... purchase
extras - cassettes, answers
Information for the Examiner:
the level of the book It is valuable for students preparing for
university entrance and for advanced
learners of English.
the ... transit systems
for travel into and around cities, with
small 'low emission' cars for urban use
and larger hybrid or lean burn cars for
use elsewhere. Electronically tolled
highways might ... some foreigners have never met an English-speaking person.
B many foreigners have no desire to learn English.
C foreign languages may pose a greater problem in the future.
D English-speaking foreigners...
... the rainforests.
E Without rainforests some animals would have nowhere to live.
F Rainforests are important habitats for a lot of plants.
G People are responsible for the loss of the rainforests.
H ... combination of reasons for the loss of the
rainforests.
B The rainforests are being destroyed by the same things that are
destroying the forests of Western Europe.
C Rainforests are located near ... is
responsible for rainforest destruction; a similar proportion said that pollution is
destroying rainforests. Here, children are confusing rainforest destruction with
damage to the forests of Western...
... states forhighschool
graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed to measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills or knowledge. For
example, vocational aptitude tests ... the passage:
A. All mental tests are achievement tests. B. All mental tests are partly achievement tests.
C. Achievement tests are completely different from aptitude tests. D. No ideas above are ... standing D. who he is standing
17. The boys slept comfortably. Their sleeping-bags were …….
A. a comfort B. in comfort C. comfortable D. comfortably
18. Why ……?
A. you didn’t stay B. didn’t you...
... technology” vision
that designers have had for developing
countries: U.S. goods are appropriate
only forhigh incomes and long hours.
Paul Walluh
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Practice Test 3
READING
READING PASSAGE 1
You ... 69
Writing
profitable for employers to work their
existing employees harder.
For all that employees complain about
long hours, they, too, have reasons not
to trade money for leisure. “People who
work ... cultural structures of
employment for workers successfully to
trade increased productivity and money
for leisure time, Schor contends. She
says the U.S. market for goods has
become skewed by the...
... locality.
Where logging occurs (that is, the cutting down of forests for timber) forest-
dependent creatures in that area will be forced to leave. Ground-dwelling
herbivores may return within ... apply for
interesting management positions. But
she added, “We should not lose sight of
the fact that significantly fewer women
apply for senior positions in comparison
with men.”
C Reasons for higher ... is therefore a scientific fact that increasing the area that is loaded in any
region will increase the probability that forest-dependent animals will become
extinct.
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Now, read the information...
... know.
M: 90%! That’s high. Do they enforce that rule?
F: Yes, we do. We’re pretty strict about it actually.
M: And what times have been set down for the tutorials — do you have that
Information?
F: ... accommodation
centre for British and overseas
students in London. It is located in the
heart of London’s West End and is
close to all public transport facilities.
ACCOMMODATION
* comfortable accommodation for ... things are getting you down, don’t Q41 tests
go and hide. Come and talk to us about it. That’s what we are here for. Right, global
thank you very much for coming along today. under-
standing...
... hello. I’m here to register for the First Year Law course.
C: I’ll just have to fill out this form for our records. What’s your name?
F: Julia Perkins.
C: Can you spell that for me?
F: Yeah, that’s ... thank you, Mark, for that overview … that was well researched. Now
let’s get on with your main topic for today…
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Tapescripts
SECTION 2
Speaker:
Thanks for turning up today, thanks for turning ... history of banana growing now
arent you?
M: Well, itd be a good practice run for my tutorial next week. Ill do the same Q23
for you some time.
F: OK. Fire away. So where were these bananas...
... skimming/scanning for information
ã understanding gist and paraphrase
8-10 Completing a table ã skimming for factual information
11-12 Multiple choice ã skimming/scanning for information
ã identifying ... following a chronological account
ã skimming for specific information
ã noting main ideas
36-40 Matching (causes to
effects)
ã skimming/scanning for information
ã understanding cause and effect ... following a sequence of events
ã scanning/skimming for information
ã understanding gist and paraphrase
20-23 Labelling a diagram ã skimming for factual information
ã understanding description and relationships
24-27...
... tested
30-36 Summary completion ã skimming for information
ã understanding paraphrase
ã rewording text
37-41 Flow chart completion ã skimming for specific information
ã following a process
ã summarising ... clubs)
ã skimming/scanning for specific information
ã understanding paraphrase
ã making inferences
22-29 True, False, Not Given ã skimming/scanning for specific information
ã distinguishing between ... questions ã skimming for specific information
ã understanding description/characteristics
ã understanding paraphrase
9-14 Multiple choice ã skimming/scanning for specific information
ã understanding...
... consequences. For
example, you are likely to discover that you cannot earn a highschool diploma in your state unless you pass
certain exit exams. Without that highschool diploma, the doors to higher ... new highschool exit exams—the ones you need to pass
in order to graduate from highschool use both types of text-based questions. They include both short and
long texts with the question format ... difficult for you
to realize that you have identified directions for information that you do not have. It’s one thing to know that
the question needs for you to identify two arguments for unrestricted...
... you will look up important information and use it. This becomes reinforcement for your learn-
ing. Memorizing in isolation is never as effective as using information for a purpose. What better ... daughters get their shoes and
socks on as they got ready for the school bus. The girls, ages five and seven, hugged their dad as
he waved them off to school, promising them a trip to Burger King when ...
NARRATIVES FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
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When you are studying a period or a place in history, ask for a good story to help you connect to the
times and places. There are hundreds that your school librarian...
... kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring for
admission. “Louise, open the door! I beg, open the door—you will make yourself ill. What are
you doing Louise? For heaven’s ... poet is trying
to say. You must first connect with the poem’s message before you can comment on its methods or its suc-
cesses. For example, if you had not known that Emily Dickinson was talking about ... and spread her arms out to them in welcome.
There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There
would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence...