How to Master Skills for the TOEFL iBT: Reading Advanced

How to Master Skills for the TOEFL® iBT Reading Advanced is designed to be used either as a textbook for a TOEFL® iBT reading preparation course or as a tool for individual learners who are preparing for the test on their own. With a total of 10 units, this book is organized to prepare students for the test with a comprehensive understanding of the test and a thorough analysis of every question type. Each unit provides a step-by-step program that includes question-solving strategies and the development of test-taking abilities.

Special Features:

• Intensive practice of all the question types on the TOEFL® iBT
• Graded reading passages with various topics that frequently appear on the TOEFL® iBT
• Glossed vocabulary to help students understand the passages better
• Well-organized notes to show the structures and main points of the passages
• To-the-point practice to build summary skills
• Ten practice tests and two complete tests that familiarize students with the actual test format
• Vocabulary exercises and lists to help students expand their vocabulary
• Full answer key

CONTENTS

Introduction
How to Use This Book

PART 1  Basic Comprehension

Unit 1: Vocabulary (Biology / Sociology / Literature)
Unit 2: Reference (Science / History / Economics)
Unit 3: Factual Information (Art / Geography / Politics)
Unit 4: Negative Factual Information (Culture / Astronomy / Chemistry)
Unit 5: Sentence Simplification (Ecology / Biology / Geology)

PART 2  Making Inferences

Unit 6: Rhetorical Purpose (Zoology / Sociology / Literature / Language)
Unit 7: Inference (Psychology / History / Geography)
Unit 8: Insert Text (Art / Economics / Science)

PART 3  Reading to Learn

Unit 9: Prose Summary (Geology / Astronomy / Chemistry)
Unit 10: Fill in a Table (Culture / Anthropology / Ecology / Biology)

Vocabulary Wrap-up
Actual Test 01
Actual Test 02
Answer Book