IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] oo General Training Candidate Candidate Name: Number: INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM SECTION: READING TIME: 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully. Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil. You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit. At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet. RSASSS INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES: VY There are 40 questions on this question paper v Each question carries one mark.IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] oo General Training SECTION 1 Questions 1 - 14 This is the first section of your Reading test. You should spend about 20 minutes on it. Read the passage and answer Questions 1- 14. Reading passage: For Questions 1-6 Emergency Procedure: Fire/Evacuations IN CASE OF FIRE 1. Leave fire area and close doors 2. Activate wall mounted fire alarm pull station located at exits | 3. Attempt to extinguish fire only if you can do it safely 4, Report any information about fire to the Police and Fire Department IF YOU ARE ON FIRE STOP where you are, DROP to floor or ground and ROLL your body to smother the fire. WHEN FIRE ALARM SOUNDS 1. Calmly evacuate the building. DO NOT use elevator. 2. Close windows and doors. Turn off cooking, electrical and laboratory equipment. Put on coat in winter for protection 3. Use an alternate exit, if you encounter smoke or fire 4, Follow instructions of emergency response services and fire wardens. 5, Report anyone suspected of remaining in the building 6. Move away from building at least 30 metres, leaving clear access for emergency services 7. Do not re-enter the building until authorized by Fire Department or Police.IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] online General Training IF UNABLE TO EVACUATE. 1. Call 911 giving your location. 2. A closed door can provide good protection against fire and smoke. Use available materials to seal door and air ducts. 3. If smoke enters room, stay low as heat and gases tend to rise. 4. Signal your position at a window. Persons with mobility difficulties or who use wheelchairs should move to an area of refuge (stairwell, room with phone) Questions 1 - 6: Choose appropriate Answer for Questions 1- 6. Look at the following instructions on Fire and Evacuation Emergency procedure. TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the statement NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this in the passage (1) The lift can be used in an event of a fire. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN (2) Doors should remain closed in the event of a fire. O TRUE ) FALSE O NOTGIVEN (3) Rolling your body on the ground applies in the event you are on fire. ) TRUE FALSE NOT GIVENIELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] AUS SZ venline General Training (4) Calling 911 will ensure that both the fire engines and ambulances turn up. ) TRUE ) FALSE O NOTGIVEN (5) Clear access must be granted for emergency services ) TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN (6 All running equipment should be left status quo during and emergency TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN Reading Passage: For Questions 7 - 11 RACE DAY GUIDE 2km Run 8:00am Colley Terrace - Assemble on Colley Reserve You do not have to be at the front as your timing device will record an accurate start time as you cross the start line. ‘T2km Walk Be ready at 8:00am Colley Terrace —Assemble on Colley Reserve You will be guided to your start by marshals at the official time 4.5km Run 8:30am start Leader Street, Keswick (corner of Anzac Highway and Leader, in front of Le Cornu car park)fiersturoniats Test.Set1 aus siqz” Zz online General Training 4.5km Walk Be ready at 8:30am, will start when deemed safe after the 4.5km Runners. Leader Street, Keswick (corner of Anzac Highway and Leader, in front of Le Cornu car park) Where to assemble - Runners will assemble in marked area of the Le Cornu car park + Walkers will assemble in marked area of the Le Cornu car park The start times will be at the discretion of the Event Manager. The starts will be activated when it is safe to slot the 4.5km runners/walkers in with the approaching T2km runners(walkers. Baggage | For your convenience we will transport your personal belongings from the start area to the finish line. Please bring your own bag and use the baggage tear off slip (found on your race bib) to identify your belongings. The Bay-City will not supply bags for your baggage. Do not give your baggage to anyone other than the official vehicle. Beware of bogus baggage collectors. The Bay-City Fun Run Committee Inc. will not be responsible for any lost property, You can find the baggage vehicles at: T2km Start: on the corner of Anzac Highway and Colley Terrace. 