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Part1(Photographs):Scanthephotographsquicklybeforethespeakerbeginstotalk.Do
notwaitforthespeakertotellyoutolookatthephotograph.Checkobjects,people,
actions,etc.Thenlistencarefullytoallfourstatementsandselectthestatementthatistrue
aboutthephotograph.Markyouranswerquicklyandimmediatelyscanthenextpicture.Get
readytohearthenextfourstatements.

Part2(QuestionResponse):Listencarefullytothequestion.Quicklyrepeatthequestion
mentallysothatyourememberit.Thenlistencarefullytothethreeresponses.Markyour
answerquickly.Getreadytolistentothenextquestion.

Part3(ShortConversations):Listentothedialogueverycarefullyandtrytofocusonwhois
speakingtowhom,thepurposeoftheconversation,andwhatthespeakersmainpointsare.
Thenreadeachquestionthatfollowsandmarkyouranswerontheseparateanswersheet.
Ifyoucan,trytoscanthequestionsbeforeyouhearthedialogue,andthenlistenforthe
answerstothesequestions.Thiswayyouwillbeabletolistenwithafocus.

Part4(ShortTalks):Scanthequestionsquicklybeforeyoulistentothetext.Thenlisten
carefullyfortheanswerstothequestions.Whilelisteningtothetalk,decideonthepurpose
ofthetalkandthemaininformationprovidedinthetalk.Thenreadthequestionsandmark
youranswerquickly.Ifyouhaveenoughtime,trytoscanthequestionsforthenexttalk.

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Part5(IncompleteSentences):Quicklyreadthesentencewiththeblankwithoutlookingat
theanswerchoicesunderneath.Trytoguessthemissingpart.Thenlookatthechoicesand
quicklyselecttheonethatyouthinkiscorrect.Markyouranswerandquicklymoveonto
thenextitem.Youshouldspendlessthan30secondsoneachgrammarandvocabulary
itemincludedinthispartofthetest(lessthan20minutestotal).

Part6(Textcompletion):Readtheentireletterorpassageoncethroughverycarefully(30
seconds).Readthetextasecondtimeandtodetermineitspurposeandunderstandthe
mainideas.Thenreadathirdtimeandwithoutlookingattheanswerchoices,trytoguess
themissingparts.Thenlookatthechoicesandselecttheonethatyouthinkisthebest
answer.Trynottospendmorethan2minutesoneachtextsothatyouhaveenoughtimeto
dothereadingsinParts7and8.

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Part7(ReadingComprehensionsinglepassages):Readthetextoncethroughtoseewhat
kindoftextitisandtodetermineitsmainpurpose(whoithasbeenwrittenforandwhy).
Examinethelayout,sothatyouknowwheretolocateimportantinformation.Thenreadthe
questionsandchoicesandcheckthetextagaintoseewhereyoumightfindtheanswers.
Thenworkwithboththetextandthequestionsandanswerchoicestofindthecorrect
answers.

Part8(ReadingComprehensiondoublepassages):Readeachtextseparately.Firstreadthe
headingand/orthesentencethatintroducesthetext.Thenreadthetextquicklytosee
whatitisabout,whoithasbeenwrittenfor,andwhyithasbeenwritten.Trytounderstand
whattext1isaboutandthenfindtheconnectionbetweenthetwotexts.Thenreadthe
questionsandchoicesandworkwithbothtextstofindthecorrectanswers.

Remember:

a. Usetheprocessofeliminationwhenyouarenotsureaboutananswer.Tryto
narrowdownthechoicestotwo,ifpossible,andthenmakeaquickguess.
b. Guessingisallowed.
c. Markananswerforalltheitems.Unmarkeditemsarecountedwrong.
d. Markallyouranswersontheseparateanswersheet.Donotmarkyouranswersin
thetestbooklet.
e. Markonlyoneanswerforeachitem.Itemswithmorethanoneanswermarkedwill
becountedwrong,evenifoneoftheanswersmarkedisthecorrectanswerchoice.
f. Bringarulerwithyouonthedayoftheexaminationsothatyoucanlocateitems
easilyontheanswersheet.Thiswayyouwillbesurethatyouaremarkingyour
answernexttothecorrectitem.
g. DonotspendtoomuchtimeonPart5(grammarandvocabulary,40items).Theless
timeyouspendonthispart,themoretimeyouwillhaveforthereadings.