Reading 10 : Reading Section Review
Objectives: TOEFL iBT Reading Skills: • Review and practice skills to achieve success on the Reading section. • Review academic vocabulary. • Practice with a complete Reading passage.
Introduction This lesson focuses on reviewing and practicing the skills and strategies you’ve learned for the Reading section of the TOEFL iBT test . Take a moment to reflect on this question: If you were giving advice to someone taking the Reading section of the TOEFL iBT test for the first time, what would it be? Think about your own experience and consider a tip that you believe would make a difference . Write down your thoughts on a separate sheet of paper to help solidify your understanding. Reflecting on your own strategies will allow you to reinforce what you know and identify areas for improvement . Application Now it’s time to apply what you’ve learned . Imagine you are taking the actual Reading section of the TOEFL iBT test. You’ll have 17 minutes and 30 seconds to complete a passage followed by 10 questions. Keep in mind that on the real test, each of the two passages has 10 questions, and the total time for the section is 35 minutes . Set a timer for 17 minutes and 30 seconds. Read the passage carefully and answer all the questions provided. Stay focused and manage your time well, ensuring you read thoroughly but efficiently. Once the time is up, pause and reflect on how you felt during the practice . Were there questions you found easier or harder? Consider revisiting those sections to identify any patterns in your understanding .
Activity 10.1: Read the passage and answer the questions. TOEFL iBT Reading Passage
Railroads and Commercial Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century
1 By 1850 the United States possessed roughly 9,000 miles of railroad track; ten years later it had over 30,000 miles, more than the rest of the world combined . Much of the new construction during the 1850s occurred west of the Appalachian Mountains—over 2,000 miles in the states of Ohio and Illinois alone. 2 The effect of the new railroad lines rippled outward through the economy. Farmers along the tracks began to specialize in crops that they could market in distant locations . With their profits they purchased manufactured goods that earlier they might have made at home. Before the railroad reached Tennessee, the state produced about 25,000 bushels (or 640 tons) of wheat, which sold for less than 50 cents a bushel. Once the railroad came, farmers in the same counties grew 400,000 bushels (over 10,000 tons) and sold their crop at a dollar a bushel.
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