General Training Reading 2024-10 Test 3 — IELTS General Training Reading Actual Test with Answers

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Manly Beaches

Next time you visit Manly, 30 minutes by ferry from the center of Australia's biggest city, Sydney, try some of these less famous beaches A. Fairy Bower Located in a marine protection area, the water is perfect for paddling, snorkeling or even scuba diving. There is a small gift shop for unusual souvenirs, and a kiosk that rents stand-up paddleboards. Buses do not stop nearby so a walk is necessary. B. North Steyne This popular beach is a little further from the ferry than the main beach and it always feels less crowded. North Steyne has professional lifeguards on duty, but the surf can be hazardous so check conditions if swimming with young ones. If you want to try surfing for the first time, Manly Surf School operates out of the surf club located on the beach. Please note that boards are reserved for students and are not available for rent. C. Delwood Delwood's secluded cove is a scenic walk from the ferry along the harbour walkway. There are no shops, so bring a picnic and have a peaceful swim off the rocks. You'll probably have the beach to yourself. D. Little Manly This popular harbor beach has a net that encloses the swimming area. It is a good option for families as the protected area makes it easy to keep an eye on kids playing in the water. There is also a large playground, a public barbecue that anyone can use and toilet facilities, which make this a great spot for a family day out. E. East Esplanade Located next to Manly Wharf, East Esplanade is a popular spot all day. There is no beach closer to the ferry or buses than this one. Kayakers meet for a paddle here as the sun rises, and daytrippers sit on the sand during the day. People get together on the grass after work, and bring drinks, snacks and music to watch the sun go down. F. Shelly Beach This is the best spot if you don't like big waves. Rent a beach chair or head straight to the Boathouse Cafe, the perfect place for breakfast or lunch. Please note that Shelly Beach gets overly crowded at times, so avoid it on a sunny weekend afternoon.

Questions 1–7: Matching beaches to statements

Look at the six beach descriptions, A-F. For which beaches are the following statements true? Write the correct letter, A-F. NB You may choose any letter more than once.

1
You can buy food at this beach.
2
You can learn to do a sport at this beach.
3
This beach can be uncomfortably busy.
4
Adults can supervise their children without much difficulty at this beach.
5
This beach is nearest to public transport.
6
People are employed to supervise swimmers at this beach.
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You can hire sports equipment at this beach.

Working in Teams

Unless a business is really small, the chances are that people are going to be working at various points as part of a team. Here are some points to bear in mind when considering teams in your business: • Extend teamworking throughout the organization to realize its full potential • Limit the size of teams to increase efficiency • Give teams ownership of a distinct product process or service • Select team members with skills to carry out the full range of tasks • Consider team leadership issues • Develop the teams' independence Team Leadership The influence and usefulness of team leaders come from their ability to lead from the front and in training, coaching, and counselling their team members to high standards of performance, these skills are usually built on their ability to carry out most of the tasks themselves. They also need to be able to co-ordinate and evaluate ideas for operational Improvement. Above all, team leaders need to be capable of facilitating the process of transformation in their organization. Team leaders are generally selected by management, although the views of the team or group can usually be accommodated. In some organizations, team leaders are elected by team members or have their appointment endorsed by an election. The term 'team' is used loosely to describe many different groupings and a variety of labels are given to them. It is doubtful whether any definitions of types of teams would be universally acceptable. Here are three types of team: 1. Operational Teams Operational teams may be defined as permanent groups of workers with a range of skills organized to produce a product either for internal or external customers. Very occasionally, teams have complete responsibility for converting raw material into a finished product. Alternatively, the 'product' of teams may involve completion of a segment of the production process. Different names are given to operational teams, including primary teams, shop-floor teams, autonomous work groups, cells or cellular teams and self-managed teams. 2. Service Teams In manufacturing organizations, service teams commonly comprise maintenance, administrative and clerical staff and provide support to production areas. In commercial and service organizations, teams are likely to be based on the need to service a particular client or group of clients. 3. Cross-Functional Teams Cross-functional teams are made up of representatives from various functions and disciplines. They tend to be set up to look at particular problems or issues, either on a part-time basis or full-time for a fixed duration. Issues commonly dealt with by cross-functional teams are quality improvement and product development. To be effective, members of cross-functional teams will also frequently be members of other teams.

