Tactics for TOEIC(4)

『Tactics for TOEIC』
／Grant Trew (Oxford)

年始に、昨年やり残した本教材の参考書（Student Book)
の続き（第３期分Unit15-21）です。
この本を読んで実際に問題を解いていくと、苦手な部分が
かなり浮き彫りになってきました。
特にpart2, part3-4, part5 はどこで引っかかるのか、
どこは得点源なのか、解ってきました。
明日のテストにその成果が出るかどうかは、・・・。
もう少しトレーニングが必要です。

■Unit15(part1)
□Test Score 08/09
□Check
*crowded = popular; (ex) The seaside is popular today.

□Words
*figurine (n)
　= a small model of a person or animal used as a decoration
　(ex) The wooden figurines are on sale.

*pier (n)
　= a long thin structure attached to the land that stands
　in the sea and that boats can be secured to
(ex) The boat is tied to the pier.

*popular (adj)
= well known or liked by a large number of people
(ex) The seaside is popular today.

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■Unit16(part2)
□Test Score 20/22(0) ( Kan-Box count)
□Check!
1) Why are you standing?
　→there are no seats left.
2) Where do you keep the printer paper?
　→I’m afraid we’ve run out.

□Words
*bank (n)
　= a place where customers can save and withdraw money,
　as well as getting help with other financial services

*refrigerator (n)
　= a large kitchen appliance used to keep food chilled and fresh

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■Unit17(part3)
□Test Score 12/18(0) ( Kan-Box count)

□Tactics
*Sometimes the answer are not stated directly
　in the passage; Before listening, think of other words
　related to the answer choices and listen to infer the general
　meaning.

□Check
*not more than = only
(ex) It shouldn’t be more than a couple of hours
　if I have the parts.

□Words
*available (adj)
　= free to do something [for people], or be used for some
　purpose[for objects]
　(ex)　Did she say when she would be available?

*coach (adj)
　= standard class on America
　(ex) We traveled coach class.

*concern (n)
　= worry
　(ex) His main concern is that they won’t finish on time.

*desperate (adj)
　= wanting, or needing to do something very much
　(ex) He’s desperate to work overseas.

*vacancies (n)
　= empty rooms in a hotel, guest house or trip etc.
　(ex) Do you have any vacancies for tonight?

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■Unit18(part4)
□Test Score 12/15(0) ( Kan-Box count)
□Check
*a full working day in most companies is normally 8hrs.
　a half day = about 4hrs

□Words
*apprentice (n)
　= someone who works for a skilled person in order to
　learn a trade
　(ex) She went from being an apprentice to head of our
　design team

*salvage (v)
　= to save or recover something, e.g. a ship/ building,
　from destruction
　(ex) The ship was recently salvaged from Jamestown
　harbour.

*wrinkle (n)
　= a small untidy fold in a piece of clothing or paper
　(ex) She walked over to the bed and smoothed out the wrinkles.

*swap (n) =exchange
　= a situation in which you give something to someone and
　get another thing in return
　(ex)We can do a swap if you like

*plenary (adj)
　= involving all the members of a committee, organization etc:
　(ex) The conference ended with a plenary debate.

*artefact (n)
　= an object such as a tool, weapon etc that was made in the
　past and is historically important:
　(ex) ancient Egyptian artefacts

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■Unit19(part5)
□Test Score 16/18(0) ( Kan-Box count)
□Tactics
*Learning common suffixes can help you
　to identify nouns and verbs.
※suffix= a letter or letters added to the end of a word
　to form a new word, such as ‘-ness’ in ‘kindness’
　or ‘-ly’ in ‘suddenly’

□Check
1) Your free six-month (　) to Word Of The Day includes
　online definitions and pronunciation clues.
2) Tax (　) is available for those earning less than the
　statutory minimum who have dependents.

→Ans.1) subscription, 2) relief

□Words
*intermediary (n)
　= someone that speaks or negotiates between two
　groups of people.
　(ex) To resolve their differences, they employed an
　intermediary to deal with the two sides.

*astute (adj)
　= shrewd
　= very clever and quick at seeing what to do in a
　particular situation, especially how to get an advantage
(ex) He was known in the business for his positive
　attitude and astute business sense.

*dependence (n)
　= reliance, needing something in order to survive
　(ex) The company’s dependence on a single supplier
　caused problems.

*disconnect (v)
　= to detach something from its power source, to remove
　[especially a telephone] from the network
　(ex) The phone company came to disconnect his line.

*impatient (adj)
　= to be annoyed or frustrated due to an inability to wait
　(ex) I often get very impatient if there is heavy traffic
　when I’m in a hurry.

*repetitiveness (n)
　= the feeling of something being done the same way
　many times
　(ex) Many people dislike the repetitiveness of working
　in a factory.

*unwrap (v)
　= to remove the paper layer from a parcel or gift
　(ex) The children couldn’t wait to unwrap their presents.

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■Unit20(part6)
□Test Score 14/15(0) ( Kan-Box count)
□Words
*fundraising (n)
　= trying to gather money for charitable purpose
　(ex) The Animal Welfare Society is having its annual
　fundraising dinner.

*intend (v)
　= to plan
　(ex) My plans have changed and I am now intending to start
　the course this September.

*raise (v)
　= to collect money, usually for a charity
　(ex) This year they are hoping to raise $4,500 to repair the
　damage.

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■Unit21(part7)
□Test Score 13/15(0) ( Kan-Box count)
□Tactics
*Eliminate incorrect answer choices and choose what’s left.

□Words
*wacky (adj)
　= funny or amusing in a slight crazy way
　(ex) This is the twenty-third year in a row for the wacky
　annual tournament where participants competein an actual
　salmon toss.

*complimentary (adj)
　= offered without charge
　(ex) We will shortly be serving complimentary tea.

*culinary (adj)
　= associated with food and cooking
　(ex) One of the county’s original culinary festivals.

*re-enactment (n)
　= the recreation of a historical scene by modern actors or
　performers
　(ex) The Sealed Knot are famous for their re-enactments
　of British Civil War battles.

*unconditional (adj)
　= without any conditions
　(ex) All products come with an unconditional money-back
　guarantee.


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