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Back to PART 1 with Reading practice tests
Note: According to ETS.org, you should prepare a plastic board/a plastic file with a sheet of paper in it and an erasable marker. Take down as many notes as possible! Erase all the notes after the test.
Listening Practice Set 1
Retirement Party
Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.
Now answer the questions.
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Incorrect Answers: 0
Listening Practice Set 2
Bat Acoustics
Listen to part of a lecture in a biology class.
Now answer the questions.
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Listening Practice Set 3
Flowers
Listen to part of a lecture in a Botany class
Now answer the questions.
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Listening Practice Set 4
Sports
Listen to part of a lecture in an Anthropology class.
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Listening Practice Set 5
Listen to part of a lecture in an Epidiology class
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Attention! Prepare a device to record your answers with and to attach your recordings through a form on this page.
Speaking Practice Task 1
a. State whether you agree or disagree with the following statement. Then explain your reasons, using specific details in your explanation.
Learning through online courses is more effective than learning in the traditional classroom setting.
Preparation Time: 15 seconds
Response Time: 45 seconds
b. Do you prefer cooking and eating at home or eating out at restaurants on weekdays?
State your preference and explain two or three reasons, using specific details or examples.
In this practice test, you may use a timer to practice preparing and giving a response. Record your answer and send it to me for a check. Or Attach your records here.
Speaking Practice Task 2
Banning Bicycles
Read the article from a university newspaper. You will have 50 seconds to read the article.
Reading Time: 50 seconds
University to Prohibit Bicycles on Campus
Beginning next semester, the University will not allow the use of bicycles on campus. The campus sidewalks are intended for pedestrians and receive heavy pedestrian traffic. Several minor accidents have resulted from people on bicycles colliding with people walking, and although no one has been seriously hurt, University officials feel that bicycles pose a safety risk. Furthermore, the prohibition of bicycles will not be a problem for students, since the university currently operates a convenient alternative: the free campus bus system, which runs between all campus buildings.
Now listen to a student.
The woman expresses her opinion of the proposed policy change. State her opinion, and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
If this were an actual test question, you would have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak.
Preparation Time: 30 seconds
Response Time: 60 seconds
In this practice test, you may use a timer to practice preparing and giving a response. Record your answer and send it to me for a check. Or Attach your records here.
Speaking Practice Task 3
Reading time: 45 seconds
Necessity Goods and Veblen Goods
Normally, when prices go up, buyers reduce their purchases. Two categories, however, break this rule. Necessity goods are items people keep buying even during price increases. They are bought out of need. Even if the cost of a necessity doubles, people still try to obtain it.
Veblen goods, by contrast, are things people may buy more of precisely because they are expensive. Shoppers choose these items for different reasons: many associate high prices with superior quality and higher social status. Purchasing Veblen goods makes consumers feel they are getting a better product than cheaper alternatives that serve the same purpose.
Listen to the lecture
The professor talks about purchasing oil and cars. Explain how those purchases are related to necessity and Veblen goods.
Preparation time: 30 seconds
Response time: 60 seconds
In this practice test, you may use a timer to practice preparing and giving a response. Record your answer and send it to me for a check. Or Attach your records here.
Speaking Practice Task 4
Reliability vs Features
Listen to part of a lecture in a Bonaty class.
Using points and examples from the lecture, explain how carnivorous plants obtain nutrients and how the Venus flytrap and pitcher plant illustrate the two-stage process and the underlying cellular mechanisms. Include details such as trigger hairs, motor cells and turgor pressure, and digestive juices and nutrient uptake.
Preparation Time: 20 seconds
Response Time: 60 seconds
In this practice test, you may use a timer to practice preparing and giving a response. Record your answer and send it to me for a check. Or Attach your records here.
Writing Based on Reading and Listening (Integrated Writing)
When the lecture has ended, you can start writing your response. You will have 20 minutes to write. In your response, provide a detailed summary of the lecture and explain how the lecture relates to the reading passage. While you write, you will be able to see the reading passage again. You should try to make your response as complete as possible using information from the lecture and the reading passage. Take notes of the main ideas in the text and their elaborations/rebuttals in the lecture.
Reading Time — 3 minutes
Research findings indicate that mixed-age play groups are widespread in small, simple societies whose communities number fewer than about 1,500 people. By contrast, in large, industrialized societies, children are more often organized into peer groups made up of youngsters who are the same age.
Across most traditional, non-Western cultures, children commonly spend their free time with companions of varied ages. These multi-age circles typically include six or more boys and girls whose ages range from late infancy through early adolescence. In such settings, the youngest members gain daily chances to acquire language, practical survival skills, and local games by observing and imitating older children who are further along in development. The older participants, for their part, practice teaching what they already know, and they also experience the satisfaction of feeling competent, useful, and responsible for others.
Western culture, however, tends to endorse a different arrangement. Parents and teachers usually assume that children should study and play with classmates of the same age. As a result, age-graded peer groups are the norm both in school and outside it, at virtually every stage of childhood, including infancy. Peers exert a strongly positive influence on socialization because they serve simultaneously as equals and as rivals. During childhood and adolescence, peers are typically friends, and their groups help youngsters learn friendship, tolerance, and cooperation. Because peers stand on roughly equal footing, they can tease, negotiate, and forgive one another without adults stepping in. With peers, children construct shared “worlds” of meaning and become active participants in shaping their own social development. Same-age groups foster teamwork and a sense of collective identity, while also teaching competitive behaviors that are healthy and useful for succeeding in a competitive society.
Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic you just read about.
Read the question below.
You have 18 minutes to plan, write and revise your essay and 2 min to proofread it. Typically, an effective response will contain a minimum of 150-225 words.
Summarize the points made by the professor about same-age peer groups, explaining how they cast doubt on points made in the reading.
Tip: Ideally, write at least 300 words
Writing for an Academic Discussion
For this task, you will read an online discussion. A professor has posted a question about a topic, and some classmates have responded with their ideas.
Write a response that contributes to the discussion. In the actual test, you will have 10 minutes to write your response. It is important to use your own words in the response. Including memorized reasons or examples will result in a lower score.
Writing Practice Task 2
Your professor is teaching a class on sociology. Write a post responding to the professor’s question.
In your response you should:
• express and support your opinion
• make a contribution to the discussion
An effective response will contain at least 100 words. Addressing each student's idea is required, but apart from that, you should try to provide your own perspective.
Write and attach your answer in the form below.
Reading time — 2 minutes
Dr. Diaz:
Over the next few weeks, we are going to look at lots of different materials about the role of television programs and television watching in people’s lives. But first, I want to know what you think about this topic. So here’s a question for the class discussion board:
What do you think is the most significant effect that watching television has on people? Why do you think television has this effect?
Kelly:
I know that one way that television influences people’s behavior is that when you are watching television, you are not moving around or exercising. This is especially true for children. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that when children spend a lot of time watching television, they have a greater tendency to be overweight.
Paul:
I think the main effect that television has on people is to broaden their experience. There are so many programs devoted to nature and travel. Think of all the different places in the world you can experience through television! Last night I watched a program about life in Antarctica, and it was fascinating!