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    RW.1-3 · Key reading: messages and short texts

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    What this topic covers

    A2 Key (KET) 剑桥A2入门考试 starts with Reading and Writing Part 1–3: short, real-world texts. Notices, text messages, signs, and one longer text with multiple-choice questions.

    • Part 1: six short notices or messages; choose what each one says (A, B or C).
    • Part 2: three short texts on the same topic — usually three people writing about it. Seven questions; for each question, choose the text (A, B or C) that says it.
    • Part 3: one longer text with five 3-option questions.
    • Memory hook: Parts 1–3 are the street 街道, not the library. Everything is a sign, a note or a message — read it like you read a shop window.
    • Always check the current format in the official Cambridge handbook 官方手册; these notes teach the strategy, not the rulebook.

    Part 1: read the notice like a detective

    Six tiny texts: a sign, a note, a message. Each has three options, and two of them are traps.

    • The trap options usually repeat words from the text but twist the meaning. The correct answer says the same thing in different words 同义转述.
    • Example: "Mum: Your football is at Sam's house. He found it in the garden." — A) Sam lost the football. B) Sam found the football. C) The football is in the garden. → B. C repeats the garden word but the ball has moved on; that is the trap shape.
    • Strategy 策略: read the text, say its meaning in one Chinese sentence, then find the option that matches your sentence — not the option that matches the words.

    Part 2: which text says it?

    Three short texts about one topic — usually three people (A, B and C) writing about the same thing: their hobbies, a journey, a club. Seven questions; each question names a detail, and exactly one text contains it.

    • Skim the three texts first: one line each — who is A, who is B, who is C, and what does each one say? Then the questions tell you what to hunt 寻找.
    • The question is the target, not the topic. Who says the class was too expensive? — all three may mention the class; only one mentions the price. Match the detail, not the topic.
    • ⚠ The trap texts share the words of the question. If two texts say weekend, the answer is the one that says what the question actually asks about the weekend. Read to the end of the sentence.
    • Memory hook: each question is a photograph 照片; only one text is the place it was taken.

    Part 3: the longer text

    One text, five questions, in order.

    • The questions follow the text order — question 2's answer comes after question 1's answer in the text. Use the order as a map 地图.
    • Find the part of the text, read two lines before and after, then choose.
    • ⚠ Don't answer from your own knowledge 常识. The text is the truth, even when it's about pandas and you know everything about pandas.
    • If a question asks about the writer's purpose 写作目的 or feeling, find the feeling words (amazed, disappointed, relieved), not the facts.

    Watch out: traps for Chinese speakers

    • ⚠ Translating word by word kills time. 60 minutes for 7 parts is tight. Read for meaning in chunks 语块, not word by word.
    • ⚠ The word-match trap is designed for you. If an option copies the text's exact words, be suspicious 怀疑的: Cambridge rewords correct answers and copies wrong ones.
    • ⚠ Don't leave blanks. No negative marking — a guess beats a gap.
    • ⚠ Answer on the answer sheet as you go. There is no transfer time in Reading & Writing. The answer sheet is the exam; the question paper is scratch paper 草稿纸.

    Try it

    Read this note: "Tom — the library closes at 5 today, not 6. Bring my book back before then, or I can't renew it. — Ana"

    1. Ana wants Tom to — A) return the book after 5. B) return the book before 5. C) renew the book himself.
    2. The library today — A) opens at 5. B) closes earlier than usual. C) is closed.

    Answers: 1 B (before then = before 5). 2 B (closes at 5, not 6 — earlier than usual). A in question 1 is the word-match trap: it repeats "5" but reverses the meaning.

    Now a miniature Part 2. Three friends write about their weekend:

    • A (Mia): "I stayed home and watched a film with my brother. The tickets for the match were too expensive."
    • B (Leo): "My cousins visited, so we all went to the football match. Great seats!"
    • C (Zoe): "I watched the match on TV with my dad. I never pay for tickets."
    1. Who went to the match? 2. Who mentions the price of tickets?

