New TOEIC 1 TOEIC Test of English for

關於 New TOEIC 1. 什麼是多益測驗 ? TOEIC 代表Test of English for International Communication（國際溝通英語測驗）

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New TOEIC Idioms 習慣語 Phrases 片語

Idioms 1. a bit ex. I’m felling a bit tired. p. s. tired a. / be tired of 2. afford to ex. Their company simply can not afford to pay overtime. p. s. simply adv. / overtime n. 3. all at once ex. All at once many things happened and I was confused by them. p. s. confused a. / once and for all 4. apply for ex. What position did he apply for? p. s. position n. / apply to

5. as of / as from ex. This shopping mall will be open as of June. p. s. mall n. / opening n. 6. assemble ~ for ex. We’ll assemble a task force for this portfolio project. p. s. task force / portfolio n. 7. assign to Ex. Two senior consultants were assigned to the firm’s branch in Hong Kong. p. s. senior a. / consultant n. 8. at a time ex. Applicants will be interviewed separately, one at a time. p. s. applicants n. / separately adv.

9. at the latest ex. Audrey promised she’d arrive by 9 o’clock at the latest. p. s. promise n. / compromise n. 10. away from ex. She turned away from the door and went over to the back of the house. p. s. go over / back n. 11. be about to ex. They arrived just as the wedding reception was about to begin. p. s. reception n. / reception room 12. be allergic to ex. He is allergic to passive smoking. p. s. allergic a. / passive smoking

13. be away on business ex. Martin will be away on business for several days. p. s. on business / be in business 14. be bound for ex. The container ship was bound for Mexico. p. s. container n. / I’m bound to say ~ 15. be concerned about ex. I’m concerned about her safety in this stormy night. p. s. concerned a. / stormy a. 16. be crowded with ex. The department store was crowded with hundreds o people. p. s. department store / crowded a.

17. be due ex. A copy of the latest edition of our magazine will be due next week. p. s. latest a. / edition n. / due a. 18. be eager to ex. Our sales force is eager to expand into new markets. p. s. sales force / expand v. 19. be good at ex. She is good at language. p. s. language n. / be good about 20. be pleased to ex. I’m pleased to announce the champion of the marathon. p. s. announce v. / champion n. / marathon n.

21. be qualified to ex. I’m well qualified to give an opinion. p. s. qualified a. / opinion n. 22. be suitable for ex. Adult magazines are not suitable for children. p. s. suitable a. / suited a. 23. be supposed to ex. We are supposed to go to Jane’s farewell party on Saturday night. p. s. farewell a. / farewell speech 24. be sure to ex. Be sure to finish off the project by Friday. p. s. finish off / finish up

25. be worth ~ing ex. This novel is definitely worth reading. p. s. definitely adv. / worthless a. 26. behind schedule / time ex. The express train arrived behind schedule. p. s. express a. / schedule n. ; v. / scheduled a. 27. by the way ex. By the way, Smith wants you to call him back. p. s. call sb. back / call for / call off 28. cater to ex. She refused to cater to customers’ ridiculous demands. p. s. cater v. / ridiculous a.

29. check in ex. We should check in at the airport at least 3 hours before our flight. p. s. flight n. / check out ←→ check in 30. close down ex. Their company has decided to close sown its New York branch. p. s. branch n. / close up 31. come along ex. How’s Bill coming along with his skating? p. s. skate v. / come about / come across 32. come by ex. I’ll come by your office this morning, and we can talk over coffee. p. s. talk over ~~ / come about

33. come into effect ex. The tax increase came into effect on New Year’s Day. p. s. increase n. / effect n. / in effect 34. come up with ex. Is that the novel solution he came up with? p. s. novel n. / solution n. / come under 35. deal with ex. The mayor spent the day with his consultants discussing how to deal with the problem of traffic jams. p. s. mayor n. / traffic jams / deal in 36. due to ex. The company’s bad finances were due to poor management. p. s. finances n. / due a.

37. end up ~ ing ex. We ended up spending the day at the beach. p. s. beach n. / end in / in the end 38. every other day ex. The doctor told her to take the medicine every other day. p. s. take the medicine / every last 39. fall behind ex. Julian was tired and started to fall behind the rest of the runners. p. s. rest n. / at rest 40. fall through ex. The deal fell through and his company went bankrupt. p. s. bankrupt a. / fall off

41. far away ex. From far away the fire engines’ sirens were wailing. p. s. siren n. / wail v. 42. feel free to ex. Feel free to come and go as you please ! p. s. free a. / free gift 43. figure out ex. I couldn’t figure out what he was talking about. p. s. figure v. / It figures that ~ 44. fill in for ex. She will fill in for the receptionist next week. p. s. receptionist n. / fill up

45. fill out ex. It took me an hour to fill out the order form. p. s. order n. / fill in the blanks 46. find out ex. The police may never find out the truth about the murder. p. s. murder n. / find one’s way 47. for a while ex. The auto company was offering test drive programs for a while. p. s. auto n. / offer v. / test drive 48. for ages ex. She’s worked here for ages. p. s. ages n. / in ages

49. for sale ex. Those samples of curtain fabrics are not for sale. p. s. curtain n. / fabric n. / on sale = on offer 50. get into ex. His young brother is really getting into the Internet. p. s. Internet n. / get on with 51. get rid of ex. She just sat there chattering all day and we couldn't get rid of her. p. s. chatter v. / be rid of 52. get through ex. He will need his friends’ support to get trough his depression. p. s. support n. / depression n.

