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Barron's writing for the toefl ibt part 34

Tham khảo tài liệu 'barron's writing for the toefl ibt part 34', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 234 Writing for the TOEFL iBT MODEL TEST 3 INDEPENDENT TASK Write an essay on the following topic. Write on your computer or on a piece of paper. Write for no more than 30 minutes. Essay Topic 132 If you could invent something new what product would you develop Use specific details to explain why this invention is needed. Model Tests 235 MODEL TEST 4-INTEGRATED TASK Read the passage for three minutes. The bubonic plague also known as the Black Plague or the Black Death swept through the world during the Middle Ages. Originating in China it left behind a lasting legacy. The worst outbreak of the plague occurred in the mid-1300s. I he deadly disease appeared in China in the early 1330s. Since China was a busy trading nation the plague was soon carried from its ports to the rest of the world. The disease was transmitted to people by fleas. Rats which infested trading ships were the means of transporting the disease-ridden fleas throughout the world. In 1347 several Italian trading ships returned from the Black Sea and docked in Sicily. Unbeknownst to the crew the cargo they carried included plague-carrying rats and a number of the sailors were dying or already dead from the disease. The plague spread quickly from the port to the surrounding countryside and then throughout Italy. By the following year it had reached northern Europe. During the cold season the plague seemed to recede but it returned each spring with renewed vigor when fleas awakened from their winter dormancy. It is estimated that 75 million people worldwide fell victim to the disease within the next five years. In Europe 25 million people one third of the continents population died. The widespread death led to breakdowns in the existing social order. Among other effects the authority of the church weakened and there were peasant uprisings. There continued to be recurrences of the plague every generation or so for the next several centuries though none as terrible as the outbreak of the 1300s. The .