Testing on Toefl Reading for entrance Examination

The Strategies for Answering Reading Comprehension Questions

• Read the question first: Read the question, not the answer choices when you know the kinds of questions you must answer, it will be easier to find the answers
• Skim or Read the Passage Quickly: Do not read the word for the word or in detail. Read quickly you find the main idea and general organization.
• Leave the difficult questions until last.
• Take a guess when you do not know the answer. When you are taking the guess, first use a process of elimination. How can you eliminate the wrong answer on a multiple-choice item?
• Answer all the questions. Never leave the items unanswered. If you are have no time left, use guess letter.

The strategies for Answering Detail Questions

• The answer to detail questions will follow the order of information presented in the passage.
• The correct answer to the detail questions are often a restatement of what is stated in the passage.
• If the question has the word Not or Except, chose the answer that is not true or not mentioned in the passage. Answers that are true or mentioned in the passage are not correct.

The Strategies on Main Ideas

• The main idea is not always the first sentences in the paragraph or passage. It can also appear in the middle or toward the end of a paragraph.
• When the main ideas are not clear because each paragraph has a main point, combine all the main point to get the main idea.
• Make sure the answer you select for the main idea relates to the whole passage to see the main idea you have selected is discussed all through the passage.

a)      True statements that on one paragraph or a detail

b)     Statements that are too general and go beyond the passage

c)      Statements that are incorrect misinterpretation of the main idea or, Briefy:

1.      Too specific

2.      Too general

3.      Incorrect

Institute of Foreign Languages

Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical more than their predecessors, but the car in the future will be more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engine have already developed that run on alternative source of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, however, is the zero-emission option recently available.

                Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a power, compact battery or other dependable source of current is availcable, transportation experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-rang commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood car, electric delivery vans, bikes, and trolleys.

                As automakers work to develop practical electric vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on infrastructure  system to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with device that allow driver to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric cars.

               Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one –person three-wheelers, smaller cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five time the number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today.    

             Today farmers in most the industrialized counties grow cash crops. This means that they usually grow large amount of only a few crops, such as soy, wheat, or corn. They sell these crops and use the money to buy what they need for their families and their farms. In the pass, farming was quite different. Most farmers used to grow lots of different kinds of crops. They sometimes sold some of the crops when there was extra. However, most of the crops were kept to feed the farmer’s family.

1. The author’s purpose in the passing is to ______.

a)      narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles.

b)      describe the possibility for transportation in the future.

c)      criticize conventional vehicles.

d)     support the invention of the electric cars.

The following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the passage except_______.

a)      planes

b)      bicycles

c)      vans

d)     trains

2. The passage would most likely be followed by details about_____.

a)      pollution restrictions in the future

b)      the neighborhood of the future

c)      electric shuttle buses

d)     automated freeways.

3. In the second paragraph, the author implies that __________.

a)      everyday life will stay much the same in the future

b)      a single electric vehicles will eventually replace several modes of transportation

c)      electric vehicles are not practical for the future

d)     a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed.

4. According to the passage, public parking lots for the future will be______.

a)      equipped with charging devices

b)      much larger that they are today

c)      as common as today’s gas station

d)     more convenient than they are today.

5.      This passage would most likely be found in a ____________.

a)      popular psychology periodical

b)      medical journal

c)      textbook on urban planning

d)     history book.

Anthropologists used to believe that Romantic Love was invented by the Europeans in the Middle Age. By romantic love, they mean an intense and longing to be with the loved person. Some anthropologists believe that this kind of love spread from the west to another culture recently. Others thought that it may have existed in some other cultures, but only among rich and privileged. Now, however, most anthropologists agree that romantic love has probably always existed among humans. It is not surprising then, that stories of romance, like Romeo and Juliet _____________.

1)      exist only in the west

2)      exist only in the Italy

3)      are usually outside of the west

4)      are found in many cultures around the world.

The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the communications industry. Although Samuel B. Morse succeeded in making the invention useful in 1837, it was not until 1843 that the first telegraph line of consequence was constructed. By 1860 more than 50000 mile of line connected people east of the Rockires, the following year, San Francisco was added to the network.

The national telegraph network fortified the ties between East and West and contributed to the rapid expansion of the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules and routes. Furthermore, the extension of the telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam-drive rotary printing press by Rechard M. Hoe in 1846, revolutionized of the world journalism. Where the business of news gathering had been dependent upon the mail and on-hand operated press, the telegraph expanded the amount of information a newspaper could supply and allowed for more timely reporting. The establishment of the Associated Press as center wire service in 1846 marked the advent of a new era in journalism.

