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TOEFL IBT Reading Longman week 8
Fill in a table Q.
 rhetorical functions
 slightly more detailed outline
 X: minor details & examples

wrong answers
1. not mentioned
2. Not directly relevant
3. incorrect generalizations
4. incorrect conclusions
Greenhouse effect
1. introduction
2. Greenhouse effect
3. Opposite theory
4. Global warming by earth & human
Information gathering
1. Information gathering
2. Observation methods
3. especially useful when…
4. Interview
5. Especially useful when…
6. Difficult in many situations
tele = far
 teleconference
 telecommunication
 telescope
 telescopic
 telephone
 telegraph
 telepathy
 telepathic
serv = keep, watch
 observe
 observation
 observatory
 conserve
 conservation
 conservative

 conservatory
 deserve
 preserve
 preservation
 preservative
 reserve

 reservation
 reservoir
reserve, conserve, preserve
 reserve a ticket
 conserve energy
 Keeping food in the refrigerator preserves its freshness.

conserve (v.) = preserve (v.)
Protect it from harm, loss, change
 Preserve/Conserve the rain forest.
 Preserve/Conserve medieval houses.

preserve (n.) = reserve (n.)
 A wildlife preserve/reserve
 Taiwan’s nature reserves/preserves.
pollination
1. Reproduction: pollination
2. Insect pollination
3. Wind pollination
4. Wind pollination
fact, fect, fic…. = do, make
 efficient
 efficiency
 effect
 effective
 efficacious
 effectual
 affect


 These measures affect savings
 These measures effect savings.
fact, fect, fic…. = do, make
 efficient
 efficiency
 effect
 effective
 efficacious
 effectual
 affect
 affection
 affectionate
 perfect
 perfection


 defeat
 deficit
 deficient
 defect
 defective
 magnify
 magnification
 fact
 factor
 faction
 factual
 faculty
 factory
 feat
 feasible
 fiction
 fictitious
 facilitate

 facility
 manufacture
menopause
1. menopause
2. Pre-menopause
3. Menopause symptoms
Emotional intelligence
1. EQ > IQ
2. EQ’s foundation
3. IQ: no preparation for problem solving
4. Low EQ hurts
5. Genes interact with environment
 EQ
Mosquitoes, Houseflies and the Spread of Disease
1. Malaria mosquito
2. Ways to kill mosquitoes
3. Mosquitoes’ life cycle
4. Know 3 can kill mosquitoes
5. Houseflies  other disease
6. How houseflies feed
7. Bacteria & virus on the legs of houseflies

 diarrhea
 diarrhoea
 cramp
 constipation
 menstrual cramps

 insecticide
 pesticide
 repellent
pel, puls = push
 repellent
 repel
 repulse
 repulsion
 repulsive
 expel
 expulsion
 propel
 propeller
 propellant
 propulsion
 compel

 compulsion
 compulsive
 compulsory
Language family
1. Many languages
2. Indo-European
3. How I-E language spread out
4. Altaic Family
5. Sino-Tibetan family
6. others

 intelligible
 understandable
 comprehensible
 lucid


nuance
subtlety
distinction
gradation
nicety
shade

bygone
past
antiquated
extinct
Art’s message
1. Compare art: convey subtle nuance

Art’s message
1. Compare art: convey subtle nuance
2. Artists created exemplary collage
3. S & R
4. S: the social history of decaying modern Europe
5. R: material combination  consumer obsessed society of mid-twentieth society

Art’s message
6. GL: history of his family, people & nation
7. =1

construe
construct

construe
construct

didactic
didactical
Geology & landscape
1. constructive & destructive
2. Hills & mountains: short-lived
3. Plates  mountains
4. Destructive forces
5. Weather
6. Ice & frost

terrain
terrace
territory
extraterrestrial


incarnation
incarnate
Geology & landscape
1. constructive & destructive
2. Hills & mountains: short-lived
3. Plates  mountains
4. Destructive forces
5. Weather
6. Ice & frost

Hills and mountains are often regarded as the epitome of permanence, successfully resisting the destructive forces of nature, but in fact they tend to be relatively short-lived in geological terms.

Under different climatic conditions, another type of destructive force contributes to erosion.
Geology & landscape
1. constructive & destructive
2. Hills & mountains: short-lived
3. Plates  mountains
4. Destructive forces
5. Weather
6. Ice & frost