how to master skills for the toefl ibt: reading basic (tái bản)

How to Master Skills for the TOEFL® iBT Reading Basic is designed to be used either as a textbook for a TOEFL® iBT reading preparation course or as a tool for individual learners who are preparing for the test on their own. With a total of 10 units, this book is organized to prepare students for the test with a comprehensive understanding of the test and a thorough analysis of every question type. Each unit provides a step-by-step program that includes question-solving strategies and the development of test-taking abilities.

Special Features:

- Intensive practice of all the question types on the TOEFL® iBT

- Graded reading passages with various topics that frequently appear on the TOEFL® iBT

- Glossed vocabulary to help students understand the passages better

- Graphic organizers to show the structures of the passages

- To-the-point practice to build summary skills

- Ten mini-tests and one complete test that familiarize students with the actual test format

- Vocabulary exercises and lists to help students expand their vocabulary

- Full answer key

CONTENTS

Introduction  How to Use This Book PART 1  Basic Comprehension

Unit 1: Vocabulary (Animals / Sports / Weather / Technology) Unit 2: Reference (Science / Music / History / Economics) Unit 3: Factual Information (Social Issues / Space / Art / Geography) Unit 4: Negative Facts (Culture / Astronomy / Films / Physics) Unit 5: Sentence Simplification (Biology / Weather / Environment / Law)

PART 2  Making Inferences

Unit 6: Rhetorical Purpose (Science / Sociology / Geography / Psychology) Unit 7: Inference (Journalism / Health Science / Government / Culture) Unit 8: Insert Text (Biography /Social Issues / Literature / Sports)

PART 3  Reading to Learn

Unit 9: Prose Summary (Law / Agriculture / Health Science / Economics) Unit 10: Fill in a Table (Astronomy / History /Biology / Geology)

Vocabulary Wrap-up Actual Test Answer Book