In Part 3 you insert removed sections into a feature. Here’s how to recognize which section belongs where.
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Part 3 tests whether you recognize the logic and structure of a long, demanding text. You read a feature from which several sections were removed and insert them in the right place. One section is inserted as an example, another fits no gap.
It’s about the logical and conceptual connection across longer passages: what comes before the gap, what after? References, connectors, recurring terms and the thread show which section fits.
The difficulty: the sections are long and treat the same topic, and one fits nowhere. Read before and after the gap carefully. Every correct insertion scores points; wrong answers are not penalized.
Read the whole text once for an overview and the line of thought.
At each gap, read the passage before and after carefully.
Watch for references, recurring terms and connectors.
Choose the section that continues the line of thought logically.
Fill the certain gaps first, then the difficult ones.
Check at the end that the whole text flows together.
A short example in the same format: which section fits the gap?
Davor: „Die Wahrnehmung eines Risikos beeinflusst, wie eine Gesellschaft damit umgeht." Danach: „So hatte die Diskussion unter Forschern Einfluss auf die Berichterstattung in den Medien."
Which section fits? (a) „Beispiel Klimawandel: Lange war umstritten, ob es einen menschengemachten Effekt überhaupt gibt." · (b) „Versicherungen gibt es schon seit Jahrhunderten."
Why? Section a introduces the “Beispiel Klimawandel”, to which the “So” after (discussion among researchers) refers. Section b doesn’t fit the line of thought.
In einer Reportage fehlt ein Abschnitt. Davor steht (sinngemäß): „Schmid und seine Kollegen versuchen, Zusammenhänge zu erkennen, wo andere nur ein Gewirr an Begriffen sehen." Danach: „Erst wenn ein Thema wirklich verstanden ist, kann man es einschätzen."
Which section fits the gap?
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Several sections fit thematically. What matters is the logical and conceptual connection.
Recurring terms and reference words show where a section belongs. Follow them.
One section fits no gap. Don’t let it mislead you.
No answer means a guaranteed zero. Insert a guessed section if you have to.
Six. You insert removed sections into a feature; one section fits no gap.
By the logical and conceptual connection: references, recurring terms and connectors show where the section belongs.
No. There is no penalty – insert a section into every gap.
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