The reading passage and the lecture are both about the use of the government-owned train named Amtrak. While the critics in the reading suggest that it should be sold to a private company, the lecturer completely disagrees with that idea.
First of all, the professor mentions those who thinks that the government loses a lot of money on underused Amtrak routes do not understand the true purpose of this train service. It is true that train routes in remote and less populated areas are unprofitable and expensive to maintain. However, residents in those areas have the same right to use public services as people in the city centre do, so it would be wrong to sell the train service to a privately-owned company who would cut routes that don’t produce profits.
Second, the critics say the government funding of Amtrak makes the competition between it and privately-owned transportation companies very unfair. The professor strongly disagrees with this viewpoint. He states the US government actually gives a lot support to airlines and transportation companies by paying for the construction of not only control towers and buildings but also the satellites for navigation. If it hadn’t been for these crucial supports, those private companies couldn’t even exist.
Another point made in the lecture is that the reason why Amtrak train service is less popular compared to other private vehicles is simply because it is out of date. The lecturer gives an example of Japan and Europe where rail service is used very frequently since their trains are always available and go at a high-speed. Therefore, she suggests the government allocate more funding in order to upgrade train service’s quality in the country.
In conclusion, despite the fact that it is unpopular and underused in some areas, the idea of selling Amtrak to a privately-owned company still does not appear reasonable. In fact, the government should take steps to improve Amtrak to increase the use of it.
- TOEFL T P O 5 Integrated Writing Task 52
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- TPO 49 Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time is more important for happiness than the ability to make many new friends 80
- TPO 12 Integrated Writing Jane Austin 80
- Independent Writing Task Some parent offer their school age children money for each high grade mark they get in school Do you think this is a good idea Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 76
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 310, Rule ID: DT_JJ_NO_NOUN[1]
Message: Probably a noun is missing in this part of the sentence.
...r trains are always available and go at a high-speed. Therefore, she suggests the government...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, second, so, still, therefore, while, in conclusion, in fact, first of all, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1668.0 1373.03311258 121% => OK
No of words: 324.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14814814815 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88933730824 2.5805825403 112% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 145.348785872 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.561728395062 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 520.2 419.366225166 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.4559551741 49.2860985944 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.142857143 110.228320801 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.1428571429 21.698381199 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06452816374 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.455869653068 0.272083759551 168% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.148437307359 0.0996497079465 149% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0825665984584 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.238661162423 0.162205337803 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0410083520867 0.0443174109184 93% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.3589403974 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 53.8541721854 89% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 63.6247240618 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 310, Rule ID: DT_JJ_NO_NOUN[1]
Message: Probably a noun is missing in this part of the sentence.
...r trains are always available and go at a high-speed. Therefore, she suggests the government...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, second, so, still, therefore, while, in conclusion, in fact, first of all, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1668.0 1373.03311258 121% => OK
No of words: 324.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14814814815 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88933730824 2.5805825403 112% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 145.348785872 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.561728395062 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 520.2 419.366225166 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.4559551741 49.2860985944 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.142857143 110.228320801 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.1428571429 21.698381199 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06452816374 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.455869653068 0.272083759551 168% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.148437307359 0.0996497079465 149% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0825665984584 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.238661162423 0.162205337803 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0410083520867 0.0443174109184 93% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.3589403974 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 53.8541721854 89% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 63.6247240618 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.