UNIT 19: OFFICE SUPPLIES

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UNIT 10: SHORT TALKS
A. TELEPHONE MESSAGE

Sample Talk:

Listen and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

Listen to three talks and choose the best answer to each question.

Practice Test: You will hear some talks. You will be asked to answer three questions about what
the speaker says in each talk. Select the best response to each question.

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 B. ADVERTISEMENT

Sample Talk:

Listen and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

Listen to three talks and choose the best answer to each question.

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the speaker says in each talk. Select the best response to each question.

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UNIT 10: QUESTIONS TYPES

Tips:
✓ Most often, you can find the topic or purpose of a passage at the beginning of the passage.
✓ One of the answers given may be the paraphrased statement.

Practice 1:
Read the following advertisement and answer the question below.

Read the following memo and answer the question below.

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Read the following advertisement and answer the questions below.

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Tips:
✓ First, you should read the question carefully. Then, scan the relevant part in the reading
passage to find out the answer to it.
✓ Be careful with misleading answers which use the same wording as that in the reading
passage.

Practice 2:
Read the following announcement and answer the question below.

Read the following letter and answer the question below.

Read the following advertisement and answer the questions below.

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Tips:
✓ Read all the answer choices. Then, read the passage to find out the information that is not
true or mentioned.
✓ Be careful with the answer choices that uses the same wording as that in the reading
passage.

Practice 3:
Read the following advertisement and answer the question below.

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Read the following letter and answer the question below.

Read the following advertisement and answer the questions below.

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Tips:
✓ Be aware that you probably have to draw conclusions and then answer the inference
question.
✓ Do not take anything directly stated by the author as an answer. You will have to go through
the passage logically to find the correct answer.

Practice 4:
Read the following announcement and answer the question below.

Read the following article and answer the question below.

Read the following letter and answer the questions below.

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Tips:
✓ If you do not know the new word being asked, try to read the passage to locate where it
occurs and guess its meaning from the context.
✓ Be careful with some familiar words. You may have known their meanings, but they may
have different meanings in business context reading passages.

Practice 5:
Read the following memo and answer the question below.

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Read the following letter and answer the question below.

Read the following letter and answer the questions below.

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