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Achieve toeic bridge
Achieve TOHC Bridge' Contains ® Test-taking strategies ® Mini-tests ® full-length Practice Tests ® Grammar Review ®Vocabulary Review ® Audio CD vey, + ®#< CLu9 HC Ngrhallcavendsh Renald Rilcy ACHIEVE TOEIC BRIDGE (TOEIC BRIDGE) Renald RILCY LiAâđ Marshall Cavendish Education Graphic artist: Jean-Pierre Grandhomme Proofreaders: Tracy Plowman, Bérangére Chevallier © 2008 Marshall Cavendish Education ISBN 9780462004457 First Published 2008 by Marshall Cavendish Education Marshall Cavendish Education is a member of the Times Publishing Group All rights reserved; no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Marshall Cavendish Education 5" Floor 32-38 Saffron Hill London ECIN 8FH Printed and bound by Times Offset (M) Sdn Bhd CONTENTS CHAPTER| Introduction 1.1 WHAT IS THE TOBIC BRIDGE" TEST? 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE TEST 1,4 CONTEXTS OF THE TEST QUESTIONS 1.5 TRST SESSIONS 1.6 TEST SCORES AND SUBSCORES 1.7 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TOFIC® AND THE TOFIC BRIDGE™ TESTS 1.8 PREPARING FOR THE TEST a 1.9 STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK wi 1.10 AMERICAN ENGLISH TERMS AND SPELLING Test-taking Strategies for Part I “PHOTOGRAPHS” 3.l SCAN THE PHOTOGR APHS 3.2 CHOOSE NOTHING BUT THE BEST STATEMENT ~ 3.3 LISTEN TO THE STATEMENTS COMPL.ETEL.V 3.4 PREPOSITIOMS sư Exercises CHAPTER4 Test-taking Strategies for Part Il “QUESTION-RESPONSE”™ Test-taking Strategies for Part [11 “SHORT CONVERSATIONS AND SHORT TALKS”, S7 Š.l READ THE QUESTION FIRST sits sọ 5.2 LISTEN TO THE QUESTIONS COMPLETELY ++-sesssvsvwsrossesssvosensseveerssesvnovoressvessseseanabesssesussessseussssaee 61 5.3 TRY TO PICTURE THE SCENE 5.5 INFERENCES Exercises CHAPTER6 Mini-test Listening Comprehension Section 67 CHAPTER7 T7 Test-taking Strategies for Part TV “INCOMPLETE SENTENCES”, 7.1 DETERMINE THE TYPE OF QUESTION 7,2 PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES eves 7.3 BASILY CONFUSED WORDS 7.4 FALSE FRIENDS " se Exercises —_ — 4ex-duok T9 80 81 83 84 CHAPTER8 Test-taking Strategies for Part V “READING” §.l READ THE QUESTIONS AND THE INTRODUCTION FIRST, 56666 6e 8.2 UNKNOWN WORDS a won 8.3 INFERENCES 8.4 REPEATED WORDS oni tehcsinmcaiarecs sane Exercises CHAPTER9 Mini-test Reading Section CHAPTER 10 Vocabulary Review 10.3 HEALTH EN 94 99 10.2 FAMILY AND FRIENDS ee 10.5 SCHOOL 10.6 OFFICES 87 RỢ Bh 92 93 ee II —ẰỒằẶSỀẶ-S———- 10,8 ENTERTAINMENT 10.9 DINING OUT 10.10 SHOPPING 10.1] TRAVEL 10.12 NEWS CHAPTER IL Grammar Review 137 11.1 PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS svcssroescorsrssesssssevonsssupesssssnssnesosesinessorsaveesssssenvees 139 11.2 PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE sieu 14D 11.3 PAST CONTINUOUS H2 MNRIAIAORCTOOANNO E2 Si 11.5 PAST PERFECT 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 FUTURE CONDITIONALS si GERUND AND [NETNITIVE PREPOSITIONS 11.10 ARTICLES 11,11 PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES 11.12 COMPARISONS RL Dn OS c comnmnunmaneRT ote Gai 00074100Gx2 huê 143 TẾT CHAPTER 12 Tovic Bridges Practice Tests PRACTICE TEST | PRACTICE TEST 165 wee 167 195 AppendixA TAPESCRIPTS AND ANSWER KEY FOR CHAPTERS 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 1Ư AND lÍ 223 AppendixB MINI-TEST| ~ TAPESCRIPT eoee 243 MINI-TEST | — ANSWER KEY MINI-TEST ~ TAPESCRIPT MINI-TEST — ANSWER KEY „ 248 252 255 ont 258 MINE-TEST — ANSWER KEY PRACTICE TEST | — TAPESCRIPT PRACTICE TEST | — ANSWER KEY PRACTICE TEST — TAPESCRIPT, PRACTICE TEST ~ ANSWER KRY AppendixC IRREGULAR VERBS 261 269 280 288 299 Chapter INTRODUCTION The test was officially launched in 2001 by Educational Testing Service (ETS), a world leader in the field of educational assessment and the developer of such popular tools as the TOEIC and TOEPL tests The TOEIC BRIDGE evaluates the capacity of non-native speakers to communicate in English in everyday life and the international workplace It aims at measuring a range of competences from the Novice to Lower-intermediate levels (described on the Common European Framework as levels Al to B1) The TOEIC BRIDGE test complies with the ETS standards for Quality and Fairness, ensuring that it isa highly reliable instrument for assessing English proficiency The TOEIC BRIDGE test is an objective method of measuring English proficiency It is suitable for various types of Novice to Lower-intermediate level learners: - High school, college and university students - Learners in the international workplace It can also be used as a decision-making tool by: Private and public language training