SECTION 1: GUIDE TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1
About Listening Comprehension 2
Sample Listening Comprehension Test 3
Part A： Dialogs 11
Dialogs 11
Lesson 1．Anticipating Questions about Dialogs 16
Lesson 2．? with Sound Confusion 18
Lesson 3．? Homonyms and Words with Multiple Meanings 21
Lesson 4．Dialogs with Idiomatic Expressions 24
Lesson 5．Answering Inference Questions about Dialogs 29
Lesson 6．Dialogs Involving Agreement and Disagreement 32
Lesson 7．Dialogs Involving Suggestions，Invitations Offers，and Requests 35
Lesson 8．Dialogs Involving Contradictions，Assumptions，and Questions 42
Lesson 9．Answering Questions about Activities，Plans，Topics，and Problems 46
Lesson 10．Dialogs with Special Verbs 49
Mini-Test 1: Dialogs 52
Part B：Extended Conversations 55
About Extended Conversations 55
Lesson 11．Anticipating Questions about Extended Conversations 59
Lesson 12．Answering Overview Questions about Extended Conversations 62
Lesson 13．Answering Detail Questions about Extended Conversations 64
Mini-Test 2: Extended Conversations 67
About Mini-Talks 68
Part C：Mini-Talks 68
Lesson 14．Anticipating Questions about Mini-Talks 72
Lesson 15．Answering Overview Questions about Mini-Talks 74
Lesson 16．Answering Detail Questions about Mini-Talks 76
Mini-Test 3: Mini-Talks 79
Mini-Lessons for Section 1: Idiomatic Expressions 81
SECTIONS 2：GUIDE TO STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION 101
About Structure and Written Expression 102
Sample Structure and Written Expression Test 104
About Structure 111
Part A：Structure 111
Lesson 17．Incomplete Independent Clauses 114
Lesson 18．Incomplete Adjective Clauses 121
Lesson 19．Incomplete or Missing Participial Phrases 126
Lesson 20．Incomplete or Missing Appositives 129
Lesson 21．Incomplete Adverb Clauses 132
Lesson 22．Incomplete Noun Clauses 138
Lesson 23．Incomplete or Missing Prepositional Phrases 141
Mini-Test 4: Structure 144
Lesson 24．Word Order Items 147
Lesson 25．Items Involving Verb Problems 152
Lesson 26．Incomplete or Missing Infinitive and Gerund Phrases 155
Lesson 27．Items Involving Parallel Structures 159
Lesson 28．Items Involving Misplaced Modifiers 162
Lesson 29．Incomplete or Missing Comparisons 165
Lesson 30．Missing Conjunctions 168
Lesson 31．Missing Negative Words 171
Mini-Test 5: Structure 174
Part B：Written Expression 176
About Written Expression 176
Lesson 32．Errors with Word Forms 179
Lesson 33．Errors in Word Choice 189
Lesson 34．Errors with Verbs 202
Lesson 35．Errors with Parallel Structures 209
Lesson 36．Errors with Pronouns 212
Lesson 37．Errors with Singular and Plural Nouns 219
Mini-Test 6: Written Expression 225
Lesson 38．Errors with Verbals 228
Lesson 39．Errors with Prepositions 234
Lesson 40．Errors with Articles 240
Lesson 41．Errors with Comparatives and Superlatives 247
Lesson 42．Errors in Word Order 250
Lesson 43．Errors with Conjunctions 254
Mini-Test 7: Written Expression 257
Mini-Lessons for Section 2: Preposition Use 260
SECTION 3: GUIDE TO READING COMPREHENSION 269
About Reading Comprehension 270
Sample Reading Comprehension Test 276
Lesson 44．Overview Questions 290
Lesson 45．Factual Questions，Negative Questions，and Scanning Questions 303
Lesson 46．Inference Questions and Purpose Questions 313
Lesson 47．Vocabulary-in-Context Questions 324
Lesson 48．Reference Questions 334
Mini-Test 8: Reading Comprebension 343
Mini-Lessons for Sections 3: Vocabulary Building 352
Guide to the Test of Written English (TWE) 387
About the Test of Written English 388
10 Keys to Writing the TWE Essay 395
Three Practice TWE Tests 399
Three Complete Practice Tests 409
About Taking the Practice Tests 410
Scoring the Practice Tests 411
Practice Test 1 413
Practice Test 2 441
Practice Test 3 469
About the Author 497
Answer key and Tapescripts 499