General Training Reading 2025-05 Test 7 — IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test with Answers

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Student Accommodation

The College offers five basic accommodation options. Here is some information to help you make your choice.

A. CAMBOURNE HOUSE - self-catering, student residence, located in the town centre about 2 miles from the main College campus. Up to 499 students live in 6, 7 and 8 bedroom flats, all with en-suite shower rooms. Rent is £64 per week, including bills (not telephone). Broadband Internet connections and telephones, with communal kitchen/dining and lounge areas. Parking space is available, with permits costing £60 per term.

B. STUDENT VILLAGE - features 3, 4, 5 and 7 bedroom, self-catering shared houses for 250 students close to the main College campus. Rent is £60 per week inclusive of bills (except telephone). Parking is available with permits costing £90 for the academic year.

C. HANLEY HOUSE - a second, modern, self-catering residence in the town centre for 152 students. Eighteen rooms per floor with communal kitchens, lounges, bathrooms and toilets. Rent is £53 per week including bills (not telephone). There is no space for parking nearby.

D. GLENCARRICK HOUSE - a privately-owned and managed student residence in the town centre above a multi-storey car park, close to a major nightclub and housing 120 students. Rooms are allocated by the College Accommodation Service. Rents range from £58.50 to £68.50 for a single en-suite room or larger en-suite room respectively. A small extra charge is made for electricity.

E. HOUSE SHARES - this recent initiative is a range of shared houses for 140 students, conforming to standards set by us to meet all legal safety requirements. A room in a shared house costs between £45 and £55 per week, exclusive of bills, and will be within a 4-mile radius of both campuses. As with halls of residence, the rent is payable termly.

Questions 1–7: Accommodation Matching

Look at the accommodation options A-E. For which options are the following statements true? Write the correct letter, A-E. NB You may use any letter more than once.

1
This is possibly inconvenient for car owners.
2
This is best if you like surfing the Web.
3
Of the College residences, this has the fewest students.
4
This is a new option offered by the College.
5
You have to organise parking a year at a time.
6
This accommodation does not belong to the College.
7
Here you definitely do not have your own.

International Students' Orientation Programme

What is it? It is a course which will introduce you to the College and to Bingham. It takes place in the week before term starts, from 24th - 28th September inclusive, but you should plan to arrive in Bingham on the 22nd or 23rd September.

Why do we think it is important? We want you to have the best possible start to your studies and you need to find out about all the opportunities that college life offers. This programme aims to help you do just that. It will enable you to get to know the College, its facilities and services. You will also have the chance to meet staff and students.

How much will it cost?

International students (non-European Union students)

For those students who do not come from European Union (EU) countries, and who are not used to European culture and customs, the programme is very important and you are strongly advised to attend. Because of this, the cost of the programme, exclusive of accommodation, is built into your tuition fees.

EU students

EU students are welcome to take part in this programme for a fee of £195, exclusive of accommodation. Fees are not refundable.

Accommodation costs (international and EU students)

If you have booked accommodation for the year ahead (41 weeks) through the College in one of the College residences (Cambourne House, Hanley House, the Student Village or a College shared house), you do not have to pay extra for accommodation during the Orientation programme. If you have not booked accommodation in the College residences, you can ask us to pre-book accommodation for you for one week only (Orientation Programme week) in a hotel with other international students. The cost of accommodation for one week is approximately £165. Alternatively, you can arrange your own accommodation for that week in a flat, with friends or a local family.

What is included during the programme?

Meals: lunch and an evening meal are provided as part of the programme, beginning with supper on Sunday 23rd September and finishing with lunch at midday on Friday 28th September. Please note that breakfast is not available.

Information sessions: including such topics as accommodation, health, religious matters, welfare, immigration, study skills, careers and other 'essential information'.

Social activities: including a welcome buffet and a half-day excursion round Bingham.

Transport: between your accommodation and the main College campus, where activities will take place.

Questions 8–14: Orientation Programme True/False/Not Given

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text. TRUE - if the statement is true FALSE - if the statement is false NOT GIVEN - if the information is not given in the text

8
Participants are advised to arrive one or two days early.
9
The cost of the programme for European Union students, excluding accommodation, is £195.
10
The number of places available is strictly limited.
11
Some students are not charged extra for accommodation during the programme.
12
The College will arrange accommodation with local families.
13
You can obtain breakfast at the College for an extra charge.
14
The activities take place at the college campus.

