@ Written by testing experts @ Intensive grammar review B Thorough analysis of each exam area @ Cross-referenced answers @ Ideal for individual or classroom use @ Six full-length practice tests By Michael A Pyle, MA and Mary Ellen Murioz Page, M A Series Editor Jerry Bobrow, Ph D |ES LP an ces J —— 6 It's Important to Prepare for Co This Cliffs Preparation Guide can help you score higher tt understanding of the TOEF!,, which can help you take the test make the kind of score shat can gi'e you a wide choice of ch | Provides b, w ackgrouna 1 | Ath maximum effi cy and ©9€5 OF graduate schols Our testing experts designed this Preparation Guide to help you ge y t re, whe using your study time effectely Right from the start, you'd tea eee TOE concise, to the po at and sayy to understand This Guide wclades Soroush, Anaiysis of Zacit Type of Question and Explanation ot the Most su Approaches to each area tested Listening Comprehension, Structure and svt Expresst 9, Reading Comprehension, and the Test of Written English (essay) Intensive Grammar Review, Exercises and Mini~Tests to guice and simplify jour study Six Full-Length Practice Tests that correspond to the actual TOEFL in type and number of questiors A Self-Scoring Charts o analy7s your performance > the sample tests Two Audio Cassettes containing six Listening Comprehention sections for realistic test preparation Complete Table of Contents and Index to help you quickly find wha. you are looking for Be ready Give yourseif an edge in taking the TOEFL by using this Cliffs Prepa'ation Guide You'll be glad you did Michael A. Pyle recove of Arts from the Unversity of Fonda in linguistics and teaching English wa second jana. ading dasses und tavcht g i composition and sposen Lngish at tr Unwersity of Florda’s English Language Institute for several years He has preserted works ops ar ¢ papers at regional and national conterences on various aspects Of teaching Engish as a second language, ‘nrluding the Teachers of Eagish to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference 1994 Mary Ellen Muinoz Page received « Master of Arts from Wester Reserve University n Cleveland, ‘Oho She teaches English to forexgn students at Valencia Community College in Orlando, Flond: ard has taught English, orimarly to foreign students at the college and university levels since 1976 She has also present =4 sumerous Ww to student teachers ano other teachers of English in Costa Rica She a cat Srgisk ‘Gamenulle, lexida ioborate with Mr yle in develop ag the English for the Foreign: Born Test Revew classes there Students int English classes, which were offered 'n comunction with the English anguage Institute, extensively tested the materias in this guide and recewved them enthusiastically Jerry Bobrow 1s executive director of Bobrow Test Preparation Services and conducts test prenaration programs at over twenty five colleges, and law schools. ISBN 0-8220-2079-3 FAH Il s2995> S oe aN iACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are indebted to many for providing us incentive and support during the time that we were writing this manuscript. We dedicate this book ta our families, including Maria, Maria Elena, Rita, Louie, and our parents; their understand- ing and support during the many months of writing was essential. Ye are also grateful to Dr. Clyde C. Clements, Jr, Dean of Community Education at Santa Fe Community College, for providing us the opportunity to organize a class for test preparation and supporting us in our quest to write this book. Special thanks are due Dr. Patricia Byrd, Assistant Director of the University of Florida’s English Language Institute, for providing us classroom space, equipment, students, publicity, and encouragement. We wish to thank Dr. Manuel Lépez Figuera, Marta Lopez de Pyle, Dr. Felipe Sierra, Dr. José Zaglul, and Paul F. Schmidt for writing materials for the practice tests. We also wish to thank Jerry Bobrow of Bobrow Test Preparation Services for wr book and invaluable assistance in editing. N le Spence of Cliffs Notes, lne., for We are indebted to our students, who acted as our critics while we were preparing the materials. We have revised this book several times since it was first written. The changes in this edition are extensive to parallel the 1995 changes to the TOEFL. We are now indebted to even more people who provided reading and listening passages or reviewed materials for us. They include Margarita Bardgett, Elizabeth Eschbach, Joe Romero, Sherry Keyes, Harry Gebert, and Dr. Dana Griffin, MI. suggesting materials and typing. In addition to the superb editing work of Michele Spence, the authors were very fortunate to be provided the editing expertise of Linnea Fredrickson. Neither the authors nor Cliffs Notes, Inc., is affiliated with Educational Testing Service or involved in the development or administration of the TOEFL. Neither the directions nor any sample questions were provided or approved by Educational Testing Service. ISBN 0-8220-2081-5 FIFTH EDITION ‘© Copyright 1995 by Michael A. Pyle and Mary Ellen Muiioz Page Previous editions © Copyright 1991. 1986. 1983. 1982 by Michael A. Pyle and Mary Ellen Muioz Alll Rights Reserved Printed in US.A.