1.Sentences About Photographs

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    The first part of TOEIC consists of twenty numbered photographs that are in your test book. For each photograph, you will hear on the audio program four sentences that refer to it. You must decide which of the sentences best describes something you can see in each photograph.

    The photographs are pictures of ordinary situations. Around two-thirds of the photographs involve a person or people; around one-third involve an object or a scene without people.

    The sentences are short and grammatically simple. They generally deal with the most important aspects of the photographs, but some focus on small details or on objects or people in the background.

    Each item is introduced by a statement that tells you to look at the next numbered photograph. The pacing for this part is fast: There is only a five-second pause between items, and there is no pause between sentences (A), (B), (C), and (D).

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    1. Always complete each item as quickly as possible so that you can preview the photograph for the next item. Don't wait for the statement that says, "Now look at photograph number __. "

    2. If you are previewing a photograph that involves a person or people, look for aspects of the photographs that are often mentioned in the sentences:

    * What are the people doing?
    * Where are they?
    * Who are they? (Is there a uniform. or piece of equipment or anything else that indicates their profession or role?)
    * What distinguishes them? (Is there a hat, a mustache, a puree, a pair of glasses, a tie, or anything else that differentiates the people?)
    * What do the people's expressions tell you? (Do they look happy? Unhappy? Excited? Bored? Upset?)

    3. If you are previewing a photograph of an object, focus on these aspects:

    * What is it?
    * What is it made of?
    * What —— if anything —— is it doing?
    * Where is it?

    4. If you are previewing a photograph of a scene, focus on these aspects:

    * Where is it?
    * What is in the foreground (the "front" of the picture)?
    * What —— if anything —— is happening?
    * What is in the background (the "distant" part of the picture)?

    5. Don't mark an answer until you have heard all four choices. When you hear a choice that you think is correct, rest your pencil on that oval on your answer sheet. If you change your mind and hear a sentence that you think is better, move your pencil to that choice. Once you have heard all four sentences, mark the oval that your pencil is resting on. (This technique helps you remember which choice you think is best.)

    6. Try to eliminate choices with problems in meaning, sound, and sound + meaning.

    7. Most correct answers involve verbs in the simple present ("The furniture looks new.") or present progressive tense ("The woman is riding a bicycle."). Be suspicious of answer choices involving any other tenses.

    8. Never leave any blanks. Always guess before going on to the next item.

    9. As soon as you have finished marking the answer, stop looking at and thinking about that photograph and move on to the next item.

    * Testing Points and Skill-Building Exercises
    A. Sentences with Meaning Problems
    B. Sentences with Sound Problems
    C. Sentences with Sound and Meaning Problems

2.Questions/Responses

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　　This part of TOEIC consists of thirty items. Each item consists of a question on the audio program followed by three possible responses (answers) to the question, also on the audio program. Your job is to decide which of these three best answers the question. Between each item is a five-second pause. Part II problems do not involve any reading skills; therefore, this part is considered a "pure" test of listening skills. Your test book simply tells you to mark an answer for each problem.

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　　1. There are no answer choices to consider before or while the item is being read. You should just concentrate on the question and the three responses on the audio program, and pay no attention to the test book.

　　2. Try to identify the type of question (information question, yes/no question, alternative question, and so on). The correct response, of course, often depends on the type of question being asked.

　　3. Try to eliminate distractors.

　　4. Don't mark an answer until you have heard all three responses. When you hear a response that you think is correct, rest your pencil on that oval on the answer sheet. If you change your mind and hear a response that you think is better, move your pencil to that choice. Once you have heard all three responses, mark the oval that your pencil is resting on. (This technique helps you remember which choice you think is best.)

　　5. If you hear all three responses and none of the three seems correct, take a guess and get ready for the next item.

　　6. There is very little time (only five seconds) between items in Part II. You need to decide on an answer and fill in the blank quickly to be ready for the next item.