Tips for Giving an Effective Business Presentation

Preparation

Get someone else to evaluate your performance and highlight your best skills. For example, go through your presentation in front of a colleague or relative. Think about who your audience is and what you want them to get out of the presentation. Think about content and style. Go into the presentation room and try out any moves you may have to make, e.g. getting up from your chair and moving to the podium. Errors in the first 20 seconds can be very disorientating. Familiarise yourself with the electronic equipment before the presentation and also have a backup plan in mind, should there be an unexpected problem like a power cut.

Dealing with presentation nervousness

A certain amount of nervousness is vital for a good presentation. The added adrenaline will keep your faculties sharp and give your presentation skills extra force. This can, however, result in tension in the upper chest. Concentrate on your breathing. Slow it right down and this will relax you. Strangely, having something to pick up and put down tends to help you do this. It may seem an odd idea, but we seem to feel calmer when we engage in what's referred to as a displacement activity, like clicking a pen or fiddling with jewellery. A limited amount of this will not be too obvious and can make you feel more secure at the start.

Interacting with your audience

Think of your presentation as a conversation with your audience. They may not actually say anything, but make them feel consulted, questioned, challenged, then they will stay awake and attentive. Engage with your present audience, not the one you have prepared for. Keep looking for reactions to your ideas and respond to them. If your audience doesn't appear to be following you, find another way to get your ideas across. If you don't interact, you might as well send a video recording of your presentation instead!

Structuring effective presentations

Effective presentations are full of examples. These help your listeners to see more clearly what you mean. It's quicker and more colourful. Stick to the point using three or four main ideas. For any subsidiary information that you cannot present in 20 minutes, try another medium, such as handouts. End as if your presentation has gone well. Do this even if you feel you've presented badly. And anyway a good finish will get you some applause — and you deserve it!

Questions 15–22: Business Presentation Note Completion

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

15. Practising your presentation on a _______ or a family member is helpful.

16. Be prepared for a problem such as a _______.

17. One way to overcome pre-presentation nerves is to make your _______ less rapid.

18. It is acceptable to do something called a _______ at the start of the presentation to reassure you.

19. Your presentation should be like a _______ with the people who have come to hear you.

20. Check constantly for _______ to the points you are making.

21. Make sure you use plenty of _______ to communicate your message effectively.

22. To keep the presentation short, use things like _______ to provide extra details.

How to Get a Job in Journalism

You can get a good qualification in journalism, but what employers actually want is practical, rather than theoretical, knowledge. There's no substitute for creating real stories that have to be handed in by strict deadlines. So write for your school magazine, then maybe try your hand at editing. Once you've done that for a while, start requesting internships in newspapers in the area. These are generally short-term and unpaid, but they're definitely worthwhile, since, instead of providing you with money, they'll teach you the skills that every twenty-first-century journalist has to have, like laying out articles, creating web pages, taking good digital pictures and so on.

Most reporters keep a copy of every story they've had published, from secondary school onwards. They're called cuttings, and you need them to get a job — indeed a few impressive ones can be the deciding factor in whether you're appointed or not. So start creating a portfolio now that will show off your developing talent.

It seems obvious — research is an important part of an effective job hunt. But it's surprising how many would-be journalists do little or none. If you're thorough, it can help you decide whether the job you're thinking about applying for is right for you. And nothing impresses an editor more than an applicant who knows a lot about the paper.

There are two more elements to an application — your covering letter and curriculum vitae. However, your CV is the thing that will attract an editor's attention first, so get it right. The key words are brevity, (no more than one page) accuracy (absolutely no spelling or typing errors) and clarity (it should be easy to follow).

In journalism, good writing skills are essential, so it's critical that the style of your letter is appropriate. And, make sure it conveys your love of journalism and your eagerness to do the work.

Questions 23–27: Journalism Note Completion

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.

Getting a job in journalism

Apply for temporary 23 _______ with local papers and acquire the extra 24_______ you'll need. Build up a set of 25 _______ in a portfolio, displaying how your writing ability has progressed over time. Take time to do detailed 26_______ first, before applying for a post with a paper. Once you decide to apply, make sure your CV is short, makes sense and is without 27_______ of any kind.