4.5km Start : at the Le Cornu Carpark, Leader Street side. Finish Area : Northern end of Telstra Plaza, Adelaide Oval Beware of bogus baggage collectors Do not give your baggage to anyone other than staff attending the offiIELTSTUTORIALS Test Set 1 AUS siz online General Training . Questions 7 - 11: Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (7) What is the longest distance of the walk or run? (8) What is the earliest start time for the run? (9) Regarding baggage collectors, what are you warned against to be aware of? (10) The identification slip for your bags can be found here. | (1) What is the name of the assembly area where runners and walkers must gather for the 45km run or 4.5kmwalk? Reading Passage: For Questions 12 - 14 RACE DAY - WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED The following are strictly prohibited on race day: «Dogs (Guide Dogs excepted) or any other animal -Rollerblades and skateboards - Bicycles and scooters - Running with prams (walking with prams is fine). Sorry, no exceptions. - Walking/trekking/hiking poles - Participants running without a race number will be removed from the course POST-RACE ENTERTAINMENT At the conclusion of the race Adelaide Oval's Telstra Plaza will come alive. Warm down sessions and FREE massages will be available. Free entertainment, food and drink stalls, official merchandise, massages and a live broadcast of the race will be available. Entertainment will commence at 8:4Sam. Random Draw Prizes will be drawn on the stage throughout the morning with prizes kindly donated by our sponsors. Simply tear off the competition slip on your race bib where it says and place in the competition box on the stage,IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] venline General Training This year we are teaming up with the Royal Croquet Club. After the run join us in the Royal Croquet Club for a well-deserved celebration! The Bay-City After Party will kick off at 3:30am. Free entry and open to all participants, friends, families and RCC Lovers. Eat, drink and be merry at RCC’s most amazing bars and food trucks while enjoying the soothing tunes booming from The Porch Session Stage. Questions 12-14 Choose the appropriate option from A- F given below and write it in boxes 12 - la A. The post-race entertainment is free whereas the after party carries a small fee. B, Guide dogs aren't allowed on race day C. Every person taking part in the race is required to have a race number D, The post-race entertainment will take place at the Adelaide Oval area, E. The draw will take place after all participants have completed their race F, The tab for lucky draw participation is located on the race bib. 2) 3) (4)fiesturoniats Test Set 1 aus sz z online General Training ~ SECTION 2 Questions 15 - 27 You should spend about 20 minutes on it. Read the passage and answel Questions 15 - 27. Reading Passage: For Questions 15 - 21 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHWARZMAN SCHOLARS Undergraduate degree or first degree from an accredited college or university or its equivalent. Applicants who are currently enrolled in undergraduate degree programs must be on track to successfully complete all degree requirements by August 1, 2018 before orientation | begins. There are no requirements for a specific field of undergraduate study; all fields are welcome, but it will be important for applicants, regardless of underaraduate major, to articulate how participating in Schwarzman Scholars will help develop their leadership potential within their field ‘Age Requirement. Candidates must be at least 18 but not yet 29 years of age as of August 1, 2018. English language proficiency. Applicants must demonstrate strong English skills, as all teaching will be conducted in English. If the applicant's native language is not English, official English proficiency test scores must be submitted with the application. This requirement is waived for applicants who studied at an undergraduate institution where the primary language of instruction was English for at least two years of the applicant's academic program. The requirement will also be waived for applicants who have studied in English for two or more years at a Master's degree level or higher. Acceptable test options are: “Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT) sInternet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT) «International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Many Chinese applicants to Schwarzman Scholars have had difficulty registering at English language test sites in Mainland China due to high demandfiersturoniats Test.Set1 aus siqz” Zz online General Training To ensure that talented applicants are not excluded in this first year, we will allow applicants from China to temporarily submit results from CET-6 or TEM-8, using the “additional information" field in the application form. If those candidates are on the shortlist to be invited as a semi-finalist for an interview, they will be required to complete a phone interview before semi-finalist decisions are made. If they are a finalist, their offer of admission will be conditional, and they will still be required to submit a TOEFL or IELTS score above the minimum requirements for Schwarzman Scholars before March 1 of 2018. This requirement is waived for applicants who graduated from an undergraduate institution where the primary language of instruction was English for at least two