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THANH PHO h 6 CHI MINH

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Nhan Tri Viet

Smart

TOEIC

Kim Chang Su - Yoon Cheon Gi

English&f Language Research Institute

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NHA XUAT BAN t 6ng HOP

THANH PHO HO CHi MINH

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Cong ty TNHH

Nhan Tri Viet

Smart toeic

Copyright © 2011 by ENGLISH&BOOKS, INC.

Published in Vietnam, 2012

This edition is published in Vietnam under a license Agreement between ENGLISH&BOOKS, INC.

and Nhan Tri Viet Co., Ltd. through KL Management.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or

transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or

otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

T O E IC is an English language test taken by non-native speakers who want

to use English in their international workplace. It also allows employers to make

hiring decisions, promotions, or transfers depending on job seekers’ qualifi￾cations and English proficiency. In Vietnam, T O E IC has recently been used as

a tool to measure students’ level o f competence in English before graduation

from university.

In actual fact, T O E IC is not the kind of general English you have so far been

familiar with. Most TOEIC-related materials have special features in terms of

their question format and business-oriented settings. You should, therefore,

familiarize yourself with the format of the T O E IC test and some basic tactics to

be able to achieve your goal.

Smart T O E IC , which is comprised of Smart T O E IC Listening and Smart

T O E IC Reading, has been written for pre-intermediate learners whose ultimate

aim is to take the T O E IC test, so presumably it will meet your expectations.

As far as Smart T O E IC Listening is concerned, all the lessons have been

arranged on the four parts o f the T O E IC Listening test. Especially, the most

common questions coupled with essentially useful vocabulary and structures are

presented in detail. In addition, you will find a great number o f dictation

exercises whose aim is to help you not only consolidate the previous listening

materials but learn new words and structures in context as well. Finally, a wide

range of practice activities which correspond to the format o f the actual T O E IC

Listening test will certainly provide you with fundamental input in your coming

test. As for Smart T O E IC Reading, basic grammar points presented in the

fifteen clear and concise lessons will certainly provide you with essential

knowledge o f English grammar. Last but not least, all the following practice

tests that are typical o f Parts 5, 6, and 7 o f the T O E IC Reading test are,

undoubtedly, a valuable resource to facilitate your actual test.

This book can be used in class with the assistance o f an instructor or for

self-study.

Hopefully, Smart T O E IC will be a companion on your path to your own

expected goal and forthcoming workplace success.

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Smart TOEIC Listening

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Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Part 2

Lesson

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Part 3

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Part 1 Photograph Descriptions

Testing Points

Practice Test

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Lesson 10

Lesson 11

Part 2 Questions & Responses

Testing Points (1) - Information Questions

Testing Points (2) - Other Types of Questions

Practice Test ..........................................................

Part 3 Short Conversations

Testing Points (1)

Testing Points (2)

Practice Test

Lesson 12

Lesson 13

Lesson U

Lesson 15

Part 4 Short Talks

Testing Points (1)

Testing Points (2)

Practice Test

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Answers 113

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Smart TOEIC Reading

^Parts 5, 6, 7

Lesson 1 Sentence Structures 132

Lesson 2 Nouns (1) 142

Lesson 3 Nouns (2) 151

Lesson A Personal Pronouns, Possessive Adjectives,

Possessive Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns, and

Demonstrative Pronouns 160

Lesson 5 Adjectives......................................................................169

Lesson 6 Adverbs .........................................................................177

Lesson 7 Tenses........ .... ...........................................................185

Lesson 8 Voices......... ................................................................. 195

Lesson 9 To-intinitives............................................................... 203

Lesson 10 Gerunds..................................................-.................. 211

Lesson 11 Participles......................................................................219

Lesson 12 Prepositions .................................................................227

Lesson 13 Conjunctions................................................................ 236

Lesson 14 Relative Pronouns........................................................245

Lesson 15 Comparison..................................................................256

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Listening

01 Part 1 Photograph Descriptions

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■ Format

Part 1 of the TOE1C Listening test consists of ten photographs that are printed in your test

book. These photographs are pictures of ordinary situations, and over 60% o f the questions

in this part involve photographs of one or more than one person. The remaining questions

involve photographs of objects/scenes without people and photographs of both people and

objects/scenes. Each of these types accounts for about 15-20% of the questions in this part.

■ Question Description

O The details of photographs are frequently asked about.

© A wide range of nouns and verb forms are used for photograph descriptions.

® The subjects in the answer choices are varied, and the state, action, location, or appear￾ance of the people or the state o f the ob jects/scen es in the photographs is usually the

focus of questions.

■ Tactics

O Preview each ph otograph and think o f p o ssib le d escrip tio n s.

You should make use of the short period of time before the recording is played to pre￾view all of the photographs and think of possible descriptions for choosing the correct

statements.

© Look at each ph otograph an d liste n to the four statem en ts carefully.

You cannot just predict a certain answer and immediately choose it. You should wait anj

listen to all four statements for a test item and have to choose the best answer for the

photograph.

© Pay close atten tion to the state m e n ts th at u se ap p rop riate ten ses.

The present continuous tense is mostly used to describe the action of people, while the

present simple tense and present perfect tense are usually used to describe the state of

objects or scenes. You may, therefore, leave out the statements of other tenses, such as

the fulute or past tenses.