* Testing Points and Skill-Building Exercises

　　A. Information Questions
　　B. Yes/No Questions
　　C. Other Types of Questions
　　D. Recognizing Sound/Meaning Distractors
　　E. Recognizing Other Types of Distractors

3.Short Conversations

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    This part of TOEIC consists of thirty short conversations, either between a man and a woman or between two men. The conversations airs three-part exchanges: The first speaker says something, the second speaker responds, and the first speaker says something else. Two typical patterns airs given below:

    Speaker 1: Asks a question. Speaker 1: Makes a statement.

    Speaker 2: Responds to the question. Speaker 2: Questions the statement.

    Speaker 1: Comments on the response. Speaker 1: Responds to the question.

    In your test book, each question is written out, followed by four possible answer choices. Your job is to decide which one of these best answers the question. Then you need to mark the corresponding answer on your answer sheet.

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    1. Between each conversation theirs is an eight-second pause. This may not sound like a long time, but you can actually accomplish quite a bit during this pause. You need to mark the answer for the item that you just heard and then preview the next item. Previewing the item consists of reading the question —— this tells you what to listen for —— and of quickly looking over the four answer choices.

    2. While listening to the conversation, keep your eyes on the answer choices. Don't close your eyes or look away. Try to evaluate the four choices as you airs listening.

    3. Remember that distractors are sometimes mentioned in the conversations but are not answers to the question. Don't choose an answer justbecause you hear a word or two from the answer in the conversation.

    4. If the correct answer is not obvious, try to eliminate answers that seem to be incorrect. If more than one answer choice is left, take a guess.

    5. Mark your answers as quickly as possible so that you can preview the next item.

    6. Never leave any answers blank. If you are not sure, always guess.

* Testing Points and Skill-Building Exercises
　　A. Overview Questions
　　B. Detail Questions
　　C, Inference Questions

4.Short Talks

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　　In Part IV, you will hear a number of talks on the audio program. There are two, three, and sometimes four questions for each talk. The questions are written in your test booklet. There are four answer choices following each question. You have to choose the best answer to the question based on the information that you hear in the talk. Before each of the talks, there is an introductory statement.

Examples of introductory statements:

　　Questions 80 and 81 are based on the following announcement:

　　Questions 93 to 96 refer to the following lecture:

　　Following each talk, you'll hear instructions to answer particular questions, with eight-second pauses between each of them. (You do not have to wait for these announcements to answer the questions.)

　　Because this part of the test consists of both spoken material on the tape and written questions and answer choices, it tests both listening and reading skills.

　　1. The talks: The talks are all monologues —— that is, they are delivered by one speaker. They are fairly short —— most are less than one minute long.

　　2. The questions: Three main types of questions are asked about the talks: overview questions, detail questions, and inference questions.

* Overview questions require a general understanding of the lecture or of the situation in which it is given. Overview questions ask about the main idea or purpose of the lecture, or about the speaker, the audience, or the location where the talk is given. Some typical overview questions:

Who is speaking?
　　What is the purpose of the talk?
　　What kind of people would probably be interested in this talk?
　　What is happening in this talk?
　　Where is this announcement being made?

* Detail questions relate to specific points in the talk. They begin with question words: who, what, where, why, when, how, how much, and so on. Some ars negative questions; they ask what was not mentioned in the talk:

Which of the following is NOT true about…… ?

* Inference questions require you to make a conclusion based on the information provided in the talk. These questions often contain the word probably or forms of the verbs imply or infer:

What is probably true about…… ?
　　What does the speaker imply about…… ?
　　What can be inferred from this talk?

　　3. The answer choices: All the answer choices are plausible answers to the questions, in many cases, the distractors are mentioned in the talk. Justbecause you hear an answer choice mentioned in the talk does not mean it is the correct answer for a particular question.

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　　1. Listen carefully to the introductory announcement that is given before each talk. It will tell you what kind of talk you are going to hear (an announcement or a commercial, for example) as well as which questions to look at during that talk.