Questions 8–14: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text? Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information, FALSE if the statement contradicts the information, NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

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Smaller teams are more effective.
9
The key quality for a team leader is his/her ability to implement change.
10
Electing a team leader can often be a cause of team conflict.
11
The process of overseeing an entire production process is not usually an appropriate task for a team.
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Operational teams should be set up with a hierarchical structure.
13
Service teams are set up only in manufacturing business types.
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Cross functional teams members must not be members of other teams or they will be too distracted to complete their duties.

Fire Safety

Fire safety is a fundamental consideration in building design and management, but unfortunately, one that is often overlooked. Assess fire safety measures in your built environment with the help of this checklist: 1. Provide adequate means of escape: The first rule of fire management requires sufficient escape routes out of the building, in accordance with its scale and occupancy. The number, size and location of exits are specified in the National Building Code (NBC) 2005, a detailed set of guidelines for constructing, maintaining and operating buildings of all types. Office occupiers must additionally ensure that staircases, stairways and corridors are well-maintained, ventilated and free of obstacles in order to be effective in an emergency. 2. Install smoke detection systems: The first few minutes of a fire are crucial in containing it. Automatic fire alarm systems such as smoke and heat detectors are mandatory elements in international building codes, and particularly useful in spotting fires during times when occupancy in the building is low. 3. Maintain smoke suppression systems: Fire extinguishers are only useful if they work, so check them regularly. High-rise buildings, which are harder to access and evacuate, should consider installing automatic sprinkler systems. It is estimated that automatic suppression systems lower the cost of damage by 60%. 4. Conduct regular fire drills: Regular fire drills familiarize people with emergency evacuation methods at little cost, and also prevent panic. Nominate a fire safety officer in every building to ensure that this becomes standard operating procedure. 5. Use flame-retardant materials: Materials used in the interiors can save or endanger lives. The combination of wood, paper and textiles makes workstations highly combustible. An increasing number of companies, especially multinationals, request fire-resistant fabrics despite their price premium. Doors are also assigned a fire-resistance rating, measuring how long they can remain resistant to excessive temperatures and flames without collapsing. 6. Ask the local fire brigade to assess safety: Fire departments, for a nominal fee, will independently assess your building's level of fire safety. Storage of hazardous or inflammable materials, old and unstable structures, inadequate escape routes or electricity overloads are potential death traps that are best assessed by professionals. 7. Comply with National Building Code: "Green buildings" are in vogue but safe structures are sadly not. Both the Mumbai Fire Brigade and BMC commissioner concede that 80% of buildings likely violate accepted codes of building safety, with ignorance and personal whims leading to illegal modifications after gaining requisite occupancy permission.

Questions 15–20: Note completion (Fire Safety)

Choose ONLY ONE WORD for each answer.

Assess fire safety measures in your built environment with the help of this checklist: 15. When a building is constructed, it is essential to consider what should be done in case of a fire, however, this aspect is often 15 _________ 16. It is compulsory to have smoke 16 _________ as per the international building codes 17. If regular fire drills are conducted, it ensures that if there is a fire, people do not 17 _________ 18. Although their costs are at a 18 _________ many organizations are using fire-resistant materials in their buildings. 19. Nowadays people make eco-friendly buildings, but they are not necessarily 19 _________ 20. The very first thing one has to ensure is that there are 20 _________ ways to get away from a building in case of fire

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When a building is constructed, it is essential to consider what should be done in case of a fire, however, this aspect is often 15 _________
16
It is compulsory to have smoke 16 _________ as per the international building codes
17
If regular fire drills are conducted, it ensures that if there is a fire, people do not 17 _________
18
Although their costs are at a 18 _________ many organizations are using fire-resistant materials in their buildings.
19
Nowadays people make eco-friendly buildings, but they are not necessarily 19 _________
20
The very first thing one has to ensure is that there are 20 _________ ways to get away from a building in case of fire