    Answers: 1 B — Mia and Zoe both mention the match, but only Leo went; the word match is the bait twice. 2 A — Leo's match and Zoe's tickets are both traps; only Mia says they were too expensive.

    Check yourself

    Answer first, then read the explanation.

    1. An option copies the text's exact words. — Be suspicious. Correct answers are reworded.
    2. Part 2: the question asks who went with a friend, and two texts mention friends. — Read the detail, not the topic word. Only one text says what the question asks; the other just shares the word.
    3. Part 3, question 3 — its answer sits between answers 2 and 4 in the text. The order is a map.
    4. A question asks how the writer felt. — Find the feeling words, not the facts.
    5. Blank answer at the end? — Guess. No negative marking; a guess beats a gap.
    English 日本語
    A2 Key (KET) A2 Key (KET)
    street/striːt/ street
    official handbook/əˈfɪʃl ˈhændbʊk/ official handbook
    paraphrase/ˈpærəfreɪz/ paraphrase
    strategy/ˈstrætədʒi/ strategy
    hunt/hʌnt/ hunt
    photograph/ˈfəʊtəɡræf/ photograph
    map/mæp/ map
    knowledge/ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ knowledge
    purpose/ˈpɜːpəs/ purpose
    chunks/tʃʌŋks/ chunks
    suspicious/səˈspɪʃəs/ suspicious
    scratch paper/skrætʃ ˈpeɪpə/ scratch paper
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    RW.4-5 · Key cloze: vocabulary and grammar in context

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    2.1

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    部分 4 と 5 は クローズ(穴埋め) 部分:空白を含む短い文章である。部分 4 は各空白に対して3つの語彙選択肢を示す。部分 5 は選択肢を一切示さず文法のみを問う。これら全体が A2 Key(Key English)における「文脈での語彙と文法」のエンジンとなる。

    • 部分 4: 6つの空白があり、それぞれ3つの選択肢から選ぶ。これは 語彙の使い分け(コロケーション、意味、句動詞) を問う。
    • 部分 5: 短いメールに6つの空白がある(メールとその返信を含むこともある)。選択肢はなく、各空白に1語填入する。冠詞、前置詞、代名詞、助動詞など、小さな文法用語が入る。
    • 記憶のフック:部分 4 は 棚から選ぶ店 のようである。部分 5 は 台所 のようで、文が与える情報から自分自身で言葉を調理(作成)する必要がある。
    English 日本語
    cloze/kləʊz/ cloze
    collocation/ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃn/ collocation
    phrasal verbs/ˈfreɪzl vɜːbz/ phrasal verbs
    auxiliary/ɔːkˈsɪlɪəri/ auxiliary
    camouflage/ˈkæməflɑːʒ/ camouflage
    2.2

    部分 4: 棚から選ぶ

    3つの選択肢があり、通常はすべて「あり得る英語」だが、正解は この特定の文 にのみ合うものだけである。

    • コロケーションが最重要だ。 We ___ a great time. A) made B) had C) took → had (have a great time が固定表現だから)。他の2つは正しい単語だが、 misplaced(間違った場所にある)のだ。
    • 空白だけでなく 文全体 を読むこと。正解が後方に3語分隠れていることが多い例:She is very fond ___ cats. → of (fond of はセットで使われる表現。棚ではペアのみ販売されている)。
    • ⚠ 2つの選択肢がともによさそうに思える場合、片方はあなたが無視している隣接語とコロケーションしている可能性が高い。空白の左右の隣接語を再読すること。
    2.3

    部分 5: 言葉を自作する

    選択肢なし。各空白に1語填入し、正解のパターンは predictable(予測可能)である:

    空白の役割 一般的な正解
    冠詞 a, an, the
    前置詞 in, on, at, for, with, by
    代名詞 it, they, who, which
    助動詞 / 補助動詞 can, will, would, do, is, are, has
    接続詞 and, but, so, because, when, if
    • A1とA2で学んだ文法が正解のヒントです:冠詞(A2トピック 7)、時間・場所の前置詞、there is、疑問詞、助動詞。
    • 例:I have lived here ___ 2019. → since。 ___ you like tea? → Do。A2の復習はここでその価値を発揮します。
    • ⚠ スペルも重要。 正しい単語でも間違って書けば、それは間違いの語句です。 whent は点数も同情もありません。
    2.4

    クローズのリズム

    1. 何も書かずにまず全体を読む。 物語を把握する。
    2. その後、穴を一つずつ埋めていく。そのたびに完全な文を読み進める。
    3. 完成した本文を再読する。頭の中で不自然に聞こえるなら、それは間違いである。
    • 記憶のフック:最初の読み込みは地図、穴は道路、再読はドライブである。
    2.5

    中国語話者向け:罠に注意

    • ⚠ 冠詞の穴は失点の温床。 中国語には冠詞がないため、a/the の穴は目に見えないように感じるかもしれない。しかし、それらは目に見えず、迷彩をまとった無料の得点ポイントなのだ。
    • ⚠ 一語のみ。 Part 5にはちょうど一つの単語が入る。 "in the" を一つの穴に入れるのは二つの単語であり、得点はゼロだ。
    • ⚠ 珍しい単語を考えないで。 答えは必ず小さな一般的な語である。もしあなたの答えが serendipity なら、その穴には so が求められているのだ。
    • ⚠ 大文字を確認する。 文頭にある穴には大文字が必要。 There であり、there ではない。
    2.6

    やってみよう

    Last summer, I went to the beach ___ my family. We stayed ___ a small hotel near the sea. The weather ___ perfect, so we swam every day. I have never had ___ a good holiday. I will never forget it.

    正解:with · in/at · was · such。 (such a good holiday — コロケーション棚の再登壇。 so なら so good a holiday となり、誰にもそんな時間はない。)

    2.7

    自己チェック

    まず答えを記し、その後に解説を読むこと。

    1. We ___ a great time. — had。コロケーションが決める。
    2. I have lived here ___ 2019. — since。スタートライン、A2から。
    3. パート 5、選択肢なし — 小さな文法語1つ: 冠詞、前置詞、代名詞、助動詞、接続詞。
    4. 意味は合っているが誤字 — 得点なし。正字法が問われる。
    5. "in the" を一つの空白に — 不正解。各空白には語句を一つずつ入れる。
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    RW.6 · Key writing: a message of at least 25 words

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    3.1

    What this topic covers

    Part 6 of the Reading & Writing paper: write a short message 留言 — a note, email or postcard — of at least 25 words, answering a friend's message. The friend's message always contains three things to do: usually two questions and one request or suggestion.

    • Example task: your friend invites you to a picnic. Say yes. Say what food you can bring. Ask what time it starts.
    • Memory hook: the task is a menu with three dishes 三道菜. Serve all three, in order, and the marks follow.
    • ⚠ Under 25 words loses marks; the count includes everything, so count.
    • The tone is friendly: short forms are welcome (I'm, can't, let's). This is the one exam where I'm is not just allowed but encouraged.
    English 日本語
    message/ˈmesɪdʒ/ message
    a menu with three dishes/ə ˈmenjuː wɪð θriː ˈdɪʃɪz/ a menu with three dishes
    3.2

    The menu method

    1. Circle the three jobs in the task before writing a word.
    2. Write one or two sentences per job, in order.
    3. Open with Hi / Dear + name and close with See you / Best / Write soon + your name.

    A full answer to the picnic task:

    Hi Sam, I'd love to come to the picnic! I can bring some fruit and drinks. What time does it start? See you, Lin

    Three jobs, three sentences, 25+ words. Done. The exam rewards completeness 完整性 over beauty — a correct boring answer beats a beautiful one that forgot the drinks.

    English 日本語
    completeness/kəmˈpliːtnəs/ completeness
    3.3

    The bank of useful sentences

    Job The sentence
    accept I'd love to come. / That sounds great!
    refuse politely I'm sorry, but I can't come.
    offer I can bring some drinks. / Shall I bring anything?
    ask What time does it start? / Where shall we meet?
    suggest Let's meet at the gate. / How about the park?
    • Questions are free marks: What time? Where? Who else is coming? — one per task, word-for-word from the A1 question machine.
    • ⚠ Every question needs its flip: "What time it starts?" ✗ → What time does it start? Topic A1-9's flip still collects marks.
    3.4

    Watch out: traps for Chinese speakers

    • ⚠ Don't skip a job. Three jobs = the shape of the marks. One missing job is a missing dish; the examiners notice the empty plate.
    • ⚠ Don't write a novel. 30–40 words is the sweet spot 最佳点. A 120-word masterpiece spends time Part 7 needs, and long answers grow error trees.
    • ⚠ Register 语域: friendly, not formal. No Dear Sir, no Yours faithfully. It's a friend: Hi Sam — See you — Lin.
    • ⚠ Check the three classics: third-person -s (it starts), articles (a picnic, the park), and verb forms after can/can't (I can bring). Sixty seconds of checking is worth more than a fourth sentence.
    English 日本語
    sweet spot/swiːt spɒt/ sweet spot
    register/ˈredʒɪstə/ The style of language chosen for a particular audience, purpose or situation.
    3.5

    Try it

    Your friend Mia writes: "I'm having a birthday dinner on Friday. Can you come? Tell me what food you like. And could you bring your guitar?"

    Write the reply (25+ words). Cover: yes/no, the food, the guitar.

    Model: Hi Mia, I'd love to come! I like fish and rice, please. I'll bring my guitar, no problem. See you on Friday! — Alex (29 words; all three dishes served.)

    3.6

    Check yourself

    Answer first, then read the explanation.

    1. How many jobs in a Part 6 task? — Three. Serve all three.
    2. "What time it starts?" — ✗ → What time does it start? The flip collects marks.
    3. 20 words — too few. Under 25 loses marks; count.
    4. Dear Sir / Yours faithfully — ✗ → Hi Sam / See you. A friend, not a bank.
    5. A perfect answer that forgot the guitar — loses a dish. Completeness over beauty.
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    RW.7 · Key writing: a three-picture story

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    4.1

    What this topic covers

    Part 7: write a short story of at least 35 words from three pictures. The pictures show a beginning, a middle and an end; you supply the words.

    • Look at all three pictures before writing: the story is already there — you are narrating 讲述 it, not inventing it.
    • Memory hook: the pictures are a comic 漫画 with no speech bubbles. You are the bubbles.
    • The marks reward: covering all three pictures, past tenses used correctly, and connectors 连接词 that move time forward.
    • This is where the A2/B1 grammar pays you back: the past simple carries the events, connectors carry the time.
    English 日本語
    narrating/nəˈreɪtɪŋ/ narrating
    comic/ˈkɒmɪk/ comic
    connectors/kəˈnektəz/ connectors
    4.2

    The story machine

    1. Name the pictures: a rainy street — a broken umbrella — a warm shop. Three nouns = your skeleton 骨架.
    2. One or two sentences per picture, past simple, in order.
    3. Add one feeling and one connector per picture: suddenly, then, after that, luckily, finally.

    A model:

    It was raining hard, and Tom was walking to school. Suddenly, his umbrella broke in the wind! He was cold and wet. Luckily, a small café was open, so he went in and had a hot chocolate. He arrived at school late, but happy.

    Five sentences, three pictures, one broken umbrella. 60 words — safely over 35.

