This is a serious problem because we can only speak aboul 300 words per minute, bul, uh, our capacity 10 read .... So il you're hearing the words In your head or moving your lips, you kn
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Studenl 1 Yeah It sure would
ProteSSO/":
Now, lei's talk about why most 01 us probably aren' reading at that speed • at 1000 WOfds a minute
why we·re not doing that now We know thet we have the capacity-that our brains can take II In
they seem to be speaking while they're reading This is a serious problem because we can only speak aboul 300 words per minute, bul, uh, our capacity 10 read It's
many limes ll15ter So il you're hearing the words In your head or moving your lips, you know that you're
preventing your mind lrom processing as 11151115 it can Can any 01 you relale 10 thaI?
Student 2: I can I hear every woo::I
Professor:
A 101 01 people do Now, another problem IS something called flX8tions · Fb.! _ _ Jliuiiijil p" L ' ~
~We can' see while the eye Is moving so we haw to slop 10 lake In the text Every·
one has to fixale to see the print, but, uh, some people they stop their eyes on every Single word and
that witl really slow you down So 11 you·re Iooklng at every word or even at every lew words, that habit
is something to wor1I on When you're not readlng word by word, your mind has 10 connect and uh,
build associations and and patterns You can do this because $0 much 01 a wrillen text Is
redun-danl-thal means that there's a lot of repelltion, so quite a lew words can be skipped without losing the
meaning
Studenl3: So you're saying we should Iry to guess lhe meaning?
Prolessor:
I think I would use the lerm predlctralher than guess , but basically the answer 10 your question Is "'yes."
Now this may surprise you Using a dictionary is a goodhabit Righi? Well, yes, in moderation But
slop-ping to look up eve/)' new word Is a bad habit because you don' need 10 know every word In order to
undersland wha you're reading Remember whal I lust said aboul redundancy So, uh, stopping to use
the dictionary 100 oIIen • thallntemJpIs your Iraln 01 thoughl and, uh, prevents you from reaching your
potantiat reading speed
sludent3: I've heard that be/Of"e and II makes seose but •
Professor: But you're alraid to try it?
Student 3 : That's probably true
Professor:
~ 1 1 CII)In I3iCIi: fiitlii"iftiliiili: Fnt T Iii *1iiiI Orii mort iiI:jiijI A lot 01 readefS go ~ back over the words they've already read 10 clarity the meaning Bulthis Is probably the worst habit
because, uh, when we're repealing twice or even more times, that causes our reading speed 10 drop
and II goes to.50 or even 30 percenl 01 our capacity Did I mention that " tillidi9 ""iF Okay, ~ well this regression not only slows us down, it also makes II more diffiCult to understand the meaning
because, uh, the way thaI we comprehend • we understand by coonecting with the nexl phrase so
all the time makes us lose the connections
I c:ompreheosJon 01 you do::~: "~'~ A~rn:t ~:::~
thai are causing you to read slowly Don' think the words in your head 01" move your Ups to sound out
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Studenl 1 Yeah It sure would
ProteSSO/":
Now, lei's talk about why most 01 us probably aren' reading at that speed • at 1000 WOfds a minute
why we·re not doing that now We know thet we have the capacity-that our brains can take II In
they seem to be speaking while they're reading This is a serious problem because we can only speak aboul 300 words per minute, bul, uh, our capacity 10 read It's
many limes ll15ter So il you're hearing the words In your head or moving your lips, you know that you're
preventing your mind lrom processing as 11151115 it can Can any 01 you relale 10 thaI?
Student 2: I can I hear every woo::I
Professor:
A 101 01 people do Now, another problem IS something called flX8tions · Fb.! _ _ Jliuiiijil p" L ' ~
~We can' see while the eye Is moving so we haw to slop 10 lake In the text Every·
one has to fixale to see the print, but, uh, some people they stop their eyes on every Single word and
that witl really slow you down So 11 you·re Iooklng at every word or even at every lew words, that habit
is something to wor1I on When you're not readlng word by word, your mind has 10 connect and uh,
build associations and and patterns You can do this because $0 much 01 a wrillen text Is
redun-danl-thal means that there's a lot of repelltion, so quite a lew words can be skipped without losing the
meaning
Studenl3: So you're saying we should Iry to guess lhe meaning?
Prolessor:
I think I would use the lerm predlctralher than guess , but basically the answer 10 your question Is "'yes."
Now this may surprise you Using a dictionary is a goodhabit Righi? Well, yes, in moderation But
slop-ping to look up eve/)' new word Is a bad habit because you don' need 10 know every word In order to
undersland wha you're reading Remember whal I lust said aboul redundancy So, uh, stopping to use
the dictionary 100 oIIen • thallntemJpIs your Iraln 01 thoughl and, uh, prevents you from reaching your
potantiat reading speed
sludent3: I've heard that be/Of"e and II makes seose but •
Professor: But you're alraid to try it?
