MICHAEL: Hi, I'm Michael from ETS. Today on Inside the TOEFL Test, we're going inside the TOEFL iBT Reading section.
嗨，我是来自美国教育考试服务中心（ETS）的 Michael.在今天的《超级外教课：全面攻克托福》中，我们将探讨一番托福考试的阅读部分。
Specifically, the Prose Summary questions. And we'll also look at a similar but less common question type, the Fill in a Table questions.
更具体一点，是托福考试中的文章总结题。此外，我们还会关注一下一个相似但是较为少见的题目类型—填表题。
The Prose Summary questions are designed to show that you recognize the major ideas and the relative importance of information in a reading passage. In a Prose Summary question, there are 6 answer choices, and you will need to select the 3 correct choices that express the most important ideas in the passage.
文章总结题用于测试你是否掌握了文章的主旨以及文中信息的相对重要性。
The incorrect answer choices will misrepresent information in the passage or will discuss minor points. In the real test, you will drag and drop your answers into the box.
Prose Summary questions are worth 2 points toward your raw score. You get 2 points if you choose all 3 correct answers.
You get one point if you choose 2 correct answers. And you get zero points for 1 or no correct answers.
Note that your answers don't have to be in any particular order. And you can change your answers at any point during the allotted time for the reading section.
The Fill In A Table questions are similar except that instead of choosing the three most important ideas, you will need to drag and drop your answers into two (or three) categories. Each reading passage will have one Prose Summary question, or one Fill In A Table Question, but not both.
Let's look at a sample Prose Summary question. This type of question covers the whole reading passage, not just a single sentence or paragraph.
Here's the passage about meteorites and dinosaur extinction. And here's the question.
