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100

At most, how many seconds should you be spending to complete negative fact / detail questions?

120s

100

What is the minimum / maximum amount of conversations you can get?

2

100

How many tasks are there on the test for the speaking section?

4

100

The reading part of the integrated writing you need to find the main ____ and main _____.

idea, points

100

Rhetorical language is used to ________ the audience.

persuade / influence

150

What is the maximum amount of questions in the entire section per passage?

10

150

What is the maximum amount of seconds the test gives you for each question?

35 seconds

150

The speaking section is how long?

17 minutes

150

What is the amount of words you should try to reach for when writing for the integrated task?


250

150

What is another word that we learned this week that is similar to prosperous?

thriving

200

For fact and detail questions you need to scan the passage for ___ words.

key

200

What are the three methods to good notetaking?

abbreviations, symbols, key words

200

How many integrated speaking tasks are there on the test? 

3

200

What is the amount of time spent for the entire integrated writing task?

25 minutes (3min reading + 2min lecture + 20 writing)

200

What is the amount of listenings you get in the listening section?

5

250

After spending 10 minutes on a reading passage, how many questions should you have answered?

6 questions

250

Usually, you can get the main idea in the ______ of the lecture. It is sometimes after the _______ information in the introduction.

beginning / introduction, background

250

For speaking task ____, you need to read a ________.

Also, you need to understand the ______ of one of the _________. This person acts like the "_______" and the other, as the "function"

2, notice, opinion, students, content

250

The  ________ task is like a _____ between two people.

integrated, debate

250

The city’s growth as an important population center was also a result of its ability to establish and maintain economic links with communities as far away as the Great Lakes to the north and the  Gulf Coast  to the south. This was achieved through the trade of such exotic items as copper,  chert, and seashells.  Chert, most notably, was used in the production of hoes, a high demand tool for farmers around Cahokia and other Mississippian centers. Recent research on chert tools discovered at the Silvernail settlement site near modern day Minnesota found that the raw materials used to construct some of them originated near Cahokia.

What has recent research on chert tools found at the Silvernail settlement site revealed?

A. Chert tools were started to be used after Cahokia became an important city.

B. The residents of Cahokia were the only producers of farming tools in the area.

C. Some of the tools used by people at the Silvernail settlement were made of materials from the area near Cahokia.

D. Agricultural tools were exchanged with people at the Silvernail settlement for copper and seashells.


C

300

The population of Cahokia began to decline during the 13th century. Scholars have not determined why this happened, but have proposed theories involving environmental factors such as overhunting, deforestation, and flooding, as explanations for the abandonment of the site. Another possible cause is invasion by outside peoples, though the position of the only defensive structures in the city (a wooden stockade and watchtowers) in the main ceremonial precinct, away from the heavily populated areas of the city, suggests that the civilian population of the city faced no threat of invasion from outside forces. There is no other evidence for warfare, so the stockade may have been more for ritual or formal separation than for military purposes.

Why does the author say the location of the city’s defensive structures?

A. To suggest that the city was not abandoned due to warfare.
B. To explain why diseases spread so quickly in heavily populated areas.
C. To explain why the city was easily invaded by outside forces.
D. To present an example of why large cities often decline over time.


A

300

If you have two conversations and two lectures, how many questions do you get?

22

300

Speaking task _____ includes only  ______, which is a lecture. This has a ______ preparation time and 60 second response time. The lecture usually contains ____ examples and always has the _______, which is in the beginning.

4, listening, 20, 2, topic

300

Your essay for writing task 1 includes an introduction, which summarizes the ______ of the writer and speaker. The body paragraphs summarize the ___ points. Remember that the conclusion is ______ and not required.

opinion, main, optional


300

The ancient city of Cahokia was located at a site very close to modern St. Louis in the United States. At its apex from A.D. 1100 to 1200, Cahokia covered about 16 square kilometers and probably had a population that peaked at around 15,000. Excavations of the city have revealed that it contained a large number of public plazas that were separated by at least 120 man made earthen mounds, the largest of which was topped by a major temple. Remains have also been found of an elaborate copper workshop that produced sophisticated metal goods likely traded with both nearby and distant settlements.  Moreover, the city is noted for its significant economic and spiritual contacts with other communities in the Mississippi area. Although the inhabitants left no written records beyond symbols on pottery, shells, wood and  stone, the remains of this elaborately planned community suggest that it was home to a complex society that had great influence over a large geographic area.

In the paragraph, each of the following is mentioned as a feature of the city of Cahokia between A.D 1100 to 1200 EXCEPT:

A. Man-made mounds / B. Several large temples / C. A manufacturing workshop / D. Many public plazas



B

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