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Family Word
Vocabulary question are multiple
choice. They ask you to match the meaning of a highlighted word or phrase with
one of four answers. Most vocabulary questions low_ frequency vocabulary (word
you will not encounter very often). Therefore, you need to gain a solid
knowledge of the academic word list and learn how to predict the meaning of
low- frequency vocabulary question test the secondary meaning of easy words
such as family in the second question
on page 4 of Toefl iBT book.
How
to Answer vocabulary Question: Predicting Meaning from Context.
1
Identify word form
Locate
the highlighted word. What is its word form? Is it a noun, verb, adjective, or
adverb?
2
Analyze in immediate context
Analyze
the word based on what a pears immediately before and after it. If it is a noun,
what is its relationship to the verb? What are its subject and object? What
adjective modify it? The answer to these questions should give you important
clues about the word's meaning.
3
Analyze in larger context
Examine
the word in relation to other clauses or surrounding sentences. Do transitions
or reference words provide a clue to meaning? Can you identify any synonyms in
surrounding sentences?
4
Guess
Guess the meaning of the word
according to the four answer choices. You can often eliminate one or two
answers that you know are incorrect
-this will make guessing easier.
5
Divide into word parts
Divide
into word parts. Compare the word to similar words that you know the meaning
correspond to your choice from step 4?
6
Replace
Replace
the highlighted word with your answer. Does it make sense in the context?
Word
Families and the Academic Word List
According to linguist, the number of
word in the English language exceed one million, whereas the quantity of word
families lies roughly in the range of 90,000. A word family includes a base
word and all of its inflected and derived forms.
Inflectional
ending do not change the base word's part of speech.
For
instance, develops, developing, and develop are inflected forms of the base verb
develop. On the other hand, derivational affixes
can change this verb into a noun, adjective, or adverb. They can even alter the
meaning to some degree.
Consider
these examples: development, developer, developable, developmental
,developmentally , and underdeveloped.
Sample Answers
1 Identify word form
It is a noun because it is before a verb and
is modified by an adjective.
2 Analyze in immediate context
"...affixes change verbs to noun,
adjective, or adverbs and can change the meaning". Analysis: An affix must
be a word part such as an ending.<br>
When I was last
sick
On Saturday morning last
weekend my family in Orphanage Center went to cut a big tree to get the
firewood for cooking anything. I worked too hard with my house mates to cut and
to saw all, both. But, I was good at saw than cut. I saw with a friend. We were
very happy until we forgot we were tired. First we sawed some tree branch that
had cut yet. The end we saw the tree completely that its branch had cutoff.
After that we collected those firewood to house. When we got home we also felt
seem tired but, it didn’t matter. In evening we played more basketball and
football . When we finished our mom wanted us to bring some water for three
jars. Every one didn’t have a feel to do it. Immediately I came to accept
responsibility. We did it no feel and tired . But we did it through we finish.
At that time my legs and my back very hurt include my head. To tell the truth
I’m too, tired! After dinner I went to sleep early. I felt bad but, I didn’t
take any medicines. I just had a relax and had lots of liquids. So, I relieved
after three days. But my friend that saw the firewood with me he still didn’t
relieve and I advised him “You should take some Aspirin, because your head is
still hurt”.<br>
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Fast Food
In countries throughout the world,
and especially in the United States, hamburgers are a very popular food. It
seems impossible, but people have bought more than 99,000,000,000(99 billion)
hamburgers from just one fast-food company. This is enough to make a circle
around the earth 12 times!
Most American's favorite place
to buy a hamburger is at a fast food restaurant. In these restaurants, people
order their food, wait just a few minutes, and then carry it to their tables
themselves. They can eat it in the restaurant or take the food out and eat it
at home, at work, in a park, or even in their cars. At many fast-food
restaurants, people can drive up beside a window. They order their food, and a
worker hands it to them through the window.
Hamburgers are not only kind of
food that fast-food restaurants serve. They also serve French fries, milk
shakes, soft drinks, and coffee. Some serve fish or chicken. Others serve hot
dogs, tacos, pizza, or submarine sandwiches. In the morning, some fast-food
restaurants have a complete breakfast menu, with egg sandwiches, pancakes, and
juice.
Fast-food restaurants are very popular
because the service is fast and the food is inexpensive. (Inexpensive food does
not cost very much.) For many people, low prices are more important than the
quality of the food.
These restaurants are also
popular because the food is always the same. People know that if they eat at a
company's restaurant in the north of the city or in the south of the city, the
food will still be the same.
Are hamburgers, French fries,
tacos, and other kinds of fast food good for you? In general, fast food has a lot
of fat and salt. Today, people know that fatty and salty food is not healthy.
Because more people want food that is good for them, fast-food restaurants are
serving salads and other healthy food.
Restaurants are also cooking with
less salt and fat. For example, some restaurants are now using a healthier oil for their French fries.
One thing is sure. People will
continue to eat fast food. In fact, now there are fast food restaurants in countries
all over the world.<br>
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PUERTO RICO
The Map
Images
1. What do
you know about Puerto Rico?
2. How is
Puerto Rico related to the United States?
3. What can
you guess about Puerto Rico from the picture?
Puerto
Rico is an island southeast of Florida and north of Venezuela, between the
Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is not far from Haiti and the
Dominican Republic. Puerto Rico has many beautiful beaches that stretch for
miles along the coast. It also has mountains and valleys with good land for
farming. The climate in Puerto Rico is usually very warm. It is often humid
during the summer months. Many people choose Puerto Rico as a vacation spot
because of its lovely weather, beautiful coasts, and interesting history and
culture.
Puerto Rico means "rich port" in
Spanish. Christopher Columbus landed there in 1493. Fifteen years later, the
Spanish explore Juan Ponce de Leon settled there with people from Spain who
came to live in the New World. Native Indians had lived on the island of Puerto
Rico for hundreds of years. Tragically, many of them died in wars with the
Spanish and from diseases brought from Europe. People from other places, like
Africa, also came to live in Puerto Rico. Today Puerto Rico is an interesting
mix of all these cultures. Visitors will notice the influence of Spain in the
food, music, festivals, and customs of the people. And, of course, the people
in Puerto Rico speak Spanish-but they also speak English!
Puerto Rico has a special relationship with
the United State. It is not one of the fifty states. It is called a
commonwealth of the United States. The people of Puerto Rico are American citizens and can travel to the
United States easily. However, they so not pay certain taxes and they and they
do not vote in national elections for the president of the United States. The
United States government also protects the island.
The capital city of Puerto Rico is San
Juan. It is a modern, Industrial city. San Juan is also a port, which is a
place where ships come and go, carrying supplies to and from other places. Puerto Rico has several other
large cities near the coast. Because much of the island is covered with
mountains, most of the people live close together-near the coast or in the
valleys between the mountains. In the mountains there are small villages and
farming areas. People grow sugarcane, coffee, and coconuts and other fruits.
The history, culture, and beauty of
Puerto Rico make it a wonderful place for a vacation. Every year many tourists
from the United States and other parts of the world go to relax in the warm and
sunny climate of this island. There are many resorts and beautiful hotels along
the beaches. Tourists can also enjoy the local Spanish food and buy souvenirs
in the old Spanish area of San Juan.
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