You should allow yourself about four to six weeks of preparation time before you take the TOEFL. You cannot cram for the TOEFL, but there are some things you can do on the final week before the test. Review strategies: Look back over the strategies in this book. Make sure you are comfortable with them | Again read only the first sentence of each paragraph and answer the questions. What __ Why What Why __ Take a look at your responses. Do they match the following What Biologists Why They think the program is alive_ What Other people_ Why They don t agree with the biologists__ By now we should have a pretty good idea of why the author has written this passage. Write down your reason here. We ll check our final prediction in a moment but before we do so we have one more paragraph to review. The Conclusion Here s the final paragraph but for this paragraph let s read the first and last sentence. Despite these misgivings the directors of the Avida program remain optimistic that their program even if not considered alive is leading to a greater understanding of life in all its forms. It may even facilitate future searches for life on other planets. According to one member of the Avida team The problem that we have now is that we are focused on looking for DNA-based life. But there may be other kinds of life out there that we have never dreamed of. The Avida program may provide biologists with another avenue to explore. Now we ll answer our questions. What __ Why What .
