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托业七大题型详解
(1)Photographs
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ThefirstpartofTOEICconsistsoftwentynumberedphotographsthatareinyourtestbook.Foreachphotograph,youwillhearontheaudioprogramfoursentencesthatrefertoit.Youmustdecidewhichofthesentencesbestdescribessomethingyoucanseeineachphotograph.
Thephotographsarepicturesofordinarysituations.Aroundtwo-thirdsofthephotographsinvolveapersonorpeople;aroundone-thirdinvolveanobjectorascenewithoutpeople.
Thesentencesareshortandgrammaticallysimple.Theygenerallydealwiththemostimportantaspectsofthephotographs,butsomefocusonsmalldetailsoronobjectsorpeopleinthebackground.
Eachitemisintroducedbyastatementthattellsyoutolookatthenextnumberedphotograph.Thepacingforthispartisfast:
Thereisonlyafive-secondpausebetweenitems,andthereisnopausebetweensentences(A),(B),(C),and(D).
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1.Alwayscompleteeachitemasquicklyaspossiblesothatyoucanpreviewthephotographforthenextitem.Don'twaitforthestatementthatsays,"Nowlookatphotographnumber__."
2.Ifyouarepreviewingaphotographthatinvolvesapersonorpeople,lookforaspectsofthephotographsthatareoftenmentionedinthesentences:
*Whatarethepeopledoing?
*Wherearethey?
*Whoarethey?
(Isthereauniformorpieceofequipmentoranythingelsethatindicatestheirprofessionorrole?
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*Whatdistinguishesthem?
(Isthereahat,amustache,apuree,apairofglasses,atie,oranythingelsethatdifferentiatesthepeople?
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*Whatdothepeople'sexpressionstellyou?
(Dotheylookhappy?
Unhappy?
Excited?
Bored?
Upset?
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3.Ifyouarepreviewingaphotographofanobject,focusontheseaspects:
*Whatisit?
*Whatisitmadeof?
*What--ifanything--isitdoing?
*Whereisit?
4.Ifyouarepreviewingaphotographofascene,focusontheseaspects:
*Whereisit?
*Whatisintheforeground(the"front"ofthepicture)?
*What--ifanything--ishappening?
*Whatisinthebackground(the"distant"partofthepicture)?
5.Don'tmarkanansweruntilyouhaveheardallfourchoices.Whenyouhearachoicethatyouthinkiscorrect,restyourpencilonthatovalonyouranswersheet.Ifyouchangeyourmindandhearasentencethatyouthinkisbetter,moveyourpenciltothatchoice.Onceyouhaveheardallfoursentences,marktheovalthatyourpencilisrestingon.(Thistechniquehelpsyourememberwhichchoiceyouthinkisbest.)
6.Trytoeliminatechoiceswithproblemsinmeaning,sound,andsound+meaning.
7.Mostcorrectanswersinvolveverbsinthesimplepresent("Thefurniturelooksnew.")orpresentprogressivetense("Thewomanisridingabicycle.").Besuspiciousofanswerchoicesinvolvinganyothertenses.
8.Neverleaveanyblanks.Alwaysguessbeforegoingontothenextitem.
9.Assoonasyouhavefinishedmarkingtheanswer,stoplookingatandthinkingaboutthatphotographandmoveontothenextitem.
*TestingPointsandSkill-BuildingExercises
A.SentenceswithMeaningProblems
B.SentenceswithSoundProblems
C.SentenceswithSoundandMeaningProblems
(2)Questions/Responses
2.Questions/Responses
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ThispartofTOEICconsistsofthirtyitems.Eachitemconsistsofaquestionontheaudioprogramfollowedbythreepossibleresponses(answers)tothequestion,alsoontheaudioprogram.Yourjobistodecidewhichofthesethreebestanswersthequestion.Betweeneachitemisafive-secondpause.PartIIproblemsdonotinvolveanyreadingskills;therefore,thispartisconsidereda"pure"testoflisteningskills.Yourtestbooksimplytellsyoutomarkananswerforeachproblem.
Tactics
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1.Therearenoanswerchoicestoconsiderbeforeorwhiletheitemisbeingread.Youshouldjustconcentrateonthequestionandthethreeresponsesontheaudioprogram,andpaynoattentiontothetestbook.
2.Trytoidentifythetypeofquestion(informationquestion,yes/noquestion,alternativequestion,andsoon).Thecorrectresponse,ofcourse,oftendependsonthetypeofquestionbeingasked.
3.Trytoeliminatedistractors.
4.Don'tmarkanansweruntilyouhaveheardallthreeresponses.Whenyouheararesponsethatyouthinkiscorrect,restyourpencilonthatovalontheanswersheet.Ifyouchangeyourmindandheararesponsethatyouthinkisbetter,moveyourpenciltothatchoice.Onceyouhaveheardallthreeresponses,marktheovalthatyourpencilisrestingon.(Thistechniquehelpsyourememberwhichchoiceyouthinkisbest.)
5.Ifyouhearallthreeresponsesandnoneofthethreeseemscorrect,takeaguessandgetreadyforthenextitem.
6.Thereisverylittletime(onlyfiveseconds)betweenitemsinPartII.Youneedtodecideonananswerandfillintheblankquicklytobereadyforthenextitem.
