Curso TOEFL TEST :: Evaluation # 3

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

SECTION 3: READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
 PART B: READING COMPREHENSION

LESSON # 100

Inferences and Restatements

Inferences

An inference is a logical conclusion.

An inference must be based on information in the reading passage, not on experience or information from other sources.

Answers to inference questions may require an interpretation or a prediction.

In reading for inferences, use your logic.

EXAMPLE:

Some government agencies or banks may require a statement concerning the cost of a student's education in the United States. In order to fulfill this requirement, State University students may present the following estimate to any authority needing such information:

Tuition and fees
Books and supplies
Room and board
Insurance
Miscellaneous

$    5000
$      800
$    8000
$      400
$    2000
$  16200
 

Question:

Where would this information most probably be printed?

Answer:

In an announcement or a university catalog published by State University.

Restatements

A restatement is a sentence that has the same meaning as another sentence.

Certain structures are more common as restatements: passives, negatives, chronologies, comparatives, conditionals, and concessions.

In reading for restatements, use your knowledge of structure.

EXAMPLES:

Passive
Statement:

Because of death and divorce, about 17 percent of all children in the U.S. are brought up by only one parent.

Restatement:

Single parents bring up 17 percent of all children in the U.S.

Negative
Statement:

There have been only twenty-six days in recorded history in which a war was not going on somewhere in the world.

Restatement:

A war has been going on somewhere in the world for all but twenty-six days in recorded history.

Chronological
Statement:

Before Florida was traded to the English for Cuba, it belonged to the Spanish Empire.

Restatement:

Florida belonged to the English after the Spanish traded it for Cuba.

Comparative
Statement:

Since you may live for more than a week without food and three days without water, but only a few hours in severe weather, exposure to the elements is more dangerous than hunger and thirst.

Restatement:

Hunger and thirst are less dangerous than exposure to the elements because you can live longer without food and water than you can in severe weather.

Conditional
Statement:

If a Y chromosome is transferred from the father, the baby will be a boy.

Restatement:

Male children are born when the father transfers a Y chromosome.

Concessional
Statement:

Men don't usually shake hands with women in the United States unless they meet in a business situation or the woman offers her hand first.

Restatement:

Men will shake hands with women in the United States if they meet in a business situation or if the woman offers her hand first.

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