iBT閱讀B版第三週投影片

TOEFL IBT Reading Longman week 3
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Factual information Q.
 facts
 details
 definitions
 other information


 According to the paragraph, which of the following is true of X?
 The author’s description of X mentions which of the following?
 According to the paragraph, X occurred because….
 According to the paragraph, X did Y because….
 According to the paragraph, why did X do Y?

Tips for Facts Q.
 refer back
 X recall
 X mentioned in the passage
 answer the question

reconnoitre
reconnoiter

Negative Factual Information Q.
 not true
 not included
 “not”
 “except”

 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of X?
 The author’s description of X mentions all of the following EXCEPT

invincible
unbeatable
unconquerable
insuperable
unassailable

deal a blow/defeat
amphi, ambi = both, around
 ambitious
 ambition
 amphibian
 amphibious
 ambiance
 ambient
 ambiguity
 ambiguous
 ambivalence
 ambivalent
 amphitheater
eagles
1. Eagles: good & almost everywhere



eagles
1. Eagles: good & almost everywhere
2. Live: inaccessibly
3. Bald eagle: special to the US


 prey
 prey on = feed on
 predator
 predatory

vit, viv, vig = live
 survival
 survive
 viviparous
 vitamin
 vitalize
 vitality
 vital
 vivid
 vividness
 vivacious
 revive
 revival
vit, viv, vig = live
 invigorate
 invigoration
 invigorative
 vigor
 vigorous
 vigorousness
 vigilant
 vigilance


encroach
intrude
invade
trespass



Pluto
1. Why Pluto unique?
2. Far from earth: hard to know physical characteristics
3. Still learning Pluto

 methane
 mental
 mantle




 satellite 衛星
 planet 行星
 asteroid 小行星
(minor planet, planetoid)
 comet 彗星
 meteor 流星
八大行星
 Mercury
 Venus
 Earth
 Mars
 Jupiter
 Saturn
 Uranus
 Neptune


Panama Canal
1. Panama Canal introduction
2. Bought by the US
3. Returned to Panama


Actual test: energy saving
5. Burning fossil fuel greenhouse
6. Burning fossil fuel  damage
tac, tag, tic, tig, tenc, tang, tinc, ting = touch
 contaminate
 contamination
 contagious
 tentacle
 tactile
 antenna
 contact
 contiguous
 tangible
 intangible
 intact
 attach

 attachment
 detach
 detachment
Genetic Engineering
1. What is GE

 havoc
 wreckage
 destruction
 devastation
 ruin

 attribute 結果 to 原因
 ascribe 結果 to 原因

 indubitable
 undoubted
 unquestionable
 undeniable
 indisputable
 incontrovertible
 incontestable
 irrefutable
From Silence to Sound
 film: silence to sound

the bench
 judge
 magistrate

 benchmark
 criterion
 yardstick
 touchstone
From Silence to Sound
 film: S2S
 S2S division: contradictions
 overlook other innovations
 at that time: some experts X S2S
 support S2S: companies with electronics & telephones
 late 1920s, sound films

 view A as B
 consider A (to be) B
 regard A as B
 deem A B
 look on A as B
 think

paradox

complement
complete
set off

commentary
director’s commentary

It may surprise some modern filmmakers to learn that the tide of professional opinion in the 1920s did not universally swing in favor of the transformation to sound. Many believed that it would be a temporary fad, one that would disappear, as had other attempts at technical innovation, including a push in the 1910s to add recordings of in accompaniment with moving pictures.

When their research resulted in the development of greatly improved sound techniques, film studios fell in line to support the conversion to the use of sound in films.
From Silence to Sound
 film: S2S
 S2S division: contradictions
 overlook other innovations
 at that time: some experts X S2S
 support S2S: companies with electronics & telephones
 late 1920s, sound films