tailieunhanh - The official guide to the new toefl ibt part 15

Because the TOEFL iBT is designed to assess the actual skills you will need to be successful in your studies, the very best way to develop the skills being measured on the TOEFL iBT test is to study in an English program that focuses on | Choice 4 A persons facial expression may reflect the person s emotional state is correct because like choice 2 it is a major idea that the passage explores in detail. Paragraphs 3 4 5 and 6 are devoted to discussing attempts to understand whether and how facial expressions may reflect a person s emotional state. Choice 6 Facial expressions that occur as a result of an individual s emotional state may themselves feed back information that influences the person s emotions is correct because it is the main tenet of the facial-feedback theory that is extensively discussed in paragraphs 3 4 5 and 6. Incorrect Choices Choice 1 Artificially producing the Duchenne smile can cause a person to have pleasant feelings is incorrect because it is a minor supporting detail mentioned in paragraph 5 as an example of a more general and important statement about the links between facial expressions and emotion see choice 6 above . Choice 3 People commonly believe that they can control their facial expressions so that their true emotions remain hidden is incorrect because while it may be true the passage does not make this claim. Choice 5 Ekman argued that the ability to accurately recognize the emotional content of facial expressions was valuable for human beings is incorrect because according to the passage Ekman did not make this argument Charles Darwin did. Ekman s research was directed toward determining the universality of certain facial expressions not the value of peoples ability to recognize those expressions. Geology and Landscape 1. 0 This is a Factual Information question asking for specific information that can be found in paragraph 1. The correct answer is choice 4. Sentence 1 of the paragraph explicitly states that Earth s landscape changes relatively rapidly compared to Earth s overall age. Choice 1 on the frequency of landscape changes is contradicted by the paragraph. Choice 2 that landscape changes occur only at special times is also contradicted by the paragraph. .