<p>i took it last year and got 800. But i don’t think i can help you that much because i’ve lived in japan for 7 years so the test was piece of cake for me. i used barron’s book just before the test, and i think it had a decent review section. you might want to look into it. the first listening section is pretty easy but they don’t speak that slow. but a thing you can do is (might be considered cheating) that you can pulse every time you are suppose to answer a question. that is assuming you have enough time later on. the second section is mainly picking out right conjunction, preposition, stuff like that. you get to choose from three type of kana, so if you are not that good with kanji, just use romaji. i think the last section of reading might cause you little toruble if you don’t know that many kanji. get one of those japanese kanji practice book, and memorize them. other than that i’m sorry i can’t really help you. i think reading a raw (in japanese) manga might help you on this one. i collect detective conan, and i know their lines are not easy read.</p>