GENERAL TRAINING LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 10

SECTION 1 Questions 1 - 10

Questions 1 - 5

Complete the form below.

Write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Tennants Insurance Brokers

Car Insurance Form

Address

Flat 8

(1) ____________________

Dene Road

Westley

Postcode

(2) ____________________

Home Tel.

none yet

Mobile Tel.

(3) ____________________

Car

Make

Toyota

Model

MR2

Age

(4) ____________________

Engine Size

2 litre

Garaged

YES / NO

No Claims Bonus

(5) ____________________

Endorsements

3 points

Example

Answer

Client’s Name

Mrs.

Norma Willis

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Questions 6 - 8

Complete the list of Norma’s valuables below.

HiFi

(6) ____________________

Video player

Couple of radios

(7) ____________________

Laptop

Printer

DVDs

CDs

Jewelry - necklaces, (8) ____________________, rings + brooches

What does Norma buy at the end?

Car insurance only

Contents insurance only

Car insurance + Contents insurance

Ground floor flat

neighbourhood watch scheme

motion sensor

double glazed windows + extra locks

smoke alarm

Ground floor flat

dead bolt lock

burglar alarm

motion sensor

double glazed windows + extra locks

smoke alarm

1st floor flat

dead bolt lock

burglar alarm connected with police station

motion sensor

double glazed windows + extra locks

smoke alarm

Questions 9 and 10

Circle the correct letters

A - C.

Which list, A, B or C, correctly assesses the protection for Norma’s flat?

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SECTION 2 Questions 11 - 20

Where will the future residence launderette be?

What special facility does Betty offer at the Launderette?

Which number bus does Simon advise Jo to take?

Where can students get advice on Council Tax?

Where does Simon say that Bill should register for his Council Tax?

Questions 11 - 15

Answer the questions below

Write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A

NUMBER for each answer.

Questions 16 - 20

Complete the sentences below.

Write

NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.

If there is a fire, residents should meet on _______________.

Fire practices are held every _______________.

If you want to watch a _______________, do so in your own room.

Strangely enough the Chinese family sells _______________.

Simon suggests asking for a _______________ when residents order a meal from a

takeaway.

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SECTION 3 Questions 21 - 30

According to Nick the first Australian immigrants were:

The ancestors of aborigines

Petty criminals

Sailors

What was the name of the first British colony in Australia?

Victoria

New South Wales

New London

When was the White Australia Policy started?

Just after the first colony expanded

After Australian Federation

After World War II

Why was there bad feeling towards many Chinese immigratants in the 1850s?

They opened restaurants

They were searching for gold

They would work for less money than the local Australians

When were Asian students first allowed to study at Australian universities?

1950

1957

1973

Questions 21 - 25

Circle the correct letter

A - C.

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Australian Immigration

Two Current Immigration Programs

The Migration Program

The Humanitarian Program

The Migration Program

To get Australian permanent residence, immigrants must be:

(26) _______________, or

sponsored by a family member currently resident in Australia

2004-05 Migration Program has 120,000 places available

The Department of Immigration particularly wants:

skilled immigrants

immigrants who will move to regional areas of Australia

The Humanitarian Program

Two Components designed for refugees + others in special humanitarian need

(27) _______________: assists people overseas in humanitarian need

Other component:

People in Australia on temporary visas/without permission

claiming asylum

2004 and 2005 Humanitarian Program has (28) _______________ places available

Australian Illegal Migrants

People who...

enter Australia without authority

(29) _______________

work without appropriate approval

have their visas cancelled and stay

Australia’s Migration Act1958

All non Australian citizens unlawfully in Australia to be

detained and (30) _______________ unless given permission to remain

Questions 26 - 30

Complete Adrian’s notes below.

Write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

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SECTION 4 Questions 31 - 40

Questions 31 - 36

Complete the lecture notes below.

Write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

The Super Volcano

No specifically defined scientific meaning - refers to volcanoes that have generated the

Earth’s largest volcanic eruptions.

Super volcano eruption form calderas. Whereas normal volcano craters are measured in

the hundreds of metres, a caldera can be easily as large as (31) __________

miles wide.

