INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM

General Training Reading

Additonal materials: IELTS Reading Answer Sheet

Time 1 hour

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Read the instructions for each part of the test carefully.

Answer all questions.
Write your answers on the Reading Answer Sheet.
You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit.
Use a pencil.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

There are 40 questions on this question paper.

Each question carries one mark.
General Training Module
You are advised to spend 20 minutes on Questions 1-14. First, read the text below and
answer Questions 1-8.

YOUR MOULEX IRON D Pressing button

This button activates a super shot of steam
which momentarily gives you an additional 40g
of steam when needed.
Important: Do not use this more than five
successive times.

E Suits etc.
It is possible to use this iron in a vertical
position so that you can remove creases from
A Filling the reservoir clothes on coathangers or from curtains.
Your iron is designed to function using tap Turning the thermostat control and the steam
water. However, it will last longer if you use button to maximum, hold the iron in a vertical
distilled water. position close to the fabric but without
 Always unplug the iron before filling the touching it. Hold down the pressing button for
reservoir. a maximum of one second. The steam
 Always empty the reservoir after use. produced is not always visible but is still able
to remove creases.
B Temperature and steam control Important: Hold the iron at a sufficient
distance from silk and wool to avoid all risk of
Your Moulex iron has two buttons which
scorching Do not attempt to remove creases
control the intensity of heat produced by the
from an item of clothing that is being worn,
iron. You can, therefore, adjust the
always use a coathanger.
temperature of the iron and the amount of
steam being given off depending upon the
F Auto
clean
type of fabric being ironed.
 Turn the steam control to the desired In order that your iron does not become furred
intensity. up, Moulex have integrated an autoclean
 Turn the thermostat control to the desired system and we advise you to use it very
temperature. regularly (12 times per month).
 Turn the steam control to the off position.
Important: If your iron produces droplets of
 Fill the reservoir and turn the thermostat
water instead of giving off steam, your
control to maximum.
temperature control is set too low.
 As soon as the indicator light goes out,
unplug the iron and, holding it over the sink,
C Spray button
turn the steam control to autoclean. Any
This button activates a jet of cold water which calcium deposits will be washed out by the
allows you to iron out any unintentional steam. Continue the procedure until the
creases. Press the button for one second. reservoir is empty.
Questions 1-4
Match the pictures below to the appropriate section in the instructions. Write the correct letter
A-F in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet.

Questions 5-8
Answer the following questions on the Moulex iron using NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS. Write your answers in boxes 5-8 on your answer sheet.

5 What sort of water are you advised to use?

6 What factor makes you decide on the quantity of steam to use?
7 What should you do if your iron starts to drip water?
8 What could damage your iron if you do not clean it?
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Now, read the information below and answer Questions 9-14.

CLASSIC TOURS - COACH BREAK INFORMATION

Luggage
We ask you to keep luggage down to one medium
sized suitcase per person,
but a small holdall can also be taken on board the coach.
Seat Allocation
Requests for particular seats can be made on most coach breaks when
booking, but since allocations are made on a first come first served basis,
early booking is advisable. When bookings are made with us you will be
offered the best seats that are available on the coach at that time.
Travel Documents
When you have paid your deposit we will send to you all the necessary
documents and labels, so that you receive them in good time before the coach
break departure date. Certain documents, for example air or boat tickets,
may have to be retained and your driver or courier will then issue them to
you at the relevant point.
Special Diets
If you require a special diet you must inform us at the time of booking with a
copy of the diet. This will be notified to the hotel or hotels on your coach
break, but on certain coach breaks the hotels used are tourist class and whilst
offering value for money within the price range, they may not have the full
facilities to cope with special diets. Any extra costs incurred must be paid to
the hotel by yourself before departure from the hotel.
Accommodation
Many of our coach breaks now include, within the price, accommodation with
private facilities, and this will be indicated on the coach break page. Other
coach breaks have a limited number of rooms with private facilities which,
subject to availability, can be reserved and guaranteed at the time of booking

the supplementary charge shown in the price panel will be added to your
account.
On any coach break there are only a limited number of single rooms. When a
single room is available it may be subject to a supplementary charge and this
will be shown on the brochure page.
Entertainment
Some of our hotels arrange additional entertainment which could include
music, dancing, film shows, etc. The nature and frequency of the
entertainment presented is at the discretion of the hotel and therefore not
guaranteed and could be withdrawn if there is a lack of demand or
insufficient numbers in the hotel.
Questions 9-14
Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes 9-14 on your answer sheet.

