Temporary post - contents

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION xi
SECTION ONE: READING 1
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST: Aggression 2
READING OVERVIEW 8
READING SKILLS 10
Vocabulary and Reference 10
SKILL 1: Understand vocabulary from context 10
READING EXERCISE 1 13
SKILL 2: Recognize referents 17
READING EXERCISE 2 19
READING EXERCISE (Skills 1—2): Coral Colonies 23
Sentences 26
SKILL 3: Simplify meanings of sentences 26
READING EXERCISE 3 V 28
SKILL 4: Insert sentences into the passage 35
READING EXERCISE 4 37
READING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): Theodore Dreiser 41
V READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Pulsars .45
Details 49
SKILL 5: Find factual information V 49
V V READING EXERCISE 5 51
SKILL 6: Understand negative facts V 56
V READING EXERCISE 6 59
READING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): John Muir 63
READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Caretaker Speech 66
Inferences V V V V V 70 V
SKILL 7: Make inferences from stated facts 70
READING EXERCISE 7 72
SKILL 8: Infer rhetorical purpose 76
READING EXERCISE 8 78
READING EXERCISE (Skills 7-8): Ella Deloria 83
V READING REVIEW EXERCISES (Skills 1-8): Early Autos 87
Reading to Learn 91
SKILL 9: Select summary information 91
READING EXERCISE 9 94
V SKILL 10: Complete schematic tables V V V 9S
V READING EXERCISE 10 V 101
READING EXERCISE (Skills 9—10): Species 105
READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-10): Decisions 107
READING POST-TEST: Aquatic Schools V
SECTION TWO: LISTENING V 117
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST V 118
Problem Class 119
Sleep 121

LISTENING OVERVIEW V 123
LISTENING SKILLS 124
Basic Comprehension 124
SKILL 1: Understand the gist 125
V LISTENING EXERCISE 1 127
SKILL 2: Understand the details 129
LISTENING EXERCISE 2 131
LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Anthropology Paper 135
Pragmatic Understanding 136
SKILL 3: Understand the function V 136
LISTENING EXERCISE 3 140
SKILL 4: Understand the speaker’s stance 144
LISTENING EXERCISE 4 147
LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): The Fugio Coin 150
V V V LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Hibernation 152
Connecting Infonnation V 154
SKILL 5: Understand the organization 154
LISTENING EXERCISE 5 V 157
SKILL 6: Understand relationships 162
V LISTENING EXERCISE 6 164
V LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): The Outer Banks 167
LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Leaf Arrangenients 169
LISTENING POST-TEST 171
Music Project 172
The Great Lakes 174
SECTION THREE: SPEAKING 177
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST V V 178
Good Teacher 179
Vacation 179
Registering for Classes 180
Nonverbal Communication V V 181
Problem in French Class 182
Echolocation V 182
SPEAKING OVERVIEW V V V V V V 183
SPEAKING SKILLS 186
Independent Tasks V 186 V
SKILL 1: Plan the free-choice response V 186
SPEAKING EXERCISE 1 187
SKILL 2: Make the free-choice response V VV 190
SPEAKING EXERCISE 2 191
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2) V 191
SKILL 3: Plan the paired-choice response V 191
V SPEAKING EXERCISE 3 192
SKILL 4: Make the paired-choice response 195
SPEAKING EXERCISE 4 V V 196
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 3-4) V V 196
Integrated Tasks (Reading and Listening) 197
SKILL 5: Note the main points as you read 197
V SPEAKING EXERCISE 5 V 198
SKILL 6: Note the main points as you listen V 199
SPEAKING EXERCISE 6 V V V 200
SKILL 7: Plan the response 201
SPEAKING EXERCISE 7 203
SKILL 8: Make the response V 204
SPEAKING EXERCISE 8 205
V SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 5-8): Histoiy Syllabus 205
SKILL 9: Note the main points as you read 206
SPEAKING EXERCISE 9 207
SKILL 10: Note the main points as you listen V V 208
SPEAKING EXERCISE 10 209
SKILL 11: Plan the response V V 211
SPEAKING EXERCISE 11 212
SKILL 12: Make the response V 213
SPEAKING EXERCISE 12 214
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 9-12) Equity Theory 214

Integrated Tasks (Listening) V 215
SKILL 13: Note the main points as you listen V V 215
V SPEAKING EXERCISE 13 V 216

