READING TABLE OF CONTENTS Unit 1: Tenses Unit 2: Subject-Verb agreement 11 Unit 3: Verbs 21 Unit 4: Adjectives 33 Unit 5: Adverbs 45 Unit 6: Nouns and determiners 56 Unit 7: Pronouns & Relative Clauses 69 Unit 8: Prepositions 83 Unit 9: Conjunctions 97 Unit 10: Conditionals 109 Unit 11: Passive voice 123 READING EXERCISES TOEIC A 140 Unit l_Exercise: Tenses 141 Unit 2_Exercise: Subject -Verb agreement 142 Unit 3_Exercise: Verbs 145 Unit 4_Exercise: Adjectives 148 Unit 5- Exercise: Adverbs , 150 Unit 6_Exercise: Nouns & Qeterminers 154 Unit 7_Exercise: Pronouns & Relative clauses ; 158 Unit 8_Exercise: Preposition 161 Unit 9_Exercise: Conjunctions 164 Unit lO_Exercise: Conditionals 168 Part -IN COMPLETE SENTENCE 172 PART 5-INCOMPLETE SENTENCE 177 PART 5-INCOMPLETE SENTENCE 182 PART 6: TEXT COMPLETION 187 PART 6: TEXT COMPLETION ~ 190 PART 6: TEXT CO,MPLETION 192 PART 6: TEXT COMPLETION .: 196 PART 6: TEXT COMPLETION 199 PART 7: READING COMPREHENSION 202 TOEICA TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: htt;p: //www.mshoatoeic.com PART 7: READING·COMPREHENSION •••••••••••••.•••••.•••.•.••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•• : ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 210 DOUBLE PASSAGE 216 DOUBLE PASSAGE ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••.••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 222 Actual Test .• • •••.•.• •.• • • .•.• • •.•• • • • •• • • • • •• •.• •• •• •• •• • • • •• •• ••.• ••.• 228 Vocabulary • •• • •• •• •• •.• •.••.• • • • • • • • • • •• • • ••• ••• •• •.• •• • .• ••.•• 247 COLLOCATIONS •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•.••••••••••••••.•.••.••••.••••••••.••••••.••••••••••.••.•.•.••••••••••••.•••.•••••••••••••••• 254 READING EXERCISES KEY TOEIC A •••••••••••••.••••••••••••.•.•••••••••••••••••.••••.••••••••••••••••.•••••••.••••••••••••••.•••••.•••••••••••••••••••• 260 Na me: Class: Phone: .~ TOEIC opens exceHentjob opportunities Website: ht!;p: //www.mshoatoeic.com Unit 1: Tenses o l GRAMMAR The simple present tense Explain that something happens all the time, repeatedly, usually or is a fact A Where is Nobue? B At home She sleeps late on Saturday mornings Signal words: Always, usually, often, sometimes, etc Refers to a schedule Ex: The train arrives at p.m tomorrow afternoon :~~:ff Used for a small group of verbs that deal with the senses (see, taste/~tnell, want, believe, etc.) A Do you understand my point? B Yes, 1know what you mean Used in sorne phrases 1'11 be home until she comes "''"''T; Tell her to call me as soon as she arriv \ , \ Her father will be very happy eve ti the moment whén ""~,.i,._ , "~" The present continuous tense ~ /' "\ ~~ We use the present continuo~s with actions in the rJa!.present'\•,,,,,,J· A What are you doing? ''''~'-;,," B l'm getting dressed to go out 'º'\ Signal words: /;-r"'-.,,,.,, l At this moment; at the moment; at thi~ time;ida;?;v,; now; right now We use the present continuous i0~fefer.;,.~p tfxed ar~~Q~ements Ex: have called my fri~(:I We/¡lre going 'tolicrv'ª didne'i- together this Sunday .-;: c 11:" "'>-/ The present perfeit.