　　2. Always look at the questions as the talk is being given on the audio program. Do not look away or close your eyes in order to concentrate on the spoken material. You must focus on both the talk and the written questions.

　　3. Because the questions ars written out, you can use them to focus your listening for particular information.

　　4. Do not mark your answer sheet while the talk is going on, even if you know the answer. The act of answering a question may cause you to miss the information you need to answer the question or questions that follow.

　　5. Do not wait for the speaker on the audio program to instruct you to answer the questions. In fact, you should ignore those announcements. Begin answering as soon as the talk is over, and answer all the questions related to that talk as soon es you can. If you have a few seconds left before the next talk begins, preview the next few questions in your test booklet.

　　6. Never continue working on the questions about one talk after another talk has begun.

　　7. If you are not sure of an answer, eliminate unlikely choices and then guess.

　　8. Always answer each question. Never leave any blanks.

* Testing Points and Skill-Building Exercises
　　A. Public Announcements
　　B. News, Weather, and Public Service Bulletins
　　C. Commercial Messages
　　D. Business Talks
　　E. Recorded Messages

5. Sentence Completion

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    This section consists of forty sentences, each missing one or more words. Below each sentence are four words or phrases. Your job is to decide which of these four choices produces a complete, grammatical, and logical sentence when it is put into the sentence.

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    1. Begin by reading each item carefully. Try to guess what word or words are missing. Look for these words or similar words among the answer choices.

    2. The most common testing point in Part V involves word choice. You can identify these itemsbecause the four answer choices look alike or have similar meanings. Use the context of the sentence to help you choose the answer, and look for any grammar clues that help you eliminate distractors.

    3. The second most common type of item in Part V involves word form. You can recognize these because the answer choices are all forms of the same word. Use the endings of the words to determine which choice is correct in the context of the sentence.

    4. Verb problems are the third most common item type in Part V. The answer choices for these items are four forms of the same verb. Look for time words and other clues.

    5. If the correct choice is not obvious, eliminate choices that are clearly incorrect and guess. Put a mark by items that you found difficult so that you can come back to them if you have time. Never leave any items unanswered.

    6. Never spend too much time on any one item.

    7. As soon as you finish Part V, go on to Part VI.

    * Testing Points and Skill-Building Exercises
    A. Word Choice
    B. Word Forms
    C. Word Choice/Word Forms
    D. Verbs
    E. Prepositions
    F. Connecting Words
    G. Gerunds, Infinitives, and Simple Forms

6. Error Identification

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    Section VI of TOEIC tests your ability to recognize mistakes in grammar or usage in written sentences. It consists of twenty items. In each item, four expressions —— usually one or two words each —— are underlined. You have to examine all four items and decide which one must be rewritten (it can't simply be omitted) to form. a correct sentence. In other works you need to find the underlined expression that contains a mistake.

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    1. Read each item word for word. Don't just look at the underlined portion of the sentencesbecause the error is often incorrect only because of the context of the sentence.

    2. Don't read too quickly. If you do, your eyes may skip over errors, especially those involving "small words" (prepositions, pronouns, articles). Try to pronounce each word in your mind as you read. This will help you catch errors that "sound wrong."

    3. If you are unable to find an error after the first reading, look at the verbs in the sentence to see if they are used correctly, since verb errors are the most common errors in Part VI. Check the verb's tense, form, and agreement with the subject.

    4. If the verb seems to be used correctly, check for other common errors: word choice, word form, preposition use, and so on.

    5. If you still cannot find an error, eliminate choices that seem to be correct. If more than one choice remains, make a guess. Put a mark on your answer sheet next to items that you are not sure of so that you can come back to these items if you have time at the end of Section VI. (Be sure to erase all these marks before the end of the test.)