9 If you want to sit at the front of the coach

A ask when you get on the coach.
B arrive early on the departure date.
C book your seat well in advance.
D avoid travelling at peak times.

10 Your air tickets

A will be sent to your departure point.
B must be collected before leaving.
C will be enclosed with other documents.
D may be held by your coach driver.

11 If you need a special diet you should

A inform the hotel when you arrive.
B pay extra with the booking.
C tell the coach company.
D book tourist class.

12 It may be necessary to pay extra for

A a bathroom.
B boat tickets.
C additional luggage.
D entertainment.

13 Entertainment is available
A at all hotels.
B if there is the demand.
C upon request.
D for an additional cost.

14 With every booking Classic Tours guarantee you will be able to

A request high quality meals.
B take hand luggage on the coach.
C use your own personal bathroom.
D see a film if you want to.
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You are advised to spend 20 minutes on Questions 15-29.

Questions 15-21
Look at the article Clubs for Students. Which club would you contact for each of the
requirements below? Write the appropriate letter A-G in boxes 15-21 on your answer sheet.
You may use each letter more than once.
The first one has been done for you as an example.

Example Answer
You wish to go swimming at 7am every morning. G

15 You would like to take Spanish classes.

16 You want to join a club that has international branches.
17 You would like an opportunity to speak in public.
18 You would like to take part in amateur theatrical productions.
19 You want to visit some famous sites with a group of other students.
20 You are interested in finding out about part-time work.
21 You want to meet some English people who have started their careers.
 CLUBS FOR STUDENTS
There are a variety of Clubs which provide There are branches around the world and 57
social and cultural activities for those wishing reciprocal clubs world-wide. Quarterly
to meet others with similar interests from the magazine, literary lectures, annual music and
same or from different national backgrounds. art competitions, and summer and winter
programme of events for members.
A Commonwealth Trust
Membership fees overseas students aged 17-
Organised discussion meetings, learned talks, 24 47 per year + initial joining fee 23.50;
cultural events excursions to places of interest others 70 per year + initial joining fee 35
and invitations to major British diary events (half price after July). Further information from
Open to overseas visitors and students. the Membership Secretary.
B Charles Peguy Centre E YMCA London Central
French youth centre providing advice, support Facilities include photography art drama,
and information to young Europeans aged pottery, language courses, badminton,
between 18-30. Facilities include an squash, exercise to music, circuit training,
information and advice service regarding sports clinic, fitness testing and other
education, work placement and general activities.
welfare rights. Moreover the centre holds a Hours weekdays 07.00-22.30, weekends
database of jobs, accommodation and au pair 10.00-21.00. Membership fees: aged 16-17
placements specifically in London. Members 25 per year plus attendance charge of 1 30
may use a fax machine a copier and per visit; aged 18-19 213 per year; aged 20-
computers for CVs. 25 366 per year
Hours Monday: 14.00-17.00
Tuesday-Friday: 10.00-17.00
F London Inter
Varsity Club (IVC)
Membership: 35 per year, plus 5 per month. IVC is an activities and social club with a
varied range of events, from cycling and
C Kensington Committee of
drama to windsurfing and yoga. Most
Friendship for Overseas Students
members are young English professionals, but
KCOF is the society for young people from all overseas visitors are welcome. The club
countries. Each month there are some 40 arranges restaurant meals, dancing and
parties, discos, visits to theatres, concerts, parties, weekends away around Britain, plus a
walks and other gatherings where you will be weekly club night in a Covent Garden bar.
able to meet lots of people. A new programme There are usually over 25 different events
is sent each month directly to members (5 to every week run by IVG members for IVC
join in October, less later in the year). Events members. To find out more, telephone the
are free or at low often reduced prices. Office club or write (Freepost) to the office.
open 10.30-17.30 weekdays only
G Central Club
D Royal Overseas League
Provides accommodation and club facilities.
Open 365 days per year, this is a club with No membership fee. Coffee shop open for all
facilities in London and Edinburgh with meals swimming pool (open 06.00), multi-
restaurants, bars and accommodation. gym, hairdressing salon.
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Questions 22-29
Read the article on International Students House and look at the statements below.
In boxes 22-29 on your answer sheet write
TRUE if the statement is true
FALSE if the statement is false
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage
The first one has been done for you as an example.

