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BEST IELTS General Reading Test 215
IELTS GENERAL READING TEST 215 – PASSAGE – 1
IELTS GENERAL READING TEST – 215
READING PASSAGE – 1
Neighbourhood Support
Neighbourhood support aims for a safer more caring community by encouraging neighbours to talk to each other and by educating and empowering people to take responsibility for their own safety. Sharing information can reduce the risk and fear of crime. A local group is formed to provide a means for residents to meet and develop supportive and secure environment for everyone, particularly the young, elderly and disadvantaged. The group tries to prevent the occurrences of crime in the neighbourhood by erecting signs to inform likely criminals that neighbours watch over one another’s properties. Enhancing the safety features and appearance of the neighbourhood can be an effective way to minimise burglaries and car crime in the local area.
Neighbourhood support provides a common voice for dealing with local issues such as graffiti, traffic problems, play areas and street lighting issues. Of course, not everyone in the street will want to join. Only those who want protection and support are included. Groups vary in size from three to ten homes within sight of one another. There is no cost involved and the area coordinator keeps everyone up to date with what is happening in the community. Information kits are provided to help set up each group. Usually one member is nominated to be the group contact but this role can be shared.
Neighbourhood support can also help people to deal with and survive a civil emergency, such as an earthquake or flood by being prepared as a group.
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Questions 1-7
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each answer.
Neighbourhood Support fosters communication among neighbours. geeing them confidence to take charge of their own safety, and lessening their anxiety about (1)……….. Small groups of residents work together to make their streets safer, especially for children, the (2)……….. and old people. Usually, (3)……….. are put up and the safety aspects of neighbourhood are improved.
Neighbourhood Support presents a unified (4)……….. when it comes to managing local problems. Membership of a group is free and voluntary and members we kept informed by the (5)……….. However, one member is appointed as the (6)……….. person.
An organised group of Neighbourhood Support residents are also better able to cope with various types of (7)………..
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Read the text below and answer questions 8-14.
School Disciplinary Procedures
Three types of behaviour can result in the suspension of a student from school. Often it may be a combination of two or even all three:
• Gross misconduct that is damaging or dangerous — a very serious one-off incident
• A pattern of disobedience that is a harmful or dangerous example to other students
• There is the likelihood of someone being seriously hurt if the offending student is not removed
When a student has misbehaved, the disciplinary process gets underway with an investigation by the principal of what actually happened. Suspension does not inevitably follow, even if school rules have been violated. It depends on whether any of the points mentioned above can be proven. The outcome of the enquiry could be that the student stays at school, but with some form of punishment such as cleaning the grounds or detention. However, students cannot be detained outside school hours without parental consent.
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For serious misdemeanours, there are several options. The first is a stand-down: removal from school for a fixed period of not more than five days per school term or ten days per year. The parents have to be notified and given the reasons in writing.
The second option is suspension. The principal decides to suspend the student from school until the board of governors meets to discuss the case. Parents must be kept fully informed and will be given all the information that the board will consider. Generally, the board will meet within ten days and the parents have the right to be at the meeting, with or without a support person, and to be heard by the board before a decision is made.
If the board decides to exclude a student who is under sixteen, the principal must try to arrange for enrolment in another school. Expulsion is the harshest punishment, but it can only apply to students aged sixteen or over. In such cases, there is no obligation on the principal to find another school. It should be noted that school discipline is not confined to misbehaviour in the school itself, but can extend to school trips, school buses, even downtown — if the student is in school uniform.
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Questions 8-14
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text? In boxes 8-14 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE – if the statement agrees with the Information
FALSE – if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN – if there is no information on this
8. A student cannot be suspended unless the bad behaviour is continual.
9. A student can be suspended even if no one has actually been harmed yet.
10. Breaking school rules is grounds for automatic suspension.
11. After-school detention is the punishment preferred by most parents.
12. A stand-down is for a minimum of five days each school term.
13. Parents can speak at the board meeting to discuss suspension.
14. Schooling is compulsory for children until they turn sixteen.
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ANSWERS ARE BELOW
ANSWERS
1. CRIME
2. DISADVANTAGED
3. SIGNS
4. VOICE
5. AREA COORDINATION
6. GROUP CONTACT
7. CIVIL EMERGENCY
8. FALSE
9, TRUE
10. FALSE
11. NOT GIVEN
12. FALSE
13. TRUE
14. NOT GIVEN
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