ielts_reading

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1、PreparingfortheIELTStestwithHolmesglenInstituteofTAFEThereadingcomponentTheIELTSreadingtesttakesonehour.Inthistimeyouarerequiredtoreadthreetextsofbetween500and900wordseach.Thetextsandquestionsincreaseindifficulty.Therewillbearound40questionstoanswerandrecordontheanswersheetwit

2、hinthe60minutes.Moststudentscomeoutofthereadingtestfeelingthattherewasn’tenoughtimetocompletetheexampaper.Forthisreasonitisveryimportantthatyoutakeanumberoftimedpracticereadingtestsbeforetheactualexamdaytodeveloptheskillsofskimmingandscanningandothertimesavingstrategies.Inthef

3、ollowingpagesyouwillfindinformationandpracticequestionstoprepareyoutoanswersomeofthemostcommontypesofquestioninthereadingtest:¨=Summarycompletion¨=Matchingheadingstoparagraphs¨=Identifyingthewriter’sviews¨=Multiplechoice¨=Selectingfactors¨=Tablecompletion¨=Matchingcausesandeff

4、ects¨=Sentencecompletion¨=ShortanswerquestionsSamplereadingtextThereadingtextonthefollowingpageislongerthatusualandisusedasthebasisforallthequestionsandexamplesinthissection.However,intherealIELTStestthe40or50questionswillbebasedonthreetextsnotjustone,andthequestionswillnottes

5、tyourunderstandingofapointinthetextmorethanonce,astheymaydohere.©1999HolmesglenInstituteofTAFE1SamplereadingtextLessonsfromtheTitanicAFromthecomfortofourmodernliveswetendtolookbackattheturnofthetwentiethcenturyasadangeroustimeforseatravellers.Withlimitedcommunicationfacilities

6、,andshippingtechnologystillinitsinfancyintheearlynineteenhundreds,weconsideroceantraveltohavebeenariskybusiness.Buttothepeopleofthetimeitwasoneofthesafestformsoftransport.AtthetimeoftheTitanic’smaidenvoyagein1912,therehadonlybeenfourliveslostinthepreviousfortyyearsonpassengers

7、hipsontheNorthAtlanticcrossing.AndtheTitanicwasconfidentlyproclaimedtobeunsinkable.Sherepresentedthepinnacleoftechnologicaladvanceatthetime.Herbuilders,crewandpassengershadnodoubtthatshewasthefinestshipeverbuilt.ButstillshedidsinkonApril14,1912,taking1,517ofherpassengersandcre

8、wwithher.BTheRMSTitanicleftSouthamptonforNewYorkonApril10,191