years of the applicant's academic program. ‘THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT PART OF MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: + Marital status: Married applicants may apply and will be at no disadvantage in the application process. Spouses/partners may accompany Schwarzman Scholars to Beijing, but Scholars are expected to live in the dormitory and participate fully in the program like single students. Spouses/partners may not live in the dormitory, and no additional funding will be provided to support spouses/partners living off-campus. ‘There are no citizenship or nationality requirements. + Grade point average/class rank/pre-requisites: Academic excellence will be a requirement for successful applicants, but there is no minimum GPA or class rank required to apply. Applicants are expected to have demonstrated excellence in their academic studies, and the most competitive candidates will be among the top students in their graduating class. There are no course prerequisites for applicants to the program, although some individual classes at Tsinghus University may have prerequisites. Schwarzman Scholars does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job or course of study requirements.IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] venting General Training Questions 15 - 21: Choose appropriate Answer for Questions 15 - 21. Look at the following information on enrolment information and eligibility criteria and answer questions below. YES if the answer to the question is ‘yes’ No if the answer to the question is ‘no! NOT GIVEN if the answer to the question is not given in the passage (15) I turn 29 on August 15th 2018 and I'm not a Chinese citizen. Will I be eligible to apply for the scholarship? YES NO NOT GIVEN (16) Will I need to pay a fee YES scholarship? NO NOT GIVEN (17) !have strong English communication skills. | do not have any test scores and have never sat for an English test before. However, | studied my undergraduate degree at a university in the UK in the English medium. will | be eligible to apply? YES NO NOT GIVEN (18) | have completed both an undergraduate degree in Applied Science and a Masters degree in Further Applied Science? Will | be eligible to apply? YES NO NOT GIVEN (19) Is there a minimum grade point average required to apply? YES NO NOT GIVEN 10IELTSTUTORIALS Test.Set! aus Sz Zz ae General Training (20) My native language is not English but | achieved a score point of 610 points in my TOEFL test. Will | be eligible to apply? ) YES NO NOT GIVEN (21) If am not admitted the first time, can I apply the following year? ) YES NO NOT GIVEN Reading Passag ‘or Questions 22 - 27 Ways to Experience Bath University There are many ways you can get to know what studying at Bath is like, including Open Days, exhibitions and school visits. Upcoming University Open Days Our next Open Days will be in June 2018, Come back to this page for more information.IF you'd like to discover what it's like to study at Bath before then, there are lots of other ways to experience the University. Get to know the University Our Open Days are the perfect opportunity to get a feel for what it's like to study and live in Bath, and to find out why we're ranked Sth in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2018, Check out the accommodation Visit our campus and city accommodation to see where you could live in your first year here. Our Student Ambassadors can show you around and answer your questions about what it’s like to live there, the facilities available and the costs. "1IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] venline General Training Visit the Students’ Union The Students’ Union building is the social hub of campus. Its lively bar and club are great places to meet with friends. On Open days, you can chat with students from societies and get an idea of the interesting things you can get involved in As well as the fun stuff, the Students’ Union (SU) is a great source of advice and support. You can meet SU staff and learn about how they help students make the most of their time here. Take a tour of the Library At the centre of campus, The Library is one of the most important facilities you'll use during your studies On Open Days, you can drop into the Library and join one of the hourly guided tours or just walk around in your own time. Explore our sports facilities, Whatever your sporting ability, you can use our Sports Training Village (STV) when you study here, You can take a guided tour of the STV and see the facilities, like the Olympic Legacy swimming pool, the fully-equipped gym and the indoor and outdoor courts and pitches. Talk with students and staff Throughout the day, you'll have many opportunities to meet current students. They're the best people to give you an idea of what studying and living here is really like You can meet academic, admissions and support staff, and students at the Information Fair. They'll be happy to answer any questions you have about courses, accommodation and the support we offer. You'll also find information including: carts scareers sfunding for studies sport at the University