Student 3 : That's probably true
Professor:
~ 1 1 CII)In I3iCIi: fiitlii"iftiliiili: Fnt T Iii *1iiiI Orii mort iiI:jiijI A lot 01 readefS go ~ back over the words they've already read 10 clarity the meaning Bulthis Is probably the worst habit
because, uh, when we're repealing twice or even more times, that causes our reading speed 10 drop
and II goes to.50 or even 30 percenl 01 our capacity Did I mention that " tillidi9 ""iF Okay, ~ well this regression not only slows us down, it also makes II more diffiCult to understand the meaning
because, uh, the way thaI we comprehend • we understand by coonecting with the nexl phrase so
all the time makes us lose the connections
I c:ompreheosJon 01 you do::~: "~'~ A~rn:t ~:::~
thai are causing you to read slowly Don' think the words in your head 01" move your Ups to sound out
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each word Don' let your eyes pause on every word Don' look up every new word in the dictionary And IIy not to go back oyer paragraphs and, uh, sentences that you've already read But, that's hard to
do it you have these habits Is n~ i? Especially ~ you're also II'ying to read In order to learn a new sub-ject That's why you're afraid to try it because, uh, you have to learn the content In order to pass the course and you don' want to try something new • to take a riSk
Student 3; Yeah That'S abOut the size 0111
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atlwlce the speed you're reading
Audio 29 What Is this discussion mainly about?
Answer B How tQ read faster
Audio 30
Audio 31
Answer 8
Audio 32
Replay
Audio
Replay
Answer C
How does the professor Qrganile the discussion?
She cites research to support her arguments She does this at seVefai points In the discussion
Why does the professor mentiOn running?
To make a comparison between reading and running
Listen again to part of the discussioo and then answer the following question
"Wen "1 come bacK tQ that In a minute First I want te point out ooe more problem."
Why does the professor say this:
"Well, 111 come baCk to that in a minute."
She thinks the kIoa will lit In buller laler 011 Prole$$Ofs 1.I1ten make a comment and !hun remark that they will " come back" or "get back" tQ it later This Is usually an IncIication that the Information retales to poInlS thai will be made tater In the lecture
Audio 33 The professor mentions several negative habits Match these habits to the
explana-tloos Click 00 the habit and drag II to the correct explanatioo
Answer
C Regressing Reading the same words more than once
B Aud i tOl)' reading MQving yI.Iur lip$ while reading
Audio 34
Answer D
What would the professor ~y like the students to do?
Gel help at the Learning Center
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each word Don' let your eyes pause on every word Don' look up every new word in the dictionary And IIy not to go back oyer paragraphs and, uh, sentences that you've already read But, that's hard to
do it you have these habits Is n~ i? Especially ~ you're also II'ying to read In order to learn a new sub-ject That's why you're afraid to try it because, uh, you have to learn the content In order to pass the course and you don' want to try something new • to take a riSk
Student 3; Yeah That'S abOut the size 0111
"",;;;e;;d
atlwlce the speed you're reading
Audio 29 What Is this discussion mainly about?
Answer B How tQ read faster
Audio 30
Audio 31
Answer 8
Audio 32
Replay
Audio
Replay
Answer C
How does the professor Qrganile the discussion?
She cites research to support her arguments She does this at seVefai points In the discussion
Why does the professor mentiOn running?
To make a comparison between reading and running
Listen again to part of the discussioo and then answer the following question
"Wen "1 come bacK tQ that In a minute First I want te point out ooe more problem."
Why does the professor say this:
"Well, 111 come baCk to that in a minute."
She thinks the kIoa will lit In buller laler 011 Prole$$Ofs 1.I1ten make a comment and !hun remark that they will " come back" or "get back" tQ it later This Is usually an IncIication that the Information retales to poInlS thai will be made tater In the lecture
Audio 33 The professor mentions several negative habits Match these habits to the
explana-tloos Click 00 the habit and drag II to the correct explanatioo
Answer
C Regressing Reading the same words more than once
B Aud i tOl)' reading MQving yI.Iur lip$ while reading
Audio 34
Answer D
What would the professor ~y like the students to do?