Lightfoot Tigers Football Club

Become a member of the Lightfoot Tigers Football Club. Season tickets for this year are now available and prices remain the same as last year! You can have a confirmed seat every week in the crowd for as little as £200 a year, which gives you access to all 22 rounds matches, and averages less than £10 per ticket. If you introduce a friend to a season ticket purchase, there are even further reductions. If you are a returning annual member, you have the option of retaining the same seat position that you held last year, or you can upgrade to a better vantage point at the Loyalty Membership rates. Grab the chance of getting into the first five rows! Last year's members will be notified automatically. Fans who have been members for five years or more will receive free Lightfoot Tigers hats and scarves upon purchase of their new season ticket. Young Fan season tickets are available for season ticket purchasers under the age of 25. Download our Young Fan app, which gives special travel deals for away games, access to meeting the players, and even participation in training days. Starting your season ticket when you are young means you will build up the points to be a Premier member in record time. Premier members are the highest tier of membership at the club. You reach this status if you purchase season tickets for 10 consecutive years. Premier members qualify for priority seats at final matches, exclusive free merchandise, voting rights in player selection, and even access to competitive mortgage rates through our partner Victoria Bank. Payment for membership can be made through either of these two options: 1. Direct debit of either one annual payment (with a 5% discount) 2. Eight monthly installments over the course of the season If you book your membership before May 30, you will not have to make the first payment until September. Victoria Bank offers special Lightfoot Tigers savings accounts with a competitive rate of interest where you can invest your savings and use them to make your membership payments.

Questions 21–27: Note completion (Lightfoot Tigers Football Club)

Choose ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Prices for season tickets start at £200 for a 21 _________ at all rounds matches. Returning annual members can 22 _________ their seat position to see the matches better. Lightfoot Tigers hats and scarves are given 23 _________ to members of more than four years. Members under the age of 25 can get discounts on 24 _________ to away games. To qualify for the 25 _________ of Premier member, you need to buy a season ticket for at least a decade. Premier members can be involved in the 26 _________ of players. If members register before June, they can delay payment until 27 _________

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Prices for season tickets start at £200 for a 21 _________ at all rounds matches.
22
Returning annual members can 22 _________ their seat position to see the matches better.
23
Lightfoot Tigers hats and scarves are given 23 _________ to members of more than four years.
24
Members under the age of 25 can get discounts on 24 _________ to away games.
25
To qualify for the 25 _________ of Premier member, you need to buy a season ticket for at least a decade.
26
Premier members can be involved in the 26 _________ of players.
27
If members register before June, they can delay payment until 27 _________

Medical Detection Dogs

For many years man's best friend has been helping blind people with their daily lives but now, as well as assisting with lives, they may be able to save them! A. Malaria kills about half a million people a year. That's about 1400 people every day or 1 person every minute. The vast majority of these are children under 15 in some of the poorest countries in the world. There is no cure for malaria and no vaccine to prevent the most vulnerable children catching the disease. It can kill within 24 hours of infection and some children in Africa can be infected up to 13 times a year. Spending on malaria accounts for about 40% of the public health budget in countries that can ill-afford it. B. When the malaria parasites from infected mosquitos enter the blood stream they infect and destroy red blood cells. This leads to flu like symptoms such as sweating, headache, fever, tiredness, nausea, vomiting and Diarrhoea. Because these symptoms are so non-specific it is not always clear that the patient is a victim of malaria which can delay identification. C. There is no vaccine for malaria and the conditions that encourage the spread of the disease, such as high population density and high mosquito density, are frequently found in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. However, if any of these conditions are substantially reduced then malaria can be eradicated and this has happened in North America, Europe and parts of the Middle East. However until it is totally eliminated from the whole world malaria could easily become re-established. D. One of the most important weapons in the fight against malaria is early detection of the disease. However, currently diagnosis involves finger-prick blood tests that are then screened in a laboratory. This is both time-consuming and very expensive and health authorities have real difficulties identifying who is carrying the malaria parasite in communities where the disease is present at a low level. This is where the dog's come in. E. Using dogs to identify malaria carriers has the advantage that it is not invasive, the 'testing' can be done anywhere and it doesn't require a laboratory. Also a large number of people can be tested at the same time. The idea is to train dogs to be able to identify malaria victims by their scent. F. Dogs have an incredible ability to detect minute odour traces created by diseases. Because they are able to detect tiny odour concentrations, around one part per trillion. This is the equivalent of one teaspoon of sugar in two Olympic-sized swimming pools. Thus, they are potentially able to detect diseases, such as malaria, much earlier than is currently possible with traditional methods. This pioneering work with dogs could help to speed up the diagnosis process and impact on thousands of lives. G. To train the dogs, sweat samples will be collected from 400 Gambian children. Of the samples, 15 per cent will be collected from children known to have the malaria parasite, so that the dogs can be trained to distinguish positive from negative samples. If the first phase of the trial is successful, then the project may be able to continue if sufficient grand funding is made available. H. So far the project has already received sufficient funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to cover the costs of the initial training and studies. So if it is successful - and there is good reason to suppose it will be there is every likelihood that the foundation will continue its support.