    English 日本語
    skeleton/ˈskelɪtn/ skeleton
    4.3

    The tense toolkit for stories

    Tool Job in the story
    past simple the events: his umbrella broke
    past continuous the background: it was raining
    a feeling adjective cold, wet, worried, happy
    a connector suddenly, then, luckily, finally
    • ⚠ The whole story lives in the past. Don't drift into the present halfway: "He goes into the café" ✗ — He went into the café.
    • One background sentence (it was raining) upgrades the story from a police report to a film. The B2 narrative cameras work at A2 too.
    4.4

    Watch out: traps for Chinese speakers

    • ⚠ Don't describe; narrate. "There is a boy. He has an umbrella." is a description, not a story. Stories move: It was raining. His umbrella broke. He found a café.
    • ⚠ Past tense consistency 时态一致 is the big mark-loser. Write, then re-read once, checking only the verbs: every event in the past simple.
    • ⚠ The third picture matters. Students spend so long on picture 1 that picture 3 gets one sad sentence. Budget 时间分配: roughly equal lines per picture.
    • ⚠ Spelling of story words: suddenly, finally, luckily — learn the spellings; they appear in every story you will ever write.
    English 日本語
    tense consistency/tens kənˈsɪstənsi/ The big mark-loser.
    budget/ˈbʌdʒɪt/ budget
    4.5

    Try it

    Three practice pictures for the story: 1 a boy asleep in bed while the clock shows 8:30; 2 the boy running to the bus stop as the bus drives away; 3 a neighbour waving from her car while the boy stands beside it

    Author-drawn practice pictures, not official Cambridge artwork. In the exam the three pictures are real drawings; here they are the three panels above. Write 35+ words. Model:

    Jack woke up late and felt terrible. He ran to the bus stop, but the bus had already left. Luckily, his neighbour saw him and drove him to school. Jack was on time — and very grateful 感激的.

    English 日本語
    grateful/ˈɡreɪtfl/ grateful
    4.6

    Check yourself

    Answer first, then read the explanation.

    1. Minimum length? — 35 words. Over is safe; under loses marks.
    2. "He goes into the café" in a past story — ✗ → went. The story lives in the past.
    3. The pictures show rain — open with the background: It was raining. The film, not the police report.
    4. Picture 3 gets one sad sentence — ✗ → equal lines per picture. The ending carries marks.
    5. suddenly / finally / luckily — learn the spellings. They appear in every story.
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    L.1-3 · Key listening: visual choices, notes and conversations

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    5.1

    What this topic covers

    The A2 Key Listening paper: about 30 minutes, five parts, and every recording plays twice. Parts 1–3 test detail 细节: what you see, what you write, what you choose.

    • Part 1: five short conversations, each with a picture question — three images, choose the right one.
    • Part 2: a longer talk; fill five gaps in notes with a word, number, date or time.
    • Part 3: a longer conversation; five 3-option questions.
    • Memory hook: listening is a movie played twice 放两遍的电影. The first watch is for the story; the second is for the answers.
    • The pause before each part is reading time. Use it: preview 预读 the questions, always.
    English 日本語
    detail/ˈdiːteɪl/ detail
    a movie played twice/ə ˈmuːvi pleɪd twaɪs/ a movie played twice
    preview/ˈpriːvjuː/ preview
    5.2

    Part 1: the picture question

    Three pictures differ in one detail: three times, three objects, three places.

    • Before listening, name the difference between the pictures: eight / half past / nine — the clock question. bike / bus / car — the transport question.
    • ⚠ All three options are usually mentioned. The man says: "I wanted the eight o'clock train, but I missed it, so I took the nine one." All three times appear; only one is the answer. The recording is a rumour; the question is the truth.
    • The answer words come reworded: the picture shows a dog, the voice says "my pet".
    5.3

    Part 2: the note gaps

    Write a word, number, date or time in each gap.

    • The gaps are predictable: name, day, time, price, place. The notes tell you what to listen for before the voice says a word.
    • ⚠ Spell the names right. Names are spelled aloud on the recording: "It's M-A-R-I-A." Write letters as they come.
    • ⚠ Numbers love traps: thirteen vs thirty, 8:15 vs 8:50. The recording says the wrong one first and corrects itself. Wait for the correction; the first number is bait 诱饵.
    • ⚠ One or two words per gap. Three words is a wrong answer wearing a hat.
    English 日本語
    bait/beɪt/ bait
    5.4

    Part 3: the conversation

    Five questions about a longer conversation, in order.

    • The questions follow the conversation order — the same map as reading Part 3.
    • Listen for agreement 达成一致: the answer is what they decide, not what they first say. "Shall we meet at six?" — "Six is too early. Seven?" — "Fine, seven." → the answer is seven.
    • ⚠ The first suggestion 建议 is usually not the decision. Listening exams run on changed minds.
    English 日本語
    agreement/əˈɡriːmənt/ agreement
    suggestion/səˈdʒestʃn/ suggestion
    5.5

    Watch out: traps for Chinese speakers

    • ⚠ Don't translate while listening. The recording doesn't wait. Train yourself to hold meaning in English: hear "the nine one" and see the clock picture, not the Chinese sentence.
    • ⚠ Numbers, days and months are the free marks: drill 操练 thirteen/thirty, Monday…Sunday, January…December until they're reflexes 条件反射.
    • ⚠ The second listening is for checking, not for starting. Answer on the first play, confirm on the second. Students who "wait for the second time" discover the second time is for people who already answered.
    • ⚠ Never leave a gap blank. A guessed word costs nothing; an empty gap costs a mark.
    English 日本語
    drill/drɪl/ drill
    reflexes/ˈriːfleksɪz/ reflexes
    5.6

    Try it

    Teacher-read rehearsal 排练: this page has no recording. Ask your teacher to read the text aloud twice, exactly like the exam — or read it yourself to rehearse the method. The real test is listening, not reading.

    A voice says: "The museum opens at nine, but on Sundays it's half past nine. Tickets are five pounds, or three for students."

    Notes: Museum — Sunday opening time: ___ · student ticket: £___

    Answers: 9.30 · 3. The nine is bait; the Sunday correction is the answer. The five is bait; the student price is three.

    English 日本語
    rehearsal/rɪˈhɜːsl/ rehearsal
    5.7

    Check yourself

    Answer first, then read the explanation.

    1. How many times is each recording played? — Twice. First for the story, second for the check.
    2. Three pictures show clocks — name the difference before listening: eight / half past / nine.
    3. "I wanted the eight o'clock train… took the nine one." — nine. The first number is bait.
    4. The name is spelled aloud — write the letters as they come: M-A-R-I-A.
    5. Blank gap? — Guess. An empty gap costs a mark; a guess costs nothing.
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    L.4-5 · Key listening: gist and matching

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    6.1

    What this topic covers

    Listening Parts 4 and 5 change the question. Parts 1–3 asked for details; Parts 4–5 ask for the gist 主旨 — the main idea, the speaker's feeling, the purpose of the talk — and for matching 配对.

    • Part 4: five short talks or conversations, each with one question: What is the speaker doing? How does she feel? Why is he calling?
    • Part 5: one longer conversation and a matching task — match five items to eight lettered options, A–H (e.g. five friends to the activities they choose). Three options are never used.
    • Memory hook: Parts 1–3 ask what exactly? Parts 4–5 ask so what? The answer is the meaning, not the words.
    English 日本語
    gist/dʒɪst/ gist
    matching/ˈmætʃɪŋ/ matching
    6.2

    Part 4: the gist question

    Each short recording has one question about the big picture.

    • The questions are usually: What is the speaker's job? How does the girl feel? Why is the man calling? What are they talking about?
    • ⚠ The detail words are bait. "I love the smell of fresh bread in the bakery" — the question is What is her job? She is a baker, not a customer who likes bread. The smell is bait; the job is the answer.
    • Listen for the purpose verbs: I'm calling to apologise / to invite / to complain / to remind. The verb after calling to is the answer.
    • Feelings come through tone 语气 and adjectives: "That's fantastic!" (delighted), "I don't believe it…" (surprised), "Oh no, not again" (annoyed).
    English 日本語
    tone/təʊn/ tone
    6.3

    Part 5: the matching task

    A conversation where people choose things: five friends choosing from eight activities (A–H); five guests, eight dishes. Three options will be left over — nobody chooses them.

