SECTION ONE:READING

READING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST:

Aggression

READING OVERVIEW

READING SKILLS

VOCABULARY AND REFERENCE

SKILL 1 UNDERSTAND VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT

Reading Exercise 1

Smog

Autism

Parasitic Plants

Edna Ferber

SKILL 2 RECOGNIZE REFERENTS

Reading Exercise 2

Animal Congregation

Chromium Compounds

New World Epidemics

Horatio Alger,Jr.

Reading Review Exercise(Skills 1-2)

Coral Colonies

SENTENCES

SKILL 3 SIMPLIFY MEANINGS OF SENTENCES

Reading Exercise 3

Camouflage

Post-it？Notes

The Pulitzer Prize

Competition and Cooperation

SKILL 4 INSERT SENTENCES INTO THE PASSAGE

Reading Exercise 4

Popcorn

Lions

Accidental Inventions

Uranium

Reading Exercise(Skills 3-4)

Theodore Dreiser

Reading Review Exercise(Skills 1-4)

Pulsars

DETAILS

SKILL 5 FIND FACTUAL INFORMATION

Reading Exercise 5

Lake Baikal

The Postage Stamp

The Clovis Culture

Brown Dwarfs

SKILL 6 UNDERSTAND NEGATIVE FACTS

Reading Exercise 6

Flatfish

Limestone Caves

Wrigley's Chewing Gum

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Reading Exercise(Skills 5-6)

John Muir

Reading Review Exercise(Skills 1-6)

Caretaker Speech

INFERENCES

SKILL 7 MAKE INFERENCES FROM STATED FACTS

Reading Exercise 7

Tiger Moths

The Cambrian Explosion

The Golden Age of Comics

The Filibuster

SKILL 8 INFER RHETORICAL PURPOSE

Reading Exercise 8

Xerography

Demographic Change

The Hubble Telescope

Territoriality

Reading Exercise(Skills 7-8)

Ella Deloria

Reading Review Exercise(Skills 1-8)

Early Autos

READING TO LEARN

SKILL 9 SELECT SUMMARY INFORMATION

Reading Exercise 9

Island Plant Life

Ben and Jerry

The Bald Eagle

Modernism in Art

SKILL 10 COMPLETE SCHEMATIC TABLES

Reading Exercise 10

Sand Dunes

A Surprising Connection

Carnivorous Plants

William Faulkner

Reading Exercise(Skills 9-10)

Species

Reading Review Exercise(Skills 1-10)

Decisions

READING POST-TEST

Aquatic Schools

SECTION TWO:LISTENING

LISTENING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

A Problem with a Class

Sleep

LISTENING OVERVIEW

LISTENING SKILLS

BASIC COMPREHENSION

SKILL 1 UNDERSTAND THE GIST

Listening Exercise 1

An Engineering Course

The Grade Report

Lakes

Meteorology

SKILL 2 UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS

Listening Exercise 2

A Parking Sticker

A Drama Class

Early Teachers

Iron Pyrite

Listening Review Exercise(Skills 1-2)

An Anthropology Paper

PRAGMATIC UNDERSTANDING

SKILL 3 UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTION

Listening Exercise 3

The Library

The Transcript

The Opossum

Venus

SKILL 4 UNDERSTAND THE SPEAKER'S STANCE

Listening Exercise 4

Course Load

A Questionnaire

Iroquois Houses

Hail

Listening Exercise(Skills 3-4)

The Fugio Coin

Listening Review Exercise(Skills 1-4)

Hibernation

CONNECTING INFORMATION

SKILL 5 UNDERSTAND THE ORGANIZATION

Listening Exercise 5

Tropism

Fossils

Clarence Darrow

Fractures

SKILL 6 UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS

Listening Exercise 6

A Placement Test

A Term Paper

Conifers

Presentation

Listening Exercise(Skills 5-6)

The Outer Banks

Listening Review Exercise(Skills 1-6)

