本书针对新设题型提供大量真实练习语料，全面满足备考需求；诊断性考前及考后测试帮助考生认识自身的优势与不足，从而做到科学备考，有的放矢；题型剖析部分旨在提高四个方面的技能；8套专项训练题目，全方位强化应试技能；2套完整的全真模拟试题，帮助考生熟悉真实考试形式；配有录音光盘9张，附赠互动模考光盘1张。

本书完全按照新托福考试标准编写，是一本综合性的语言技能提高教程。书中涵盖了新托福考试各分项测试的题型剖析及技能讲解，并提供大量的模拟题目供考生自测。本书英文版在国际上享有盛誉，经培生教育出版集团授权，新东方对其进行了二次研发，以满足中国读者的学习特点和需求，是考生备考新托福的首选权威参考书。

INTRODUCTION

SECTION ONE: READING

 READING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST:

 READING OVERVIEW

 READING SKILLS

VOCABULARY AND REFERENCE

SKILL 1 UNDERSTAND VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT

 Reading Exercise 1

  Smog

  Autism

  Parasitic Plants

  Edna Ferber

SKILL 2 RECOGNIZE REFERENTS

 Reading Exercise 2

  Animal Congregation

  Chromium Compounds

  New World Epidemics

  Horatio Alger, Jr.

 Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-2)

  Coral Colonies

SENTENCES

SKILL 3 SIMPLIFY MEANINGS OF SENTENCES

 Reading Exercise 3

  Camouflage

  Post-it Notes

  The Pulitzer Prize

  Competition and Cooperation

SKILL 4 INSERT SENTENCES INTO THE PASSAGE

 Reading Exercise 4

  Popcorn

  Lions

  Accidental Inventions

 Uranium

 Reading Exercise (Skills 3-4)

  Theodore Dreiser

 Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-4)

  Pulsars

DETAILS

SKILL 5 FIND FACTUAL INFORMATION

 Reading Exercise 5

  Lake Baikal

  The Postage Stamp

  The Clovis Culture

  Brown Dwarfs

SKILL 6 UNDERSTAND NEGATIVE FACTS

 Reading Exercise 6

  Flatfish

  Limestone Caves

  Wrigley's Chewing Gum

  Dissociative Identity Disorder

 Reading Exercise (Skills 5-6)

  John Muir

 Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-6)

  Caretaker Speech

INFERENCES

SKILL 7 MAKE INFERENCES FROM STATED FACTS

 Reading Exercise 7

  Tiger Moths

  The Cambrian Explosion

  The Golden Age of Comics

  The Filibuster

SKILL 8 INFER RHETORICAL PURPOSE

 Reading Exercise 8

  Xerography

  Demographic Change

  The Hubble Telescope

  Territoriality

 Reading Exercise (Skills 7-8)

  Ella Deloria

 Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-8)

  Early Autos

 READING TO LEARN

SKILL 9 SELECT SUMMARY INFORMATION

 Reading Exercise 9

  Island Plant Life

  Ben and Jerry

  The Bald Eagle

  Modernism in Art

SKILL 10 COMPLETE SCHEMATIC TABLES

 Reading Exercise 10

  Sand Dunes

  A Surprising Connection

  Carnivorous Plants

  William Faulkner

 Reading Exercise (Skills 9-10)

  Species

 Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-10)

  Decisions

READING POST-TEST

  Aquatic Schools

SECTION TWO: LISTENING

SECTION THREE: SPEAKING

SECTION FOUR: WRITING

COMPLETE TESTS