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Before the test
- Do not drink in the previous night.
- Get up 3 hours before the test at least.
- Have breakfast to activate your brain.
- Listen to several English clips for some time.
How to beat each part
PartĄ° (20Qs) : Picture Description
- During the direction part, go back to the partĄ´ or Ąµ, and get some answers
as many as possible.
- When hearing 'Now let us begin...,' return to the partĄ°, take a closer look
at the picture, concentrate on important details while listening :
¨ç Be careful of similar pronounced words. ¨č No irrelevant nouns ¨é No
abstract answers ¨ę Present progressive tense for pictures
- Check the answer ASAP and move swiftly to the next picture to be focused.
- Long-term strategy : When seeing something, try to explain it in English
PartĄ± (30Qs) : Situational English by Intuition
- During the direction part, go back to the partĄ´ or Ąµ, and get some answers
as many as possible.
- When hearing 'Now let us begin...,' return to the partĄ±, prepare to squeeze
the brain by putting orders :
¨ç First Word (5W1H-Yes/No(×) or Not?) ¨č 'Why...?' (Hardly use of
'because'), '... or ...?' (Yes/No(×)) ¨é Subject (you, they, he, she, Tom,
Janet....) ¨ę Tense of a verb ¨ë Use of the same pronounced word to
confuse
- Long-term strategy : Speak or read every expression and easy English
materials out loud and apply it in your situations.
PartĄ˛ (30Qs) : Colloquial(Spoken) English
- During the direction part, read and get some Q/A parts, and imagine what the
dialogue is about.
- When hearing 'Now let us begin...,' return to the Q 31, and concentrating on
the situational conversation using valuable expressions.
- Clues : At the end and beginning part using but, however
- General comprehension
- Long-term strategy : Exposure yourself in Americanized conversational
situations as many times as possible.
PartĄł (20Qs) : Announcement, message, schedule, answering machine...
- During the direction part, read and get some Q/A parts, and imagine what the
explanation is about by drawing lines.
- Get details (figures, days, time...) & General comprehension
- Long-term strategy : Read English newspapers and listen to news clips
everyday and try to paraphrase them. Use English-English dictionaries.
PartĄ´ (40Qs) : Vocabulary & grammar : 30sec/each
- Look through the whole structure and check the missed one. (Noun, Adjective,
Preposition, Past participle form, Verb, Adverb...)
- Any phrasal verb & idiom
- Meaning check is the last one.
- Long-term strategy : Read easy and simple English materials such as fairy
tales, novels, etc. + the strategy of PartĄł
PartĄµ (20Qs) : Basic grammar(Error correction) : 30sec/each
- Check the structure of choices (Before and after)
¨ç Subject --> verb --> possessive case ¨č In a sentence : a subject
& a verb ¨é Balance : and, but, or, between A and B, as well as,
not only~ but also, both A and B... ¨ę Verb form - past, present, future, present or past participle... ¨ë
Basic idioms and articles
- Long-term strategy : Same as PartĄ´+PartĄł
PartĄ¶ (40Qs) : Fast reading : 1min/each
- Current Trends : Very practical articles
¨ç Long sentences & difficult words ¨č Easy long articles & picky
short ones ¨é Paraphrased expressions
- How to touch partĄ¶
¨ç Read a title. ¨č Before getting contents,
read Q&A by drawing lines to get a point ¨é Focus on the drawn parts when reading ¨ę Any paraphrased expressions?
¨ë Do not use your broad common sense in advance.
- Long-term strategy : Same as PartĄ´+PartĄł
After the test
- Stretch your arms to release the stress.
- Do not stick to the passed test.
- Crawl to your house dragging the extremely exhausted body.
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