    • The extra options are not decoration: they hold the rejected choices. "I wanted the pasta, but they're out of it, so the fish." → the fish. The pasta stays in the list, waiting for you.
    • Strategy: as each person speaks, write a mark 记号 by their choice — a tick for chosen, a cross for rejected. Don't write the final letter until they finish speaking.
    • ⚠ The rejected options are the answer list's traps. Each rejected dish will sit in the options, waiting for you.
    English 日本語
    mark (notation)/mɑːk/ mark (notation)
    6.4

    Watch out: traps for Chinese speakers

    • ⚠ Gist questions punish word-catching. If you grab bread and answer customer, the bakery trick worked. Ask yourself: what is the whole sentence about?
    • ⚠ Feelings are not facts. How does she feel? is answered by adjectives and tone, not by events. The event is the evidence; the feeling is the answer.
    • ⚠ Matching needs a system. Ticks and crosses while listening; letters at the end. Students who assign letters mid-sentence meet the correction and lose both marks.
    • ⚠ Don't panic at one missed item. The parts are independent; a missed gist question is one mark, not a disaster. The next recording starts fresh — so should you.
    6.5

    Try it

    Teacher-read rehearsal 排练: no recording here — your teacher reads each text aloud twice, like the exam, and you listen without reading. The transcript is the script, not the task.

    A girl says: "Hi Dad, I'm at the station. The six o'clock train was cancelled 取消, so I'm taking the seven one. Don't wait dinner for me."

    Why is she calling? A) to buy a ticket B) to give news about her journey C) to invite her father to dinner. Answer: B. The ticket and the dinner are bait; the purpose is the news.

    Matching: "Tom wanted the pasta, but they're out of it, so the fish. Anna never eats fish; she'll have the salad." → Tom: fish, Anna: salad. The pasta sits in the options, waiting.

    English 日本語
    rehearsal/rɪˈhɜːsl/ rehearsal
    cancelled/ˈkænsld/ cancelled
    6.6

    Check yourself

    Answer first, then read the explanation.

    1. Gist question: How does she feel? — Listen for adjectives and tone, not the events.
    2. "I'm calling to apologise." — the purpose verb is the answer: to apologise.
    3. "I wanted the pasta, but they're out of it, so the fish." — the fish. Rejected options are traps.
    4. In matching, assign letters mid-sentence? — No: ticks and crosses first, letters at the end.
    5. One missed gist question — one mark, not a disaster. The next recording starts fresh; so should you.
  • 7

    S.1-2 · Key speaking: interview and collaborative discussion

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    7.1

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    A2 Key Speakingテスト:8–10分間、ペアと共に、二人の受験官が行う。これは試験の中で最も和やかな部分であり、尋問ではなく対話である。

    • Part 1:インタビュー。受験官があなたの名前、学校、趣味、家族、住まいについて聞く。
    • Part 2:協働的なディスカッション。あなたとペアが五枚の絵を見て話し合う:どれが好きか、なぜ、何を選ぶか。
    • メモリーのフック:Part 1 は親しいchat(会話)、Part 2 はクラスメイトとの旅行計画。どちらもすでに経験のある対話だが、英語で行い、点数がつく。
    • 受験官が求めるのは:明確な回答、ペアとの相互作用、日常語彙である。長文演説は求めない。
    English 日本語
    partner/ˈpɑːtnə/ partner
    interrogation/ɪnˌterəˈɡeɪʃn/ interrogation
    friendly chat/ˈfrendli tʃæt/ friendly chat
    interaction/ˌɪntəˈrækʃn/ interaction
    sandwich/ˈsændwɪtʃ/ sandwich
    rehearsed/rɪˈhɜːst/ rehearsed
    monologue/ˈmɒnəʊlɒɡ/ monologue
    recite/rɪˈsaɪt/ recite
    describe around it/dɪˈskraɪb əˈraʊnd ɪt/ describe around it
    audibility/ˌɔːdəˈbɪlɪti/ audibility
    plant (zhíwù)/plænt/ plant (zhíwù)
    7.2

