ACCUPLACER English as a Second Language (ESL) Tests - ESL Reading Skills - Sample Questions

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ACCUPLACER English as a Second Language (ESL) Tests—ESL Reading Skills提供样题，评估考生在英语阅读短文与中等长度段落中的理解与推断能力。测试内容涵盖多种主题语境，包括科学、历史/社会科学、艺术/人文、叙事、心理/人际关系以及日常实用场景。题型既包含直接字面理解、改写与定位信息，也强调主旨、事实与观点区分、因果逻辑、无关信息识别、作者观点，并考查将作者逻辑迁移到新情境的能力。

LanguageEnglish

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Pages12

Reading Time30 min

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ESL Reading Skills

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ACCUPLACER® English asa Second Language (ESL) Tests Sample Questions 2021 About College Board College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success—including the SAT®, the Advanced Placement® Program, and BigFuture™ . The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, [visit](visit collegeboard.org)[ collegeboard.org](visit collegeboard.org). © 2021 College Board. College Board, ACCUPLACER, SAT, Advanced Placement, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board. BigFuture is a trademark owned by College Board. MAR-1202 ACCUPLACER English as a Second Language (ESL) Tests © 2021 College Board. 1 ESL Reading Skills The ESL Reading Skills Test measures your ability to read passages written in English. Specifically, it assesses your comprehension of short passages of 50 or fewer words and moderate-length passages of 51 to 90 words. Passages cover a range of contexts: science, history/social science, arts/humanities, narratives, psychology/human relations, and practical situations (the last typically dealing with familiar, everyday contexts) . Approximately half of this test contains straightforward comprehension questions, and the remaining questions measure your ability to infer information not directly stated in a passage. Specific knowledge and skills assessed on this test are: 􀂃 Literal comprehension 􀂊 Paraphrasing 􀂊 Locating information 􀂊 Vocabulary on a phrase level 􀂊 Pronoun reference 􀂃 Inference 􀂊 Main idea 􀂊 Fact versus opinion 􀂊 Cause and effect logic 􀂊 Identifying irrelevant information 􀂊 Identifying author’s point of view 􀂊 Applying author’s logic to another situation ACCUPLACER English as a Second Language (ESL) Tests © 2021 College Board. Sample Questions Read the information below, then choose the best answer. Television has been introduced to almost every country in the world, reaching a large number of viewers on every continent. About 600 million people saw the first person walk on the moon, and a billion people watched the twentieth Olympic Games. Television has in many ways promoted understanding and cooperation among people. It does this by showing educational and cultural programs. 1. From this passage, a reader can most reasonably conclude that the author believes that A. people spend too much time watching television B. not every country needs to have television C. television can unify people from around the world D. television is as important as schools People have different ways of learning. Some are better at making mental pictures of new ideas. Others are more comfortable with writing lists of things to memorize. Certain people can learn best when listening to music, while others need silence to concentrate. 2. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? A. Mental pictures help many to learn. B. Some people prefer lists to making mental pictures. C. To learn well you need to be comfortable. D. Different individuals have different ways of acquiring information. If you hold a piece of copper wire over the flame of a wooden match, heat will be conducted by the copper wire to your fingers, and you will be forced to drop the wire. You will, however, still be able to hold the match because wood is a poor conductor of heat. 3. Which of the following is implied in the passage above? A. Copper is a good con

FAQs

ESL Reading Skills Test 主要测什么能力？

它衡量考生理解英文阅读段落的能力，重点在短文与中等长度段落的理解、改写与信息推断。

测试段落通常涵盖哪些语境主题？

包括科学、历史/社会科学、艺术/人文、叙事、心理/人际关系，以及实用的日常情境。

题目会考哪些阅读技能？

包括字面理解、改写、定位信息、短语层面的词汇、指代（代词指向）、推断、主旨、事实与观点、因果逻辑、识别无关信息、作者观点，以及将作者逻辑应用到另一情境。

Sep 20, 2026

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