Example Answer
Answer The club is for overseas students only. FALSE

22 The club has long-term dormitory accommodation.

23 Membership must be renewed monthly.
24 The club provides subsidised restaurant meals.
25 The club is open to non-members on Tuesday evenings.
26 STA Travel help finance the Students Adviser.
27 The services of the Students Adviser are free to all club members.
28 You must make an appointment to see the Students Adviser.
29 There will be a surcharge for accommodation over the Christmas period.
INTERNATIONAL Club Room. This is an opportunity for
you to meet the staff and other club
members, enjoy a free cup of coffee
STUDENTS and find out all about whats going
on. You can take advantage of
HOUSE special membership offers. (Useful
tip: bring along 3 passport size
International Students House is a photographs if you wish to take out
unique club and accommodation membership.)
centre for British and overseas
students in London. It is located in the ADVICE SERVICE
heart of Londons West End and is Thanks to the support of STA Travel
close to all public transport facilities. and in association with LCOS (the
ACCOMMODATION London Conference on Overseas
Students) International Students
* comfortable accommodation for up House now provides the service of an
to 450 people in single, twin, 3/4 International Students Adviser. This
bedded and multibedded rooms new welfare service is open to all
* 44 selfcontained flats for married students at Londons bonafide
students and families academic institutions. It aims to
* long and short stays welcomed provide welfare support to help
MEMBERSHIP students overcome any personal or
practical difficulties they may be
Club membership is open to all full experiencing whilst studying in
time students, professional trainees, Britain. One of the key features of the
student nurses and au pairs. Advice Service is that the Adviser can
Membership costs are kept to an be seen during the evenings until
absolute minimum to enable the about 8 pm, Monday to Thursday.
widest possible access. You can join
for as little as one month and for up to CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR
one year at a time. Membership Unable to get home for Christmas?
entitles you to use the various facilities How about joining in the fun at
of the House. It has: International Students House! Check
* restaurants out our special programme of activity
* student bars and coffee shop taking place over the Christmas
* study rooms period. Even come and stay  the
* clubs and societies House will be offering reduced
* aerobics and fitness training accommodation rates for students
* discos, dance, jazz and cinema wishing to spend a few days in
* travel and excursions and much London over Christmas. Well also
more! The best way to check out all have an exciting New Years Eve
we have on offer is to drop in any party so come and join us and ring in
Tuesday evening between 7.15 pm the new year in the spirit of
and 8.30 pm for Open House in the internationalism.
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READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 30-41 which are based on the Reading
Passage below.