1.      The main topic of the passage is

a.       the history of journalism

b.      the origin of the national telegraph

c.       how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads

d.       the contributions and development the telegraph network

2.      According to the passage, how did the telegraph enhance the business of news gathering?

a.       By adding San Francisco to the network

b.      By allowed for more timely reporting

c.       By expanding the railroads

d.      By monitoring schedules and routes for the railroads.

There are the different kinds of problems in solving the problem             

Negative agreement we use Either and Neither to show the negative meaning. However, Either and Neither are used in different form. Here are the forms:

S+auxi+not+Either and Neither+Auxi+S.....

                               13. Complete the most suitable answer.
2. Animals.............on Earth for at least 700 million years.
A. living
B. lived
C. have lived
D. have been lived

                            when adverbial phrase comes before the subject, the position of auxiliary or modal verb changes. auxiliary or modal verb tends to come before the subject. The adverbial phrases include Hardly, seldom, never, not only, barely, and scarcely..........etc.

                                          2 choose the best answer to complete the gap below.
1. Hydrocarbons, ..........  by engine exhausts, react with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight to form complex toxic gases.
A. are given off
B. given off
C. give off
D. they are given off

               The best answer is letter B because in clause deduction we eliminate auxiliary verb and relative pronoun.  Its real form is that Hydrocarbons, which are given off by engine.....

Ø  Choose the correct answer to complete the blank below.

Upon hatching

A.    Young ducks know how to swim

B.     Swimming is known by young ducks

C.     The knowledge of swimming is in young ducks

D.    How to swim is known by ducks

Ø  ASEAN supports effects to maintain peace and stability on the Korean peninsula which will contribute to promoting peace, stability and prosperity in Northern Asia and the wide region. This position was conveyed by ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh to the vice chairman of the president committee for unification preparation of the Republic of Korean during the latter’s courtesy call yesterday.

Ø  How can today’s law student best be educated to serve society in the 21^st century? To answer these questions, the Stard ford faculty, together with a diverse group of lawyers, policy makers and business leaders, recently concluded a three-day seminar on the changing role of legal of profession. Their finding suggested that, despite the public’s overwhelming demands for a deregulated society, for every codicil s and revisions are regulation being struck from law books.

Ø  Why study abroad?

Think beyond University? The word is an increasing the global market-your time abroad will allow you equip yourself with a range of skills which make more employable. Why not you CV the edge with a study abroad experience?

Spending an academic year abroad is not only fantastic for your CV but also for your confidence and nationality as a whole. By spending time abroad, you develop a flexible approach to learning and working and acquire life skills that cannot be taught. You immerse yourself in another culture, and make new friends maybe learn a language and develop skills that make you stand out to employers.

While studying abroad can be exciting experience, students are required to make the same effort with their academic work that they would while in Durham. All students must pass their host university examinations for studies to count toward their Durham degree.

Surprisingly, the number of students going from the UK to study abroad is relatively low. Studying abroad in perfect opportunity to add something unique to your CV and is a great continuing your studies and broadening our horizons.

Hello everybody! Samdech Dechor Hun Sen Prek Ambel High School (2012-14). Since I finished the time at my high school, unforgettable all the things I have learned there. One year passed, I have eventually missed many teachers and friends playing, teaching, speaking, and especially laughing together. After I have mostly highly spent the special of devoting time and giving energy, I have totally completed my examination as well in high school. Surprisingly, the number of students going on well, all generations will be awarded to pass the national exam properly and get every things what you are expected to goals.

Today, I went to the hospital for bringing my sister’s daughter, both met old friends and brought up everything I have hardly eyed the situation of the bad

a.     Reflexes are very valuable in protecting the body against harm.

b.     Seismographs are used to locate oil, to determine ocean depth, and to detect and measure earthquakes.

c.      Snake have an organ in a pit on their heads, it detects infrared rays.

4.  Helium is inflammable, and is therefore safer than hydrogen      
5.            

Cambodian people living in the whole world organization when they are insist in loving     as my observation in the year one student at the first interesting energy and devote of the time with someone who are involved somehow to

Machine

There are two kinds of people in this life: those who walk into a room and say “well, here I am” and those who walk in and say, “ ahh, there you are”      

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Expressing the duration of an action that began in the pass and continuous in the present with since and for

A general action in progress 

         

1. Regarded as one of the greatest physicists, Issac Newton was the first to express the relationship between force and motion.     
2. The United States leads the world in the production of plastics, supplying about half the total output.

         That emotional disturbances affect a person’s body has long been known by doctors