托福一战107 曾哥经验贴

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按惯例先报分：

背景：3.10第一次考托福，准备周期为一个月左右。考过GRE，但个人认为GRE对托福的作用不如很多人想象得明显，最直接的作用是阅读中的词汇题一般认得到，可以快速做出。此外，GRE的issue和argument的思维模式可以在托福独立写作中沿用。

阅读

应该是错了一个词汇题，enlist=recruit。

托福的阅读，如果没有加试的话，是三篇文章，第一篇给你20分钟，单独计时，做完按continue又出来两篇给你40分钟。这和一些模拟软件的设置是不同 的，要注意这个不同，这意味着你的第一篇一定要快速做完，因为你不可能拿后面的时间来补（当然你最好每一篇都在20分钟内搞定）。

我的做题模式为：文章一出，直接跳过，马上开始做题。这样做的理由是托福阅读题一般都只考察局部，除了最后一题，基本都可以定位来做。做题时有一个习惯，如果某一题不确定，我会把题号写在草稿纸上，最后回过头来迅速定位检查。关于最后一道概括全文的题目，希望同学们一定要在读文章的过程中不停思考，提炼出文章要点，做最后一题是直接回忆，尽量不要再返回前文，因为这样会打乱节奏。

个人认为速度就是生命，15mins以内做完，拿不准的再检查，这样能保证极高的准确率。因此，同学们所需要做的就是不断练习，提高速度。

相比于做题，更重要的是总结。对答案找出错题，然后总结错题的类型，思考自己当时为什么会陷入误区。一定要再把文章读一遍，边读边找出不懂的词汇，查词典后归纳在一个word文档里。有的错题可能在读完一遍后有新的感悟，再回头做那几个错题。

另外，由于背过GRE词汇的原因，我在背单词上花的功夫比较少。只过了一遍托福词汇，然后摘出300来个词汇每天看看，在考前一天看了下无老师词汇题总结。

练习素材：OG和TPO的所有阅读题。

听力

听力满分确实比较运气，当时感觉不是太好，最后一个lecture注意力集中困难，再次说明最难的是集中注意力！！！我抽到经典加试，随便做了一下，从最后成绩来看，加试没有算分。



听力如果没有加试，则是先一段学生之间或是学生与老师或工作人员的对话（集中于校园中的日常问题）加两段老师上课的 lecture（主题应有尽有）。然后再来一轮。对话还好，有的lecture会直接让没有练习过的人听到吐血。最长可达十分钟。所以后期练习听力的时 候，一定要连贯地做整套听力题，不要听一道上个厕所喝口水什么的。



考点分布：开头必考，教授的每句插话必考，举例必考，列举全是多选（这种题最难），转折句，设问句也必考，因为往往等待学生回答。



关于记笔记。个人认为笔记越少越好，并且我一般只写一个中文字（因为写英文还得有个反应的过程）。很多同学担心笔记少了最后记不住，其实记笔记只是个巩固的过程，最后你会发现笔记上的东西自己即使不看也能清晰的回忆出来。



除了单纯的英语听力，还要有意识培养自己集中注意力的能力。一般听力最后都很难集中注意力，碰到加试更是雪上加霜。因此，最低要求是听力两个section一口气做，甚至可以每次都阅读听力一起做，让自己注意力集中两个小时。



听力的总结很重要。我会把错的比较多的lecture重听，然后把该lecture的题再做一遍，对错题要分类总结，尤其是同一个类型错很多遍的题目（我经常错在推断说话人的态度和目的），要多思考自己为什么错。此外，每一篇lecture的文本我都会看一遍，挑出重要词汇归纳到word里，分类目录根据听力材料来确定，比如Archeology，History， Astronomy等。

练习素材：OG和TPO的所有听力题。

推荐免费复读机软件：Aboboo,百度搜索直接下载即可。

附：提高听力的唯一方法——听写

小马过河上有一篇帖子专门讲述如何听写

http://bbs.xiaoma.com/thread-10089-1-1.html

我前期用的听写材料是老托福的听力音频，一共听了22篇。

现在使用科学美国人(SSS) 官网地址：

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcasts.cfm?type=60-second-science


口语

这个模块我没有发言权，口语高分者可直接无视。
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从来不是口语达人，再加上人品守恒定律，20分也可以接受吧，曾想过复议，后来还是作罢，准备重考了。



建议是每个题都准备逻辑模板，可保证说话的逻辑性。给各个部分都分好时间片。最重要的是一定得对着秒表掐回答时间，很多情况是说不完而造成的减分。对比较热门的话题，比如地点，人物性格等等，也可以准备口语段子，但是个人感觉很难在考试时照搬。



很多人说在考试时听别人口语题的方法，建议还是不要抱太大希望，一来很难听清楚，二来准备时间不充分，反而乱了节奏，实力才是王道。



机经一般会提前很久出炉，一份机经就有24套，也就是48个口语一二题。好好对着准备，不要抱很大希望命中（反正3.4和3.10），但是准备的过程能帮助你积累很多口语段子。

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练习素材：TPO全部口语题，预测机经，时间充裕的话可以练习《黄金口语80题》
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写作

写作部分我没看题库，貌似现在写作题目更新速度挺快，185个题的范围有点窄了。最后一个星期借了同学上新东方发的写作资料，感觉收获特别大，在此感谢WYL和YYF两位同学无私共享资源。比任何资料都重要的是不断练习，形成自己的写作风格，找到节奏感。



