Tips for Doing Summary Cloze

Summary Cloze 

• 1. Read Version 1 quickly to understand its main ideas.
• 2. Skim Version 2 and compare it with Version 1.
• 3. Work out what the missing words in Version 2 might be, deciding on the possible parts of speech (e.g. noun, pronoun, verb – to-infinitive; bare infinitive; v-ing, adverb, adjective, etc.)
• 4. Reread Version 2 more carefully, referring to relevant parts of Version 1 whenever necessary.
• 5. Fill in the blanks in Version 2 with the most suitable words.
• 6. The most suitable word for a blank may be a word in Version 1, a different form of a word in Version 1, a synonym of a word in Version 1, or even a word of your own.
• 7. Whatever the most suitable words may be, make sure they fit grammatically and structurally into Version 2.

 

Note:      The meaning of Version 1 must be preserved.

6A Answers of reading practice before assessment

Integration Section C

Unit 3

• 1. D (don’t be taken in = do not believe it)
• 2. A (Idiom – two negatives make a positive – not for nothing =for a good reason)
• 3. C
• 4. B
• 5. B (the writer is asking us to prepare ourselves physically for bad news)
• 6. A
• 7. C
• 8. D
• 9. C (the topic is flight and health [line 34], health worries [line 54]
• 10. A (stationary = not moving
• 11. B
• 12. A
• 13. B
• 14. D (see list of things now the same everywhere)
• 15. C
• 16. B
• 17. A (destinations)
• 18. C
• 19. D
• 20. A
• 21. B
• 22. C
• 23. A (a first-come first-served basis)
• 24. C
• 25. D
• 26. A (passive)
• 27. C
• 28. C ( = provided)
• 29. B ( = near you)
• 30. D (travelling by night)
• 31. B (a piece of luggage)
• 32. D
• 33. A
• 34. C (resume the journey after a break)
• 35. C (‘The parents might die in an epidemic or accident or be killed in war.’)
• 36. C (‘and babies born out of wedlock are either abandons or handed over for adoption. Some children’s parents cannot be trusted to look after them’)
• 37. B (‘and babies born out of wedlock are either abandons or handed over for adoption. Some children’s parents cannot be trusted to look after them’)
• 38. C
• 39. D
• 40. A (‘Infertile couples’)
• 41. B (’suffer from’)
• 42. C
• 43. B (‘As long as checks are made to ensure the fit is a real one and’)
• 44. C (‘to give it a good start in life’)
• 45. D (later identity confusion for the child’)
• 46. A (‘never quite feel sure they know who they are’)
• 47. winning
• 48. disappearance
• 49. treat/ cure
• 50. fatal/ incurable
• 51. eradication
• 52. optimistic
• 53. were
• 54. able to
• 55. search
• 56. them
• 57. full course/ complete courses
• 58. resistant
• 59. emergency rooms
• 60. threat
• 61. breeding
• 62. inadequate
• 63. still
• 64. researchers
• 65. possible
• 66. future
• 67. H
• 68. K
• 69. A
• 70. G
• 71. I
• 72. B
• 73. L
• 74. C
• 75. F
• 76. E
• 77. J
• 78. safe ” safety
• 79. side Î
• 80. allowed them stay ” allowed them to stay
• 81. attach ” attached
• 82. would driven out ” would be driven out
• 83. keep ” kept
• 84. growing ” growth/ growing up
• 85. times ” time
• 86. when it first published ” when it was first published
• 87. exist ” existence
• 88. knowing ” known
• 89. in Î
• 90. death ” die
• 91. at ” in
• 92. would rescued ” would have rescued
• 93. place Î
• 94. out Î
• 95. translated ” translated into
• 96. brave ” bravery

4E Answers of reading practice before assessment

Option 4

Practice Paper 2 – Wildlife Conservation

• 1. G
• 2. D
• 3. C
• 4. F
• 5. A
• 6. E and F
• 7. False
• 8. True
• 9. True
• 10. Not Given
• 11. False
• 12. Endangered animal: Orang-utans Where it lives: Borneo
•       Endangered animal: Buff-cheeked Gibbon    Where it lives: S-E Asia
• 13. The Buff-cheeked Gibbons would be the most interesting to watch because they are active in the day, they live in groups, and they are very quick and agile.
• 14. B
• 15. arms and legs
• 16. 3
• 17. because bamboo is not very nutritious / contains little food.
• 18. C
• 19. solitary
• 20. cubs
• 21. because it recreates the conditions of the panda’s habitat.
• 22. It’s cold.
• 23. weight of an adult: 60-160kg
•       height of an adult: 1.6-1.8m
•       daily food consumption: 12-16kg bamboo per day
• 24. B
• 25. G
• 26. E
• 27. F
• 28. (i) as medicine
•      (ii) as a fashion for the rich
• 29. C
• 30. prospective
• 31. B
• 32. C
• 33. 3
• 34. people
• 35. C
• 36. eating exotic food/ wildlife
• 37. people feared snakes would become extinct in China and S.E. Asia
• 38. fewer wild animals are being consumed
• 39. D
• 40. because the profits are so large
• 41. very small
• 42. show
• 43. tragedy/ disaster/ shame
• 44. symbol
• 45. changing
• 46. consumed/ eaten
• 47. protect/ conserve
• 48. about
• 49. B
• 50. The writer strongly disapproves of it. In paragraph 7, s/he calls it ‘an appalling practice’ and the article ends by stating that ‘Much more needs to be done to stop it.’

6A Homework Wanted!

Homework Wanted!

Toman: News (12/10), 26/10), (2/11); Letter to the Editor

Noble: News (12/10), (19/10), (26/10), (2/11); Cat in the Rain; Letter to the Editor

Calvus: News (19/10), (26/10); Cat in the Rain

Jimmy: News (19/10), (26/10)

Yves: News (26/10), (2/11)

Jessica: News (26/10), (2/11); Letter to the Editor

Sherry: News (26/10); Cat in the Rain

 Jessie: News (26/10)

Henry: News (26/10), (2/11); Cat in the Rain; Letter to the Editor

Koey: News (2/11)

Harry:  News (2/11)

Charvis: News (2/11)

Royce: News (2/11)

Bowie: Letter to the Editor

Please have all the work done before the Assessment Week.

Writing Varied Sentences+Comparing Things to Other Things

In order to enrich our writing or speech, we have to vary our sentence structures. When describing things, we don’t always need to use adjectives. We can use comparisons to create interesting visual images. There are three different ways of comparing:

1. Use “less than”, “more than”, “the least”, “the most”, adjectival form of the word that ends in “er” or “est”

A Mercedes-Benz is expensive. è A Mercedes-Benz is more expensive than a Toyota.

Paco is smart. è Paco is smarter than Marco.

Mary is not beautiful. è Mary is the least beautiful girl in the class.

Mary is ugly. è Mary is the ugliest.

 

2. Use similes (compare a thing to anotner thing that has similar qualities and say thant one thing is like another)

2.1 Take an adjective, think of a comparison, and use “as” and “as” instead of “more” and “than”.

Yao Ming is tall. è Yao Ming is as tall as a lamppost.

2.2 Think of a comparison and use “like” to link the ideas up.

Sarah Brightman sings well. è Sarah Brightman sings like a bird.

 

3. Use metaphors (compare a thing to anotner thing that has similar qualities and say that one thing is something else)

An idea is a vehicle for change.

Life is a vehicle, and one can make a wrong turn.