INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE: READING
READING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST:
READING OVERVIEW
READING SKILLS
VOCABULARY AND REFERENCE
SKILL 1 UNDERSTAND VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT
Reading Exercise 1
Smog
Autism
Parasitic Plants
Edna Ferber
SKILL 2 RECOGNIZE REFERENTS
Reading Exercise 2
Animal Congregation
Chromium Compounds
New World Epidemics
Horatio Alger, Jr.
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-2)
Coral Colonies
SENTENCES
SKILL 3 SIMPLIFY MEANINGS OF SENTENCES
Reading Exercise 3
Camouflage
Post-it Notes
The Pulitzer Prize
Competition and Cooperation
SKILL 4 INSERT SENTENCES INTO THE PASSAGE
Reading Exercise 4
Popcorn
Lions
Accidental Inventions
Uranium
Reading Exercise (Skills 3-4)
Theodore Dreiser
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-4)
Pulsars
DETAILS
SKILL 5 FIND FACTUAL INFORMATION
Reading Exercise 5
Lake Baikal
The Postage Stamp
The Clovis Culture
Brown Dwarfs
SKILL 6 UNDERSTAND NEGATIVE FACTS
Reading Exercise 6
Flatfish
Limestone Caves
Wrigleys Chewing Gum
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Reading Exercise (Skills 5-6)
John Muir
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-6)
Caretaker Speech
INFERENCES
SKILL 7 MAKE INFERENCES FROM STATED FACTS
Reading Exercise 7
Tiger Moths
The Cambrian Explosion
The Golden Age of Comics
The Filibuster
SKILL 8 INFER RHETORICAL PURPOSE
Reading Exercise 8
Xerography
Demographic Change
The Hubble Telescope
Territoriality
Reading Exercise (Skills 7-8)
Ella Deloria
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-8)
Early Autos
READING TO LEARN
SKILL 9 SELECT SUMMARY INFORMATION
Reading Exercise 9
Island Plant Life
Ben and Jerry
The Bald Eagle
Modernism in Art
SKILL 10 COMPLETE SCHEMATIC TABLES
Reading Exercise 10
Sand Dunes
A Surprising Connection
Carnivorous Plants
William Faulkner
Reading Exercise (Skills 9-10)
Species
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-10)
Decisions
READING POST-TEST
Aquatic Schools
SECTION TWO: LISTENING
SECTION THREE: SPEAKING
SECTION FOUR: WRITING
COMPLETE TESTS