Super Volcano Caldera Locations:

Long Valley, Eastern California

(not all active)

Toba, Indonesia

Lake Taupo, (32) __________

Japan

Indonesia

Scotland

Alaska

Normal Volcano Formation - Magma column rises from Earth, erupts and hardens down sides

creating the familiar (33) __________ mountain

Super Volcano Formation -

Magma rises from Earth’s mantle creating (34) __________

in the Earth’s crust. Chamber increases to enormous size, creating colossal pressure. Eruption

finally forms massive caldera.

Results of Super Volcano Eruption

Ash, dust and sulphur dioxide ejected, blocking sun & creating cold wave lasting

several years. Plants and animals (including humans) would die.

Most recent caldera-forming eruption ((35) __________ ago approx.). Ash,

pumice, and gases covered more than 3000 square miles and also went high into the

stratosphere to circle the Earth, affecting its temperature. Ash from this eruption stll

found in Iowa and in (36) __________ from the Gulf of Mexico.

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Questions 37 - 40

Acording to the Earth Sciences lecture, which

FOUR of the following facts are NOT

true.

Choose

FOUR letters (A - H) and write them in any order in boxes 37 - 40 on your

answer sheet.

Yellowstone Park has previously suffered three enormous eruptions.

The first super eruption in Yellowstone was over three million years ago.

The first super eruption in Yellowstone park created a caldera bigger than another state of

the US.

Scientists say Yellowstone Park should erupt approximately every 600 000 years.

The ground level of Yellowstone Park has increased by over half a metre over the last 10

years.

A taskforce has been set up to plan for the possible devastation that a Yellowstone

eruption would cause.

Evidence suggests that the super-eruption at Toba caused the Earth’s population of

humans to drop to about 10 000.

A super-eruption could make the Earth’s temperature drop to 5 to 10 degrees celsius.

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GENERAL TRAINING READING PRACTICE TEST 10

SECTION 1

Questions 1 – 12

Questions 1 – 6

On the following page is a notice advertising the Westley Museum.

Look at the statements below (questions

1 – 6) relating to the notice.

In boxes

1 – 6 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 notice

Entry to the museum is £2.

The museum has five display rooms.

At present you can see a special art exhibition in the Holly Williamson Room with paintings

by Turner.

Some fossil exhibitions on display are borrowed from other museums.

There is evidence of an old Roman road just outside Westley.

Members of Friends of Westley Museum still have to pay an entry charge for special

exhibitions.

Example

Parking for the museum is available in front of the museum

building.

Answer

FALSE

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WESTLEY MUSEUM

....bringing the past to you

The Westley Museum is located on Bradbury Street behind the Town Hall. Buses 6, 8 and13 all

stop outside the museum. The nearest parking can be found at Fenston Street car park 10 min-

utes walk from the museum.

Westley Museum suggests that you drop a donation into the box located at the entrance of the

museum. This money goes towards the upkeep of the building, paying staff and buying new items

for the museum. A suggested amount would be £2. Otherwise entry is without charge. Below is a

sample of the rooms we have on offer.

Holly Williamson Room

This room contains a collection of works by painters who were born or lived in the Westly area.

Although we have none currently, the museum also often has special exhibitions here with works

loaned from prestigious museums in the UK and abroad. Artists include Turner, Constable and

Whistler.

Sam Green Room

This room houses our exciting collection of fossils from the Westley area. With our unique soil

types and stone formations, the Westley area is an ideal spot for paleontologists to unearth trea-

sures from the past. Look at our collection of ammonites, sharks’ teeth, bird and animal fossils

and gaze in wonder at the full tyrannosaurus rex fossil reconstruction we have on loan.

Maria Fox Room

This room displays artifacts from the Roman era and the Middle Ages found in the surrounding

area. There was a Roman settlement just outside Westley on the Hampton Road and for years

historians have found various Roman relics from old villas and swords to cups and mosaics.

Danny Needham Room

Here we supply an ever-changing display of local industry and crafts. Exhibits are taken from

the past and the present and show how life and work has changed over the years in the Westley

area.

