Candidate Number Candidate Name ______________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM Academic Reading PRACTICE TEST 1 hour Time 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully. Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil. You
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Reflection paper of Desiree’s baby Madame Valmondé and Monsiure found Desiree as a baby and thought that she was a gift from God. When Desiree turned 18‚ she fell in love with Armand Aubigny. Finally‚ they got married. When they got their first baby‚ Armand was not happy with the baby because it was not white. He treated the baby and Desiree like slaves. Then‚ Desiree decided to go to deserted bayou instead of Valmondé. Armand‚ on the other hand‚ burnt all Desiree’s and the baby’s belongings including
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Lecture 5 Lizan A. Majeed Reading Paragraph Purpose Each paragraph in a text has a clear purpose. For example: The first paragraph introduces the topic‚ states the purpose of the text‚ or describes a problem or situation. The body paragraphs develop arguments‚ try to persuade‚ suggest solutions‚ or describe developments. The final paragraph concludes‚ evaluates‚ or discusses consequences. Identifying the purpose of each paragraph helps you understand the text and decide where
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14/09/2013 Important Formulae_for website_for CAT2012 students RATIO – PROPORTION – VARIATION 1. If a : b : : c : d‚ then ad = bc 2. If a : b : : c : d‚ then a + b : b : : c + d : d 3. If a : b : : c : d‚ then a - b : b : : c - d : d 4. If a : b : : c : d‚ then a + b : a - b : : c + d : c - d 5. If then k = NUMBERS 1. a 3 + b 3 + c3 – 3abc = (a + b + c) (a 2 + b 2 + c2 – ab – bc – ca) 2. The product of n consecutive integers is always divisible by n! (n factorial) 3. The sum
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The Black Cat Question 1. What are the conflicts in “The Black Cat”? (What types of conflict‚ moral‚ intellectual‚ or emotional do you see in this story? There are many conflicts in “The Black Cat”. The narrator likes animals‚ and he loves his wife‚ but he killed them because he is an alcoholic. The killing of the black cat and his wife by the narrator are two example of physical conflict. When the man sobered on the second day‚ he feels guilty about the killing of Pluto‚ but he killed the second
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Singin’ In The Rain The author wrote this play for entertainment purposes‚ and also to depict Hollywood’s transition from silent films to "talkies". Though there doesn’t really seem to be any important messages or meanings to the play‚ I felt that the main message behind the play is that things are not always what they seem to be‚ and this was displayed multiple times throughout the play. Don Lockwood and Lena Lamont were thought to be together because of propaganda. Lockwood and his love
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Running head: ACID RAIN AND ITS EFFECTS Acid Rain: The Killer Rain Twanda Banks Grantham University April 5‚ 2011 Abstract Every time you turn on the television or take a ride in a car‚ you could be contributing to a problem called acid rain. Acid Rain is a serious problem with devastating effects. Every day this problem increases. Many believe that this issue is too small to deal with‚ but if the acid rain problem is not met with head on‚ the effects on people‚ plants‚ animals‚ and the
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The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History. First Edition. Robert Darnton. New York: Basic Books‚ 1999 XIII + 298. The Great Cat Massacre with out a doubt has one of the most unusual titles ever created especially for a book about history. Now this unusual title perhaps fits this book better than any other straight - forward title Mr. Darnton could have conjured. You see the text contained in the book isn’t just your standardized‚ boring‚ and redundant view of history
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Rain. An unusual occurrence for San Diego‚ somewhat of a “glitch in the system.” The weather may have been warm‚ but the sky told a different story. It spoke with a dreary‚ gray tone‚ swallowing up the sunshine that regularly enlightened the sky each day. The rain pelting to the ground was more foreign than the absence of the sun. I had never encountered rain during my past commutes‚ so this weather brought with it‚ an important learning experience. The heavens opened up and poured out its tears
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Jenna Zeringo Singin’ in the Rain In 1952 Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen directed MGM’s musical comedy “Singin’ in the Rain”. Fifty five years later in 2007 it ranked number five on the American Film Institute list of “List of Greatest Films”. It’s evocative to Americans and is generally considered the best Hollywood musical film; it was not a Broadway production until several years later. Gene Kelly not only directed the classic but he also choreographed and starred in it as Don Lockwood.
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