•tense -~º'· '- )· - · We use the presikq,t perf~,i:t~t.t),'~got'i.qp~tan action began in the past and continues to the general present (Focus mai~~oíl the co~n~:~,quences of the action) Ex: 1have read that bm¡¡J~s times ' 4o, Signa! words: :l O>Box 123756 Houston, TX 77251 As our way of saying thank you, we will offer a travel certificate for a free one-night stay at your choice of different hotels We hope you to enjoy the Houston Book Club far years to come, t· A have continued B continued have continued D continue om Reading Comprehension Reading for Main Ideas In part 7, most passages have at least one question that tests your understanding of the main idea TIPS: Reading for Main Ideas - Part Reading Comprehension Look for tapie questions: What isthis article about? What does this letter mainly discuss? Look for purpose questions: What is the pu.rpose of this e-mail? Why was this memo written? As you read, ask yourself: What is the passage about? What is the purpose of the passage? Who is the passage written for? Remember, you not need to read every word in arder to understand the ideas You can often find information about the main idea near the beginning or en.d of a passage Don't worry about words you not understand Keep reading until you reach the end Look for words or phrases that are repeated They may be important EXAMPLE: To: All Faculty From: The Dean's Office Date: Monday, October 10 1would like to remind ali of you that next Monday is our Founder's Day, and therefore no classes will take place -7 Read the jirst sen ten ce However, Iectures and other teaching staff must still come in as we will be having a "Skills lmprovement Workshop" as pai:t of our faculty development program Your department heads have organized sessions throughout the day, from nine through five -7 pick out sorne keywords and phrases This is important, so please be here I look forward to seeing you ali on Monday Read the /ast sentence Dr Fisher, Dean TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: htt;p: //www.mshoatoeic.com Page5 What es this memo mainly discuss? A.A national holiday B Class schedul es r-Cstaff training \!.r{ Empfoyee attendance What is the main purpose of this memo? fa· To announce a new job opening To encourage staff to attend a training day C To emphasize the need far better qualifications D To ask staff to work longer hours What kind of institution is involved? A.A library (Ts)A training company \(.A sports facility D A university Q3i Practice Passage Skim this e-mail, then immediately answer the questions From: Ervl.Williams1@FastNet.com To: Lily.Baker@maybridge.com Subject: Leadership conference last Tue Hi Lily, would like to say "many thanks" to you and all the staff far making our conference at the Maybridge Center such as s great success The event went extremely well, with lots of positive comments coming in all the time Many delegates mentioned what a fantastic venue the Maybridge Center is, with excellent facilities and wonderful catering All the staff were very helpful and cheerful, too, which is so nice Would you please pass on our thanks to the whole team? 1look farward to holding more events in your great facility King regards, Eryl Williams Personal Assistant to Chief Executive Officer What is this email about? @A recent conference B The results of a competition C A sporting event What is the purpose of the email? A To book an event )3-;¡Td ask far employment 19To thank an organization's staff What is the Maybridge Center? A.Aschool B A convention center ?