53. go out of business ex. The supermarket has gone out of business. p. s. supermarket n. / business day = working day 54. go over ex. They went over everything about my project, down to the last detail. p. s. down to the last detail / go into detail ( about / on ) 55. hold on to = hold onto ex. He managed to hold on to his job when Norma lost hers. p. s. manage to / all is not lost 56. in (with) reference to ex. In reference to new market analysis, we want to discuss with you. p. s. reference n. / analysis n. / analyst n.

57. in a good mood ex. I had never seen her in such a good mood before. p. s. mood n. / create (set) a mood 58. in addition ex. You can gain valuable work experience and, in addition, you can get some good contacts. p. s. contact n. / contact lens 59. in advance ex. The first phase’s details of the project had been circulated well in advance. p. s. phase n. / circulate v. 60. in charge of ex. Miss Daiwin is in charge of the sales department. p. s. charge n. / sales clerk = sales assistant

61. in good shape ex. Due to eating a balanced diet, she is in good shape now. p. s. balanced a. / diet n. / shape n. 62. in person ex. I’m kind of busy today and I can’t attend the meeting in person. p. s. kind of = somewhat / attend v. / attendant n. 63. keep sth. in mind ex. Keep it in mind that you have to attend the meeting on Friday. p. s. mind n. / to my mind 64. keep track of ex. To keep rack of all our expenses is important. p. s. track n. / expenses n.

65. keep up with ex. John had to hurry to keep up with them. p. s. hurry v. / hurry up = make haste = hasten 66. leaf through ex. She leafed through the fashion magazine and didn’t buy it. p. s. fashion n. / after the fashion of ~ 67. let go ex. Smith was let go after he was charged with theft of club funds. p. s. charge v. / theft n. / funds n. 68. look for ex. I spent lots of time looking for clues as to his identity. p. s. clue n. / identity n. / corporate identity

69. look forward to ex. Carol was looking forward to her retirement. p. s. retirement n. / come out of retirement 70. look over ex. I’ve looked over his pet project he’d completed earlier. p. s. pet project 71. make out ex. I can just make out a few words on this page. p. s. a few / make up for 72. make sure ex. We’d better make sure we locked the door. p. s. lock v. / lock in profits (gains)

73. make up ex. She made up some excuse about her watch not working. p. s. excuse n. / watch n. 74. manage to ex. Amanda had somehow managed to finish her assignment. p. s. somehow adv. / assignment n. 75. not ~ at all ex. She doesn’t know anything at all about computers. p. s. computer dating / computerize v. 76. on behalf of ex. On behalf of everyone here, I’d like to welcome our special guest, Doctor Clifford Kurtt. p. s. behalf n. / duties n. / off duty

77. on duty ex. He fell asleep while on duty. p. s. duty n. / duties n. / off duty 78. on foot ex. In a traffic jam, it’s easier to get here on foot than by car. p. s. traffic jam / put one’s foot in one’s mouth 79. on one’s own ex. Carol did it all on her own. p. s. all on one’s own = all alone = completely alone 80. on sale ex. Our new coffee machines are on sale all throughout this month. p. s. throughout prep. ; adv.

81. On schedule / time ex. The project was completed on schedule. p. s. schedule n. / complete and utter 82. on target ex. The season’s sales figure was on target. p. s. figure n. / target date 83. on the way (to) ex. On the way home I met an old friend. p. s. ways and means 84. out of business ex. A lot of small companies went out of business during the economic depression. p. s. depression n. / economic a. / economical a.

85. out of control ex. The economist predicts that the inflation will get out of control. p. s. economist n. / predict v. / inflation n. 86. out of order ex. The elevator was out of order and they had to walk to the sixth floor. p. s. elevator n. / lift n. 87. pay for ex. Let me pay for lunch. p. s. pay with / pay the bill / pay for itself 88. pay off ex. How soon does she have to pay off the loan? p. s. loan n. / pay out

89. pick up ex. Will you pick up my son after lunch? p. s. pick out / pick over / pick through 90. plan to ex. Our president is planning to retire at 60. p. s. retire v. / retiree n. / retirement home 91. plug into ex. With novel products, his company is obviously hoping to plug into the international market. p. s. novel = new a. / novelty n. / obviously adv. 92. pull over ex. The police signaled frantically to her to pull over, p. s. signal v. / frantically adv.

