tailieunhanh - Kaplan toefl ibt fourth edition part 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'kaplan toefl ibt fourth edition part 5', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 20 I TOEFL er The passages fall into one of three types exposition narrative or argument. An exposition or expository passage is a description and explanation of a topic. A narrative is a story and usually an academic narrative involves historical events or biographical discussions. A narrative is really a type of exposition since it describes and explains what happened. An argument howeverjs an opinion or point of view about the topic usually a position for or against a particular theory or plan. Unlike an exposition an argument is persuasive which means that the writer wants to persuade or to convince the reader to agree with his opinion. After you read a passage you must answer 12 to 14 questions. These questions test your comprehension of the writer s explanation or argument by asking about the detail vocabulary organization key points and implications in the passage. Each question type is examined thoroughly below but first there is a review of basic reading strategies. GENERAL READING STRATEGIES Regardless of the topic of the passage or the specific questions you should always follow certain guidelines that will help you understand the passage better and prepare you to answer the questions more accurately. Use the following strategies whenever you are reading a passage on the TOEFL Strategy I Be familiar with the instructions and skipthem immediately. Be prepared for your exam by knowing the organization of the section and the function of the various buttons on the screen. The tune begins counting as soon as the Reading section begins so you should not spend time reading the instructions that appear at the beginning of the section. If you are familiar with the instructions you can skip them and go straight to the first reading passage. Review the following explanations and memorize them before your test Feature Explanation Tmer There is a timer at the to of the screen during the entre section. As mentioned above. you begn the reading section with 20 minuses .