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® TESTPREP Peterson’s TOEFL SUCCESS 2005 Bruce Rogers About The Thomson Corporation and Peterson’s The Thomson Corporation, with 2002 revenues of US$7.8 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC) Its learning businesses and brands serve the needs of individuals, learning institutions, corporations, and government agencies with products and services for both traditional and distributed learning Peterson’s (www.petersons.com) is a leading provider of education information and advice, with books and online resources focusing on education search, test preparation, and financial aid Its Web site offers searchable databases and interactive tools for contacting educational institutions, online practice tests and instruction, and planning tools for securing financial aid Peterson’s serves 110 million education consumers annually Petersons.com/publishing Check out our Web site at www.petersons.com/publishing to see if there is any new information regarding the test and any revisions or corrections to the content of this book We’ve made sure the information in this book is accurate and up-to-date; however, the test format or content may have changed since the time of publication “TOEFL” is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS) The author and the publisher are in no way affiliated with ETS, nor has ETS endorsed the contents of this text in any way The test questions and all other testing information are provided in their entirety by the author and Peterson’s TOEFL Success is adapted from The Complete Guide to The TOEFL Test, CBT Edition, by Bruce Rogers and published by Heinle & Heinle/Thomson Learning TOEFL Success is published with a CD The CD will allow you to practice what you have learned using state-ofthe-art computer software The software was created by Cambridge Educational Services, 2720 River Road, Ste 36, Des Plaines, IL 60018 For more information, contact Peterson’s, 2000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; 800-338-3282; or find us on the World Wide Web at www.petersons.com/about COPYRIGHT © 2004 by Bruce Rogers Previous editions © 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003 Editor: Joe Ziegler; Production Editor: Megan Hellerman; Manufacturing Manager: Judy Coleman; Composition Manager: Gary Rozmierski; Interior and Cover Design: Allison Sullivan; CD Producer: Carol Aickley ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage and retrieval systems—without the prior written permission of the publisher For permission to use material from this text or product, submit a request online at www.thomsonrights.com Any additional questions about permissions can be submitted by e-mail to thomsonrights@thomson.com ISBN 0-7689-1492-2 (text and audiocassettes) 7th Edition ISBN 0-7689-1491-4 (text with CD) 5th Edition Printed in the United States of America 10 Fifth Edition 06 05 04 ALERT! The TOEFL is changing In September 2005, the next generation of the TOEFL will be introduced For information, please visit the official TOEFL Web site at www.toefl.org CONTENTS PREFACE About This Book ix How to Use This Book Acknowledgments xi xiii TEST BASICS What Is the Computer-Based TOEFL Test? TEST BASICS Introduction to Listening SECTION Listening PREVIEW TEST PART A: Listening 12 Dialogues 18 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson PART B Dialogues with Sound Confusion Dialogues with Homonyms and Words with Multiple Meanings Dialogues with Idioms Answering Inference Questions about Dialogues Dialogues Involving Agreement and Disagreement Dialogues Involving Suggestions, Invitations, Offers, and Requests Dialogues Involving Contradictions, Assumptions, and Questions Answering Questions about Plans, Topics, and Problems Dialogues with Special Verbs Extended Conversations Lesson 10 Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Answering Main Idea/Main Topic Questions about Extended Conversations Answering Detail and Inference Questions about Extended Conversations Answering Matching and Ordering Questions about Longer Talks v 23 26 30 35 39 43 50 54 57 62 66 68 71 CONTENTS TEST BASICS SECTION Introduction to Structure Structure PREVIEW TEST Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson TEST BASICS SECTION 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Structure 82 Independent Clauses Adjective Clauses Adverb Clauses Noun Clauses Parallelism Word Forms Word Choice Verbs Participles Gerunds, Infinitives, and Simple Forms Pronouns Singular and Plural Nouns Prepositions Articles Word Order Conjunctions Comparisons Appositives Misplaced Modifiers Negatives 85 90 94 99 102 108 118 128 135 139 146 152 157 163 168 175 178 182 184 187 Introduction to Reading 191 Reading PREVIEW TEST Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson www.petersons.com 77 33 34 35 36 37 38 Reading 198 Overview Items Detail, Negative, and Scanning Items Inference and Purpose Items Vocabulary Items Reference Items Sentence Addition Items vi 206 217 224 231 238 244 CONTENTS SECTION Essay Writing ABOUT ESSAY WRITING 256 PREVIEW TEST Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson 39 40 41 42 Essay Writing 263 Prewriting Writing the Essay Improving Your Essay Checking and Editing Your Essay 267 276 281 288 PRACTICE TEST TAKING THE PRACTICE TEST 298 Section Section Section Section Listening Structure Reading Essay Writing 301 306 309 317 ANSWER KEYS AND AUDIO SCRIPTS Section Listening Section Structure Section Reading Section Essay Writing Practice Test vii 322 355 367 377 384 www.petersons.com PREFACE About This Book Success is simply written and clearly organized and is suitable for any intermediate or advanced student of English as a second or foreign language TOEFL Success offers a step-by-step program that teaches you critical test-taking techniques, helps you polish the language skills needed for the examination, and generally makes you a smarter test-taker And the guide is an efficient way to prepare for the TOEFL; by concentrating only on the points that are tested, it lets you make the most of your preparation period and never wastes your time If you have purchased the CD version of this book, you can access additional TOEFL practice If you have purchased this book without tapes or CDs, you not have to skip the sections that call for recordings In the back of the book, you will find complete “audio scripts.” You can either read these to yourself as you complete the listening sections or have a friend or family member read them to you Good luck on the TOEFL! If you are preparing for the TOEFL test, you are not alone Almost a million people all over the world took the test last year A high score on this test is an essential step in being admitted to graduate or undergraduate programs at almost all colleges and universities in North America But preparing for this test can be a difficult, frustrating experience Perhaps you haven’t taken many standardized, multiple-choice tests such as the TOEFL Perhaps you are not familiar with the format for the computer-based TOEFL Maybe you’ve taken the TOEFL once but were not satisfied with your score, or maybe you’ve taken the test several times but can’t improve your score beyond a certain point In any of these cases, you need a guide That’s why this book was written—to help students preparing for this important examination to maximize their scores This is the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date TOEFL preparation book available It is based on years of classroom experience teaching TOEFL preparation classes in the United States and abroad and on years of research on the test TOEFL ix ... author and Peterson’s TOEFL Success is adapted from The Complete Guide to The TOEFL Test, CBT Edition, by Bruce Rogers and published by Heinle & Heinle/Thomson Learning TOEFL Success is published... 06 05 04 ALERT! The TOEFL is changing In September 2005, the next generation of the TOEFL will be introduced For information, please visit the official TOEFL Web site at www .toefl. org CONTENTS... SECTIONS OF THE COMPUTER-BASED TOEFL TEST The purpose of TOEFL Success is to help you prepare for all forms of the test You will increase your chances of scoring high on the TOEFL by being completely