Basic Skills for the TOEFL iBT 2

Answer Key
D
Topic: The Importance of Sleep
Introduction: One third of our lives spent sleeping.
Need it to work properly.
Less than adequate = problems when
awake.
Amount needed:
Amount of sleep needed varies.
Average is eight hours.
Reasons needed:
Sleep affects health and well-being.
Tired people can’t concentrate and may
become emotional.
This makes it harder to sleep.
Effects: Lack of sleep results in headaches and
coordination problems.
Sleep makes us faster and stronger.
Helps our immune system keep us from
getting sick.
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E
1. B 2. A
F
1. concentrate 2. coordination 3. vary
4. constitutes 5. adequate
Practice
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C
1. B 2. A 3. B
D
1. involve 2. attitudes 3. negative
4. feature 5. insisting
Test
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1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B
5. A 6. B, D, E
Check-up
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A
1. B 2. D
B
1. immune system 2. calories 3. well-being
4. fast food 5. disturbed 6. overweight
7. popularity 8. awake
[ Unit 10 ]
Getting Ready
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C
2, 1, 3, 4, 5
D
Topic:
In the past:
Film cameras:
Digital Cameras
Before digital cameras---purchase
film, load it, take pictures.
Couldn’t see them.
After taking pictures---wind up film,
take it out, and have it developed.
Digital cameras: Digital cameras breakthrough in
technology.
No film.
Store photos like a computer.
Today:
Conclusion:
Today---cheap and easy.
See photos immediately.
Put them on computers.
Share via email and websites.
Consumers prefer digital to film.
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E
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B
F
1. Prior 2. consumers 3. digital
4. purchase 5. breakthrough
Practice
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C
1. B 2. B 3. A
D
1. acquire 2. primary 3. bulky
4. multimedia 5. collections
Test
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1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C
5. A 6. A, C, D
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