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Toefl preparation for the computer and paper test part 15

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test: Volume A — Skills and Strategies, Second Edition provides comprehensive coverage of the language skills and test-taking strategies for the paper-format TOEFL test, including sample exercises, procedures, pre-tests, post-tests, a com¬plete practice test, scoring information, and charts to record progress. | 122 LISTENING 17. What is not stated in the discussion about the inhabitants of the fictional California 18. What can be inferred about the California that Cortes visited They were women. They were Amazons. They were warriors. They were explorers. Click on 2 answers. It did not have Amazons. It did not have any gold. It was not an island. It did not have any inhabitants. Skill 31 VISUALIZE THE PASSAGE As you listen to each academic discussion in Part B of the computer TOEFL test you should try to visualize what you hear in the passage because visual questions about what is being described in the passage quite commonly accompany the academic discussions. There are two types of visual questions that may accompany an academic discussion. One type of visual question shows you four drawings and asks you to click on the one drawing of the four that answers a question. The other type of visual question shows you one drawing with four letters on it and asks you to click on the one letter of the four that answers a question. Look at an example of a part of a discussion and a visual question with four drawings. Example 1 from the Computer TOEFL Test MB On the computer you hear narrator Listen to apart of a discussion in a botany class. The discussion is on a type of flower called a calendula. man The next type of flower that we need to discuss is the calendula. woman The calendula I ve never heard of that. What does it look like man It s a very common kind of garden flower in the United States you ve probably seen lots of them. The calendula has yellow or orange petals and the petals grow in six to ten concentric circles around its center. You think This passage describes something that I should try to visualize. You see the question Which of the following flowers is most likely a calendula Click on a drawing. ACADEMIC DISCUSSIONS Computer 123 In the discussion the man states that the calendula has yellow or orange petals and the petals grow in six to ten concentric circles