*****

Join the Friends of Westley Museum and support local arts and culture. As a Friend you will al-

ways enjoy free access to an interesting range of lectures, seminars, films and social events and

any special exhibitions normally charged for. You’ll also have priority booking for the many field

trips and visits to other museums (ie: the October visit to the Tate Britain).

*****

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Westley Town Hall Parking

During the hours of 8.00am and 6.30pm (weekdays) people who park in the Westley Town Hall

Front Car Park must have one of the following:

a valid Westley Town Hall parking permit clearly displayed on the car’s front

windscreen.

a valid Westley Town Hall guest parking permit clearly displayed on the car’s

front windscreen. If you are a Town Hall guest, this can be obtained free from

reception. Please inform the parking attendant that you are a guest immediately on

arriving before you go to reception for your guest permit.

a parking ticket purchased from the machine valid for the parking duration. This

ticket must be displayed on the car’s front windscreen.

Between the hours of 6.30pm and 8.00am weekdays and all day weekends the Front Car Park

is open without charge to the general public for periods of not more than 2 hours. After leaving

there is no return for another period of 2 hours.

The Westley Town Hall Back Car Park is free at all times but parking is limited to 1 hour only dur-

ing the hours of 8.00am and 6.30pm (weekdays) and 2 hours only between the hours of 6.30pm

and 8.00am weekdays and all day weekends. After leaving at all times there is no return for

another period of 2 hours.

Cars found breaking the above regulations will be clamped! De-clamping fee £80!

Questions 7 - 10

Below is a notice regarding parking facilities at Westley Town Hall.

Look at the statements below (questions

7 – 10) relating to the notice.

In boxes

7 – 10 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 notice

There is no free parking in the Westley Town Hall Front Car Park.

People who break the parking rules will be issued with a parking ticket.

Town Hall guests may park in the Front Car Park on weekdays in the daytime without

charge.

Unlimited free parking is available in the road next to the Town Hall.

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Questions 11 and 12

Below is an advertisement and voucher for Sightwise Opticians

Read the advertisement and then answer the following questions using

MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 11

and 12 on your answer sheet.

How much discount is offered with the voucher for a sight test?

What is the last date that you can use the voucher?

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SIGHTWISE OPTICIANS

SECTION 2 Questions 13 – 27

Questions 13 – 16

Read the information sheet on the following page for the Course Outline for

Westley University’s BA degree in Media. Complete the following statements

(questions

13 to 16) with words taken from the information sheet.

Write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes

13 to 16 on your answer sheet.

The Westley University Media department enjoys a _______________ from other

courses it has run.

Prospective candidates should have very good scholastic qualifications, mental firmness

and _______________.

Students not in their final year are only assessed by _______________.

The students’ BA grade is mostly derived from a _______________.

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Westley University Department of Media

BA Honours Media Course Outline

The BA Media is primarily an academic programme of study in which information media forms are

scrutinised and critically analysed in their full social, cultural and political context. Through a variety

of teaching approaches and different forms of coursework, you will gain a fuller understanding of

the many factors in the production processes and circulation of media products and messages, the

ways media represent the world and ourselves and how audiences engage with media.

If you want to train for courses in television, film, photographic or print production, this is not the

degree for you. Of course it benefits from Westley’s high reputation for Journalism training at

postgraduate diploma level, built up in the University over many years, and a number of modules

involving the study of journalism, online work, and some writing for media. But mostly the BA

requires students with strong academic credentials, who will develop the intellectual rigour and

communication skills to work in a range of careers. Such careers though will include journalism

- where there is a continuing demand for well-qualified academic graduates from many subject

areas. The BA programme is also a valuable qualification for postgraduate study in specific media-

related courses and some of our graduates go on to our own, and other, professional diploma and

postgraduate courses after their BA.

Course Duration, Aspects and Teaching Methods

The 3 year Honours degree Course consists of 25 hours of material, incorporating lectures,

seminars and tutorials every week. Classes will be taught over the course of the three semesters

of the academic year. Students have a series of 10 compulsory modules they will follow over the

three years and three elective modules that they must choose from a list of 10.

