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15) The program cost includes internal flights within the USA.
16) Emergency assistance offered in the program includes legal advice.
17) InterExchange offers similar programs in countries other than the USA.
18) InterExchange is part of a government program.
19) There are no restrictions on the type of job you can do.
Read each paragraph and choose which of the linked sections of the website, A-L, would contain this information.
Write the correct letter A-L in boxes 21-17 on your answer sheet.
21) All students receive a transcript of results and training courses are designed to meet the needs of
relevant award documentation when they end their individual students and industry.
studies with the College. 25) At Arthur Phillip College you will learn from lectures,
22) On enrolment, all students receive automatic seminars, case studies, group projects, individual
membership to the Social Club and Public Speaking assignments and class workshops. Lectures and
Club. Students may choose to participate in any seminars present concepts and ideas and provide for
arranged activities. The College encourages and question-and-answer sessions. Students are
promotes interaction between students and teaching expected to take an active role in the learning process
and non-teaching staff. through class participation, presentations and
23) Successful completion and the achievement of an A projects.
or B result in some courses will enable students to 26) Courses at Arthur Phillip College involve an average
achieve advanced standing in these subjects if they of 25 hours per week of tuition time, with supervised
proceed to university study. For a list of the courses group study accounting for a further 5 hours per
acceptable to a particular university, a-mail us your week. At least 10 hours per week of individual study
request with the name of the university and the is also recommended for most courses.
course you are interested in. 27) During this program you will meet the Director of
24) Arthur Phillip College is one of the top business Studies, teachers and key administrative staff such as
colleges in Sydney, Australia. The College offers a the Accommodation Officer and Student Counsellor
wide range of educational and training programs in so that, right from your first day, you will know how
business and related areas. Its accredited vocational each of them can help you during your time at the
College
Writing test
Task #1: Your neighbours have recently written to you to Which viewpoint do you agree with?
complain about the noise from your houselflat.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter: examples from your own knowledge or experience.
explain the reasons for the noise Write at least 250 words.
apologise
describe what action you will take The purpose of advertising is to tell the consumer about
any new product or service or any new promotion on the
Write at least 150 words.
existing product and service. We need it so we can make
You do NOT need to write any addresses. good decisions when we go shopping. Advertising tells us
Begin your letter as follows: when new and improved products become available and
lets us know which ones have the best price.
Dear ................. ,
Through advertising we learn about new products. For
example, many grocery stores now sell prepackaged
Dear James, lunches. These are very convenient for busy parents. They
can give these lunches to their children to take to school.
I was very shocked to get your letter saying that the noise
Busy parents don’t have time to look at every item on the
from my flat has been spoiling your evenings and causing
store shelf, so without advertising they might not know
you some distress. I am really, really sorry about that. I
about such a convenient new product.
had no idea that you would be able to hear so much, so I
hope you will accept my apologies. Even products we are familiar with may be improved, and
advertising lets us know about this. Most people use cell
As you may have guessed, I am trying to refit my kitchen
phones, but new types of cell phone service become
in the evenings when I get home from work. Unfortunately
available all the time. There are different plans that give
it is all getting longer than expected and I have been
you more hours to talk on the phone, you can send text
having problems with getting things to fit properly. This
messages and photos, and next week probably some even
has meant to a lot of banging and hammering.
newer type of service will be available. By watching
As the kitchen is still not finished, I have decided to call in advertisements on TV it is easy to find out about new
a professional builder who will finish the work in the next improvements to all kinds of products.
day or two. He’ll work only during daytime hours, so you
Advertisements keep us informed about prices. Prices
won’t be disturbed in the evenings again, I promise.
change all the time, but everyone can look at the ads in
Sorry to have caused these problems, the newspaper and see what the latest prices are.
Advertisements also inform us about sales. In fact, some
Bill.
people buy the newspaper only in order to check the prices
and plan their weekly shopping.
Task #2: Some people say that advertising encourages Advertisements improve our lives by keeping us informed
us to buy things that we really do not need. Others say about the latest products developments and the best
that advertisements tell us about new products that may prices. Advertisements serve a useful purpose.
improve our lives.
