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BEST IELTS General Reading Test 113
GENERAL READING TEST 113 – PASSAGE – 2
GENERAL READING TEST – 113
READING PASSAGE – 2
Read the passage below and answer questions 14- 20.
Ridgeway College
Students Residence Orientation Program
WHO: This orientation is for all new students ( transfer, mature, international, exchange etc) who will be living in residence this coming semester.
WHEN: Move in tuesday of orientation week, between 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM. We strongly suggest that you plan to move in early in the day so that you can get settled and be ready to meet our Orientation leader at 5:00 PM.Programs begin tuesday evening and run day and night until saturday.
WHERE: When you arrive on campus, follow the directional signs to the visitor’s parking area. Proceed to the residence check-in area (large white tent). The area is visible from the parking lot and the bus stop – You won’t miss us!
WHAT: We have designed a program packed with many exciting events and orientation sessions to help you get acquainted with your fellow students, the campus and college area.
· Receive assistance with move in
· Attend the 2-day campus orientation
· Get to know your new neighbours and the local community
· Take trips into downtown and to special areas of interest
What Is Your Team?
When you come to residence orientation, you will meet your team – a group of 15 to 20 students sharing a floor in a residence with an orientation leader. Your OL is a returning student who will take your team to all residence orientation activities and will also keep in touch with you and your team members throughout your first semester.
WHY? Studies show that people who attend orientation have higher grades and a lower drop out rate. Ridgeway college has 12000 students; at orientation you start building your community and making connections.
· You will finish orientation with at least 20 friends
· You will save yourself hours of time by getting gym membership, ID card and transit pass, books and more before the first week of class lineups starts.
· You will mingle with your 2000 new neighbours in the residences.
HOW MUCH? The fee is $110. The Residence Orientation fee includes Residence and Campus Orientation events and kits, an extra week in Residence to get settled in before classes start, two special dinners, a T-shirt, and a fabulous Residence welcome pack.
NOW WHAT? Register for Residence Orientation on the form below. You do not need to register separately for campus orientation.
**For students who are placed in a building with a required meal plan (i.e., no kitchens) your meal plan starts on the first day of orientation (no additional charge). If you are living in one of the new residence towers, you will be on a meal plan. If you are in another building, you will be responsible for providing your own meals, either by cooking them yourself or buying food from a cafeteria.
Questions 14-16
Choose one phrase from the list below (A-H) to complete each of the following sentences.
14. The orientation program is intended to…
15. Studies have shown that students who attend the orientation program…
16. As part of the orientation program…
List of phrases
A. enjoying the first semester of college with less stress.
B. provide a free week for new students to settle into residence.
C. are less likely to do well in their courses.
D. new students get support from the leaders during the first semester.
E. helping new students to get to know each other.
F. the leaders help new students with enrollment procedures as a team.
G. ease the transition to college life for new students.
H. tend to be more successful in their studies.
Questions 17-20
Do the following statements agree with the information in the passage?
Write:
YES – if the answer to the question is “yes’
NO – if the answer to the question is ‘no’
NOT GIVEN – if the information is not given in the passage
17. I won’t be able to arrive until Thursday. Is it too late to sign up for the Orientation Program at that time?
18. I want to sign up for the Residence Orientation Program. Do I have to register separately for the Campus Orientation?
19. My residence doesn’t have a meal plan. Are any meals provided during Orientation Week?
20. I will be living in the new Residence Tower. Do these rooms have kitchens?
Read the passage below and answer Questions 21-26.
Ridgeway College
Residence Student Telephone Services
Voice mail: How to use the ‘mailbox’ service
Welcome to voicemail! This guide includes instructions for setting up your voice mailbox and for using its many convenient features.
If you’re just getting started, read the features below, then follow the step-by-step procedure to register online. Once this process is complete callers can leave messages for you and your roommates and you can get any messages left for you.
Features of mailbox service
FORWARDING: Your mailbox allows two types of greetings
· You can record a personal greeting up to 45 seconds in length which callers hear when forwarded to your mailbox.
· You can override this personal greeting (without erasing it) by using a temporary “extended absence greeting” and later you can return to your original meeting.
MESSAGE STORAGE: Your mailbox has these message storage capabilities.
· You may have upto 15 messages in your mailbox at one time
· Each message can be upto two [2] minutes in length.
· Unless you delete them, messages are stored for 24 days from the day they were received.
OTHER FEATURES: Your mailbox also has other capabilities.
· Distribution lists: You can create up to 5 distribution lists with up to 25 voice mail users. This can be used to send messages to an entire group of users at one time.
· Guest mailboxes – You can create up to three guest mailboxes that allow you to leave messages in a special location of your own mailbox. Your messages can be retrieved by someone who is not a voice mail subscriber.
Questions 21-26
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS FROM THE PASSAGE for each space.
Before you can receive phone messages you must follow the steps to (21)……………. .
After four rings, calls will be (22)…………… to your mailbox.
The (23)…………… message which you record can be up to 45 seconds long.
Messages are kept for 24 days or until you (24)…………… .
You can make up a number of (25)…………… to notify groups of voice mail users about club meetings or parties.
There is also a special location in your mailbox where you can leave a message to be (26)…………… by a friend from outside the residence.
ANSWERS ARE BELOW
ANSWERS
14. G
15. H
16. D
17. NOT GIVEN
18. NO
19. YES
20. NO
21. REGISTER (ONLINE)
22. FORWARDED
23. PERSONAL GREETING
24. DELETE THEM
25. DISTRIBUTION LISTS
26. RETRIEVED