Requirements of Entry

Students are individually assessed on their academic and professional qualifications and

experience. Mature student applications are welcomed. There is a minimum requirement of GCSE

maths and English language or an equivalent qualification. Some degree of computer literacy will

be needed and improved upon throughout the course.

Assessment

Years 1 and 2 are examined by sessional examinations at the end of the academic year. These

marks do not go towards the final degree evaluation but must be passed to continue to the

following year. The final degree is a mixture of 50% course mark, 25% final exams mark and 25%

dissertation (to be submitted at the end of the Easter vacation of the final year). 8 assignments are

given every year. The 5 best marks of each year count to provide a coursework mark for the year.

Each year’s coursework mark goes towards the final coursework mark for the final degree grade.

Resources

A full reading list will be sent to undergraduates taking the course 2 months before the start of lec-

tures. Students will be expected to have access to a computer and internet connection.

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Questions 17 – 20

Now look again at the Course Outline for Westley University’s BA degree in Media

on the previous page and, using

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS, answer the

following questions. Write your answers in boxes

17 – 20 on your answer sheet.

What type of work does the Course Outline give as an example of the type of jobs

successful graduates could get?

What are

TWO examples of how the course teaching is delivered?

How many individual coursework assignment marks go towards the final degree mark at the

end of the third year?

What study tools will lecturers of the course expect students to possess?

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Questions 21 – 27

Look at the Resources Information Sheet about Drayton University Business Study

Centre in New Zealand on the following page. Below are the first half of 7 sentences

(questions

21 - 27) describing various aspects of the Business Centre. In the box

below there are the second half of the sentences (

A - G).

Finish each of the sentences questions

21 - 27 by matching with sentences A - G.

Write the appropriate letters (

A - G) in boxes 21 - 27 on your answer sheet.

Also available to postgraduates is the right to use...

In the future, subject to reservation, students will be able to interact...

Students have access to thousands of publications in the libraries or...

Students who miss lectures can see them ...

The campus sports centre enjoys...

New academic facilities at the Learning Resource Centre are combined with...

Forums and debate areas can be found...

...online or from digital resources that they can borrow.

...on the intranet.

... on the Business Centre’s website.

...online with their teachers.

...more powerful, high specification computers.

...contemporary housing and welfare resources.

...the most up-to-date facilities in the area.

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Drayton University Business Study Centre

Wellington, New Zealand

Resources Information Sheet

Our Business Study Centre students and staff have access to some exceptional modern

resources. Integrated library computing and media facilities are provided in the Business Study

Centre and across the University.

Available to students to borrow are some 40,000 books and 2,200 periodicals housed in

the University Libraries and student access to them is also provided via CD-ROMS lent by the

library and on the internet. Students studying higher degrees also have access to mainframe

computing facilities and advanced design micro computers.

There are plans for further capital development on the business campus and the already

excellent sporting facilities have been enhanced by the addition of a Centre for Racket Sports

along with the construction of the Burdey Sports Centre containing state-of-the-art gymnasium

facilities and a multi-purpose sports hall which are the envy of all the sports centres in town.

A new $25 million fully equipped Learning Resource Centre at the business campus has also

just been opened and a $10 million refurbishment and reconfiguration of the old facilities is due

to be completed soon. The new centre provides students with the most up-to-date teaching

accommodation and student support areas.

Drayton University provides a number of online resources from web access and email

to library services and a student intranet providing a central pool of information for student

activities. In addition to these significant resources Drayton University Business Study Centre

has made a major investment in the provision of online learning and development. The majority

of our modules have their own intranet website access through a system called WebDT or on

the Centre’s own intranet (DUNISWEB). These allow students to book on to field trips, download

previous weeks’ lecture recordings and provide an electronic version of the course handbook

and regulations.

Our internet site also allows dialogue regarding academic topics through dedicated

discussion boards and electronic noticeboards. Many courses offer additional resources such as

numeracy support, online tutorials and web-based self-assessment with instant feedback.

Tutor advice chat room sessions are currently being piloted at Drayton with the intention

of providing pre-booked online one-to-one live chat sessions with duty advisors and teachers.

Drayton views the development of online resources as an important addition to teaching and

learning methods.

