ICFE Reading – Part 4

Task Description

What do candidates have to do?
Match six questions (usually sentences) to one of four short texts

What texts are used?
Mainly extracts from reference books and financial textbooks, financial newspapers and journals, financial websites, company annual reports, correspondence and other documents

What is being tested?
Candidates are required to locate information and understand the paraphrasing of key ideas.

What specific reading skills are relevant?
Skimming and scanning

Understanding the Task

It may help you to work through a sample Part 4 task yourself. Use this task from the sample paper. As you complete it, think about the paraphrasing involved across the questions and texts. Time yourself, too.

Sample Part 4 task (PDF)
Answers

Things to consider

  1. Where has the text come from?

  2. What is its relevance to ICFE?

  3. Which did you read first, the questions or the texts?

  4. How is the phrase ‘does not automatically lead to promotion’ in Question 40 paraphrased in section D?

  5. Which word in section B means the same as 'contacts' in Question 41?

  6. How much of section D is relevant to Question 38?

  7. How long should candidates spend on Part 4?