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1、tips for toeicPreparing for the TestTip 1The TOEIC test focuses on English communication, so the best way to prepare for it is to listen to and read as much real English as possible. Listen to radio and books on CD or cassette, watch TV and videos, talk to native English speakers and listen to their

2、 conversations with each other! Read books, magazines, newspapers, websites, and any other examples of real English you can find.Tip 2The topics covered in the TOEIC test are connected with the working world. For example, general business, manufacturing, finance, personnel, purchasing, technology, p

3、roperty, offices, travel, dining out, entertainment, and health. You do not need to have specialist knowledge of any of these areas, but it will help you prepare for the test if you get used to this type of material. Read a wide variety of business texts like catalogs, training manuals, application

4、forms, train schedules, and menus.Tip 3Improving your vocabulary will help you to achieve the scores that you need for the TOEIC test. Every time you read something in English, pick three words or expressions that you do not know. Write them down and then look them up in a dictionary and/or thesauru

5、s. Keep a vocabulary notebook of new words, with their meaning, their pronunciation, the sentence you found them in, and any other useful information such as similar words and opposites. It is also a good idea to create a sentence of your own with these words too. This will help you to remember them

6、.Ti 4The English you will hear in the Listening Comprehension section of the test will be U.S. English, spoken at the normal speed of native speakers. Some of it will be informal and include idiomatic language. You will also hear contractions like Ill (I will), shes (she is), gonna (going to), and y

7、ea (yes). Get as much practice as you can of listening to this type of English from radio, TV, and native speakers.Tip 5When you listen to English, get into the habit of asking yourself questions like: Who is talking? Who are they talking to? What are they talking about? Where are they talking? Why

8、are they talking? These are the type of questions you will often be asked in the Listening Comprehension section of the test.Tip 6Make yourself a study schedule. Try to get into a routine where you study at the same time every day. Do not study for too long. It is better to study for 10 minutes a da

9、y and learn something really well, than study for 2 hours once a week and try to learn too much at one time. This will keep English constantly in your head too! Also, vary what you do each day do not just study grammar.Tip 7Although your writing skills are not tested in the TOEIC test, practicing wr

10、iting in English will help you to learn and improve your grammar and vocabulary. Find a friend that you can communicate with regularly by email. Keep a journal too of what you have done and your thoughts.Tip 8Always keep your goal in your mind. Why are you taking the TOEIC test? Is it for your caree

11、r? What score do you need? If you keep this in your mind, it will really help to motivate you to study and practice.Tip 9Be positive! Tell yourself that you will do well in the TOEIC test and get the score you need. Sports people use this technique. If you believe you can do something, it is much mo

12、re likely to happen!Part 1: Picture: TipsLook at the photograph quickly before you listen to the four statements. Think about who is in the picture, where it is, and what is happening. This will make it much easier to pick out the correct answer when you listen to the statements.Example:Who is in th

13、e picture?A man, a woman, and a check-in clerkWhere was it taken?In the airportWhat is happening?They are checking in.It is important to listen to the whole of each statement carefully. Part of a statement may be true, but not all of it. A statement must be completely true to be the correct answer.E

14、xample:He is sitting on a bench in a park.This statement is incorrect because it is only partly true. He is sitting on a bench, but he is in the street, not in a park.When you are choosing which statement is the correct answer, be careful of words that have a meaning which is connected with what is

15、in the picture they may be there to mislead you! For example, if the picture shows a car, and there is a statement with the word chauffeur in it, this may lead you to think this is the correct answer even if it is not. This applies to Part 2, 3, and 4 also.Example:The chauffeur is getting in the car

16、.The picture has a car in it, and the word chauffeur is connected with cars. However, this is not the correct answer because the person in the picture is not getting in a car. He is washing the car.Part 2: Question-Response TipsAlways listen to ALL the answer choices before answering. There may be m

17、ore than one answer choice that seems correct, or an answer choice to mislead you, so wait until you have heard them all before you decide which one is correct.Example:Question-ResponseWhere did you go for dinner?A: Why dont we go at 9 oclock?B: We tried that new restaurant.C: Lets go to the restaur

18、ant in the hotel.Response C is connected to the question word where, but it is incorrect because the question refers to the past, not the future.Part 3: Question-Response TipsListen carefully for question words like what, where, when, who, which,and how at the beginning of the questions. These tell

19、you what kind of response is needed. If the question does not begin with a question word, then it needs a yes or no type answer.Example:Where are you going on vacation?This question begins with where, so the correct response will probably contain a place, like Im going to Australia.Is it OK if I pay

20、 by credit card?This question does not begin with a question word, so the correct response will probably contain yes or no, like Yes sir, thatll be fine.However, remember that sometimes people do not know, or are not sure of the answer to a question. So the correct answer to any type of question cou

21、ld also be a response which expresses uncertainty like I think so, I havent decided yet, or It might do.Be careful of questions that try to mislead you by using or referring to words that sound the same or similar, but have different meanings. For example, words like write and right which have the s

22、ame pronunciation, hungry and angry which have a similar pronunciation, and book (thing you read) and book (to reserve) which have the same pronunciation and spelling. Listen carefully for the meaning of the question and the responses, not just the sound of the words. This also applies to Part 1.Exa

23、mple:Question-ReponseWhat are you going to wear to the interview?A. Its in the meeting room on the third floor.B. A suit and tie I think.C. It went very well, thank you.The word wear is pronounced the same as the word where. So, if you did not listen carefully for the meaning of the question, you co

24、uld think that A is the correct response because it tells you where the party is. However, the correct response needs to tell you what clothes the personis going to wear to the interview, so B must be the correct answer.Have a look at the question before you listen to the conversation. If you alread

25、y know what question you have to answer, it will make it easier for you to pick out the information from the conversation that you need to answer it. This applies to Part 4 too.Example:ConversationMan:Do you have any double rooms available on July 2nd?Woman:Im sorry sir. Theyre all fully-booked on t

26、hat day. I can offer you a twin room.Man:No, its OK thank you. Ill try somewhere else.QuestionWhat is the womans occupation?A. A librarianB. A restaurant managerC. A hotel receptionistD. A sales assistantIf you have read the question first, you will know that you just have to listen out for clues th

27、at tell you what the womans occupation is, not anything else. The clues are the words double rooms, fully-booked, and twin room which are all connected with a hotel, so C must be the correct answer.Focus on the words in the recording that are stressed because these will give you the main idea of the

28、 conversation. Stressed words in English are usually nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, because these are the words that contain the most information. Words like articles, prepositions, pronouns, and conjunctions that contain much less information usually have little or no stress. This applies t

29、o Parts 1, 2, and 4 too.Example:We need to finish that report by Friday.The words that are most likely to be stressed in this sentence are the verbs need and finish, and the nouns report, and Friday. These contain the most important information.Some questions may ask you about facts and some questio

30、ns may ask you about a speakers emotions or relationship. For example, How does the woman feel? or What is the relationship between the man and the woman? The answer to these types of questions will not be given directly in the conversation. You will have to infer the answer to these questions based

31、 on what the speakers say, their tone of voice, the level of formality they use, and so on.Example:ConversationWoman:This is the second time youve been late for work this week. Its just not good enough.Man:Im really sorry. It wont happen again.Woman:Well, just make sure it doesnt.QuestionHow does the woman feel?A. ShockedB. SadC. AngryD. WorriedThe woman does not directly say that she is angry, but from what she says to the man, and probably her tone of voice in the recording too, you can infer that C is the correct answer.Listen carefully to the announcement b