READING (2) BUILDING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SKILLS READING (2)

 

EXERCISES R1-R3 Use Reading Exercises R1-R3 to practice understanding meaning from context EXERCISE R1 Understanding words in context This exercise consists of two types of questions. Examples of these two types, including directions, are shown in the boxes below: Using appositives to understand meanings 7 Pacemakers, small electrical devices that stimulate the heart muscle, have saved many lives. ________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Many residents of Hawaii used to believe that a volcano’s flarings were tirades of their goddess, Pele. ________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Studying supernovas, the catastrophic explosions of dying starts, may give answers to questions of modern cosmology. ________________________________________________________________________________

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