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BEST IELTS General Reading Test 168
IELTS GENERAL READING TEST 168 – PASSAGE – 2
IELTS GENERAL READING TEST – 168
READING PASSAGE – 2
Accommodation for temporary summer staff
We offer our summer staff two kinds of accommodation.
Staying with a family
You can stay in the home of a local family. All our families are carefully chosen and will provide you with a single bedroom. If you have any special dietary requirements we, together with the family, will make sure your needs are met. This year, staying with a family costs £ 150 per week for half board i.e. breakfast and evening meal. There are many advantages of staying with a family: the first is experiencing the culture, seeing from the inside how people live in another country. The others, of course, are making local friends and having opportunities for language practice.
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Residential accommodation
If you prefer, you could stay in residential accommodation. This is on the site of the local Tourist Training Institute. It provides individual study bedrooms with en-suite shower facilities and a fully equipped kitchen which you share with other summer workers who will be living in the eight rooms in your block. This option costs £90 per week, including the room, bed linen and towels, and weekly cleaning. It does not include food. In the vicinity of the Institute there are many good, cheap cafes and restaurants, or you could buy food and cook for yourself. On the site, you have access to TV lounges, tennis courts and a swimming pool.
If your job application is accepted you will be sent a form for you to complete telling us which accommodation you require, and giving your bank details etc.
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Questions 15-20
Choose NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
15. What kind of room do you get when staying with families?
16. What meals are included in the price?
17. Name one advantage of staying with a family.
18. What private facility does a residential bedroom offer?
19. Who do you share the residential accommodation with?
20. Name a room you can use with other occupants.
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Read the text below and answer Questions 21 – 27.
McDonald Industrial Training Centre
A. Lincoln
Our training centre is based in the city of Lincoln, close to Hull, Sheffield, Nottingham and the east coast. Over the centuries, Lincoln’s geographic position helped it grow into a well-known market town in the Middle Ages and later into an important industrial centre. Nowadays, with a population of approximately 120,000, Lincoln is a bustling, energetic city, thriving on its recent developments such as IT and the new university as well as its many tourist attractions such as the cathedral, the castle, the Roman remains and its medieval houses.
And we must not forget its strong cultural life. Lincoln offers, among other things, theatre, film and archaeology, a famous Christmas market and many events and activities geared towards teenagers and those in their twenties.
B. Around Lincoln
Apart from all the many attractions of the town itself, Lincoln is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the sea is within easy reach. Nearby too are famous country houses , important nature reserves and historical seaside resorts. You can go seal-spotting, bird watching and swimming in the sea in just one day. All this helps to put Lincoln and Lincolnshire among the most attractive tourist destinations in the UK.
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C. McDonald Training Centre
Our newly built training centre is about 3 miles outside Lincoln with which it has excellent transport links. It comprises lecture and seminar rooms, laboratories, workshops, accommodation and leisure facilities such as a cinema and a bowling alley, which are open to the public. It has already won prizes for its outstanding architecture and is surrounded by beautiful woodland.
D. Accommodation
All trainees have single accommodation in residences. This consists of a study bedroom with a private ensuite bathroom. The bedrooms are fully furnished, centrally heated and air-conditioned. Please note that towels and bed-linen are not provided. There are also shared kitchens, which are equipped with fridge, freezer and oven or microwave; trainees need to provide their own cooking ” utensils, crockery and cutlery.
The residential accommodation is 2 minutes walk from the training facilities and 5 minutes from bus stops.
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Questions 21-27
The text has four sections, A-D. Which section mentions the following?
Write the correct letter A-D.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
21. very old buildings
22. somewhere to cook
23. the history of a place
24. things for young people to do
25. an outdoor leisure activity
26. interesting looking buildings
27. what trainees need to bring with them
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ANSWERS ARE BELOW
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ANSWERS
15. (A) (SINGLE) BEDROOM
16. BREAKFAST (AND) EVENING MEAL
17. EXPERIENCING THE CULTURE/MAKING LOCAL FRIENDS/OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANGUAGE PRACTICE
18. (EN-SUITE) SHOWER FACILITIES
19. (OTHER) WORKERS
20. (A) (FULLY-EQUIPPED) KITCHEN
21. A
22. D
23. A
24. A
25. B
26. C
27. D