tailieunhanh - The complete guide to the toefl test part 99

The Internet-ba^ed tesL is divided into four sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing, each with its own time limit. The four sections are always given in the same order The first two sections, Reading and Listening, are mostly multiple-choice questions, while the Speaking Section requires you to give short oral presentations and the Writing Section requires you to write short essays. The entire test takes from three and a half to four hours. | 660 Section 4 Guide to Writing Your brainstorming notes for the first prompt might look like this I tSome endangered anirnols are found only in zoos would be extinct without Costs a lot of money to maintain zoQ54ZLQp ly__ . i Some people think that . are unnatural . i Take away animals dignity and put them on show . L ike p ris o ns fo r animals . But modern zoos give animals _ duplicate natural environments Zoos protect animals from predators . . . . j from development . _. . from hunters . ._. Zoos educate children in fact everyone . Most people would never see animals from far away places if they didn t see them in zoos . Zoos are a nice place to spend the day with C Planning the Essay This stage of pre-writing actually overlaps with Step B while you are brainstorming you are beginning to plan your essay. The first step in planning is to choose your basic thesis. A thesis is the central or controlling idea of an essay. For the first two types of prompts defending an opinion and agreeing disagreeing with a statement choosing a thesis simply means choosing which side of the argument you are going to support. For example for the first prompt your thesis might be In my opinion zoos serve several useful purposes. For the second your thesis might be With the right teacher large class size has little effect on learning. For the third prompt you have to choose what development you are going to discuss for example your thesis might be I believe that the development of jet airliners was extremely important. Remember that when you choose a thesis there is no right or wrong answer. The readers at ETS don t care whether you are in favor of zoos or against them whether you like small classes or big ones or whether you think the development of rockets railroads or roller skates was most important. In fact you should choose whatever side of the argument is easiest to support. It s possible for example that you have had generally good .