Leaf Arrangements

LISTENING POST-TEST

The Music Project

The Great Lakes

SECTION THREE:SPEAKING

SPEAKING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

A Good Teacher

Vacation Preferences

Registering for Classes

Nonverbal Communication

A Problem in French Class

Echolocation

SPEAKING OVERVIEW

SPEAKING SKILLS

INDEPENDENT TASKS

SKILL 1 PLAN THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 1

Characteristics of a Good Neighbor

Your Favorite Holiday

Which Person Helped the Most

Ten Million Dollars

Your Dream House

Your Favorite Food

Characteristics of a Good Parent

Where You Want to Live

The Person You Want to Meet

Where You Will Take the TOEFL Test

SKILL 2 MAKE THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 2

Speaking Review Exercise(Skills 1-2)

Your Job

Driver Age

Student Excuses

Your Favorite Day

Government Changes

SKILL 3 PLAN THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 3

Large or Small Class

Dinner at Home or Dinner Out

Marriage Before or After Age Thirty

Preferred Type of Exams

Trip by Plane or Train

Big City or Small Town

Study Alone or with Friends

Play or Watch Sports

Opera or a Football Game

TOEFL Test or a Math Test

SKILL 4 MAKE THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 4

Speaking Review Exercise(Skills 3-4)

Teacher Mistakes

Taking Chances or Playing It Safe

Career Choices

Decision Making

Obeying Parents

INTEGRATED TASKS(READING AND LISTENING)

SKILL 5 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ

Speaking Exercise 5

Bicycle Parking on Campus

A Professor's Retirement

Part of a Class Syllabus

SKILL 6 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN

Speaking Exercise 6

Bicycle Parking on Campus

A Professor's Retirement

Part of a Class Syllabus

SKILL 7 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK

Speaking Exercise 7

SKILL 8 MAKE THE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 8

Speaking Review Exercise(Skills 5-8)

History Syllabus

SKILL 9 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ

Speaking Exercise 9

The Dead Sea

Polling

The Polynesian Migration

SKILL 10 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN

Speaking Exercise 10

The Dead Sea

Polling

The Polynesian Migration

SKILL 11 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK

Speaking Exercise 11

SKILL 12 MAKE THE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 12

Speaking Review Exercise(Skills 9-12)

The Equity Theory

INTEGRATED TASKS(LISTENING)

SKILL 13 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN

Speaking Exercise 13

Choosing a Professor

Study Habits

An Independent Study Project

SKILL 14 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK

Speaking Exercise 14

SKILL 15 MAKE THE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 15

Speaking Review Exercise(Skills 13-15)

Bored in Class

SKILL 16 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN

Speaking Exercise 16

The Bank Holiday of 1933

Creativity

The Amazon River

SKILL 17 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK

Speaking Exercise 17

SKILL 18 MAKE THE RESPONSE

Speaking Exercise 18

Speaking Review Exercise(Skills 16-18)

SAD

SPEAKING POST-TEST

An Admirable Person

Getting News

A Cafeteria Problem

Social Environments

A Class Schedule Problem

Life on Mars

SECTION FOUR:WRITING

WRITING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

Human Memory

A News Story

WRITING OVERVIEW

WRITING SKILLS

INTEGRATED TASK

SKILL 1 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ

Writing Exercise 1

Homeschooling

Polysemy

Margaret Mead's Research

SKILL 2 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN

Writing Exercise 2

Homeschooling

Polysemy

Margaret Mead's Research

SKILL 3 PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE

Writing Exercise 3

SKILL 4 WRITE A TOPIC STATEMENT

Writing Exercise 4

SKILL 5 WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON READING PASSAGES

Writing Exercise 5

SKILL 6 WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON LISTENING PASSAGES

Writing Exercise 6

SKILL 7 REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Writing Exercise 7