ROBOTS AT WORK

The newspaper production process has come a long way from the old days when the paper was written, edited, typeset and ultimately printed in one building with the journalists working on the upper floors and the printing presses going on the ground floor. These days the editor, subeditors and journalists who put the paper together are likely to find themselves in a totally different building or maybe even in a different city. This is the situation which now prevails in Sydney. The daily paper is compiled at the editorial headquarters, known as the prepress centre, in the heart of the city, but printed far away in the suburbs at the printing centre. Here human beings are in the minority as much of the work is done by automated machines controlled by computers.

Once the finished newspaper has been created for the next morning's edition, all the pages are transmitted electronically from the prepress centre to the printing centre. The system of transmission is an update on the sophisticated page facsimile system already in use in many other newspapers. An imagesetter at the printing centre delivers the pages as films. Each page takes less than a minute to produce, although for colour pages four versions, one each for black, cyan, magenta and yellow are sent. The pages are then processed into photographic negatives and the film is used to produce aluminium printing plates ready for the presses.

A procession of automated vehicles is busy at the new printing centre where the Sydney Morning Herald is printed each day. With lights flashing and warning horns honking, the robots (to give them their correct name, the LGVs or laser guided vehicles) look for all the world like enthusiastic machines from a science fiction movie, as they follow their own random paths around the plant busily getting on with their jobs. Automation of this kind is now standard in all modern newspaper plants. The robots can detect unauthorised personnel and alert security staff immediately if they find an "intruder"; not surprisingly, tall tales are already being told about the machines starting to take on personalities of their own.

The robots' principal job, however, is to shift the newsprint (the printing paper) that arrives at the plant in huge reels and emerges at the other end sometime later as newspapers. Once the size of the day's paper and the publishing order are determined at head office, the information is punched into the computer and the LGVs are programmed to go about their work. The LGVs collect the appropriate size paper reels and take them where they have to go. When the press needs another reel its computer alerts the LGV system. The Sydney LGVs move busily around the press room fulfilling their two key functions to collect reels of newsprint either from the reel stripping stations or from the racked supplies in the newsprint storage area. At the stripping station, the tough wrapping that helps to protect a reel of paper from rough handling is removed. Any damaged paper is peeled off and the reel is then weighed.

Then one of the four paster-robots moves in. Specifically designed for the job, it trims the paper neatly and prepares the reel for the press. If required the reel can be loaded directly onto the press; if not needed immediately, an LGV takes it to the storage area. When the press computer calls for a reel, an LGV takes it to the reel loading area of the presses. It lifts the reel into the loading position and places it in the correct spot with complete accuracy. As each reel is used up, the press drops the heavy cardboard core into a waste bin. When the bin is full, another LGV collects it and deposits the cores into a shredder for recycling.

The LGVs move at walking speed. Should anyone step in front of one or get too close, sensors stop the vehicle until the path is clear. The company has chosen a laser guide function system for the vehicles because, as the project development manager says "The beauty of it is that if you want to change the routes, you can work out a new route on your computer and lay it down for them to follow". When an LGV's batteries run low, it will take itself offline and go to the nearest battery maintenance point for replacement batteries. And all this is achieved with absolute minimum human input and a much reduced risk of injury to people working in the printing centres.

The question that newspaper workers must now ask, however, is, "how long will it be before the robots are writing the newspapers as well as running the printing centre, churning out the latest edition every morning?"

Questions 28–34: Matching Headings to Paragraphs

Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs.

LIST OF HEADINGS

i. Robots working together

ii. Preparing LGVs for take-over

iii. Looking ahead

iv. The LGVs' main functions

v. Newspapers superseded by technology

vi. Getting the newspaper to the printing centre

vii. Controlling the robots

viii. Beware of robots!

ix. —

28
Section A
29
Section B
30
Section C
31
Section D
32
Section E
33
Section F
34
Section G

Questions 35–40: Robots at Work Note Completion

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

The production process

35. The pages are converted into _______.

36. _______ are made for use in the printing presses.