93. put off ex. He’ll have to put off his visit until next week. p. s. on a visit / put at / put in (into) 94. rather than ex. They want serious financial troubles settled sooner rather than later. p. s. trouble / be in trouble / settle v. 95. settle on ex. His new book has yet to settle on a title. p. s. settle in (into) / settle up with 96. slip one’ s mind / memory ex. Her birthday completely slipped my mind. p. s. slip in / slip into

97. take / make a stand ex. She’ll have to take a stand on the question of the union election. p. s. take a stand on / take a stand against 98. take ~ apart ex. In order to fix her computer, her had to take it apart. p. s. fix v. / take down / take on 99. take care of ex. We’ll leave Peter to take care of the refreshments. p. s. refreshments n. / refresh v. 100. take over ex. She’ll take over the cooking while her mother goes shopping. p. s. take through / take up

101. take place ex. I don’t know exactly what took place in the lobby. p. s. exactly adv. / lobby n. 102. to your heart’s content ex. This lunch is my treat and you can eat and drink to your heat’s content. p. s. treat n. / content n. 103. try on ex. Why didn’t she try on this lovely dress? p. s. try out / try out for 104. turn ~ around ex. The $ 300 thousand loan will help turn his factory’s finances around. p. s. finances n. / turn out

105. turn down ex. I’ll have to turn sown your offer flat ! p. s. turn to / offer n. / flat adv. 106. turn off ex. When exiting the office, please turn off your computer. p. s. exit v. / turn on 107. turn up ex. The lost documents finally turned up in a corner of his office. p. s. document n. / corner n. / cut corners 108. up to ex. It’s up to all of you to solve the trouble. p. s. solve v. / solution n. / trouble n.

109. Wait for ex. Don’t be late and your breakfast is waiting for you. p. s. wait out / wait up

Phrases 片語 1. additional charge p. s. additional a / in addition to ~ 2. annual report p. s. annual a. / annuity n. 3. automated teller machine p. s. automated a. / teller n. 4. baggage claim p. s. baggage = luggage / claim n. 5. branch office p. s. branch out / branch n.

6. company picnic p. s. no picnic → It’s no picnic to live in a remote place. 7. convenience store p. s. convenient a. / convenience food 8. courtesy bus p. s. courtesy a. / courtesy call 9. financial statements p. s. finances n. / joint statement 10. fiscal year = financial year p. s. fiscal a. / financial adviser

11. flight attendant p. s. car park attendant / cabin crew 12. gift shop p. s. gifted = talented a. / gift voucher = gift token 13. grocery store p. s. groceries n. / grocer n. 14. health certificate p. s. health club / fitness center 15. Interest rate p. s. interest n. / interest group

16. limited edition p. s. limited a. / limitless a. 17. maintenance department p. s. regular maintenance / routine maintenance 18. market share p. s. market research / shareholder n. 19. parking lot p. s. parking space / parking ticket 20. personnel change p. s. personnel n.

21. physical examination p. s. physical appearance / under examination 22. prior engagement p. s. = prior arrangement / prior a. / prior to ~ 23. product sheet p. s. product placement 24. production line p. s. = assembly line / productivity n. 25. real estate p. s. realtor = estate agent / estate n.

26. sales campaign p. s. sales force / sales pitch / publicity campaign 27. savings account p. s. savings n. / energy-saving a. 28. shopping mall p. s. shopping cart = shopping trolley / mall n. 29. staff meeting p. s. full-time staff / staff shortage 30. stock market p. s. stocktaking n. / stock n. 31. vending machine p. s. vendor n. / pedlar n.

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Reading Test n PART 5 : INCOMPLETE SENTENCE * VOCABULARIES – GEPT ’S WORD LIST *PHRASES *GRAMMERS

READING TEST n PART 7 : READING COMPREHENSION *分 單 篇 及 雙 篇 * 出 題 邏 輯 : 從 廣 告 Advertisements , 商業信 函 Business Correspondence , 表格、圖 表 與 曲線 圖 Forms, Charts, and Graphs , 文章與報 導 Articles and Reports , 公告與短訊 Announcements and Paragraphs

Reading skills TIPS : 先看題目 , 再看文章 找答案 * scanning -- When we scan , we do not read every word , or stop when we see a word we do not know , we read quickly, and stop only to find the information we are looking for. ----重點不在單字, 而是在答案 * scanning for details – An important use for scanning is to find a piece of information that we need. We do this in everyday life when we look up a word in the dictionary, or check a telephone number in the phone directory. Use scanning when you need to find a fact in a reading. .

Reading skills n * skimming for the main idea – skimming means reading quickly to get a general idea of what a reading is about. When we skim we don’t need to read every word , or look up words we don’t understand ; we just need to understand the main ideas in a reading