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Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. A team of ESL faculty will read your writing sample to help decide which level of ESL writing course will work best for you.  \nCOMPUTERIZED Portion of the ESL Test The Official Web-Based Study App  \nThis Web-based study app features practice tests in ESL Language Use (Grammar), ESL Listening, or ESL Reading Skills. It’s accessible from any Internet-capable computer, and it will help you become familiar with the content and format of the ACCUPLACER test questions.  \nTo get the free Web-based app, visit [https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/student/practice](https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/student/practice)[ ](https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/student/practice)(Read the information under “Practice and Get Prepared for Test Day” and click on the link Get the free ACCUPLACER practice app. Create an account. Once logged in, open the dropdown menu named Change Test Version and choose ESL Practice Tests tests. )  \nThe app is also available on your mobile device on IOS version 5. 0 or later, OR Android  \nREADING  \nThe ESL Reading Skills test measures your ability to read English. Specifically, it assesses your comprehension of short passages. It contains brief passages of 50 words or less and moderate length passages of 50 to 90 words.  \nRead the information below, then choose the best answer.  \n1. Television has been introduced to almost every country in the world, reaching a large number of viewers onevery continent. About 600 million people saw the first person walk on the moon, anda billion people watched the twentieth Olympic Games. Television has inmanyways promoted understanding and cooperation among people. Itdoes this by showing educational and cultural programs.  \nFrom this passage, areader can most reasonably conclude that the author believes that  \nA. people spend too much time watching television  \nB. not every country needs to have television  \nC. television can unify people from around the world  \nD. television is as important as schools  \nGRAMMAR (LANGUAGE USE)  \n\n| The sentence below has a blank space. Choose the word or phrase that makes a grammatically correct |  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | sentence.\u003Cbr>1.   washing his sweater, Jacob hung it up to dry.\u003Cbr>A. After\u003Cbr>B. Before\u003Cbr>C. By\u003Cbr>D. Until\u003Cbr>2. Dr. O’Harais certain that someday,men and women will   to Mars. [A. travel](A. travel)\u003Cbr>[B. travels](B. travels)\u003Cbr>[C. traveling](C. traveling)\u003Cbr>[D. traveled](D. traveled) |\n\nLISTENING  \nDuring the test, you will listen to a recording of people talking. 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