#RA-2020Read AloudCore & AcademicEasy

Baidu

Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds

China's biggest online search company, Baidu, said it would make self-driving car technology available to others. In a bid to advance autonomous vehicles - and perhaps to become an industry standard in the same way that Google's Android operating system is for smartphones Baidu's Apollo project will distribute technologies to developers and carmakers, initially for use in restricted environments as soon as July.

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Pearson Official Scoring Guide for Read Aloud

Scored Enabling Skills

  • Reading (Content)
  • Speaking (Oral Fluency & Pronunciation)

Timing Standard

Response Window: 35-40 Seconds

💡 Examiner Strategy & Pro Tip:Keep a continuous rhythm. Never stop to correct mistakes or repeat words; pausing hurts fluency more than minor mispronunciations.