General Test #2
Reading test – Passage #1
Look at the information on the given page about a walk for charity.
Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.
1) What is the starting point for the 30 km walk?
20) You can obtain breakfast at the College for an extra charge.
Look at the accommodation options A-E on the given page.
Write the correct letter A-E in boxes 21-27 on your answer sheet.
GLOW-WORMS
by John Tyler
A each species will differ from its neighbours in some way,
for example in the colour or pattern of its light, how long
The glow-worm belongs to a family of beetles known as
the pulses of light last, the interval between pulses and
the Lampyridae or fireflies. The fireflies are a huge group
whether it displays in flight or from the ground.
containing over 2000 species, with new ones being
discovered all the time. The feature which makes fireflies B
and glow-worms so appealing is their ability to produce an
The firefly’s almost magical light has attracted human
often dazzling display of light. The light is used by the adult
attention for generations. It is described in an ancient
fireflies as a signal to attract a mate, and each species
Chinese encyclopaedia written over 2000 years ago by a
must develop its own 'call-sign' to avoid being confused
pupil of Confucius. Fireflies often featured in Japanese and
with other species glowing nearby. So within any one area
Arabian folk medicine. All over the world they have been
the inspiration for countless poems, paintings and stories. In the final stage of a glow-worm's life, the larva encases
In Britain, for example, there are plenty of anecdotes itself in a pupa) skin while it changes from the simple larva
describing how glow-worms have been used to read by or to the more complex adult fly. When the adult fly emerges
used as emergency bicycle lamps when a cyclist's batteries from the pupa the male seeks a female with whom it can
have failed without warning. Early travellers in the New mate. After mating, the female lays about 120 eggs. The
World came back with similar stories, of how the native adult flies have no mouth parts, cannot eat and therefore
people of Central America would collect a type of click only live a few days. When people talk of seeing a glow-
beetle and release them indoors to light up their huts. Girls worm they normally mean the brightly glowing adult
threaded them around their feet to illuminate the forest female.
paths at night.
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Fireflies very similar to those we see today have been
In some countries the numbers of glow-worms have been
found fossilised in rocks which were formed about 30
falling. Evidence suggests that there has been a steady
million years ago, and their ancestors were probably
decrease in the British glow-worm population since the
glowing long before then. It is impossible to be sure
1950s and possibly before that. Possible causes for the
exactly when and where the first firefly appeared. The
decline include habitat destruction, pollution and changes
highest concentrations of firefly species today are to be
in climate. Thousands of acres of grassland have been
found in the tropics of South America, which may mean
built upon and glow-worm sites have become increasingly
either that this is where they first evolved, or simply that
isolated from each other. The widespread use of pesticides
they prefer the conditions there.
and fertilisers may also have endangered the glow-worm.
Wherever they first arose, fireflies have since spread to Being at the top of a food chain it is likely to absorb any
almost every part of the globe. Today members of the pollutants eaten by the snails on which it feeds. The effect
firefly family can be found almost anywhere outside the of global warming on rainfall and other weather patterns
Arctic and Antarctic circles. may also be playing a part in the disappearance of glow-
worms. A lot more research will be needed, however,
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before the causes of the glow-worm's gradual decline are
As with many insects, the glow-worm's life is divided into clear.
four distinct stages: the egg, the larva (equivalent to the
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caterpillar of a butterfly), the pupa (or chrysalis) and the
adult. The glow-worm begins its life in the autumn as a Although glow-worms are found wherever conditions are
pale yellow egg. The freshly laid egg is extremely fragile damp, food is in good supply and there is an over-hanging
but within a day its surface has hardened into a shell. The wall, they are most spectacular in caves. For more than
egg usually takes about 35 days to hatch, but the exact 100 years the glow-worm caves in New Zealand have
time varies according to the temperature, from about 27 attracted millions of people from all over the world. The
days in hot weather to more than 45 days in cold weather. caves were first explored in 1887 by a local Maori chief,
By the time it is due to hatch, the glow-worm's light organ Tane Tinorau, and an English surveyor, Fred Mace. They
is fully developed, and its glow signals that the egg will built a raft and, with candles as their only light, they
soon hatch. floated into the cave where the stream goes underground.