O Leave out ob viously incorrect an sw ers.

You should immediately elim inate incorrect answers, which are the statem ents about

the people or objects that do not exist in the photograph or the statem ents that incor￾rectly describe the action or state in the photograph.

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All photographs given in Part 1 are black and white ones. You, hence, promptly elim ­

inate statem ents mentioning other colors.

© Identify sim ilar-sounding words.

Generally, a statem ent with a sound-aljke word is not the correct answer. You should

listen attentively to identify these sim ilar-sounding words.

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1 Tense and Form in Statements

1. Present Continuous Tense

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In Part 1 of the TOEIC Listening test, the present continuous tense (be + V-ing) is often used to

describe the action of the people in the photograph.

Practice ^ '*3 _001

• Listen and write what you hear (be + V-ing) in the space given.

1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

2. Passive Voice

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The passive voice (be + p.p.) is used to emphasize the receiver of the action, not the doer or per￾former. Grammatically, only transitive verbs can be used in the passive voice.

Practice 4 » Mp3 _ 002

• Listen and write what you hear (be + p.p.) In the space given.

1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

3. Present Perfect Tense

The present perfect tense (have/has + p.p.) is used to describe an action that has already finished

but still has an effect on the present.

Practice #> mp3 _ 003

• Listen and write what you hear (have/has + p.p.) in the space given.

1. 4.

2. 5

3. 6.

Answers: p. 113

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2. Skill Building 1 istening Comprehensioi

1. Irrelevant Descriptions

For statements that specifically describe what can easily be seen in the photographs, you may quickly

choose the correct answers. However, statements that provide irrelevant information are, in fact, de￾tractors and often cause confusion. You, thus, should pay close attention to this type of distractors.

Practice

• Listen and choose the statement which best describes the photograph.

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• Listen again and fill the gaps with the missing words.

(A) They side by side.

(B) A couple on folding chairs.

(C) A man water from a bottle.

(D) A woman a book.

A nsw er: (B)

T ip s: The correct answ er describes the action of the people in the photograph, whereas the

other statem ents provide incorrect inform ation.

2. Common English Verbs

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In order to be able to choose the correct answers in Part 1 of the TOEIC Listening test, you should

know the meanings of common English verbs in various tenses and forms together with their colloca￾tions (V + adverb/noun/noun phrase).

Practice

• Listen and choose the statement which best describes the photograph.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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• Listen again and fill the gaps with the missing words.

(A) A woman is

(B) A woman is

(C) A woman is

(D) A woman is

the others sit down on chairs,

to take a picture.

a picture.

3. Sound Problems

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Candidates usually have problems when listening to statements with similar-sounding words or

sound linking. Sound linking occurs when the final sound of the previous word is a consonant

sound and the first sound of the next word Is a vowel one; the two words are, thus, pronounced

as one word. You should regularly practice so as to be able to identify distractors Involving sound

problems.

Practice 01 ^¡; Mp3 _ 006

• Listen and tick the word you hear in each statement.

1. road load 4. rain lane

2. letter ladder 5. late rate

3. early already 6. low row

Practice 02 ^>) Mp3 _ 007

• Listen and underline the words that have sound linking in each statement.

1. He has all that he wanted.

2. She lived in an apartment.

3. Construction workers have paved every road.

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Answers: p. 113

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LESSON ¡02Testing Points

Part 1 of the TOEIC test consists of ten questions numbered from 1 to 10. For each question, you

will see a photograph printed in your test book and listen to four statements. Your job is to choose

the statement that best describes the photograph.

Some of the photographs involve one or more than one person, some involve objects or scenes

without people, and the others involve both people and objects/scenes. Based on each particular

photograph, you will have an appropriate answer. Thus, if you practice regularly, you can answer

the questions in this part accurately.

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Photographs of people consist of those describing one person and those describing more than one

person. In the former, the correct answer must describe the action, appearance, state or location

of the person in the photograph. In the latter, the correct answer must describe the action, general

state or location of the people, or the action, appearance of each person in the photograph. You

have to select the statement that best describes the photograph by listening to the verbs and their

collocations. Most of these verbs are used in the present continuous tense.

Practice 4> Mp3 008

• Listen and choose the statement which best describes the photograph.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

• Listen again and fill the gaps with the missing words.

(A) He is some pages from a book.

(B) He is the copy machine.

(C) He is coffee.

(D) He is some papers on the table.

Answ er: (A)

Tips: The man is actually copying som e pages from a book. C hoice (A) is, therefore, the c o r￾rect answer. Choices (B) and (D) are definitely incorrect because the action fixing and the

object table are not show n. Choice (C) uses a sim ilar-sounding w ord (coffee vs. copy),

w hich easily causes confusion for candidates.

Answers: p. 113

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(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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E>ercise

Listen and choose the statement which best describes each photograph. Mp3 _ 009

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Answers: p. 113

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Dictation

Listen again and fill the gaps with the missing words. ^ ' Mp3 . 009

(A) He is working at the

(B) He is writing something on the

(C) He is answering the

(D) He is handing out some

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(A) She is drawing with a piece of

(B) She is holding up her

(C) She is pointing to the

(D) She is writing something in her

(A) He the wall.

(B) He find his wallet.

(C) A picture on the wall.

(D) He a house on a snowy hill.

H imart 1 QfcIC Listening