Der C-Test für das Placement hat folgende Eigenschaften:
Hier nun 5 vollständige Test-Texte (zum Üben:
Im ersten Text ist die fehlende Buchstabenanzahl durch die Anzahl der Punkte vorgegeben
[dadurch würde der Test-Text einfacher lösbar].):
1.)
Travelling to all corners of the world is getting easier and easier. We li.. in a va..
global vil...., but h.. well d. we kn.. and under..... each ot...? Here i. a sim...
test. Ima.... you ha.. arranged a mee.... at fo.. o'clock. Wh.. time sho... you exp...
your for.... business colle..... to arr...? If th.. are Ger...., they wi.. arrive absol.....
bang o. time. If they are Americans, they'll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are British,
they'll be 15 minutes late, and you should allow up to an hour for the Italians.
(Ab hier ist die fehlende Buchstabenanzahl nicht mehr erkennbar. So wird auch Ihr Placement-Test aussehen.)
2.)
The period of development that we call adolescence is an exciting one. It i___ filled
wi___ discovery, tur___, growth tow___ independence, a___ the begi___ of life___
commitments. I___ is cle___ a per___ of trans___ from t___ dependence o___ childhood
t___ the indepe______ of adul______ It i___ very diff___, however, t___ specify exa___
when adole______ begins o___ when i___ ends. W___ may cho___ to define adolescence in
biological terms. In that case, adolescence begins with the onset of puberty and ends
with the end of physical growth. Or we may adopt a more psychological perspective and
emphasize the development of the cognitions, feelings, and behaviours that characterize
adolescence.
3.)
The previous chapter looked at English in the news media, and at how developments in
technology can put pressure on English to adapt itself to suit new working practices.
Technological adva___ have bro___ in th___ wake cha___ of ano___ kind . a va___ increase
i___ the u___ of vis___ information f___ communicative purp___. This cha___ takes a lo___
at a var___ of vis___ commonly us___ to commu______ in Eng___. It sta___ by consi______ the
ty___ of vis___ literacy th___ people util___ ,to diff___ ends in different contexts. It goes
on to look in more detail at some English texts, and considers how visual and verbal
information in these texts may interact, either to create additional meanings, or to bring to the
fore a conflict between the two modes.
4.)
Over the past few years the Information Revolution and other advances in technology have
transformed the telephone into more than just a means for two people to communicate.
Phones a___ being comb___ with a ho___ of rel___ devices . comp___, fax mach___, televisions, a___
even wristw______ - to of___ vast elect___ networks a___ an ar___ of cho___ for infor______ and
entert______ that wo___ have be___ considered unima______ a gener___ ago. Th___ article exam___
the cur___ converging o___ technologies a___ industries a___ the impact on society of this emerging
"information superhighway".
5.)
Two UK-based academics have devised a way to invent new medicines and get them to market at a
fraction of the cost charged by big companies enabling millions in poor countries to be cured of
infectious diseases and reducing the drugs bill. In chan___ the stru___ of an exis___ expensive
dr___ they cha___ it in___ a n___ medicine wh___ is n___ longer un___ a 20-ye___ patent t___ a
multin______ company a___ can b___ made a___ sold che___. T___ process h___ the pote___ to unde___
the mono___ big dr___ companies ha___ and m___ bring che___ drugs n___ only t___ poor coun___ but
ba___ to t___ UK. The first drug . for hepatitis C . will be manufactured if clinical trials in
India, sponsored by the Indian government, are successful.