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SECTION 3 Questions 28 - 40

Read the following passage and answer Questions

28 – 40.

The Threat to the Grizzly Bears of Alberta

The grizzly is known as the most dangerous of bears. However the grizzly is under threat

in its natural homeland. The Canadian province of Alberta used to be a particular stronghold

for the grizzly but a report is due to be released shortly which shows this is no longer true. The

report shows the grizzly bear population has decreased since 1988. Previously, the government

claimed the number of grizzly bears in Alberta had almost doubled since 1988, climbing to

almost 850 grizzlies on lands managed by the province. “This report reveals that the government

had overestimated the population by almost 100 per cent and as a result has been completely

mismanaging this sensitive species for at least 15 years,” says Grizzly Bear Alliance Program

Director Dr. Tracey Henderson. An estimate released in 2003 indicates there are about 675

grizzlies remaining in Alberta, mostly restricted to the wildest parts of the western mountains and

foothills.

At one time there may have been 6000 grizzlies in what is now Alberta. Abraham Styles,

an 18

century Albertan gold prospector, wrote of his fear of encounters with numerous bears in

the summer months. With the coming of settlement, agriculture and thousands of people, most of

the grizzlies did not survive. During the 1800s, increasing numbers of fur traders, explorers and

settlers, armed with improved firearms, began the demise of bears throughout the south eastern

parklands and the foothills of south western Alberta. Grizzlies were shot because of the danger they

represented, as well as for sport and their fur and because early settlers could not tolerate so large

a carnivore, peaceful though it was when not surprised or injured. And so, the grizzly disappeared

from much of Alberta.

Now there is a call for the yearly spring hunt of grizzlies to be stopped by the new

government. “Minister Coutts is expected to announce in the next few days whether Alberta’s spring

grizzly bear hunt will go ahead or not,” says AWA Conservation Specialist, Nigel Douglas. “We

hope that a switch of Minister will bring about a more enlightened attitude to the plight of Alberta’s

troubled grizzlies.” Government seems less worried. “There is no doubt about it - urbanisation and

the activities that come with it are challenges for managing bears and other wildlife,” said previous

Minister Mike Cardinal. “However studies show that Alberta is doing an excellent job in dealing

with human population growth and bear management.” The expansion of human movement is and

always has been a major threat to bears. “Most knowledgeable scientists will agree that the grizzly

bear in Alberta is on a slow slide to extinction. If the government wants to reverse this trend, they

need to sincerely and effectively control the human activity that threatens bears, protect the grizzly

bear habitat vital to the species survival and stop the hunt” says Dr. Paul Paquet, an Edmonton

environmentalist.

You would think that there was enough land for all out there in the wilderness but the

problem is a clash of interests. The highest quality bear habitat, constituting less than 20 percent

of the region, is predominately found in valley bottom riparian areas. Unfortunately, valley

bottoms are also preferred by humans for travel corridors, utility corridors, towns and recreational

developments. Landscape ecologist Brad Stelfox also points out that “the average Albertan should

not be able to drive everywhere, all the time, for all reasons. The long-term prospect for Alberta

grizzly bears, and other sensitive species, is bleak with the government’s approach to managing

roads and the related human activities. Roads are the single most destructive human force in the

Alberta wilds.” Roads destroy and fragment habitat, cause mortality sinks, affect wildlife distribution

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and movement patterns and are significant sources of sediment that destroys fish habitat. They

also provide access for humans resulting in increased resource extraction and both legal and

illegal hunting and fishing. Roads destroy wilderness and threaten those species that depend on

wilderness for survival. Many fish, bird, mammal, and even plant species are affected.

Industry seems willing to help. Shane Kells, a representative from both the oil and gas and

timber industries has publicly stated that “we are willing to take out roads and manage access in a

better way but we need the government’s help and this hasn’t happened.”

The long-term prospects for Alberta’s grizzly bears and other sensitive species are bleak

unless there are radical changes in the Government’s approach to managing roads and the related

human activities. “The best ecological data suggests that grizzly bear numbers are declining on a

scale similar to the decline of Siberian tigers,” says World Wildlife Fund spokesperson Peter Lee.

