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July 18, 2008
ABOUT IELTS
July 4, 2008
HOW TO conquer the CLoze Test
One of your lovely classmates asked me a very good and very common question, that is, how to score high in the section of CLoze test. To make it available to everyone interested in the topic, I will post my reply here for every one to have easy access to it.
First of all, to deal with this part, you got to know how the test is designed and what competence is targeted. If you take a close look of all the choice items of the cloze test on previous entrance exams, you will roughly find that the common choice items are as follows:
1. Vocabulary/ idioms
2. Tense/verb form (V-ing or P.P.)
3. conjunctions (and, or, but, so…) & transition words (such as “therefore, instead, however”…)
4. Fixed or Common Usage/Preposition (be addicted to~, be interested in~)
As a result, this is a very complicated and All mixed-up test. There is no easy way to score high; the only thing you can do is expand your vocabulary, get familiar with some major grammatical rules and common usages. The best way to improve the test performance is to practice.
First, get a good test book! what is good depends on what you think. Rule of thumb NO.1: check if the test covers all the different types of choice items (some lazy test makers cover mostly vocabulary). NO. 2 Please check if it provides clear and readable answer key and explanantions. The most important thing is make sure you can understand why the answer is correct but not the other 3 items. Therefore, make sure the key and explanation is readable and understandable to you.
Last Reminding: 採「先瀏覽後解題」方式,清楚文章大意後,再根據空格前後文語意及文法判斷答案! Help you to score high! Now go to a local bookstore and see if you may come up with a suitable test book on cloze test. If you have any further questions, just drop me a mail!
Wish you a nice vacation,
Joseph