PTE Academic writing summarize written text practice exercise 31

PTE Academic writing summarize written text practice exercise

PTE Academic writing summarize written text practice exercise. Read the passage below and summarize it using one sentence. Type your response in the comment section at the bottom of the screen. You have 10 minutes to finish this task. Your response will be judged on the quality of your writing and on how well your response presents the key points in the passage.

1.In his essay, “Why We Have a Moon,” David Levy answers the question: “How did the Moon get there?” Then he explains the commonly held theory about the Moon’s history and how it changed by the 1970’s. In the past, scientists believed that 4.5 billion years ago, a large planet, located close to the Earth, violently collided with the Earth. However, in the 1970’s, Levy says this view changed. Scientists learned that the Earth’s daily rotation is affected by the Moon’s gravitational pull, and discovered the relationships between the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun. The Earth’s tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon, as well as the Sun, when these two planets align with one another. Furthermore, scientists attribute the Moon’s rugged and gouged surface to its history of comet and meteor collisions. Through close studies of the Moon, Levy states that scientists have also learned that the Moon’s rugged surface reveals how the solar system was formed—it is a result of a collision of the Earth and other planets by comets and meteors.

2.From the conditions of frontier life came intellectual traits of profound importance. The work of travelers along each frontier from colonial days onward describe certain common traits, and these traits have, while softening down, still persisted as survivals in the place of their origin, even when a higher social organization succeeded. The result is that to the frontier the American intellect owes its striking characteristics. That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and acquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism, working for good and for evil, and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom—these are traits of the frontier, or traits called out elsewhere because of the existence of the frontier.

PTE Academic writing summarize written text practice exercise

3.How do we measure efficiency? To economists – or to a certain type of economist – it is simply a question of profitability, even when it concerns what most people consider a social provision such as public transport. What is lost when railway lines and bus routes to small, out-of-the-way communities are cut in the name of efficiency? After all, if a line or a route is only used occasionally by a few people, it would be much cheaper to rip up the lines and let everyone use their cars. For many governments, the way to turn inefficient national services into profitable businesses has been to sell off these services – and their responsibilities – to private enterprises. Cost, in terms of profit and loss, is of course an important factor, but other factors need to be considered when dealing with the livelihoods of whole communities, however small. Among these are the social, environmental, human and cultural costs incurred by cutting off more remote communities from greater opportunities, including economic activities that benefit society as a whole. Taking away such links – the usual result of privatization – may well lead to economic benefits in the short term, but, as the last twenty to thirty years have shown, also leads to long-term social and cultural damage. Of course, no business with its eye on profits is going to “waste” money supporting underused services. Only large collective bodies such as national and local governments can do that. These services are, after all, a social provision, not businesses

4.Is the purpose of history to promote a strong national identity and support national myths? Certainly, it has been used in this way for centuries, and this is often reflected in the history curriculum. We can all remember history at school as being a matter of learning lots of facts and dates, and long lists of kings and queens – a grand narrative of how we got from a not so civilized past to the great nation we are today. Putting aside the fact that national identity is a complex and divisive question – especially in countries like the UK, which is comprised of several nationalities – this approach to history emphasizes a broad understanding, rather than a detailed understanding. Yet history is, or should be, a critical, skeptical discipline: some historians see their work as disproving myths, demolishing orthodoxies and exposing politically-motivated narratives which claim to be objective. What students need to develop are more critical and analytical skills; in other words, to think for themselves. They can do this by studying certain historical problems in depth. This involves being critical of the narratives presented by historians and skeptical of the myths preserved in the national memory

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11 thoughts on “PTE Academic writing summarize written text practice exercise 31

  1. David Levy’s essay ‘Why we have a Moon’ briefs us that our earlier notion of moon history is incorrect and in 1973 Scientists discovered that the Earth’s daily rotation is affected by Moon’s gravitational pull and Moon’s rugged surface is due to comet and meteor collisions.

  2. David Levy’s explain brief explanation about scientist view on moon before 1970 and he says view changed after scientists discovered earth daily rotation is affected by moon’s gravitational force,and moon’s rugged surface formed due to collision of earth and other planet by comets and meteors

  3. Profitability is a measurement to consider efficiency on a social provisions such as public transport,but some governments sell the services to private organizations to get profit even though profit not only important factor efficiency but consider human live hood,culter etc,but these services dealing only long term organizations or local governments with efficiency.

  4. David Levy’s Essay “Why we have a Moon” talks about Moon’s history and the changes it went through but was counter attacked by findings of other scientists which talks about Earth’s daily rotation and its tides , Relationship between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun,Moon’s rugged surface and formation of solar system.

  5. Efficiency often relates to profitability, even in social provisions like public transport, but if it results in privatisation, it can have a negative effect on social and environmental opportunities as a whole, in the long term, nevertheless, these services are social provisions not businesses

  6. David Levy explains Moon’s history in his essay “Why We Have a Moon” and revealed that Earth’s rotation is due to Moon’s gravitational pull and Moon’s rugged surface is formed by collision of Earth with other comets and meteors.

  7. David Levy explains a theory on the Moon’s history and how after the 1970’s, scientists learnt about the relationships and gravitational pulls between the sun, earth and moon.

  8. Since 1970’s, researchers have been determined the dependence between Earth rotation and tides formation as being influenced by the Moon gravitational field and, moreover, experts incriminate meteorites and similar other cosmic objects such as comets, being responsible for the surface roughness of the Moon.

  9. The purpose of history has been used for centuries as learning in schools and students need to develop to think from a not so civilised past to what we are today for themselves by studying historical problems in depth, so that the person becomes more critical and skeptical of the myths preserved in the national memory.

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