GT Reading Test 3 Section 1

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GT Reading Test 3 Section 1 - Dining Out & Electricity Account

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Section 1: Question 1-13

General Training Reading Sample: Dining Out & Electricity Account

Payment

You are advised to spend 20 minutes on Questions 1-13.

Questions 1-7:

Look at the three restaurant advertisements below. Answer the questions below by
writing the letters of the appropriate restaurants (A-C) in boxes 1-7 on your answer
sheet.

Example Answer

It stops serving lunch at 2.30 pm. B

1. It is open for breakfast.

2. It is open every night for dinner.
3. It is only open for lunch on weekdays.
4. It has recently returned to its previous location.
5. It welcomes families.
6. It caters for large groups.
7. It only opens at weekends.

DINING OUT
Questions 8-13:

Read the information given in 'New Electricity Account Payment Facilities' below
and look at the statements (Questions 8-13).

In boxes 8-13 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
Example Answer

You must pay your account by mail. FALSE

8. If you want a receipt, you should send your payment to the Southport
address.
9. You may pay your account at branches of the Federal Bank.
10. You must pay the full amount, instalments are not permitted.
11. The Coastside Power Office is open on Saturday mornings.
12. You may pay your account by phone using your credit card.
13. There is a reduction for prompt payment.

NEW ELECTRICITY ACCOUNT PAYMENT FACILITIES

AVAILABLE FROM' JULY 1998

After 1 July 1998, you may pay your electricity account in any of the following ways:

1. Payments via mail:

(A) No receipt required:

Mail payments to:

Coastside Power
Locked Bag 2760
Southport NSW 3479
(B) Receipt required:

Mail payments to:

Coastside Power
PO Box 560
Northbridge NSW 3472

2. Agency payments (payments directly to the bank):

Payments can be made at any branch of the Federal Bank by completing the deposit slip
attached to your account notice.

NB: This facility is no longer available at South Pacific Bank branches.

3. Payments directly to Coastside Power Office:

Payments can be made directly to Coastside Power Office at 78-80 Third Avenue,
Northbridge. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.30 pm.

Payment may be by personal cheque, bank cheque or cash.

Note: Payments cannot be made by phone.

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Answer:
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. FALSE
9. TRUE
10. NOT GIVEN
11. FALSE
12. FALSE
13. NOT GIVEN
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GT Reading Test 3 Section 2 - Personal Computers & Atlas English

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Section 2: Question 14-26

GT Reading Sample: Personal Computers & Atlas English Language College

You are advised to spend 20 minutes on Questions 14-26.

Questions 14-20:

Read the passage about personal computers below and look at the statements below
(Questions 14-20).

In boxes 14-20 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
14. There are two computers and two printers available for public use at the library.

15. You can buy floppy disks at the information desk.

16. The information desk is closed at weekends.
17. It is essential to reserve a computer three days in advance if you want to use one.
18. If you are more than a quarter of an hour late, you could lose your reservation for the
computer.
19. Library employees do not have detailed knowledge of computers.
20. The library runs courses for people who want to learn about computers.
PERSONAL COMPUTERS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC TO USE

• 2 personal computers are available, for a fee of $5.00. There is also an ink jet printer
attached to each terminal. The library has a number of commercially available programs for
word processing and spreadsheets.

• A4 paper can be bought from the desk if you wish to print your work. Alternatively, you can
bring your own paper. If you wish to store information, however, you will need to bring your
own floppy disk.

Bookings
Because of high demand, a maximum of one hour's use per person per day is permitted.
Bookings may be made up to three days in advance. Bookings may be made in person at the
information desk or by phoning 8673 8901 during normal office hours. If for some reason
you cannot keep your appointment, please telephone. If the library is not notified and you are
15 minutes late, your time can be given to someone else. Please sign in the visitors' book at
the information desk when you first arrive to use the computer.

Please note that staff are not available to train people or give a lot of detailed instruction on
how to use the programs. Prior knowledge is, therefore, necessary. However, tutorial groups
are available for some of the programs and classes are offered on a regular basis. Please see
the loans desk for more information about our computer courses.

Questions 21-26

The text on Atlas English Language College has seven paragraphs (A-G).

Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below.
Write the appropriate numbers (i-ix) in boxes 21-26 on your answer sheet.

NB There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.

List of Headings

i Recognition of your achievements

ii Courses start every week
iii Other services/Pastoral care/Personal arrangements
iv A personal approach
v Two meals every day
vi First-class staff
vii Up-to-date classroom practice
viii Discovering a new language
ix Monitored achievement
21 Paragraph B
22 Paragraph C
23 Paragraph D
24 Paragraph E
25 Paragraph F
26 Paragraph G

GOOD REASONS FOR CHOOSING

ATLAS ENGLISH LANGUAGE COLLEGE

On an English course with Atlas English Language College, you improve your language skills
and make friends from all over the world!

A Because Atlas courses start every Monday of the year, there's bound to be one that fits in
with your academic, personal or professional commitments. Whatever your level of language
ability, from beginner to advanced, you can choose to study for any length of time, from two
weeks to a full year. Courses match a range of individual requirements, from intensive
examination preparation to short summer programmes. Most courses commence at 9 am and
run till 3 pm.

B If you take an intensive full-time course, we will help you to select the Special Interest
Options which best suit your goals. From then on, our teacher will discuss your work with
you on a weekly basis. This means that you should develop the language skills you need and
that you are helped to study at your own pace.

C The popularity and success of any language school depend greatly on the quality of the
teachers and the methods they employ. All Atlas teachers have specialist qualifications in the
teaching of English to foreign students and are all native speakers. We employ only
experienced professionals with a proven record of success in the classroom.

D Atlas's teaching methodology is constantly revised as more is discovered about the process
of learning a new language. Our teachers have access to an extensive range of materials,
including the very latest in language teaching technology.

E On your first day at school, you will take a test which enables our Director of Studies to
place you at the appropriate study level. Your progress will be continuously assessed and,
once you have achieved specific linguistic goals, you will move up to a higher level of study.

F Every Atlas course fee includes accommodation in carefully selected homestay families.
Breakfast and dinner each day are also included, so you need have no concerns about having
to look for somewhere to live once you get to the school.

G On completion of any Intensive, Examination or Summer course, you will receive the Atlas
Course Certificate of Attendance. On completion of a four-week course or longer, you will
also receive the Atlas Academic Record that reflects your ability in every aspect of the
language from conversation to writing. Such a record will allow you to present your linguistic
credentials to academic institutions or potential employers around the world.
[adapted with permission from a brochure published by EF Education]

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Answer:
14. TRUE
15. FALSE
16. NOT GIVEN
17. FALSE
18. TRUE
19. NOT GIVEN
20. TRUE
21. iv
22. vi
23. vii
24. ix
25. iii
26. i
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GT Reading Test 3 Section 3 - Robots at work

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Section 3: Question 27-40

General Training Reading Sample: Robots at work

You are advised to spend 20 minutes on Questions 27-40.

Questions 27-32:

The following Reading Passage has seven paragraphs (A-G). Choose the most suitable headings for
paragraphs A-B and D-G from the list of headings below.

Write the appropriate numbers (i-ix) in boxes 27-32 on your answer sheet.

NB There are more headings than paragraphs: so you will not use all of them.

List of Headings

i Robots working together

ii Preparing LGVs for take-over
iii Looking ahead
iv The LGVs' main functions
v Split location for newspaper production
vi Newspapers superseded by technology
vii Getting the newspaper to the printing centre
viii Controlling the robots
ix Beware of robots!

Example Answer
Paragraph C ix

27. Paragraph A

28. Paragraph B
29. Paragraph D
30. Paragraph E
31. Paragraph F
32. Paragraph G

ROBOTS AT WORK

A
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.

B 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, once 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.
C

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.
D

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.
E 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.
F

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.

G
The question 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 33 - 40

Using the information in the passage, complete the flow-chart below.

Write your answers in boxes 33-40 on your answer sheet.

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

The Production Process

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Answer:
27. v
28. vii
29. iv
30. i
31. viii
32. iii
33. transmitted (NOT sent) (electronically)
34. (photographic) film// negative(s)
35. (aluminium) printing plates
36. programmed
37. (tough) wrapping // damaged paper
38. weighed
39. paster robot(s)
40. storage area