C1 ADVANCED (CAE) : READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 7

1)    TASK INFORMATION:

a)    Part 7 consists of one long text with six gaps numbered 41-46, and it checks your understanding of the overall structure of the text and how it develops its ideas.

b)   Six paragraphs have been removed from the text and placed after it in random order. There is also a seventh paragraph that does not fit in the text at all. These paragraphs are labelled A-G.

c)    You have to decide which of the sections A-G fits in each of the six gaps in the text.

d)   Read the title, and there is often also some general information about the content of the text under the title.

e)   Connecting words or phrases will help you work out how the paragraphs fit together, and words like they, so, there, etc. that refer to other parts of the text will also provide useful clues.

2)  ACTION PLAN:

a)    Read the instruction, the title and any background information.

b)    Read through the text. What is each paragraph about? By making notes next to each paragraph, you see how the text is organised and structured.

c)    Read the sentences A-G carefully one by one, noticing the differences between them.

d)   In both the main text and the paragraphs A-G, underline vocabulary links, reference words such as this or her, and linking expressions.

e)   Look carefully at the words that come before and after the missing paragraph and make sure your choice of paragraphs fits at both ends.

f)    When you have chosen your answers, read through the text with your answers in place. Does it make sense?

g)   In conclusion, by following this process: reading the text carefully once; dealt with the sentences one by one and seen that each of them can only fill one possible gap and avoided reading back and forth between multiple missing sentences and gaps; you are using the quickest and most effective approach to this task.

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