*TestingPointsandSkill-BuildingExercises
A.InformationQuestions
B.Yes/NoQuestions
C.OtherTypesofQuestions
D.RecognizingSound/MeaningDistractors
E.RecognizingOtherTypesofDistractors
(3)ShortConversations
ShortConversations
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ThispartofTOEICconsistsofthirtyshortconversations,eitherbetweenamanandawomanorbetweentwomen.Theconversationsairsthree-partexchanges:
Thefirstspeakersayssomething,thesecondspeakerresponds,andthefirstspeakersayssomethingelse.Twotypicalpatternsairsgivenbelow:
Speaker1:
Asksaquestion.Speaker1:
Makesastatement.
Speaker2:
Respondstothequestion.Speaker2:
Questionsthestatement.
Speaker1:
Commentsontheresponse.Speaker1:
Respondstothequestion.
Inyourtestbook,eachquestioniswrittenout,followedbyfourpossibleanswerchoices.Yourjobistodecidewhichoneofthesebestanswersthequestion.Thenyouneedtomarkthecorrespondingansweronyouranswersheet.
Tactics
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1.Betweeneachconversationtheirsisaneight-secondpause.Thismaynotsoundlikealongtime,butyoucanactuallyaccomplishquiteabitduringthispause.Youneedtomarktheanswerfortheitemthatyoujustheardandthenpreviewthenextitem.Previewingtheitemconsistsofreadingthequestion--thistellsyouwhattolistenfor--andofquicklylookingoverthefouranswerchoices.
2.Whilelisteningtotheconversation,keepyoureyesontheanswerchoices.Don'tcloseyoureyesorlookaway.Trytoevaluatethefourchoicesasyouairslistening.
3.Rememberthatdistractorsaresometimesmentionedintheconversationsbutarenotanswerstothequestion.Don'tchooseananswerjustbecauseyouhearawordortwofromtheanswerintheconversation.
4.Ifthecorrectanswerisnotobvious,trytoeliminateanswersthatseemtobeincorrect.Ifmorethanoneanswerchoiceisleft,takeaguess.
5.Markyouranswersasquicklyaspossiblesothatyoucanpreviewthenextitem.
6.Neverleaveanyanswersblank.Ifyouarenotsure,alwaysguess.
*TestingPointsandSkill-BuildingExercises
A.OverviewQuestions
B.DetailQuestions
C,InferenceQuestions
(4)ShortTalks
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InPartIV,youwillhearanumberoftalksontheaudioprogram.Therearetwo,three,andsometimesfourquestionsforeachtalk.Thequestionsarewritteninyourtestbooklet.Therearefouranswerchoicesfollowingeachquestion.Youhavetochoosethebestanswertothequestionbasedontheinformationthatyouhearinthetalk.Beforeeachofthetalks,thereisanintroductorystatement.
Examplesofintroductorystatements:
Questions80and81arebasedonthefollowingannouncement:
Questions93to96refertothefollowinglecture:
Followingeachtalk,you'llhearinstructionstoanswerparticularquestions,witheight-secondpausesbetweeneachofthem.(Youdonothavetowaitfortheseannouncementstoanswerthequestions.)
Becausethispartofthetestconsistsofbothspokenmaterialonthetapeandwrittenquestionsandanswerchoices,ittestsbothlisteningandreadingskills.
1.Thetalks:
Thetalksareallmonologues--thatis,theyaredeliveredbyonespeaker.Theyarefairlyshort--mostarelessthanoneminutelong.
2.Thequestions:
Threemaintypesofquestionsareaskedaboutthetalks:
overviewquestions,detailquestions,andinferencequestions.
*Overviewquestionsrequireageneralunderstandingofthelectureorofthesituationinwhichitisgiven.Overviewquestionsaskaboutthemainideaorpurposeofthelecture,oraboutthespeaker,theaudience,orthelocationwherethetalkisgiven.Sometypicaloverviewquestions:
Whoisspeaking?
Whatisthepurposeofthetalk?
Whatkindofpeoplewouldprobablybeinterestedinthistalk?
Whatishappeninginthistalk?
Whereisthisannouncementbeingmade?
*Detailquestionsrelatetospecificpointsinthetalk.Theybeginwithquestionwords:
who,what,where,why,when,how,howmuch,andsoon.Somearsnegativequestions;theyaskwhatwasnotmentionedinthetalk:
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabout...?
*Inferencequestionsrequireyoutomakeaconclusionbasedontheinformationprovidedinthetalk.Thesequestionsoftencontainthewordprobablyorformsoftheverbsimplyorinfer:
Whatisprobablytrueabout...?
Whatdoesthespeakerimplyabout...?
Whatcanbeinferredfromthistalk?
3.Theanswerchoices:
Alltheanswerchoicesareplausibleanswerstothequestions,inmanycases,thedistractorsarementionedinthetalk.Justbecauseyouhearananswerchoicementionedinthetalkdoesnotmeanitisthecorrectanswerforaparticularquestion.
Tactics
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1.Listencarefullytotheintroductoryannouncementthatisgivenbeforeeachtalk.Itwilltellyouwhatkindoftalkyouaregoingtohear(anannouncementoracommercial,forexample)aswellaswhichquestions