    6. Never spend too much time on any one item.

    7. Never leave any blank answers. Always guess.

    8. As soon as you finish Part VI, go on to Part VII. Keep in mind that Part VII (Reading Comprehension) takes more time to complete than either Part V or Part VI.

    *Testing Points and Skill-Building Exercises
    A. Verb Errors
    B. Word-Choice Errors
    C. Word-Form. Errors
    D, Preposition Errors
    E. Errors with Gerunds, Infinitives, and Simple Forms
    F. Errors with Pronouns
    G. Errors with Singular and Plural Nouns
    H. Errors with Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
    I. Errors with Articles
    J. Word-Order Errors
    K. Errors with Connecting Words
    L. Errors with Participial Adjectives

  7. Short Readings

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    Part VII is the longest part of TOEIC. It's also the last part, so you may be starting to get tired. However, you need to stay focused on the test for a little longer. (Of course, if you want, you may work on part VII before you work on parts V and VI.)

    Part VII consists of short reading passages followed by questions about the passages. There are four possible answer choices for each question. You must pick the best answer choice based on the information in the passage and then mark that answer on your answer sheet.

    The Passages

    There are from twelve to fifteen passages. Most are quite short. Some consist of only three or four sentences; the longest have around 150 words. The passages deal with a wide variety of topics and involve many different types of written materials.

    There are from two to five questions per passage for a total of 40 questions. They include these three main types:

    1. Overview questions
    2. Detail questions
    3. Inference questions

    * Overview questions occur after most of the passages. To answer overview questions correctly, you need a "global" (overall) understanding of the passage. The most common overview question asks about the purpose or the main topic of the passage:

    What does this article mainly discuss?
    What is the purpose of this letter?
    Why was this notice written?

    Some ask about the best title or heading of a passage:

    What is the best heading for this announcement?
    Which of the fo/lowing is the best title for the article?

    Other overview questions ask about the writer of the passage, the readers of the passage, or the place of publication:

    In what business is the writer of the passage?
    What is the author's opinion of ____ ?
    Who would be most interested in the information in this announcement?
    For whom is this advertisement intended?
    Where was this article probably published?

    * Detail questions, the most common type of Part VII question, ask about specific points in the passage. You will usually have to scan the passage to find and identify the information. Sometimes the answer and the information in the passage do not look the same. For example, a sentence in a passage may read "This process is not as simple as it once was." The correct answer may be "The process is now more complex."

    Some detail questions are negative questions. These almost always include the word NOT, which is printed in uppercase (capital) letters:

    Based on the information in the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

    Negative questions usually take longer to answer than other detail questions.

    * A few questions in Part VII are inference questions. The answers to these questions are not directly stated in the passage. Instead, you must draw a conclusion about the information that is given. Some typical inference questions:

    Which of these statements is probably true?
    Which of the following can be inferred from this notice?

    Answer Choices

    All are believable answers to the questions. Incorrect choices often contain information that is presented somewhere in the passage but does not correctly answer the question.

    A Note About Vocabulary

    Most of the vocabulary in the passages consists of relatively common English words and phrases, but there will certainly be expressions that you do not know. However, you can understand most of a reading and answer most of the questions even if you don't know the meaning of all the words. Also, you can guess the meaning of many unfamiliar words in the passages through context. In other words, you can use the familiar words in the sentence in which an unfamiliar word appears to get an idea of what the unfamiliar word means.

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    1. First, look at the passage quickly to get an idea of what it is about.

    2. Next, read the questions about the passage. You should not read the answer choices at this time. Try to keep these questions in the back of your mind as you read the passage.

    3. Read the passage. Try to read quickly, but read every word; don't just skim the passage. Look for answers to the questions that you read.

    4. Answer the questions. For detail and inference questions, you will probably have to refer back to the passage. Use the eraser-end of your pencil as a pointer to focus your attention as you look for the information needed to answer the question.

