Summarizing Written Texts PTE Comprehension Example With Answer 11

PTE Summarize Written Text – Read the paragraph and summarize it in between 5 to 75 words. Cover the most important points out of the passage. You will have only 10 minutes to complete the task. Here is Summarizing Written Texts PTE Comprehension Example With Answer 11.

 

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Summarizing Written Texts PTE Comprehension Example With Answer 11

 

Practice 1

Read and summarize written text in your words.

A bonus round, also known as a bonus game or an end game, usually follows a main game as a bonus to the winner of that game. In the bonus round, the stakes are higher and the game is considered to be tougher. The game play of a bonus round usually varies from the standard game play of the front game, although there are often borrowed or related elements of the main game in the bonus round in order to ensure the entire show has a unified premise. Though some end games are referred to as “bonus rounds”, many are not specifically referred to as such in games, though they fit the same general role.

There is no one formula for the format of a bonus round. There are differences in almost every bonus round, though there are many recurring elements from show to show. The bonus round is often played for the show’s top prize.

Until the 1960s, most game shows did not offer a bonus round. In traditional two-player formats, the winner – if a game show’s rules provided for this – became the champion and simply played a new challenger either on the next show or after the commercial break.

One of the earliest forms of bonus rounds was the Jackpot Round of the original series Beat the Clock. After two rounds of performing stunts, the wife of the contestant couple would perform at a jackpot board for a prize. The contestant was shown a famous quotation or common phrase, and the words were scrambled. To win the announced bonus, the contestant had to unscramble the words within 20 seconds. The contestant received a consolation gift worth over $200 if she was unsuccessful.

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Keynotes or Keywords –

  • bonus round
  • follows a main game as a bonus
  • the stakes are higher and the game is considered to be tougher
  • game play of a bonus round usually varies from the standard game play
  • no one formula for the format of a bonus round
  • Until the 1960s, most game shows did not offer a bonus round
  • the earliest forms of bonus rounds was the Jackpot Round of the original series Beat the Clock

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Summarize Written Text Sample Solution –

Bonus round, which is a special high stake and more challenging round at the end of a game, with varying formats and a gameplay that can differ from that of the main game, became more common after 1960s with series such as Beat the Clock including a bonus Jackpot Round.

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Practice 2

Read and summarize written text in your words.

On 31 March 1929, en route from Sydney to England, the Southern Cross with Kingsford Smith at the helm made an emergency landing on a mudflat near the mouth of the Glenelg River, in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. The Southern Cross was found and rescued after a fortnight’s searching, with George Innes Beard, Albert Barunga and Wally from the Kunmunya Mission the first overland party to reach the downed aircraft.

While on their way to help with the search two friends of Kingsford Smith crash landed in the Tanami Desert in Central Australia and died of thirst and exposure on 12 April 1929. The pair, Keith Vincent Anderson and Henry Smith “Bobby” Hitchcock, had been flying a Westland Widgeon plane named Kookaburra. Many sections of the media and public felt that the forced landing of the Southern Cross, which was dubbed the “Coffee Royal” incident after the brew of coffee and brandy which the crew had drunk while awaiting rescue, had been a publicity stunt and that Kingsford Smith was responsible for the two deaths. Despite him being exonerated by an official enquiry Kingsford Smith’s reputation within Australia never fully recovered during his lifetime.

The bodies of Anderson and Hitchcock were later recovered from the Tanami Desert. Hitchcock’s body was returned to Perth for burial at Karrakatta Cemetery, while Anderson’s body was returned to Sydney. Over 6000 mourners attended Keith Anderson’s funeral. It was an elaborate affair befitting a national hero. Anderson was buried at Rawson Park, Mosman, on 6 July 1929. A grand memorial was later erected at the gravesite in his honour.

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