READING 137 – MOCK TEST

New words on the way:

1. In the first place (collocation): at the beginning/ the main reason for doing s.t
2. Catalogue (v.)  sort, organize
3. On s.o’s end (collocation): s.t is the responsibility of s.o (speaking)
4. Optimize (v.) my score for the Reading IELTS test, etc  Optimal (adj.)
5. Take note of s.t/s.o (phrasal verb): pay attention to s.o/s.t
6. (do not) need to break a sweat: you do not need to do anything at all
Techniques and attention:
Keywords: cannot be paraphrased
1. Proper Ns (names, etc.)
2. Figures (%, date, N0, etc.)
3. Terminologies = specialized words (big data, Dengue fever, and so on, auditory)
4. Quotes “…”
Main words: can be paraphrased but easy to tell
1. Time + Place (prepositions).
2. Order (1stly  initially, originally, etc.).
3. Quantifier (many, much, all, part of, only).
…
Reading styles:
1. Skim: for disorderly exercise types  Matching Headings, Features, Details +
Summary with given words  do not READ THE WHOLE PASSAGE nor
DETAILS  General meaning of the paragraphs + passage.
2. Scan: for orderly exercise types (all)  Details: KWs/MWs from the questions
 look for them in the passage  read 3 sentences around that KWs/MWs.
3. Intensive: Multiple choice + T/F/NG  own methods.
…
Gap-filling:
- Word/number limit  1 + 0
- Word-class: V., Adj., Adv., N.

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 a. Plural/singular  article (a/an/the) + verb (s/es)
b. Type: person, location, others, etc.
- KWs/MWs 1-3 words/sentence
T/F/NG:
- 2 kinds of words to be noted:
a. Circle: location (KWs, Ns)
b. Underline: purpose/goal of the question (MWs, Vs)
- 8 + 13: circle  location.
Matching Headings:
- Divide the Headings into smaller groups  common words.
- Differences between Headings of the same group. Positive, Neutral, Negative.
Matching Features:
- 2 lists: in-box, out-box  Proper Ns
- Locations of Proper Ns.
- Underline  main ideas: Peter: compare boredom with “disgust”  “…”
- KWs/MWs

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Answer and keys + cues
1. Update P2  participating businesses, details, on a regular basis, information
2. Environment P2  effect
3. Captain P3  all blacks rugby captain Tana Umaga
4. Films P3  a number of the locations + made use of
5. Season P3  driving routes + different routes according to the season
6. Accommodation P4  links to… in the area
7. Blog P4  where anyone could submit a…
8. False P6
9. Not Given: no information on “started”
10. False 26%
11. True “more activities that the visitors undertake, the more satisfied they will be”
12. Not given (no comparison)
13. True  (e.g. P4L5 (13)) Quora.com
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14. iv  But defining boredom so that it can be studied in the lab has proved difficult.
15. vi  5 distinct types: indifferent, calibrating, searching, reactant, and apathetic.
16. i  “Mann has found that being bored makes us more creative”,
17. v  It can still be toxic if allowed to fester (grow in a negative way to s.o)
18. viii  It’s early days but they think at least some of it… a variety of traits”.
19. iii  New source of boredom + perhaps we should leave our phones alone, and
use boredom to motivate us
20. E  (PA) “boredom may protect them from “infectious” social situations”
21. B  (PB) “Of the five types, the most damaging is “reactant”.
22. D  (PH) “What’s more, your efforts to improve the situation can make you feel
worse”
23. A  (PF) “our overconnected lifestyles might even be a new source of boredom”
24. Focus  (PD) “This causes an inability to focus on anything”
25. Pleasure  (PE) People who are motivated by pleasure seem to suffer
particularly badly

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26. Curiosity (PE) “Other personality traits, such as curiosity, are associated with a
high boredom threshold”
…
27. B
28. C
29. C
30. D
31. A
32. D
33. A
34. E
35. C
36. G
37. B
38. Yes
39. Not given
40. No