综合写作比较简单，每一点都不漏一般就是good。去网上搜一搜综合写作模板，然后参考多个模板准备一套自己的写作模板。综合写作不用管字数，有了模板写来写去就是那么多字。



独立写作关键是转折要用好，admittedly 是王道，此方法在GRE和托福写作中屡试不爽。

如果是正方观点，则admittedly放后面， 陈述支持后，说我的也有drawback或者对方也有advantage。

如果是反方观点，则admittedly放前面，先说别人有一定道理，再阐述我的道理多正确。

多练多体会这种感觉，如果时间不够，admittedly可以是几句话。

最后提的理由要有关联性，最重要的放在前面说，不要把无关紧要的放在前面，因为那会让考官觉得你思维没有重点。而且，英文思维要直接，不要像中文一样含蓄和旁敲侧击，说一句话得把具体的因果分析具体。
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独立写作字数350-450均可。



练习素材：李笑来的《TOEFL iBT 高分作文》，TPO全部作文题。

Tips：用USB外接键盘打字，包括QQ聊天等日常娱乐活动，潜移默化提高打字速度。



贴我自己的两篇文章，分别是支持观点和反对观点两个类型。大家注意两种admittedly的具体用法。



.. Topic：Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Most advertisements make products seem much better then they really are.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer



There are a flood of various advertisements on TV, radios and Internet, which are deliberately designed by the advertisement companies to attract consumers. Personally, I agree with the opinion that the products are often beautified by the advertisements so that they seem much better than they really are.



First of all, nearly all the advertisements exaggerate the appearance, functions or qualities of the products. In advertisements, the products seem to be perfect. The appearances of the products are fairly attractive. For example, the cakes in the advertisements have tasty chocolate and fresh fruits on the surface, but the cakes which are really sold to the customers only have a very ordinary look. Besides, the functions and qualities of the products are largely improved in the advertisements. For instance, in an advertisement, after keeping taking a kind of medicine, a fat girl lost 15 kilograms of weight in 15 days and thus become a charming girl. In fact, opposite to what the advertisement claimed, this weight-control drug has little effect。



Furthermore, because the advertisements are planned by professional companies, the customers tend to be interested in the products in the advertisements very easily. Before making an advertisement, the company will carry out a market research first, which can get the result of what the customers would like to buy. According to the statistics, the company will design a specific advertisement for the aimed people. Thus, people always get products they want in the advertisements rather than in the real life. In addition, according to a survey, over 90% of the companies will hire a popular star to act in the advertisements. For many customers like the stars in the advertisements, the products which are recommended by them will become much more attractive.



Admittedly, there are some exceptions that commodities in advertisements are described as what they really are. Once a certain product gained a good reputation, it is not necessary to exaggerate it in the advertisements.  Because a lot of people have used this product and are satisfied, what the advertisements supposed to do is to tell the truth. In that way, people will lay increasing trust on the products. However, the products which do not need any exaggeration are quite rare.



In conclusion, in most of the cases, advertisements make products seem much better then they really are.





Topic：It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.



The environment plays a crucial role in the development of a child. Parents are supposed to provide their children with an atmosphere which is beneficial for them. Personally speaking, I disapprove of the statement that it is better for children to grow up in countryside.



Admittedly, children can feel close to nature if they grow up in countryside. Nowadays, the cities are full of modern skyscrapers, noisy factories and vehicles instead of forests, rivers and mountains. Living in such environment, children can hardly have access to nature.



However, children living in cities can acquire more resources than those in countryside. Take education as an example, most of good teachers are employed by top schools of big cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while the density of schools in countryside is fairly low, leave alone the quality of schools. Children in the countryside have to travel a long journey to get to school and some schools merely have several teachers who are responsible for all the students in the school. Besides, schools in the cities are able to provide the most advanced equipments for young students, say computers, electronic goods. Thus, children can learn to search for information on the Internet at a very young age, which is really an efficient way. There is also a big library with a large amount of books in the schools of cities. It offers children various kinds of books, so they can easily borrow a lot of books which interest them.



Furthermore, the life in cities will significantly broaden children's horizon. There are a great many famous museums in big cities, say, the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Louvre in Paris. If parents accompany their children to visit these places, the children can gain a lot of knowledge from the visit. Moreover, perhaps children's interests are arisen. Consider an example, with so many foreigners, big cities are vey helpful for children to learn a foreign language by allowing them directly talking to the foreigners. Having conversations with Americans can improve their oral English and chatting with French people will be beneficial to their speaking French. Therefore, children in big cities obtain knowledge from different ways besides text books and have a broad horizon.



In conclusion, I think that it is better for children to grow up in cities, because they can receive better resource and posses a broader horizon.
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后记

本着我为人人，人人为我的精神写了这篇经验贴，希望对大家有所帮助。

如果你已经看了N篇经验贴还没开始行动，不如现在关了电脑，从最简单的背背单词开始。

最后，祝各位T友G友考试顺利，取得理想的成绩！

虽然已经是很久之前的老帖了，但真心有用！马上第一次考啦，希望能像楼主一样拿高分！

thank you for sharing it

学习了，谢谢LZ的分享~

牛人加好人，多谢了！！

LZ ,好人啊，加油

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我加了个QQ群 群共享里面啥都有 我是看的小马机经 貌似小马和竹子比较主流 你自己选一套用吧~

回复 6# thank0199

最好是每天一篇机经 花个把月吧。不过我只是考前两天看了看 没太在乎那个

谢谢了。收获很大，　那个软件用下试试

赞一个，很好，very good