Multilevel Language tests: Walking into the land of the unexplored

Parts 3+4. Inference. Listen to monologues and 
dialogues and identify the attitude, opinion or 
intention (3-option multiple choice) 
Reading 
Part 1. Sentence comprehension. Choose words to 
complete sentences (5 sentences with 3-option 
multiple choice items) 
Part 2. Text cohesion. Put sentences into the correct 
order (2 tasks: 6 sentences jumbled up in each task
Part 3. Opinion matching. Match people’s opinions 

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to statements (7 statements matched to 4 people’s 
opinions) 
Part 4. Long text comprehension. Match headings to 
paragraphs (8 paragraphs and 7 headings) 
requires the test takers to read, 
understand, and speak a sentence 
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Extended speaking: At the end of the 
CAT portion of the test, the test takers 
respond to four speaking prompts: one 
picture description task and three 
independent speaking tasks, two with 
a written prompt and one with an 
aural prompt
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Extended writing: Test takers respond 
to four writing prompts that require 
extended responses: three picture 
description tasks and one independent 
task with a written prompt 
Writing 
Part 1. Word-level writing. Respond to messages 
using individual words (1–5 words for each question) 
Part 2. Short text writing. Write personal information 
(20–30 words) 
Part 3. Three written responses to questions. 
Respond to written questions on a social network-
type website (30–40 words for each question) 
Part 4. Formal and informal writing. Write an 
informal email to a friend and a formal email to an 
unknown person (40–50 words for the informal 
email and 120–150 words for the formal email) 
Speaking