This set mixes the five skills of Second-language expression: paragraph purpose, formality, cohesive links, paraphrase and self-review.
Questions rise from easy to harder, and no marks are attached. Chinese stays in Simplified Chinese, with pinyin where it helps. Names and passages are invented.
Cover each answer, write your own first, and say it aloud if the task is spoken. Check your qualification’s task style on the Cambridge Chinese subject page.
Questions
Q1 (easy). Which sentence is the point of a paragraph about school uniforms? (A) 我认为学校应该保留校服。 (B) 我的校服是蓝色的。 (C) 昨天我穿了校服。
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(A). It states an opinion the paragraph can support. (B) and (C) are facts without a direction.
Q2 (easy). Which pronoun suits a message to a principal: 你 or 您?
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您 (nín). It shows respect to a senior reader. 你 suits friends and classmates.
Q3 (easy). Fill in the link: 我很想去，______ 我今天有考试。
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但是. The second idea contrasts with the first.
Q4 (easy). Name the stance of: 我觉得这个游戏太难了，我不想玩。
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Negative, and fairly firm. The speaker finds the game too hard and does not want to play.
Q5 (medium). Remove the sentence that drifts: 我们应该多喝水。水能帮助身体排出废物。我昨天看了一部电影。因此，每天喝水是个好习惯。
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Remove 我昨天看了一部电影。 The film has nothing to do with drinking water. The remaining sentences give the point, a reason and the closing.
Q6 (medium). Rewrite for a teacher you do not know: 老师，你明天有空吗？
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A model: 老师，您好！请问您明天有空吗？ 你 becomes 您, and 请问 softens the request.
Q7 (medium). Join with 因为 and 所以: 路上塞车。我迟到了。
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因为路上塞车，所以我迟到了。 The pair is natural in Chinese. You may also drop one half.
Q8 (medium). Spot the changed stance. Original: 运动可能有助于减压。Paraphrase: 运动一定能减压。
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The strength changed. 可能 is soft, and 一定 is absolute. A safer paraphrase is 运动也许能帮助人们减轻压力。
Q9 (harder). Write a four-sentence paragraph (point, reason, example, closing) for the point 我认为学生应该学会管理时间。
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A model: 我认为学生应该学会管理时间。作业和活动太多时，没有计划就容易忙乱。例如，我的朋友每周日列出一周的安排，所以很少赶作业。因此，学会管理时间会让学习更轻松。 Check that each sentence fills one slot and that the example is concrete.
Q10 (harder). A speaker recorded: 去图书馆，那个，借书。然后，嗯，看书。Review it against the six-point checklist and suggest one fix.
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Answer: unclear, because no question is stated. Order: weak, since 然后 appears but no ending. Links: thin. Tone: neutral. Words: 那个 fills a gap. Fluency: two stops. One fix: add the purpose and an ending: 我去图书馆借书。首先找到书，接着办手续，最后带回家看。 Fix one or two points, then speak again.
If you got these wrong
| What went wrong | Go to |
|---|---|
| Point not clear, or a sentence drifts (Q1, Q5, Q9) | Develop a paragraph with a clear purpose |
| Tone does not fit the reader (Q2, Q6) | Adjust formality for a task audience |
| Wrong linking word (Q3, Q7) | Use a cohesive link that matches the relationship |
| Stance or strength changed (Q4, Q8) | Paraphrase without changing stance |
| Review was vague (Q10) | Self-review a spoken explanation |
Log every slip in the mistake log and retest queue with the corrected sentence. Practise paraphrase in the summary selection and paraphrase studio, and compare drafts in the writing revision compare view.
What next?
Retest the questions you missed after a few days, with new topics but the same skill. If one error type keeps returning, a teacher in online one-to-one Chinese tuition can listen for the cause. Return to the module overview for the study order.