Then go back and answer more difficult questions. If you find that you have exceeded 20 minutes for a particular section, it is best to guess an answer and move on to the next section rather than remain on a particularly difficult question for several minutes. | I i K Step 2 Below is important information from the reading passage above. After each sentence are two possible paraphrases of it. Choose the best paraphrase for each sentence. A. ta B. C. Flooding distributes nutrient-rich silt throughout the river which helps animals and plants along and in the river. 1. Flooding helps animals spread out nutrient-rich silt throughout the river. 2. Wildlife that lives in and near the river benefits from flooding because it spreads out silt. High floodwater helps plants grow which in turn prevents erosion along the banks of the river. 1. Flooding helps plants grow faster though it does not prevent erosion of the riverbank. 2. Plant growth which is encouraged by floodwater helps protect banks from erosion. In the space below write a paraphrase of the main idea of the reading passage. READING LISTENING SPEAKING I PRACTICE TEST Step 3 Q Now listen to a lecture related to the topic in Step 1. Fill in the blanks of the note diagram Below with keywords or key phrases used in the lecture. Track 238 Main idea Flooding Key point 1 Flooding Key point 2 Flooding Key point 3 Flooding reverse to cause something to return to its normal state solve to find an answer or . explanation to something bed the bottom of a river. restore to bring back to a previous state moisten to cause something to become wet wipe out to destroy or eliminate completely uproot to remove something from the ground artificial made or produced by humans not occurring in nature Step 4 Choose the sentences that best combine the main idea and key points from the reading passage S and the lecture. 1. a. Although artificially flooding a river does benefit the river below a dam too much artificial flooding i can harm the river. b. The passage states that flooding a river below a dam is beneficial to the river s ecosystem but T the speaker says that this flooding process can be harmful. 2. a. While the author of the passage writes that flooding provides silt to the river the .
