFL EXERCISE 11 Study each of the passages and choose the best answers to the questions that follow. PASSAGE ONE Questions 1-3 The piece of eight was the nickname of the Spanish peso which was the rough equivalent of the American dollar in early America the peso was accepted coin in much of the Americas particularly during the period when the stores of Spanish ships were regularly stripped Line by pirates on the waters off the Americas and redistributed throughout coastal towns. The 5 nickname piece of eight derived from the fact that the peso was equal to eight reals and therefore had the numeral 8 stamped on it. The piece of eight was sometimes actually cut into pieces or bits and one popular size was one-quarter of a piece of eight or two bits. As a consequence the . quarter of a dollar is sometimes referred to today as two-bits particularly in the western part of the country. A visitor to that area if told It ll be two-bits should take it 10 that the price of an item is being given. 1. The word rough in line 1 is closest in meaning to A unsmooth B mean C approximate D heavy 2. .