·A restaurant Present of the day Chao cácem! Ó90 giái tré hay truyen cau YOLO -You only live once! hay, cüng có ham y tlfO'ng w TOEICA 11.11 Cau lam có nhá' d~~ m9t cau nói khác rát -r~ TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: ht!;p: //www.mshoatoeic.com Page6 Yesterday is the past - Ngay hóm qua la khÚ' da qua roi Tomorrow is the future - Ngay mai la tliO'ng lai ta chlia nhln tháy ButTODAY is a GIFT-That's why they call it the PRESENT Trong cau nói tren có cách chO'i chfr th~t d(lc dáo, có bc;in nao phát hien khóng nhl? Tl.r PRESENT có hai nghTa, vl.ra la "hien tc;ii", tÚ'c la hóm nay, la "TODAY" lc;ii vl.ra có nghTa la "món qua", bang vá'i "GIFT" dó Nhli v~y, cau nói áy d~n hay tran tr9ng hóm nay, tran tr9ng hien tc;ii, bĨ'i la m9t qua vó giá Bl.rng nen dé 16' bát ky m9t phút giay nao cu(lc sóng, em ! /\/\ From Ms Hoa Toeic with /ove ~ ,,,,._Q;,~S Choose the correct answer L v Ms Parriot a fixed form las.t w.eek that can be useful at the meetings ~~ Crea~ -=-~~ C creat~s n rJ- -1 - fi ífi f V~\.~v\fítl\f,D,; qreatmg.~ Thnrofit"rate ofthe company steQdily~ver~be P-ª.~~V~fil.S underthe new management ~.~.fhy&~~ r~ Has grown !Jr ~ff ~" grow Growth v~ ~ · • -0 is growing The rate of people changing o¿cupat1ons Qver the last two years A lncreased .(é::'.have been increased Has increased D have increased ~ar, atthis company f~ A Work C will worked ill have worked D have increased S Ne rams installed on the cofuter after the furniture is moved to the new office '-~ &fu (!) · ¡ f.J«fJi ad been ?N'"'V.d The restaurant closed far e~tensive renovatins, a~1e~ c~torri'ers that it them with betterq~ality fobd and exceptioñaiswice. -~- ·="'" ~rwill provide C providing B provide D to provide J>:'t · TOEICA TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: htt;p: //www.mshoatoeic.com ¡r;;, Page7 Unit S_Key: Adverbs Practice e e e e e o B B A Adjective & Adverb extensively entire easily constantly extremely spicy relatively productively originally exactly 10 conveniently 10 e 11 B 12 o 13 A 14 A 15 A 16 e 17 o 18 e 19 B 20 B 21 e 22 o 23 B 24 A 25 D TOEICA Page 265 Unit 6_Key: Nouns & Determiners Vocabulary precautions in conjunction with effect in in compliance with expense convenience Practice e e A B e B D ·8 e A 10 e 11 A 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 B e B A A D D D 20 A 21 A 22 e 23 e 24 e 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 D A B A B e A A B B TOEICA TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: ht!;p: //www.mshoatoéic.com Page 266 Unit 7_Key: Pronouns & Relative clauses Prono u ns B A A B D e B D A 10 D 11 B 12 e 13 e 14 A 15 e 16 B 11 e 18 B 19 B 20 e Relative Clauses A e A D e 10 A D D D D 11 ·e 12 A 13 B 14 A 15 e 16 B 17 D 18 e 19 e 20 D TOEICA TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: http://www.mshoatoeic.com Page 267 Unit 8_Key: Preposition Vocabulary within on throughout by S far in concerning among to 10 with 11 from 12 through 13 dueto Vocabulary Review at upon at with s under More practice B e e A 10 above of to far on 11 12 13 14 15 at in by mea ns of according to of s e 10 e B D B D TOEICA Page 268 Unit 9_Key: Conjunctions Vocabulary Since lf While Unless Once Because Befor As More practice 10 e A e D e A e D D A 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 B B A D A B 21 A 22~ D 23 A 24 D 25 A 26 A 27 B 28 A 29 A e e B e Preposition or Conjunction A D e e e D e D D 10 e TOEICA Page 269 $ 11t ;9'(1ATOE!C Unit lO_Key: Conditiorlals D s A A A e 10 A B B D e TOEICA TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: htt;p: //www.mshoatoeic.com Page 270 :@'iíü.1/M Tllli:IP • Q~-¡¡¡qQf' Unit 11_Key: Passive voice " TOEICA A 8.A 15 D 2.C B 16 B 3.B 10 A 11 4.D 11 B 12 D e e 18 B Page 271 ~ ?lú.WMTOE!!l PART V- INCOMPLETE.SENTENCE MINITESTI 101 B 121 e 102 B 122 B 103 B 123 e 104 D 124 B 105 B 106 e 107 B 108 B 109 e 110 B 111 e 112 B 132 B 133 A 134 D 135 B 136 e 137 