Gel help at the Learning Center
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Advisor:
StlJdent:
Advisor:
Well, I think you nave a couple 01 options You can tell ner thai you can' let het use
your cen phone anymore, and you can ollet 10 90 with her 10 buy her own ceU phone
That way shell see that you're trying to nelp
That might work, but she1 probably still be upset •
Or another possibility Is • you could lei her use your cell phone if she pays you lor the extra minutes thaI you have had 10 COVet for her, and II she agrees to pay her snare of
all the bills from now 00 JUS! tell her that you can' allotd it
Narrator t: Describe the woman's problem and the two suggestions that her aclvisor makes aboul hoW
to nandle it What do you think the woman should do, and wtly7
Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer alter the beep
[Preparation time: 20 seconds]
Narrator 2: Please begin speakhg after the beep
[Recording lime: 60 seconds]
hlltWrlD SrfM.a Owl" 6 "l/MAJI WUlEE"
Narrator 2 Number 6 Uslen to part of a lecture Then listen for a question about it After you hear the
question, you have 20 seconds to prepare, and 60 seconds to record your answer
Narrator 1 Now listen to part 01 a lecture In a biology class The professor is diSC1Jssing the types 01
habitats lor wildlife lound In dIIes
Professor:
AHhough cities have not generally been assoelated with wildlifa, there are many spocies that have
For example, In New York's Central Par1<, almost 300 species 01 birds have been identified Urban parks certafiy provide some 01 the worIcI's safesl and In many ways, besl wildlife nabitats, and as the natural
nabitals shrink weN, these urtlan parks will become more and more important to the conservation of wiltlife, including not only birds • but, uh but also freshwater animals and, even small mammals
So as you see, man-made areas are one important type 01 habitat in Cities But artificial structures in the urban landscape ••• these can also provide a home lor animals that adapt 10 life In the city For Instance, chimney swifts are birds that origlnaly wed in hollow trees, but now chimney swifts are c0m-monty found In !he long brick chimneys In lactories or other vertical shafts In tall buildings Think about
it A city has more chimneys !han lhere are I'IoIIow trees in a lorest 01 equal area Consequently, these birds IIock 10 the city Another case of adaptation Is the urban drainage syslem, which is usually made
City as an example probably 250 species 0I1ish are found ~ the harbor many of which make their way
Into the pools and ponds and citc:hes In !he New York drainage system In Boston, the Back Bay was actually designed to create nabitals and attract marshland wildlife to !he city
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Narrator t: Using the main points and e)(ampies from the lecture, desaibe the two general types of habitats for wildlifa found In urban areas
Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer aftef the beep
[Preparation time: 20 secoods]
Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep
" ,
[Recording lime: 60 seconds]
~ Writing
IwrHllArED &sAr "JET SnIEAMs"
FlrSI, read the passage on pages 361 362 and take notes
( ) ModeIT"'14 'Wrltin9Sec11~.C07, TntCk2
Narrator: Now listen to a lecture on the same topic as the paasage that you have just read
Professor:
In North America, the jet stream usually separates cold air from the polar region In the north from warmer air to the south, so iI'S called the polar jet stream Okay, when Ifs cold In the United States, the
polar jet stream often dips south Into Te)(as or even as far as Me)(ico, and when ifs hot, the jet stream retreats Into Canada Now, think about some of the trips you may have taken across counlly Did you notice that the airilne schedules factor in tile efteet of the jet stream on night limes? For e)(ample:, if you were IlyIng from Los Angeles to New York, the flight would be more than 0119 hoor shorter than your retum trip from New York to Los Angeles Why would this be so, do you think? Well, because a
particu-larty strong jel stream can PfOvide a strong tailwind that moves the plane along faster as it lravels with the wind, but on the way back, the plane will encounler a headwind, and ~ will have to travel against lhe wind So the flight will lake longer And the plane will atso consume more luel when it's traveling against lhe jet slream, and you" probably also feet more turbulence Besides thaI the weather for your flight
can also be affected by the jet stream because this strong currenl of air moves weather systems and storms around the world by pushing them forward, jusllike the tailwind thaI pushes your plane
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o Model Test 4, Example Answers., CO 1, Track 3
EwTtl AIno RIR bwn ,, SPEu.I OuunDlf 1 "A em"
111 could viSiI any City in !he WOOd, I'd like to see Rome because I'm an architecture majOr, and II would
be exciting to see the structures in the old city like the Cdossoom and the Forum and, uh, temples I'd also wanl to Inspect the aIches that define the perlmetet 01 the old city I think one 01 them Is almost
2000 years old, but it's stin supposed to be quite beautiful and strong In e book about Rome I read thai
!he streels In the old city are made of the originaJ cobblestones laid in ancien t times So besides seeing the architecture it would be eliciting 10 walk on ,he stones I have a good imagination, and I'm sure I could visualize soldiers and philosophers even ill'm looking at a lot 01 othef tourists
'" The talk answers the topic question
'" The point o view or position is clear
'" The talk is direct and wel«ganized
'" The senTences are logically connected
'" Details and 8l!8mples suppof1 the main Idea
'" The speaker expresses compIele thoughts
'" The meaning is easy 10 comprehend
'" A wide range of vocabulary is used
'" There are only miOOf IIffOfS in grammar
'" The talk is within a range 01 t 25-150 WOtds
I think a coeducational school is a better environment lor both men and women because II's more rep-res&ntative of The the, uh, wortcIthat they'llive in after \hey finish school In modem society men and W'OfTIen will compete lor employment opportunities so ii's good pracIioe TO compete in classes And men and women need to leam how to intllf8Ct socially, and a coeducational school prov\des actMties and soeIaJ events where they can assodale with each other in a somewhat supervised en vi ronment So
t think II men and women are separa t ed throughout their schooIlile, iI mlghl be I'Iarder lor them to wont together and develop social relationships after they finish school
Clllctiist 2
'" The talk answers the Iopic question
'" The point 01 view or position II clear
'" The talk Is direct and well-orgsNzed
'" The senlenoes are logically connected
'" Details and examples support the maln Idea
'" The speaker expresses complete thoughts
'" The meaning is easy to comprehend
'" A wide range 01 YOCabulary Is used
'" There are only minor errors in grammar
'" The tallIls within a range 01125-150 words
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