    5. If you are unsure of the answer, eliminate answer choices that are clearly wrong, and then guess.

    6. Don't spend too much time on any item. If you find a question or even an entire passage confusing, guess at the answer or answers and come back to these items later if you have time.

    7. If you have not answered all the questions and only a few minutes ere left, read the remaining questions without reading the passages, and choose the answers that seem most logical.

    * Types of Readings and Practice Exercises
    A. Articles
    B. Business Correspondence
    C. Advertisements
    D. Announcements
    E. Non-Prose Readings

 

妙计一：了解自身的优势和弱点，在自己欠缺的地方下功夫

你可能已经很清楚自己的英语在哪方面还需要提高，或者你也可能想通过本书中的“试题预览”来判断一下自己英语方面的薄弱点。那么在开始学习之前做一做这些试题预览吧。 你是否觉得有一道或者几道题特别难？如果有，那么就把更多的时间和精力投入到对本书中与之相应的部分的学习中去吧。

妙计二：抓紧时间备考

参加一个诸如托业这样重要的考试，就如同面对你生命中的一次挑战。你得进行大量的训练准备考试，而且必须是系统的训练。

在开始复习备考之前，准备一份时间表，计划好每个小时的学习内容。如果你每天或者每周有 3 、 4 天都如此细致地制订复习计划，你的学习效率会比仅有个笼统的计划高得多。按照你制订的这个计划学习一周后，再根据需要把它适当地修改一下，然后就尽量遵照这个计划进行复习，要一直坚持到考试前的几天。到了这个时候，再复习时你的考试成绩也不会有多少影响了，此时你该做的最好就是去放松放松。

可能的话，专门为备考托业安排一段时间，在这段时间里不做其他的功课，也不要被其他事情占用，只是专心复习备考托业。

采用“ 30 — 5 — 5 ”法学习：

●首先，学习 30 分钟。

●休息 5 分钟。离开课桌，做点别的事情。

●回来以后，花 5 分钟复习一下刚才那30分钟里学的东西，再预习一下将要学习的东西。

定期与其他准备参加托业考试的人交流交流也很好。研究表明，这种“学习小组”的学习效果非常好。

妙计三：熟悉托业考试的题型和各部分的考试要求

如果你的头脑中有一张清晰的托业考试的“地图”，考试那天就不会手忙脚乱了，你就会知道现在做到哪里了，接下来会是什么题。

通常来说，各部分的考试要求，甚至举的例子都是一样的。如果你很熟悉这些要求，考试时就不必再看了，可以节省很多宝贵的考试时间。由于版权的原因，本书中的题目要求和正式考试中的略有不同，但也都差不多。假如你明白了本书中的要求，你也就能明白实际考试中的考试要求。

妙计四：知道如何在答题纸上涂写答案

考试时最让人恼火的事情之一，就是突然发现你正在做的试题的题号和答题纸上的题号错位了。你得返回去追根溯源，看你究竟是从哪道题开始写串了行，然后再从那道题开始把后面的答案依次改正过来。为避免此类问题的发生，你可以用考卷作记号。用考卷把答题纸上尚未作答的题目遮住，每做完一题就将试卷向下移动一行。

多带几支2B铅笔，一块好用的橡皮，还有一个小铅笔刀。别用钢笔或签字笔涂写。涂答案时一定要把整个框涂满，不要随意乱涂。

一定要把答案涂满，并且每题只涂选一个答案。如果要修改答案，一定要彻底擦干净。

妙计五：管它是什么，猜！

托业考试答错了不倒扣分，也就是说，如果你不知道该选哪个答案的话，就猜一个写上，千万不要空着不写。记住，即便你是瞎猜的，你猜对的几率也有 1/4 （ 25% ）。（而在第二部分试题中，你答对的几率是 1/3 ，即 33.3% 。）

