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Instructions for Question #4
1st: you will be given 45 or 50 seconds to read a short passage of about 100 words.
2nd: you will hear a lecture that lasts a little over a minute.
3rd: you will be asked a question about the lecture.
4th: you will be given 30 seconds to prepare your response.
5th: you will then have 60 seconds to record your response.
6th: the computer will save your response, giving you a little break before the next question.
Don't give yourself any extra time. Follow the instructions and you'll become more familiar and comfortable with the TOEFL, which will affect your score.
Practice
Reading time: 50 seconds
Sustainability
Most economic systems work to maximize the use of limited resources, often without great attention to the harmful effects such use may have. Sustainability relates to the management of resources to limit the negative impact placed on the environment. Sustainable practices aim to achieve the best balance possible between the use of resources and their maintenance for future generations. With these practices, businesses attempt to attain the greatest amount of profit possible by exploiting resources while managing them in a way that will allow both the business to continue well into the future and future generations to enjoy the same resources.
Question: Explain sustainability by using the example of the printing company provided by the professor.
Preparation time: 30 seconds
Response time: 60 seconds
In the next page we discuss this question, what you should do in each step, and present example notes and answers. Read on to learn the important things you must do to earn the highest score you can.
Answer Model
(step 1) The article talks about . . .
(step 2) which the passage describes as . . .
(step 3) The lecture provides an example of . . . to illustrate this.
(step 4) The professor explains that . . . He/She states that . . .
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