Questions 28–33: Heading matching (Medical Detection Dogs)

The text has eight sections. Choose the correct heading i-xi for each section.

LIST OF HEADINGS i. How the dogs are trained ii. Benefits of using dogs to diagnose malaria iii. Project funding iv. Other animals that are suitable for the task v. The symptoms of malaria vi. Reasons why rich people don't get malaria vii. Reasons why dogs are suitable for the task viii. How food choices can help prevent malaria ix. The conditions which promote malaria x. Some background on the disease xi. Problems with current methods of diagnosis

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Section C
- i. How the dogs are trained
- ii. Benefits of using dogs to diagnose malaria
- iii. Project funding
- iv. Other animals that are suitable for the task
- v. The symptoms of malaria
- vi. Reasons why rich people don't get malaria
- vii. Reasons why dogs are suitable for the task
- viii. How food choices can help prevent malaria
- ix. The conditions which promote malaria
- x. Some background on the disease
- xi. Problems with current methods of diagnosis
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Section D
- i. How the dogs are trained
- ii. Benefits of using dogs to diagnose malaria
- iii. Project funding
- iv. Other animals that are suitable for the task
- v. The symptoms of malaria
- vi. Reasons why rich people don't get malaria
- vii. Reasons why dogs are suitable for the task
- viii. How food choices can help prevent malaria
- ix. The conditions which promote malaria
- x. Some background on the disease
- xi. Problems with current methods of diagnosis
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Section E
- i. How the dogs are trained
- ii. Benefits of using dogs to diagnose malaria
- iii. Project funding
- iv. Other animals that are suitable for the task
- v. The symptoms of malaria
- vi. Reasons why rich people don't get malaria
- vii. Reasons why dogs are suitable for the task
- viii. How food choices can help prevent malaria
- ix. The conditions which promote malaria
- x. Some background on the disease
- xi. Problems with current methods of diagnosis
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Section F
- i. How the dogs are trained
- ii. Benefits of using dogs to diagnose malaria
- iii. Project funding
- iv. Other animals that are suitable for the task
- v. The symptoms of malaria
- vi. Reasons why rich people don't get malaria
- vii. Reasons why dogs are suitable for the task
- viii. How food choices can help prevent malaria
- ix. The conditions which promote malaria
- x. Some background on the disease
- xi. Problems with current methods of diagnosis
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Section G
- i. How the dogs are trained
- ii. Benefits of using dogs to diagnose malaria
- iii. Project funding
- iv. Other animals that are suitable for the task
- v. The symptoms of malaria
- vi. Reasons why rich people don't get malaria
- vii. Reasons why dogs are suitable for the task
- viii. How food choices can help prevent malaria
- ix. The conditions which promote malaria
- x. Some background on the disease
- xi. Problems with current methods of diagnosis
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Section H
- i. How the dogs are trained
- ii. Benefits of using dogs to diagnose malaria
- iii. Project funding
- iv. Other animals that are suitable for the task
- v. The symptoms of malaria
- vi. Reasons why rich people don't get malaria
- vii. Reasons why dogs are suitable for the task
- viii. How food choices can help prevent malaria
- ix. The conditions which promote malaria
- x. Some background on the disease
- xi. Problems with current methods of diagnosis

Questions 34–40: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN (Medical Detection Dogs)

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The majority of people killed by malaria are children under the age of 15.
35
Malaria always kills people within 24 hours of infection.
36
The symptoms of malaria make it easy to identify.
37
Scientists have been working of a vaccine for malaria since the 1920's.
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Current methods of diagnosing malaria are expensive.
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Dogs will identify carriers of malaria by their scent.
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If the project is successful it is not likely to receive further funding from the Gates Foundation.

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1. F
2. B
3. F
4. D
5. E
6. B
7. A
8. TRUE
9. TRUE
10. NOT GIVEN
11. TRUE
12. NOT GIVEN
13. FALSE
14. FALSE
15. overlooked
16. detectors
17. panic
18. premium
19. safe
20. sufficient
21. seat
22. upgrade
23. free
24. travel
25. status
26. selection
27. September
28. ix
29. xi
30. ii
31. vii
32. i
33. iii
34. TRUE
35. FALSE
36. FALSE
37. NOT GIVEN
38. TRUE
39. TRUE
40. FALSE