PAPER RECYCLING
A Paper is different from other waste recycling, the community must also
produce because it comes from a sus- contribute. We need to accept a
tainable resource: trees. Unlike the change in the quality of paper prod-
minerals and oil used to make plastics ucts; for example stationery may be
and metals, trees are replaceable. less white and of a rougher texture.
Paper is also biodegradable, so it There also needs to be support from
does not pose as much threat to the the community for waste paper collec-
environment when it is discarded. tion programs. Not only do we need to
While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of make the paper available to collectors
wood fibre used to make paper in but it also needs to be separated into
Australia comes from waste paper, the different types and sorted from con-
rest comes directly from virgin fibre taminants such as staples, paperclips,
from forests and plantations. By world string and other miscellaneous items.
standards this is a good performance C There are technical limitations to the
since the world-wide average is 33 per amount of paper which can be recycled
cent waste paper. Governments have and some paper products cannot be
encouraged waste paper collection collected for re-use. These include
and sorting schemes and at the same paper in the form of books and perma-
time, the paper industry has nent records, photographic paper and
responded by developing new paper which is badly contaminated.
recycling technologies that have The four most common sources of
paved the way for even greater paper for recycling are factories and
utilisation of used fibre. As a result, retail stores which gather large
industrys use of recycled fibres is amounts of packaging material in
expected to increase at twice the rate which goods are delivered, also offices
of virgin fibre over the coming years. which have unwanted business docu-
B Already, waste paper constitutes 70% ments and computer output, paper
of paper used for packaging and converters and printers and lastly
advances in the technology required households which discard newspapers
to remove ink from the paper have and packaging material. The paper
allowed a higher recycled content in manufacturer pays a price for the
newsprint and writing paper. To paper and may also incur the collection
achieve the benefits of cost.
D Once collected, the paper has to be bleaching agents. Before the recycled
sorted by hand by people trained to fibres can be made into paper they
recognise various types of paper. This must be refined or treated in such a
is necessary because some types of way that they bond together.
paper can only be made from particular E Most paper products must contain
kinds of recycled fibre. The sorted some virgin fibre as well as recycled
paper then has to be repulped or mixed fibres and unlike glass, paper cannot
with water and broken down into its be recycled indefinitely. Most paper is
individual fibres. This mixture is called down-cycled which means that a prod-
stock and may contain a wide variety of uct made from recycled paper is of an
contaminating materials, particularly if it inferior quality to the original paper.
is made from mixed waste paper which Recycling paper is beneficial in that it
has had little sorting. Various machin- saves some of the energy, labour and
ery is used to remove other materials capital that goes into producing virgin
from the stock. After passing through pulp. However, recycling requires the
the repulping process, the fibres from use of fossil fuel, a non-renewable
printed waste paper are grey in colour energy source, to collect the waste
because the printing ink has soaked paper from the community and to
into the individual fibres. This recycled process it to produce new paper. And
material can only be used in products the recycling process still creates
where the grey colour does not matter, emissions which require treatment
such as cardboard boxes but if the grey before they can be disposed of safely.
colour is not acceptable, the fibres Nevertheless, paper recycling is an
must be de-inked. This involves adding important economical and environmen-
chemicals such as caustic soda or tal practice but one which must be
other alkalis, soaps and detergents, carried out in a rational and viable
water-hardening agents such as cal- manner for it to be useful to both indus-
cium chloride, frothing agents and try and the community.
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Questions 30-36
Complete the summary below of the first two paragraphs of the Reading Passage. Choose
ONE OR TWO WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer. Write your answers in
boxes 30-36 on your answer sheet.

SUMMARY
Example
From the point of view of recycling, paper has two advantages over minerals and oil

in that firstly it comes from a resource which is ... (30) ... and secondly it is less
threatening to our environment when we throw it away because it is ... (31) ... Although
Australias record in the re-use of waste paper is good, it is still necessary to use a
combination of recycled fibre and ... (32) .. to make new paper. The paper industry has
contributed positively and people have also been encouraged by ... (33) ...
to collect their waste on a regular basis. One major difficulty is the removal of ink from
used paper but ... (34) ... are being made in this area. However, we need to learn to accept
paper which is generally of a lower ... (35) ... than before and to sort our waste paper by
removing .. (36) .. before discarding it for collection.

Questions 37-40
Look at paragraphs C, D, and E and, using the information in the passage, complete the flow
chart below. Write your answers in boxes 37-41 on your answer sheet. Use ONE OR TWO
WORDS for each answer.

Waste paper collected from: The paper is then

Factories
Retail stores (38) ............................................

(37) . .........................................
Paper converters and printers
Households
and
(39) . ........................................
by adding water

Chemicals are
added in order to
(40) ...........................................