INTRODUCTION 1
The TOEFL iBT? 1
The Test Score 2
How to Use this Book 3
Sample Course Outlines 5
PART 1-READING 7
Reading Passages and Questions 9
Strategies for the Reading Section 13
1.1 Understanding Facts and Details 15
1.2 Identifying Negative Facts 30
Quiz 1 39
Quiz 2 42
1.3 Understanding Vocabulary in Context 48
Quiz 3 67
Quiz 4 70
1.4 Making Inferences 76
1.5 Determining Purpose 90
Quiz 5 102
Quiz 6 105
1.6 Recognizing Paraphrases 110
1.7 Recognizing Coherence 123
Quiz 7 137
Quiz 8 142
1.8 Summarizing Important Ideas 149
1.9 Organizing Information 165
Quiz 9 176
Quiz 10 180
PART 2-LISTENING 187
Conversations and Questions 188
Lectures and Questions 190
Strategies for the Listening Section 196
2.1 Identifying the Topic and Main Idea 197
2.2 Listening for Details 203
Quiz 1 212
2.3 Determining Attitude and Purpose 214
Quiz 2 226
Quiz 3 228
2.4 Making Inferences and Predictions 230
Quiz 4 242
Quiz 5 244
2.5 Understanding Function 246
2.6 Listening for Organization 252
Quiz 6 257
Quiz 7 259
Quiz 8 261
PART 3-SPEAKING 263
Independent Speaking Tasks 264
Integrated Speaking Tasks 265
Strategies for the Speaking Section 268
3.1 Independent Speaking:Developing a Topic 270
3.2 Independent Speaking:Stating and Supporting a Position 273
3.3 Independent Speaking:Clarity and Coherence 276
3.4 Evaluating Independent Speaking 280
Quiz 1 283
Quiz 2 284
Quiz 3 285
3.5 Integrated Speaking:Connecting Information 286
3.6 Integrated Speaking:Taking Notes 292
3.7 Integrated Speaking:Delivering Your Response 300
3.8 Integrated Speaking:Summarizing a Problem 311
3.9 Integrated Speaking:Summarizing Information 322
3.10 Evaluating Integrated Speaking 330
Quiz 4 334
Quiz 5 337
Quiz 6 340
Quiz 7 343
Quiz 8 347
PART 4-WRITING 351
The Integrated Writing Task 351
The Independent Writing Task 354
Strategies forthe Writing Section 355
4.1 Integrated Writing:Connecting Information 357
4.2 Integrated Writing:Taking and Using Notes 364
4.3 Integrated Writing:Developing Your Response 372
4.4 Integrated Writing:Sentence Structure 381
4.5 Evaluating Integrated Writing 385
Quiz 1 391
Quiz 2 392
Quiz 3 393
4.6 Independent Writing:Prewriting 394
4.7 Independent Writing:Stating and Supporting an Opinion 399
4.8 Independent Writing:Unity and Coherence 406
4.9 Independent Writing:Sentence Variety and Word Choice 411
4.10 Evaluating the Essay 418
Quiz 4 423
Quiz 5 424
Quiz 6 425
Quiz 7 426
Quiz 8 428
TEST 1 431
TEST 2 465
TEST 3 499
TEST 4 533
ANSWER KEY 567
AUDIO SCRIPTS 621
INDEX 695
PROGRESS CHARTS 700