Tài liệu TOEFL Outlines ( 1 – 50 ) PART 10 ppt

TOEFL Outlines ( 1 – 50 )
TOEFL question #46:
Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of
students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer.

I. There are those students who like to study alone and others who like to
study with a group. In general, I prefer to study with a group because you
can get many different perspectives, you can share the work and you can feel
more confident.

II. Get many different perspectives
a. Everyone has different opinions. When you study in a group, all
the students can voice opinions.
b. Hearing other opinions lets you think more deeply and analytically
about a subject
c. Example: you have to read a difficult passage and you can discuss
the meaning all together and help each other understand it better

III. Share the work
a. Example: you do a project with two other people...everyone can
do one-third of the research rather than 100%
b. Example: each person read one chapter from the textbook and
summarize it for the others.
c. Example: one person take notes in a lecture one day and another
person take notes in a lecture the next day and then share the notes.

IV. Feel more confident
a. When you share ideas, you feel more sure of yourself
b. Example: give opinions and have others agree with you

V. In short, studying with a group can be very beneficial. I, personally,
enjoy getting different opinions, sharing the work and feeling more
confident.

TOEFL question #47:
You have decided to give several hours of your time each month to improve
the community where you live. What is one thing you will do to improve
your community? Why? Use specific reasons and details to explain your
choice.

I. In order to improve the community where I live, I will choose to clean up
the environment. There are many reasons for my choice. I want to improve
the appearance of my community. I feel a sense of pride in helping to clean
up and community involvement is important.

II. Improve the appearance
a. People throw trash out their windows...it needs to be cleaned up
b. Example: clean near the busy roads
c. Example: clean in parks

III. Sense of pride
a. I think cleaning up the community give a sense of pride
b. I like my town and I want it to look nice
c. You feel good when you do something for others

IV. Community involvement is important
a. People feel more connected to a community when they help
improve it
b. Example: if you help clean up you are less likely to make it dirty
again

c. Example: you feel that you belong when you have helped to make
something better

V. To conclude, I would help clean up my community in order to enhance
the appearance of the community, get a sense of pride and feel involved. I
think it is important to care about the community in which you live.

TOEFL question #48:
When people need to complain about a product or poor service, some prefer
to complain in writing and others prefer to complain in person. Which way
do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I. Complaining about a product or service is necessary sometimes. It is
never easy to do this. I prefer to complain in writing because I can be
clearer and I feel more comfortable when I write my complaint.

II. I can be clearer
a. Writing gives me more time to express my ideas
b. Example: you can take a long time to write a letter, but if you
complain in person, you only have a few minutes.
c. Example: I can choose the best words in a letter, but in person
sometimes you get nervous and choose the wrong words.

III. I feel more comfortable
a. I don’t like face-to-face confrontation – it makes me uncomfortable
b. I prefer not to see how someone reacts to my complaints
c. I don’t mind waiting for my complaint to be solved

IV. In conclusion, complaining is not easy and that is why I prefer to
complain in writing rather than in person. When I write, I can choose my

words carefully and I feel more comfortable.

TOEFL question #49:
Students at universities often have a choice of places to live. They may
choose to live in university dormitories, or they may choose to live in
apartments in the community. Compare the advantages of living in
university housing with the advantages of living in an apartment in the
community. Where would you prefer to live? Give reasons for your
preference.

I. When students enter university they have many housing options. There
are advantages to living in a dormitory and there are advantages to living in
an apartment. I would prefer to live in an apartment for a number of
reasons.

II. Advantages of living in a dormitory
a. You don’t have to cook for yourself
b. There are always a lot of people around so you won’t feel lonely
c. There is usually a laundry room in the basement so you don’t have
to go anywhere else to do laundry
d. You don’t have to get your own phone, groceries or furniture.
e. The dormitory is usually very safe

III. Advantages of living in an apartment
a. You can cook for yourself and eat any kind of food you want, you
do not have to eat only food available in a cafeteria (as you would in a
dorm)
b. You usually have a lot of space in an apartment (but only one small
room in a dormitory)
c. There are not so many people around, so it is usually less noisy

than a dorm
d. You can feel more independent in an apartment (you get your own
phone, groceries, furniture, etc.)

IV. Overall, I prefer to live in an apartment because I can be more
independent. I can cook for myself, have more space, not have so many
people around and do more things for myself.

TOEFL question #50:
People work because they need money to live. What are some other reasons
that people work? Discuss one or more of these reasons. Use specific
examples and details to support your answer.