Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Paper 1 Reading
Final Tips
By Emmett Poon
Choosing B1 or B2?
2012 B1 B1 B2
B1 B2 B1 Level 4 B1
Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Poems,
Songs, Drama Scripts, Novels B1 Language
Arts
Time allocation
Part A
30 minutes
Part B2
60 minutes
40 minutes
Part B1
50 minutes
Skip those questions if you have no ideas at that moment. Come back to the
question later on
You can do the questions randomly, that means no need to follow the order. Some of
the questions can be easily done in a short period of time.
If abnormality occurs and the above time allocation cannot be worked out
effectively. Make sure you also need to follow the follow rule:
1 mark = 0.8 minutes = 48 seconds
Summary Cloze
Locate the answer by the key words and language items in the summary cloze
Remember to have language and pronoun adaptation
For those which you are required to use one word, summarize the terms into a single
word (e.g. father and mother parents)
Open-ended Question
The questions may ask you for your opinions or summarize the ideas from the passage
Remember to have a clear idea and topic sentence followed by the elaboration
If necessary, quote from the reading passage
About Love
About Friendship
About Family
About Nature
As the extract of the novel is selected from a relatively long story, just treat the text as a
minor event in the passage with a few actions from the characters