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Theycaninferthecentralidea,purpose,andbasiccontextofextendedspokentextsacrossabroadrangeofvocabulary.Theycandothisevenwhentheinformationisnotsupportedbyrepetitionorparaphraseandwhenitisnecessarytoconnectinformationacrossthetext. Theycanunderstanddetailsinshortspokenexchanges,evenwhennegativeconstructionsarepresent,whenthelanguageissyntacticallycomplex,orwhendifficultvocabularyisused. Theycanunderstanddetailsinextendedspokentexts,evenwhenitisnecessarytoconnectinformationacrossthetextandwhenthisinformationisnotsupportedbyrepetition.Theycanunderstanddetailswhentheinformationisparaphrasedorwhennegativeconstructionsarepresent. Testtakerswhoreceiveascoreatthisleveltypicallyhaveweaknessesonlywhenuncommongrammarorvocabularyisused. 370～275 Theycansometimesinferthecentralidea,purpose,andbasiccontextofshortspokenexchanges,especiallywhenthevocabularyisnotdifficult. Theycanunderstandthecentralidea,purpose,andbasiccontextofextendedspokentextswhenthisinformationissupportedbyrepetitionorparaphrase. Theycanunderstanddetailsinshortspokenexchangeswheneasyormedium-levelvocabularyisused. Theycanunderstanddetailsinextendedspokentextswhentheinformationissupportedbyrepetitionandwhentherequestedinformationcomesatthebeginningorendofthespokentext.Theycanunderstanddetailswhentheinformationisslightlyparaphrased. Theyhavedifficultyunderstandingthecentralidea,purpose,andbasiccontextofshortspokenexchangeswhenconversationalresponsesareindirectordifficulttopredictorwhenthevocabularyisdifficult. Theydonotunderstandthecentralidea,purpose,andbasiccontextofextendedspokentextswhenitisnecessarytoconnectinformationwithinthetextorwhendifficultvocabularyisused. Theydonotunderstanddetailsinshortspokenexchangeswhenlanguageissyntacticallycomplexorwhendifficultvocabularyisused.Theydonotusuallyunderstanddetailsthatincludenegativeconstructions. Theydonotunderstanddetailsinextendedspokentextswhenitisnecessarytoconnectinformationacrossthetextorwhentheinformationisnotsupportedbyrepetition.Theydonotunderstandmostparaphrasedinformationordifficultgrammaticalconstructions. 270～5 Theycanunderstandshort(single-sentence)descriptionsofthecentralideaofaphotograph. Theycansometimesunderstandthecentralidea,purpose,andbasiccontextofextendedspokentextswhenthisinformationissupportedbyalotofrepetitionandeasyvocabulary. Theycanunderstanddetailsinshortspokenexchangesanddescriptionsofphotographswhenthevocabularyiseasyandwhenthereisonlyasmallamountoftextthatmustbeunderstood. Theycanunderstanddetailsinextendedspokentextswhentherequestedinformationcomesatthebeginningorendofthetextandwhenitmatchesthewordsinthespokentext. Testtakerswhoscorebelow170mayhavesomeofthesamestrengthsastesttakerswhoscorearound200,buttheirperformanceislikelytobelessconsistent.Testtakerswhoscorearound200typicallyhavethestrengthsdescribedintheboxabove. Theydonotunderstandthecentralidea,purpose,orbasiccontextofshortspokenexchanges,evenwhenthelanguageisdirectandnounexpectedinformationispresent. Theydonotunderstandthecentralidea,purpose,andbasiccontextofextendedspokentextswhenitisnecessarytoconnectinformationacrossthetextorwhenthevocabularyissomewhatdifficult. Theydonotunderstanddetailsinshortspokenexchangeswhensomewhatdifficultvocabularyisusedorwhenthelanguageissyntacticallycomplex.Theydonotunderstanddetailsthatincludenegativeconstructions. Theydonotunderstanddetailsinextendedspokentextswhentherequestedinformationisheardinthemiddleofthetext.Theydonotunderstandparaphrasedinformationordifficultgrammaticalconstructions. ReadingSection Score Strength Weakness 495～425 