Reading skill

TOEFL Reading Exercises
Pertemuan 8
Matakuliah : G0602 / Bahasa Inggris 3
Tahun : 2007

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Contents
Directly answered Question
Answer stated detail questions correctly
How to identify the questions
How to find the answer
TOEFL exercises
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Mahasiswa dapat menerangkan jawaban tentang directly answered questions.
Learning Outcomes
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Directly Answered Questions
You should be able to find the answer to this type of question without having to draw a conclusion.
The directly answered questions that are commonly asked are (1) stated detail questions, (2) “unstated” detail questions, and (3) pronoun reference questions.
Skill 3: Answer stated detail questions correctly
A stated detail question asks about one piece of information rather than the passage as whole.
The answer to these questions are generally given in order in the passage, and the correct answer is often a restatement or expressing the same idea of what is given in the passage.
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Directly Answered Questions
was settled in 1633
was settled twenty-six years after Williamburg
was the first permanent English colony in America
was originally named Middle Plantation
Example from the Paper TOEFL Test
The Passage:
Williamsburg is a historic city in Virginia that was settled by English colonists in 1633, twenty-six years after the first permanent English colony in America was settled at Jamestown. In the beginning, the colony at Williamburg was named Middle Plantation because of its location in the middle of a peninsula between two rivers, the York and the James. The site for Williamburg had been selected by the colonists because the soil drainage was better there than at the Jamestown location, and there were fewer mosquitoes.
The question:
The passage indicates that Jamestown
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To answer the above the question, you should scan through the passage to find the part of the passage that discusses Jamestown.
The answer to this question is found in the statement that Williamsburg was settled by English colonists in 1633, twenty-six years after the first permanent English colony in America was settled at Jamestown.
The best answer to this question is ( C ) because the passage directly states that Jamestown was the first permanent English Colony in America.
Directly Answered Questions
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It was England
There no nearby rivers
The were lots of mosquitoes
The soil drained well
Example from the Computer TOEFL Test
The Passage:
Williamsburg is a historic city in Virginia that was settled by English colonists in 1633, twenty-six years after the first permanent English colony in America was settled at Jamestown. In the beginning, the colony at Williamburg was named Middle Plantation because of its location in the middle of a peninsula between two rivers, the York and the James. The site for Williamburg had been selected by the colonists because the soil drainage was better there than at the Jamestown location, and there were fewer mosquitoes.
The question:
According to the passage, the colonists chose Williamburg because
Directly Answered Questions
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To answer the above the question, you should scan through the passage to find the part of the passage that discusses Jamestown.
The answer to this question is found in the statement that Williamsburg was settled by English colonists in 1633, twenty-six years after the first permanent English colony in America was settled at Jamestown.
The best answer to this question is ( C ) because the passage directly states that Jamestown was the first permanent English Colony in America.
Directly Answered Questions
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SUMMARY (1)
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SUMMARY (2)
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SUMMARY (3)
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EXERCISES
TOEFL Exercise 3 (pp.382-384).
TOEFL Exercise 4 (pp.387-388)
TOEFL Exercise 5 (pp.391-394)
TOEFL Review Exercises (Skills 1-5)
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ASSIGNMENT
Mahasiswa diwajibkan mengunjungi Self Access Language Learning Center (SALLC). Tugas yang dilakukan ketika belajar di SALLC adalah sbb:
Latihan listening comprehension dari bahan TOEFL yang tersedia di SALLC.
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MATERI PENDUKUNG
http://www.ets.org/ell/testpreparation/toefl/
http://www.testmagic.com/toefl/listening/couldntagreemore.htm
://www.testmagic.com/toefl/gramm_quizzes/201_2