As their eyes adjusted to the darkness they saw myriad
After it has left the egg, the larva slowly grows from a few
lights reflecting off the water. Looking up they discovered
millimetres into the size and shape of a matchstick. The
that the ceiling was dotted with the lights of thousands of
larval stage is the only time the insect can feed. The larva
glow-worms. They returned many times to explore further,
devotes much of its life to feeding and building up its food
and on an independent trip Tane discovered the upper
reserves so that as an adult it will be free to concentrate
level of the cave and an easier access. The authorities
all its efforts on the task of finding a mate and
were advised and government surveyors mapped the
reproducing. Throughout its time as a larva, approximately
caves. By 1888 Tane Tinorau had opened the cave to
15 months, the glow-worm emits a bright light. The larva's
tourists.
light is much fainter than the adult female's but it can still
be seen more than five metres away.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter A-E in boxes 28-33 on your answer sheet.
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage.
TRUE if the statement is true according to the assage
FALSE if the statement is false according to the passage
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage
In boxes 34-40 on your answer sheet, write
34) Scientists have only recently been able to list the exact number of glow-worm species.
Task #1 Task #2
Your-have a full-time job and are also doing a part-time Write about the following topic:
evening course. You naive find that you cannot continue
Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish.
the course.
Why do you think this is happening?
Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter
What can governments do to help reduce the amount of
describe the situation
rubbish produced?
explain why you cannot continue at this time
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
say what action you would like to take examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 150 words. Write at least 250 words.
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows: I think it is true that in almost every country today each
household and family produces a large amount of waste
Dear ................. ,
every week. Most of this rubbish comes from the
packaging from the things we buy, such as processed
Dear Sir or Madam, food. But even if we buy fresh food without packaging, we
still produce rubbish from the plastic bags used
My name is Muhamad Abdul. I am taking a part-time everywhere to carry shopping home.
evening course. I am having a hard time keeping up with
this course. I am afraid I cannot continue the course. The reason why we have so much packaging is that we
consume so much more on a daily basis than families did
My problem is, I have a full-time job, from 9am – 5pm. in the past. Convenience is also very important in modern
Sometimes, I am asked to stay extra hours, to finish up life, so we buy packaging or canned food that can be
the rest of the work. That is because the holidays are transported from long distances and stored untill we need
coming up soon. Also I have to do some work preparations it, first in the supermarket, and then at home.
for the next day.
However, I think the amount of waste produce is also a
At night when I get home, I am too tired to even prepare result of our tendency to use something once and throw it
a dinner for myself. Also I have no time to study for this away. We forget that even the cheapest plastic bag has
course. used up valuable resources and energy to produce. We
I would like drop this course this quarter. Then take it also forget that it is a source of pollution and difficult to
again the next quarter. So, please accept my situation. dispose of.
Thank you for your cooperation I think, therefore, that governments need to raise this
awareness in the general public. Children can be educated
about environmental issues at school, but adults need to
Sincerely take action. Governments can encourage such action by
putting taxes on packaging, such as plastic bags, by
providing recycling services and by thing households and
This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 5 score. shops that do not attempt to recycle their waste.
Here is the examiner's comment:
The reason for writing is very clear in this letter but it is not clear who
With the political will, such measures could really reduce
the letter is to. The writer gives information to cover all three bullet the amount of rubbish we produce. Certainly nobody
points, but only one is well extended, and the whole response is wants to see our resources used up and our planet
underlenght at 135 words, so it loses marks for this. poisoned by waste.
The information is organised and it is easy to follow the message. A range
of linkers is used across the answer and they are generally accurate, but
in some places, especially the first paragraph, sentences are not well-
linked.
The range of vocabulary is sufficient for the task and there are some
quite precise expressions. There are no errors in word form, but some
very basic spelling errors occur. In terms of grammar, the range is rather
limited with many very short sentences and few complex structures.
Grammar is generally well-controlled, however, with only a few minor
errors and occasional inappropriate punctuation