SKILL 14: Plan the response V 218
SPEAKING EXERCISE 14 219
SKILL 15: Make the response V 220
SPEAKING EXERCISE 15 221
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 13-15): Bored in Class 221
SKILL 16: Note the main points as you listen 222
V SPEAKING EXERCISE 16 223
SKILL 17: Plan the response 224
SPEAKING EXERCISE 17 V V 225
SKILL 18: Make the response V 226
SPEAKING EXERCISE 18 227
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 16-18): SAD 227V
SPEAKING POST-TEST V 228
Admirable Person 229
Getting News V 229
Cafeteria Problem 230
Social Environments 231
Class Schedule Problem 232
Life on Mars 232
SECTION FOUR WRITING 233
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST 234
Human Memory V 235
V News Story 236
WRITING OVERVIEW 237
WRITING SKILLS 239
Integrated Task 239
SKILL 1: Note the main points as YOU read 239
V WRITING EXERCISE 1 240
SKILL 2: Note the main points as you listen 242
WRITING EXERCISE 2 243
V SKILL 3: Plan before you write V 244
WRITING EXERCISE 3 V V 245
SKILL 4: Write a topic statement V 246
WRITING EXERCISE 4 V 247
SKILL 5: Write unified supporting paragraphs 247
V V WRITING EXERCISE 5 V V 249 V
V SKILL 6: Review sentence structure 250
WRITING EXERCISE 6 251
SKILL 7 Review grammar 252
WRITING EXERCISE 7 V 253
WRITING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-7): Iceman 254
Independent Task 255
SKILL 8: Plan before you write V 255
WRITING EXERCISE 8 256 V
SKILL 9: Write the introduction V 259
WRITING EXERCISE 9 V V 260
SKILL 10: Write unified supporting paragraphs V 263
WRITING EXERCISE 10 265
SKILL 11: Connect the supporting paragraphs 266
V WRITING EXERCISE 11 V 267
V SKILL 12: Write the conclusion 269
WRITING EXERCISE 12 270
SKILL 13: Review sentence structure V 272
WRITING EXERCISE 13 V VV V 273
SKILL 14: Review grammar 274
V WRITING EXERCISE 14 V V 275
WRITING EXERCISE (Skills 8-14): Emotions V 275
WRITING POST-TEST 276
Unintended Consequences 277
V Safe or Sorry 278
VMINI~TESTS V
MINI-TEST 1 V 279
Reading: Migration V 279
Listening: Science Lab V V V 284
The Little House Books 287
Speaking: Leader of the Country 289
History Films V V V V 290
Formation of Glaciers 291
Writing: Garlic V V 293
MINI-TEST 2 V V 295
Reading: Birth Order 295
Listening: Confused Assignment 300
V Cross-Dating V 303
Speaking: Getting Up Early 305
Leadership Roles 306 V
Meeting on Exam Schedule V 307
Writing: Historical Event 308

MINI-TEST V 310
Reading: Ketchup V 311
Listening: Biology Class V 316 V
Gem Cuts 319
V Speaking: Hometown V V V 321
Library Rules V 322
Split Infinitives 323
Writing: Bamboo and Pandas 324
MINI-TEST 4 V 327
Reading: Estuaries V 327
Listening: Cumulative Exam 332
V Mountains V 335
Speaking: Kinds of Exams 337
V Nullification 338
Simple Direct Response 339
Writing: Working for Others 340
MINI-TEST 5 343
Reading: Schizophrenia 343
Listening: Scholarship 348
Atolls 351
Speaking: Good Friend 353
Student Assistant Positions 354
Zero-Sum Economies V 355
Writing: Catch-22 356
V MINI-TEST 6 V 359
Reading: Exxon Valdez 359
Listening: Schedule Plan 364
Animal Hearing V V V V V 367
Speaking: Million Dollars 369
Formation of the Solar System 370
Rescheduled Speaker VV 371
Writing: Visitors to Your country V V 372
MINI-TEST 7 375
Reading Plate Tectonics 375
Listening: Group Project 380
The Trumpet V 383
Speaking: TOEFL Test V V 385
Discussion Class 386
N1MBY V V 387
Wntrng Hemophilia 388
MINI-TEST 8 391
Reading: The Limners V 391
Listening: General Studies V 396
Carbon V V 399
Speaking: Big Party V 401
Somnambulism 402
Questioning the Professor 403
Writing: Violence in Movies 404
COMPLETE TESTS 407
COMPLETE TEST 1 407
Reading: 1 Prehistoric Astronomers 408 V
2 Truman and the Railroads 413
3 Mathematical Bases V V 417
Listening: Student Newspaper 423
The Great Salt Lake V V 425
V Kleenex 427
V Exam Grade 430
Hawaii V V 432
V Three-Mile Island V 434
Speaking: Dream Job V 437
Group Paper V. 437
Spring Show V V 438
Great Ape Communication V 439
Dreaded Science Class 440
Mercantilism 440
Writing: Venus V 442
Family Traditions 443
COMPLETE TEST 2 V
Reading: 1 Navigational Devices 446
2 The Neanderthals 451
3 The Silent Era V 455
Listening:~ Grade Report V 460
Washington, D.C. 462
The Letter C V V 464
The Space Shuttle V 467
Caves 469
The Compound Eye V V V 471
Speaking: Favorite Movie V 474
Telling a Lie V V 474
Business Internships 475
Supersonic Speeds 476
Project Done Bit by Bit 477
Multiple Personality Disorder 477
Writing: Library at Alexandria V 479
V Good Leader V 480



APPENDIXES V
APPENDIX A: Cohesion V 481
APPENDIX B: Sentence Structure 489
APPENDIX C: Error Correction (Grammar) 496
SCORES AND CHARTS 533
V Scoring Information 535
Skills Charts and Self-Assessment Checklists V 546
Progress Chart 554
RECORDING SCRIPT V 555
ANSWER KEY 619