Writing Based on Reading and Listening
You will read a passage about an academic topic. Then you will listen to a lecture about the same topic. You are permitted to take notes while you read and listen. You will be asked a question that relates to both the text and the listening. Your response should be 150-225 words.
Reading Passage
Altruism is a sort of behavior in which an animal surrenders its own specific eagerness for that of another animal or gathering of animals. Altruism is the converse of selfishness; individuals performing benevolent acts get nothing for themselves. Examples of altruism abound, both among people and among different warm-blooded animals. Unselfish acts among individuals range from the giving of sustenance to outsiders to the endowment of body organs to relatives, and even to outsiders. Such acts are unselfish in that they advantage another, yet give little compensate to the one playing out the demonstration.
Frankly, various sorts of animals appear to surrender sustenance, or even their lives, to help distinctive people from their social occasion. The meerkat, which is a well-evolved animal that stays in tunnels in field regions of Africa, is frequently referred to for instance. In groups of meerkats, an individual goes about as a sentinel, standing to ensure and paying uncommon personality to predators while the others pursue sustenance or eat food they have obtained. If the sentinel meerkat sees a predator, for instance, a bird of prey moving nearer the groups, it gives an alert cry disturbing substitute meerkats to run and search for a safe house. By standing to ensure, the sentinel meerkat grabs nothing – it relinquishes food while the others eat, and it places itself in grave danger. After it issues an alert, it needs to escape alone, which may make it more at peril to a predator, since animals in groups are routinely prepared to coordinate to fight off a predator. So the unselfish sentinel conduct ensures the survival of various people from the meerkat’s groups.
Next you will listen to part of a lecture on the same subject.
Summarize the points made in the lecture and the reading passage.
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Do I have full sentences? |
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Does my work mention details from both the reading and the listening passages? |
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Do I use correct grammatical structures that I am comfortable with? |
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Does my writing have between 150 to 225 words? |
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Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience
This section of the test asks you questions about common experiences. You will be asked to give your opinion and provide reasons and examples. You will not be required to have any previous knowledge on a topic. You will have 30 minutes to prepare an essay in response to the question provided.
Question:
Some students participate in school activities such as clubs and sports. Other students prefer to spend more time on their studies.
Tell why you think the two groups of students spend their time differently.
Which type of student do you prefer to be? Explain why.
Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
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Do I have an introductory sentence? |
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Do I have a thesis? |
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Does my introduction state the topics I plan to cover? |
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Does each paragraph have a topic sentence? |
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Do I use examples and reasons to support my points? |
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Are my spelling and punctuation correct? |
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Do I use a variety of grammatical structures that I am comfortable with? |
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Do I use transitional phrases? |
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Have I covered both sides of an issue fairly? |
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Did I prove my thesis? |
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Does my conclusion end with an interesting thought or idea? |
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