tailieunhanh - Barron's writing for the toefl ibt part 21

While working on Step 3, students can practice revising by checking each other's work* looking at the development* organization, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The Writing Skills section of the book provides practice with using tran-sition words and variety in sentence structure and can be studied in conjunction with Step 3. | 142 Writing for the TOEFL iBT PRACTICE 4 Read each essay. Complete the missing parts of each idea map. Essay Topic 111 Some people prefer to spend time with one or two close friends. Others choose to spend time with a large number of friends. Compare the advantages of each choice. Which of these two ways of spending time do you prefer Use specific reasons to support your answer. We all need to have friends and I think the more friends we have the better. When you have a lot of friends you are never alone. You always have people who will entertain you people you can trust and people who teach you about life. I want to have a lot of people I can have fun with. If I have a lot of friends I always have people to laugh and joke with me. I have people to go to the movies or the mall with me. I have people to go to parties with me. If I have only a few friends they might be busy when I want to do these things or they might not enjoy some of the things I enjoy. I need to have a lot of people I can trust. If I have a problem I want to share it with several friends. If I make a mistake or fail a test or have a fight with my parents I need my friends to help me. I want to be able to pick up the phone and know I can easily find some friends to talk with. If I have only a few friends they might not be available when I need them. I like to have a lot of people who teach me about life. If I have a lot of friends I have a lot of different people to learn from. Each person has different experiences and a different point of view. I can learn a lot of things from a lot of different people. If I have only a few friends I will see only a few points of view. I like to have a lot of friends around me. I like to have fun with them and to learn from them and to know that I can rely on them. My life is better because of all the friends I have. Writing Skills Independent Task 143 144 Writing for the TOEFL BT Essay Topic 85 A foreign visitor has only one day to spend in your country. Where .