Theycaninferthecentralideaandpurposeofawrittentext,andtheycanmakeinferencesaboutdetails. Theycanreadformeaning.Theycanunderstandfactualinformation,evenwhenitisparaphrased. Theycanconnectinformationacrossanentiretext,andtheycanmakeconnectionsbetweentworelatedtexts. Theycanunderstandabroadrangeofvocabulary,unusualmeaningsofcommonwords,andidiomaticusage.Theycanalsomakedistinctionsbetweenthemeaningsofcloselyrelatedwords. Theycanunderstandrule-basedgrammaticalstructures.Theycanalsounderstanddifficult,complex,anduncommongrammaticalconstructions Testtakerswhoscorearound450typicallyhaveweaknessesonlywhentheinformationtestedisparticularlydenseorinvolvesdifficultvocabulary. 420～325 Theycaninferthecentralideaandpurposeofawrittentext,andtheycanmakeinferencesaboutdetails. Theycanreadformeaning.Theycanunderstandfactualinformation,evenwhenitisparaphrased. Theycanconnectinformationacrossasmallareawithinatext,evenwhenthevocabularyandgrammarofthetextaredifficult. Theycanunderstandmedium-levelvocabulary.Theycansometimesunderstanddifficultvocabularyincontext,unusualmeaningsofcommonwords,andidiomaticusage. Theycanunderstandrule-basedgrammaticalstructures.Theycanalsounderstanddifficult,complex,anduncommongrammaticalconstructions. Theydonotconnectinformationacrossawideareawithinatext. Theydonotconsistentlyunderstanddifficultvocabulary,unusualmeaningsofcommonwords,oridiomaticusage.Theyusuallycannotmakedistinctionsbetweenthemeaningsofcloselyrelatedwords. 320～225 Theycanmakesimpleinferencesbasedonalimitedamountoftext. Theycanlocatethecorrectanswertoafactualquestionwhenthelanguageofthetextmatchestheinformationthatisrequired.Theycansometimesanswerafactualquestionwhentheanswerisasimpleparaphraseoftheinformationinthetext. Theycansometimesconnectinformationwithinoneortwosentences. Theycanunderstandeasyvocabulary,andtheycansometimesunderstandmedium-levelvocabulary. Theycanunderstandcommon,rule-basedgrammaticalstructures.Theycanmakecorrectgrammaticalchoices,evenwhenotherfeaturesoflanguage,suchasdifficultvocabularyortheneedtoconnectinformation,arepresent. Theydonotunderstandinferencesthatrequireparaphraseorconnectinginformation. Theyhaveaverylimitedabilitytounderstandfactualinformationexpressedasaparaphraseusingdifficultvocabulary.Theyoftendependonfindingwordsandphrasesinthetextthatmatchthesamewordsandphrasesinthequestion. Theyusuallydonotconnectinformationbeyondtwosentences. Theydonotunderstanddifficultvocabulary,unusualmeaningsofcommonwords,oridiomaticusage.Theyusuallycannotmakedistinctionsbetweenthemeaningsofcloselyrelatedwords. Theydonotunderstandmore-difficult,complex,oruncommongrammaticalconstructions. 220～5 Theycanlocatethecorrectanswertoafactualquestionwhennotverymuchreadingisnecessaryandwhenthelanguageofthetextmatchestheinformationthatisrequired. Theycanunderstandeasyvocabularyandcommonphrases. Theycanunderstandthemost-common,rule-basedgrammaticalstructureswhennotverymuchreadingisnecessary. Testtakerswhoscorebelow120mayhavesomeofthesamestrengthsastesttakerswhoscorearound150,buttheirperformanceislikelytobelessconsistent.Testtakerswhoscorearound150typicallyhavethestrengthsdescribedintheboxabove. Theycannotmakeinferencesaboutinformationinwrittentexts. Theydonotunderstandparaphrasedfactualinformation.Theyrelyonmatchingwordsandphrasesinthetexttoanswerquestions. Theyareoftenunabletoconnectinformationevenwithinasinglesentence. Theyunderstandonlyalimitedrangeofvocabulary. Theydonotunderstandeveneasygrammaticalconstructionswhenotherlanguagefeatures,suchasdifficultvocabularyortheneedtoconnectinformation,arealsorequired. 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