如果你一点也不知道哪个答案是对的，则按照一般的猜题标准，建议你选择（C），这比漫无目的地瞎猜要好。

妙计六：用排除法筛选出正确答案

在妙计六中，你知道了在遇到不会做的题时就猜一个答案。然而，不到考试即将结束的最后时刻，最好还是不要盲目地去猜，相反，你还是应该尽量做出一个最佳的选择。这个时候，排除法就派上用场了，换句话说，找不出正确答案的时候，就把那些明显错误的和不太对头的选项排除掉；此时如果有多个选项无法排除，则再从这些剩余的备选答案中猜选一个。

下面是一道典型的单项选择题：

题干………………

[A]备选答案

[B]备选答案

[C]备选答案

[D]备选答案

4个选项中当然只有 1 个是最佳选择，这个选项就是正确答案，另外 3 个就是错误选项，因为这些错误选项都是误导你的。

题干………………

[A]错误选项

[B]错误选项

[C]正确答案

[D]错误选项

然而，并不是所有的错误选项的错误都那么明显，有一两个选项一眼就能看出是错的，而另外一个就不那么好分辨了，它很接近正确答案。大多数人错就错在这个选项上，它就是主错误选项。

题干………………

[A]主错误选项

[B]错误选项

[C]正确答案

[D]错误选项

即使你只能从 4 个选项中排除掉 1 个，你也将猜对的几率从 1/4 （ 25% ）提高到了 1/3 （ 33.3% ），而如果你能排除掉两个的话，你答对的几率就会非常高了——达到 1/2 （ 50% ）。

排除掉一两个选项之后还是无法确定该选哪一个怎么办？这时候，如果你的“预感”（一种本能的感觉）告诉你其中一个选项更好一些，那就选这个好了。如果没有任何预感，那你就选那个“标准选项”；而如果你的“标准选项”已经被排除掉了，那就干脆随便选一个，然后继续做下面的题。

我们从第五部分题中找一个例子来具体看一下排除法在实际当中的运用：

I'm eager ____ the new member Of the product development team．

[A]meeting

[B]will meet

[C]to meet

[D]met

你可能首先会排除掉选项 B 和 D ，因为在这两个选项中， meet 作动词，而句中已经有了一个动词 am 。而且，选项D表达的是过去的时态。那么现在要在 A 和 C 中作选择就有点难度了， A 选项 meeting 是动名词， C 选项 to meet 是动词不定式。但即便如此，你仍有可能根据所学过的语法知识作出正确的判断。而且从语感上来讲，其中一个答案放在句中读起来感觉更顺畅。

如果你选的是 C ，答对了！不过并不是所有的托业考试题都是这个模式，甚至想排除掉一个错误选项都很难。但对于应试者来说，排除法仍不失为一个有效的答题工具。

妙计七：学会控制考试时的情绪

考试前感到紧张焦虑是很正常的。像托业这样的标准化考试通常都会在一定程度上对你未来的规划产生影响。假如你去参加一个运动会或者作一个重要的商务演讲，你也会感到紧张。英语里有这么一个说法很形象地描述了这种感觉：“ butterflies in your stomach”（紧张得感到恶心）。不过一旦考试开始，这种紧张的感觉也就消失了。有一点紧张对你也是有好处的，它能使你的注意力更加集中。但是过度的紧张就会使你发挥失常，犯低级错误。

考试之前自我减压的方法之一是提前到考场。如果你是急急忙忙地赶到或者干脆就迟到了，考试时就会非常紧张。

如果你在做第二节（阅读）时感到很紧张，那就停下来稍微休息一会——“给自己放 15 秒钟假”。靠在椅背上，闭上眼，做几次深呼吸，尽量放松——然后继续答题。（进行听力考试的时候可千万不要使用这个技巧——否则好多题目就会错过听不到了！）

总之，消除考试焦虑的最佳办法，就是要以一个积极、自信的心态去面对考试。当你熟悉了整个考试，熟练地掌握了考试技巧，完整地做过一套真题之后，你的这种心态就会逐渐地建立起来了。