2007年8月10日 星期五

iBT閱讀B版第四週投影片

TOEFL IBT Reading Longman week 4
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Inference Q.
 strongly implied, but not explicitly stated
 logical implications
 answer X contradict the main idea
 must be inferable from the passage
 explicitly stated information leads to the inference


 Which of the following can be inferred about X?
 The author of the passage implied that X…..
 Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 1 about X?
假定
 posit
 postulate
 presume
 assume
 premise

 psychology
 psychological
 psychotherapy
 psychic
 physiology
 physics
 physical
 physical therapy
 physician


 provisional
 temporary
 conditional
 tentative
 interim


disenfranchise
disfranchise
The Supreme Court
1. Supreme court
2. members
3. its role

 statute
 article
 amendment
 decree
 edict
 provision
 stipulation
in case
 In case students don’t memorize vocabulary after class, I’ve prepared plentiful quizzes.

 inconsequential
 unimportant
 minor
 paltry
 petty
 trivial
 trifling


execute
executive

 executive
 legislature
 judiciary

 organ
 agency
 branch
 division
 department
 arm
 wing

Oval office


 wield power

 segregate
 separate
 isolate

Hurricanes
1. its origin
2. its power
3. National Hurricane Center
4. Its danger

 intermittent
 occasional
 sporadic
 periodic
 fitful
 irregular


saturate
equ, equa, equi = equal
 equal
 equator
 equity
 equality
 equation
 equilibrium

equ, equa, equi = equal
 equal
 equator
 equity
 equality
 equation
 equilibrium
 adequate
 equivalent
 equivalence
 equivocate
 equivocal

wreak wreaked  wreaked
wrought

 havoc
 chaos
 mayhem
 shambles
blood
1. Blood travel around the body
2. Arteries carry blood to organs
3. Arteries get smaller  capillaries
4. Blood  vein lung
breathe (exchange carbon dioxide with oxygen)
Genes
1. Certain traits passed from parent to child
2. Genes: from conception to adulthood
3. A gene has an instruction
4. A fault/mutation in a gene  disease
5. More common: a family’s susceptibility to certain diseases
6. use the info to protect ourselves

susceptibility
susceptible
capt, cept, cip = catch, seize
 conception
 concept
 conceive
 susceptibility
 susceptible
 capture
 be capable of
 capacity
 captivate
 captive
 receive
 reception

 recipient
 receipt
 perceive
 perception
 perceptible
 deceive
 deception
 anticipate
 anticipation
 capital
 decapitate

 regarding
 concerning
 about
 as regards
 with/in regard to
 with/in respect to

 considering
 in the light of
 in view of
 taking account of

Desert Water Flows
 desert water flows
 large rivers, outside: exogenous

Large flat areas and hollows are areas where water tends to collect after rainfall, but are a relatively minor part of the overall desert area.

 cooperation
 collaboration

Groundwater is recharged from, and eventually flows to, the surface naturally; natural discharge often occurs at springs and seeps, streams and can often form oases or wetlands.

 aquifer
 aqua rium
 aqua culture
 aqua farm
 Aquarius


 porous
 pore
 The porous material media in which ground water occurs are the complex geologic materials near the surface……

 media
 medium
 means
 agency
 channel

 unconsolidated

 subside
 decrease
 diminish
 ease
 ebb
 lessen
 wane
Desert Water Flows
 desert water flows
 large rivers, outside: exogenous

 make up
 form
 compose
 comprise
 constitute

These swift inflows provide necessary water to the desert areas but occasionally do more harm than good due to flooding problems.

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