    Part 1:インタビュー

    完全な文で答え、一問あたり二〜三文程度。

    • どこに住んでいますか? — ✗ 「北京。」 → 「私は公園近くのアパートで北京に住んでいます。静かで好きです。」 回答+詳細+理由。
    • メモリーフック:すべての回答はサンドイッチにする:回答、詳細、理由。 I like football. I play every weekend. It's fun with my friends. → 「サッカーが好きです。毎週末やっています。友達と一緒に楽しくて。」
    • クラシックな質問に声に出して準備する:名前(スペル)、学校、家族、趣味、好きな食べ物、週末の予定。これらは暗記済みの回答なので、頭がすっきりするまで言う。
    7.3

    パート 2: ディスカッション

    5枚の絵(例:5つの誕生日プレゼント)、質問、そしてパートナー。試験官だけでなく、お互いに話し合うことが必要です。

    • 開始時: Which do you like? / I like the camera — what about you? → 「どれが好きですか?/カメラが好きですが、あなたはどうですか?」
    • 同意、反対、追加: I agree. / Really? I think the book is better, because… / That's true, but… → 「同意します。/本当ですか?本の方が良いと思うんですが、なぜなら…/そうですね、でも…」
    • ⚠ 独り言を絶対にしないこと。 得点は対話にあります。相手の意見を聞き、答え、さらに発展させる。
    • ⚠ 異論を述べるのは無料ポイントです。 "I see your point, but I'd choose the bike" は、単なる肯定よりも多くの英語表現を示せます。この試験だけが、丁寧な異論を述めることで得点につながる場所です。
    7.4

    中国語話者向け:罠に注意

    • ⚠ 一言の回答は得点を奪います。 "Yes." "Beijing." "Football." —— 3つの回答で0文。毎回、サンドイッチ形式にする。
    • ⚠ 暗記したセリフを朗読しないこと。 試験官は即座に気づき、方向転換させます。段落ではなく、組み立てブロックを準備する。
    • ⚠ パート 2ではパートナーを見つめ、試験官を見ないこと。 ディスカッション相手はパートナーであり、試験官はただ聞いているだけだからです。
    • ⚠ わからない単語で途切れないこと。 説明で绕过する: "It's a thing for… you use it to…" —— paraphrasing(言い換え)は評価対象のスキルであり、失敗ではありません。
    • ⚠ 発音より明瞭さが重要です。 声を大きく出す。小声で正解と大声で正解は同じ得点だが、小声で曖昧な発音には得点なし。
    7.5

    声に出して言う

    インタビューのクラシックな質問に練習した後、パートナーと2分間のディスカッションを行う。

    • Tell me about your family. — There are four of us. My sister is twelve. We fight about the TV, and I usually win. → 家族について教えて。— 私たち4人いる。妹は12歳だ。テレビについて喧嘩するけど、私はたいてい勝ちだ。
    • What do you do at the weekend? — I play basketball with my classmates. It's fun, and I'm getting taller. Both matter. → 週末は何をする?— クラスメイトとバスケットボールをやっている。楽しくて、背も伸びている。どちらも大切だ。
    • パート 2 パートナーとのディスカッション:5つのプレゼント——本、自転車、カメラ、ゲーム、植物。先生に最も適切なのはどれ?議論する。丁寧に異論を述べる。植物にも気持ちはあるよ。
    7.6

    自己チェック

    まず答えを記し、その後に解説を読むこと。

    1. Where do you live? — 回答+詳細+理由。毎回、サンドイッチ形式にする。
    2. Part 2: パートナーが「この本が最高だ」と言った。 — それに応答する: 本当に? 私思う… / そう思うし、… 対話は得点対象となる。
    3. 意味が分からない単語がある場合 — 周囲の説明で補う: 植物 — デスクの緑色のもの。 言い換えはスキルであり、失敗ではない。
    4. 暗記した2分間のスピーチ — 受験官が即座に誘導する。スピーチではなく、ブロック形式である。
    5. 静かなつぶやきと明瞭な声 — 可聴性は無償点である。声を張って話せ。

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