institutions - To place students in homogeneous English language groups - Toencourage students to work towards targeted goals, - To validate training programs with an external, reliable certification, Higher education - To increase motivation by setting specific course objectives - To provide accurate information on language proficiency for résumés - Tocheck the progress of students at different stages in their courses Companies - To identify staff requiring further language training - - To set precise language learning goals and allocate training budget Tocompare levels of English language proficiency during language audits To award bonuses for linguistic competence Individual candidates - - Graduate students willing to have an internationally recognized certification of their level of English proficiency Job seekers, The TORIC BRIDGE test is a paper-and-pencil test It consists of 100 multiple-choice questions divided into two sections: Listening comprehension and Reading The test takes one hour to complete, However, candidates should allow an additional 30 minutes to carry out administrative formalities and respond to a brief questionnaire about their educational background, work history and English language experience The responses given to these questions are strictly confidential and will have no impact on the test scores They are intended to help ETS collect data about factors that affect test scores and improvement in English, When they take the TORIC BRIDGE test, candidates get a test booklet and a separate answer sheet All the test questions must be answered on the answer sheet by marking one of the circles (A), (B), (C), or (D) witha pencil There are specific directions for each part of the test LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION The Listening Comprehension section takes approximately 25 minutes to complete It consists of questions 1-50 of the test and is divided into three parts: Photographs 15 Question - Response 20 Short Conversations and Short Talks 15 The various questions, statements, short conversations and short talks are recorded on a CD by native English speakers An announcer gives directions for each part and introduces the questions The recording is played right through, Each statement is read only once but there is a pause of about five seconds between questions to give candidates time to select their answers READING SECTION The Reading Section consists of questions 51-100 of the test and is divided into two parts Candidates will have 35 minutes to complete the entire section They can work at their own pace to complete the two parts, # | Incomplete sentences Reading Comprehension 30 20 In the test booklet, candidates will read either individual sentences or texts and respond to questions based on the content of the materials They will not be recorded In order to answer the questions, candidates will use their knowledge of English grammar, usage, and vocabulary as well as their overall reading skills The following settings and situations usually appear in the test However, no specialized knowledge of these areas is required HOUSING Visv Aleve HEALTH ATTITUDES AND FRELINGS SCHOOL apartments, houses, farms, buying and renting, repairs — with family members and friends, invitations, doctors, dentists, clinics, hospitals, general health and healthcare š lượn feelings, likes and dislikes, small talk, social English classes, classrooms, subjects, teachers, students, books, homework OFFICES letters, memos, telephone calls and messages, fax and email messages, office equipment and furniture, office procedures and small talk, planning (dates and times) GENERAL BUSINESS sales, conferences, meetings, training, bills, banking, upplatinests, advertiaieg FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES | hobbies, sports, clubs and associations DINING OUT lunches, dinners, restaurants, reservations SHOPPING groceries, clothes and other purchases ‘TRAVEL News directions, trains, airplanes, taxis, buses, ships, ferries, tickets, schedules, station and airport announcements, car rentals, hotels , reservations weather forecasts, news programs, newspapers .. .ACHIEVE TOEIC BRIDGE (TOEIC BRIDGE) Renald RILCY LiAâđ Marshall Cavendish Education Graphic artist: Jean-Pierre... to B1) The TOEIC BRIDGE test complies with the ETS standards for Quality and Fairness, ensuring that it isa highly reliable instrument for assessing English proficiency The TOEIC BRIDGE test... At regular sessions organized by TOEIC offices around the world If a TOEIC BRIDGE test session has not been arranged for your organization, contact your local TOEIC representative to find out