37. The LGVs are _______ by computer.

38. The LGVs remove _______ from the reel.

39. The reel is trimmed and prepared by the _______.

40. The reel is taken to the _______.

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1. C
C is correct because Hanley House has 'no space for parking nearby,' which is inconvenient for car owners.
2. A
A is correct because Cambourne House offers 'Broadband Internet connections,' making it best for someone who likes surfing the Web. Other options do not mention Internet access.
3. C
C is correct because Hanley House has 152 students, which is fewer than the other College residences listed.
4. E
E is correct because House Shares is described as 'this recent initiative,' meaning it is a new option.
5. B
B is correct because the Student Village offers parking permits costing £90 'for the academic year,' so you must organise parking for the whole year at once.
6. D
D is correct because Glencarrick House is 'privately-owned and managed,' not belonging to the College.
7. C
C is correct because Hanley House has 'communal kitchens, lounges, bathrooms and toilets,' so you definitely do not have your own facilities.
8. TRUE
TRUE is correct because the programme 'takes place...from 24th - 28th September,' but students are told to 'arrive in Bingham on the 22nd or 23rd September.'
9. TRUE
TRUE is correct because EU students can join the programme 'for a fee of £195, exclusive of accommodation.'
10. NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN is correct because there is no information about the number of places being limited.
11. TRUE
TRUE is correct because students who have booked accommodation for the year 'do not have to pay extra for accommodation during the Orientation programme.'
12. FALSE
FALSE is correct because the College can pre-book hotel accommodation, but says you can 'arrange your own accommodation...with friends or a local family,' not that the College will arrange it.
13. FALSE
FALSE is correct because the programme provides 'lunch and an evening meal,' but 'breakfast is not available,' and there is no mention of paying extra for breakfast.
14. TRUE
TRUE is correct because 'activities will take place' at the 'main College campus.'
15. colleague
'Colleague' is correct because the passage says to practise your presentation 'in front of a colleague or relative.'
16. power cut
'Power cut' is correct because you should 'have a backup plan...should there be an unexpected problem like a power cut.'
17. breathing
'Breathing' is correct because slowing down your breathing 'will relax you' and help with nerves.
18. displacement activity
'Displacement activity' is correct because doing something like 'clicking a pen' is called a displacement activity and can make you feel calmer.
19. conversation
'Conversation' is correct because you should think of your presentation as 'a conversation with your audience.'
20. reactions
'Reactions' is correct because you should 'keep looking for reactions to your ideas and respond to them.'
21. examples
'Examples' is correct because 'effective presentations are full of examples' to help communicate your message.
22. handouts
'Handouts' is correct because for extra details, 'try another medium, such as handouts.'
23. internship
'Internship' is correct because you are advised to 'start requesting internships in newspapers in the area.'
24. skills
'Skills' is correct because internships will 'teach you the skills that every twenty-first-century journalist has to have.'
25. cuttings
'Cuttings' is correct because 'most reporters keep a copy of every story...they're called cuttings.'
26. research
'Research' is correct because 'research is an important part of an effective job hunt.'
27. errors
'Errors' is correct because your CV should have 'absolutely no spelling or typing errors.'
28. v
v is correct because Section A describes how newspaper production has changed and is now highly automated, so 'Newspapers superseded by technology' fits best. Other options like 'Robots working together' do not match the main idea.
29. vii
vii is correct because Section B explains how pages are transmitted and processed, focusing on 'Controlling the robots' and the technology used.
30. ix
ix is correct because Section C describes the robots' actions and how they seem to have personalities, but none of the other headings fit exactly, so 'ix' is chosen as the best match.
31. iv
iv is correct because Section D details the main functions of the LGVs, such as collecting and delivering reels, so 'The LGVs' main functions' is the best heading.
32. i
i is correct because Section E describes how robots and paster-robots work together to prepare and move reels, so 'Robots working together' fits best.
33. viii
viii is correct because Section F talks about safety and how robots stop if someone is in the way, so 'Beware of robots!' is the best heading.
34. iii
iii is correct because Section G looks to the future and asks if robots will write newspapers, so 'Looking ahead' fits best.
35. (photographic) film / (photographic) negative(s)
'Film' or 'photographic negatives' is correct because 'the pages are then processed into photographic negatives and the film is used to produce aluminium printing plates.'
36. (aluminium) printing plates
'Printing plates' is correct because 'the film is used to produce aluminium printing plates ready for the presses.'
37. programmed
'Programmed' is correct because 'the LGVs are programmed to go about their work.'
38. (tough) wrapping / damaged paper
'Wrapping' or 'damaged paper' is correct because at the stripping station, 'the tough wrapping...is removed. Any damaged paper is peeled off.'
39. paster robots
'Paster robots' is correct because 'one of the four paster-robots moves in...trims the paper neatly and prepares the reel for the press.'
40. storage area
'Storage area' is correct because if the reel is not needed immediately, 'an LGV takes it to the storage area.'

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