Management Styles

Earthquake Waves

SKILL 8 REVIEW GRAMMAR

Writing Exercise 8

American English Spelling

Aversive Conditioning

Writing Review Exercise(Skills 1-8)

Stonehenge

INDEPENDENT TASK

SKILL 9 PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE

Writing Exercise 9

Relieving Stress

A Famous Place to Visit

Actions or Words

Yourself Today and Five Years Ago

Team or Individual Sports

The Best Age to Marry

Characteristics of a Good Teacher

Haste Makes Waste

Learning a New Language

The TOEFL Test

SKILL 10 WRITE THE INTRODUCTION

Writing Exercise 10

SKILL 11 WRITE UNIFIED SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS

Writing Exercise 11

SKILL 12 CONNECT THE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS

Writing Exercise 12

SKILL 13 WRITE THE CONCLUSION

Writing Exercise 13

SKILL 14 REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Writing Exercise 14

Team Sports

SKILL 15 REVIEW GRAMMAR

Writing Exercise 15

University and High School Studies

Writing Review Exercise(Skills 9-15)

Emotions

WRITING POST-TEST

Unintended Consequences

Safe or Sorry

MINI-TESTS

MINI-TEST 1

Reading Migration

Listening Science Lab

The Little House Books

Speaking Leader of the Country

History Films

Formation of Glaciers

Writing Garlic

MINI-TEST 2

Reading Birth Order

Listening Confused Assignment

Cross-Dating

Speaking Getting Up Early

Leadership Roles

Meeting on Exam Schedule

Writing Historical Event

MINI-TEST 3

Reading Ketchup

Listening Biology Class

Gem Cuts

Speaking Hometown

Library Rules

Split Infinitives

Writing Scientific Management

MINI-TEST 4

Reading Estuaries

Listening Cumulative Exam

Mountains

Speaking Kinds of Exams

Nullification

Psychology Class

Writing Working for Others

MINI-TEST 5

Reading Schizophrenia

Listening Scholarship

Atolls

Speaking A Good Friend

Student Assistant Positions

Zero-Sum Economies

Writing Catch-22

MINI-TEST 6

Reading Exxon Valdez

Listening Schedule Plan

Animal Hearing

Speaking Million Dollars

Formation of the Solar System

Rescheduled Speaker

Writing Visitors to Your Country

MINI-TEST 7

Reading Plate Tectonics

Listening Group Project

The Trumpet

Speaking Studying English

Discussion Class

NIMBY

Writing Supernovas

MINI-TEST 8

Reading Limners

Listening General Studies

Carbon

Speaking Big Party

Somnambulism

Questioning the Professor

Writing Violence in Movies

COMPLETE TESTS

COMPLETE TEST 1

Reading 1 Prehistoric Astronomers

Reading 2 Truman and the Railroads

Reading 3 Mathematical Bases

Listening Student Newspaper

The Great Salt Lake

Kleenex

Exam Grade

Hawaii

Three-Mile Island

Speaking Dream Job

Group Paper

Spring Show

Great Ape Communication

Dreaded Science Class

Mercantilism

Writing Venus

Family Traditions

COMPLETE TEST 2

Reading 1 Navigational Devices

Reading 2 The Neanderthals

Reading 3 The Silent Era

Listening Grade Report

Washington,D.C.

The Letter C

The Space Shuttle

Caves

The Compound Eye

Speaking Favorite Movie

Telling a Lie

Business Internships

Supersonic Speed

Proiect Done Bit by Bit

Multiple Personality Disorder

Writing Social Promotion

Good Leader

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A Cohesion

APPENDIX B Sentence Structure

APPENDIX C Error Correction(Grammar)

DIAGNOSIS,ASSESSMENT,AND SCORING

Overall Scores

Reading Diagnosis and Scoring

Listening Diagnosis and Scoring

Speaking Assessment and Scoring

Writing Assessment and Scoring

RECORDING SCRIPT

ANSWER KEY