e 138 e 139 B 140 e 113 l~P.,~ ( ~~~~ -,~B A Page 272 :~ 'IK< ;Ji/JA nmc MINITESTll 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 e 114 115 D e 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 B A B e e B ··· A D A B e 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 D B e e e A D e B A A A e D e B e B e A e B A e B A MINITESTlll 101 A 115 D 129 B 102 e 116 B 130 e 103 D 117 e 131 A 104 e 118 A 132 B 105 D 119 A 133 106 B 120 e 134 e e 107 D 121 A 135 A 108 A 122 A 136 109 e 123 B 137 e e 110 A 124 B 138 D 111 e 125 A 139 D 112 B 126 B 140 B 113 e 127 A 114 D 128 D TOEICA Page 273 # ?!{.¡, *°-4 T!!El!l PART 6: TEXT COMPLETION MINITESTI 141 B 142.D 143.B 144.A 145 B 146 e 147.A 148 B 149.C 150 B 151 B 152.A MINITESTll 141.B 142 D 143.A 144.A 145.A 146.B 147.A 148.A 151.B 152.A 149 D 150 e MINITESTlll 141 B 145.D 142.D 146.C 143 B 147.D 144.D 148.D MINI TEST IV 141.A 145.A 149.D 142.B 146 B 143 e 150 D 151.A 147.B 144.D 148 B MINITESTV 141 B 142.C 143.B 144.B 145.C 146.C 147.B 148.A 149.D 150.A TOEICA TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: htt;p: //www.mshoatoeic.com 150 B 151 B 152 e 152 B 151 e 152.A Page 274 :~ 'i/ú -;?IM !!!E!C PART 7: READING COMPREHENSION- SINGLE PASSAGE MINITESTI 153 B 163C 173 B 154C 164 D 174 B 155 B 165 B 175 D 156A 166 D 176 B 157 e 167 B 177 e 158 e 168 D 178 D 159 D 169 B 179 D 160 D 170A 180 B 161 B 171 B 162 D 172C MINITESTll 1530 1630 1730 1548 1640 174C 155C 165A 1758 156C 166A 1760 1570 1678 177C 1580 168A 178A 159A 169C 1798 160C 1708 1800 1618 1718 1628 172C TOEICA Page 275 READING COMPREHENSION - DOUBLE PASSAGE MINITESTI 181 e 191.A 182.B 192 B 183.A 193 D 184.C 194.A 185.A 195.D 186.B 196.A 197.A 187.A 198.D 188.A 199 B 189 B 200.B 190.D MINITESTll 181 e 191C 182C 192 B 183 D 193 B 1840 194C 185 B 195 B 186 B 196 B 187 D 197 A 188 e 198 B 189A 199 e 190C 2000 TOEICA TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: htt;p: llwww.mshoatoeic.com Page 276 $ ?lú:;11Mf!!E!C ACTUAL TEST 101 A 102 B 103 A 104 e 105 A 106 D 107 D 108 D 109 D 110 A 111 112 A D 113 A 114 e 115 A 116 e 117 B 118 B 119 B 120 e 121 D 122 D 123 A 124 D 125 A 126 D 127 e 128 D 129 D 130 A 131 132 D e e e 133 D 167 134 B 168 135 e 169 D 136 B 170 B 137 D 171 e 138 B 172 D 139 e 173 e 140 B 174 B 141 B 175 B 142 D 176 B 143 B 177 e 144 D 178 B 145 D 179 D 146 e 180 147 D 181 e e 148 D 182 B 149 B 183 B 150 B 184 A 151 185 B 186 B 153 e e e 187 B 154 A 188 e 155 e 189 D 156 B 190 B 157 D 191 e 152 158 e 192 B 159 B 193 B 160 D 194 e 161 D 195 D 162 B 196 D 163 e 197 A 164 B 198 e 165 e 199 B 166 D 200 e Page 277 #11t WMTOE!C VOCABULARY Word Choice 1.A S.D 9.C 10 2.A B 3.D 7.C 4.C 8.B e Word f.orms B S e B D 10 e e B A e D Phrasal Verb B s A B 10 e e B A D e e s B B 10 e A Words that Look Alike e A D B D A e Word with Similar Meanings D s e e é D B B TOEICA B TOEIC opens excellentjob opportunities Website: http://www.mshoatoeic.com 10 B Page 278 l ... Regard A as B Think of A as B Consider A as B Look upon A as B Refer to A as B Define Aas B Cite A as B Take A as B Designáte A as B Passive voice A be regarded as B A be thought of as B A be... 3) Use a reduced-fat margarine or spread instead of butter or regular margarine 4) Use low- fat or fat-free salad dressings Reading comprehension Reading far main ideas Passage 1· TOEICA Page 14... Human Resources Manager © Reading Comprehension Reading for main ideas Read this article and choose the most appropriate answer PROFITS FALL FOR RETAIL GIANT JACK GANDLEY, PORTLAND July 15 Harney's,