If the Alberta wilderness is to survive as a functional ecosystem for the grizzly, someone must stop

the cancer-like growth of roads that has, and continues to, occur unbridled throughout the region

or the day will come when the magnificent grizzlies no longer wander the mountains and foothills of

Alberta’s wilderness.

Questions 28 – 34

Use the information in the text to match the people (listed with their initials on the

following page) with their opinions (questions

28 - 34) given in the text. Write the

appropriate initials from the box on your answer sheet in boxes

28 - 34.

Feels that current measures for grizzlies are working in the face of a difficult problem.

Represents people who wish to help but who are not getting the assistance they need.

Believes that the grizzly will disappear if things don’t change.

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Nigel Douglas

Abraham Styles

Tracey Henderson

Paul Paquet

Brad Stelfox

Mike Cardinal

Peter Lee

Shane Kells

Example

Answer

Feared meeting grizzlies in the wild.

Criticises government care and statistics concerning the grizzly bear in Alberta.

Compares the plight of the grizzly to another endangered animal.

Hopes a different government will lead to a better approach to the grizzly issue.

Points to transport issues as the root of the problem.

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(eg) __________ Canadian government claims, the future of grizzly bears is (35) _______

___ in Alberta, one of its traditional natural habitats. Over the last 200 years grizzlies have

been hunted because of their threat to humans, for sport and for their (36) __________.

Environmentalists are hoping that a change in government will mean a (37) __________ in

hunting laws as the present government seems satisfied that there is no danger. The main

problem is that, despite there being a lot of land available, humans and bears both (38) ____

_____the same areas: valley bottoms. The spread of roads in these areas is the worst factor

affecting the bears and other wildlife. (39) __________ resource businesses want to help but

blame government for not taking the initiative. To safeguard the grizzlies’ future, the growth

and (40) __________ of Alberta’s road networks must be changed.

natural

variety

administration

success

hides

threatened difficulty

diversity

despite

habitat

season

fish

frequent

working

modification

SUMMARY

Questions 35 – 40

Complete the summary below.

Choose your answers from the box below the summary and write them in boxes

35 – 40 on your answer sheet.

NB There are more words than spaces, so you will not use them at all.

Example

Answer

_________ Canadian government claims, the future of

despite

grizzly bears...

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GENERAL TRAINING WRITING PRACTICE TEST 10

WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You ordered a new cheque book from your bank two weeks ago but you have

received nothing.

Write a letter to the manager complaining about the bad service. Say when and

how you ordered the cheque book. Ask how much longer you will have to wait and

ask the manager what action he will take over this matter.

You should write at least 150 words.

You do

NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir,

WRITING TASK 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

All education, primary, secondary and further education, should be free to all

people and paid for by the government.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

You should write at least 250 words.

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GENERAL TRAINING SPEAKING PRACTICE TEST 10

Section 1

Could you describe the street that your house or apartment is in?

Do you prefer to live in a town or in the country?

Which town would you most prefer to live in (if you had to) and why?

Topic 1

Animals and Pets

Do you have a pet at home? (Why/Why not?)

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a pet?

Describe an animal that is famous in your country?

What’s your favourite animal? (Why?)

Topic 2

The Weather

What’s your favourite kind of weather?

What’s the weather like in your country?

What do you like to do when it’s raining?

Would you like to live in a very hot/cold country?

Section 2

Describe your ideal house

You should say:

how big it would be

what it would look like

what would be inside it

and explain why it would be your ideal house

Section 3

Topic 1

Where people live

Do people in your country prefer to rent or own the place where they live?

How has architecture changed in your country over the last 50 to 100 years?

What do you think the housing of the future will look like in your country?

Does your country have restrictions on how people can change or construct buildings?

Topic 2

Buildings and Tourism

Do you think it’s important for a country to preserve old houses and buildings? (Why?)

Describe some of the famous buildings that a visitor to your country should see?

Do you think that important buildings should be free of charge to visit? (Why/Why not?)

Can you compare the importance of spending money on restoring a country’s old buildings

and spending money on education and health?

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