sstudent's Union sports, societies and support 12fiesturoniats Test Set) Aus SZ Z -online General Tra . Questions 22 - 27: Answer the questions below. Using NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS from the passage, answer the questions 22 - 27. (22) Where would you visit if you were interested in indoor sports when studying at the university? (23) Where would you be able to refer to the ranking of universities?) (24) Where would you go to socialize on campus? (25) Who could you speak to in order to find out more about the cost for accommodation? (26) If you're keen to find out what job roles are associated with a course you were interested in applying for, where could you obtain this information during a visit on Open Day? (27) Which country is Bath University located? 13IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] venline General Tra’ ng SECTION 3 Questions 28 - 40 You should spend about 20 minutes on it. Read the passage and answe Questions 28 - 40. For Questions 28 - 40 A Tom Belt, a native of Oklahoma, didn't encounter the English language until he began kindergarten. In his home, conversations took place in Cherokee. Belt grew up riding horses, and after college bounced around the country doing the rodeo circuit. Eventually, he wound up in North Carolina in pursuit of a woman he met at school 20 years earlier. "All those years ago, she said the thing that attracted her to me was that | was the youngest Cherokee she'd ever met who could speak Cherokee,” he says. "| bought a roundtrip ticket to visit her, but | never used the other end of the ticket.” B. The couple married. Yet his wife — also Cherokee ~ did not speak the language. He soon realised that he was a minority among his own people. At that time, just 400 or so Cherokee speakers were left in the Eastern Band, the tribe located in the Cherokee's historic homeland and the one that his wife belongs to. Children were no longer learning the language either. "| began to realise the urgency of the situation,” Belt says. So he decided to do something about it. Cherokee is far from the only minority language threatened with demise. Over the past century alone, around 400 languages — about one every three months ~ have gone extinct, and most linguists estimate that 50% of the world’s remaining 6,500 languages will be gone by the end of this century (some put that figure as high as 90%, however). Today, the top ten languages in the world claim around half of the world’s population. Can language diversity be preserved, or are we on a path to becoming a monolingual species? 3 Since there are so many imperilled languages, it's impossible to label just one as the rarest or most endangered, but at least 100 around the world have only a handful of speakers - from Ainu in Japan to Yagan in Chile. It can be difficult to find these people too. There are some famous cases - Marie Smith Jones passed away in Alaska in 2008, taking the Eyak language with her — but usually they are older individuals (often in failing health) who don’t advertise their language skills. "The smaller the number of speakers, the harder it is to get an accurate headcount,” says David Harrison, chair of the linguistics department at Swarthmore College, and co-founder of the non-profit Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. Even if a number of people still speak it, they might live far apart and so not converse with one other - or in the case of the pre-Columbian Mexican language Ayapanece, the last two surviving speakers refused to talk to each other for years. 14IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] venline General Training Without practice, even a native language will begin to degrade in the speaker's mind. Salikoko Mufwene, a linguist at the University of Chicago, grew up speaking Kiyansi, spoken by a small ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 40 years living away from the DRC, Mufwene has only come across only two people who speak the language. On a recent trip to his home village, he found himself searching for words and struggling to keep up with the conversation. “I realised Kiyansi exists more in my imagination than in practice,” he says. “This is how languages die.” E. Languages usually reach the point of crisis after being displaced by a socially, politically and economically dominant one, as linguists put it. In this scenario, the majority speaks another language - English, Mandarin, Swahili - so speaking that language is key to accessing jobs, education and opportunities. Sometimes, especially in immigrant communities, parents will decide not to teach their children their heritage language, perceiving it as a potential hindrance to their success in life. Speakers of minority languages have suffered a long history of persecution. Well into the 20th Century, many Native American children in Canada and the US were sent to boarding schools, where they were often forbidden to speak their native language. Today, many English-speaking Americans are still hostile towards non-English speakers, especially Spanish ones. Extreme persecution still happens as well. Last August, a linguist in China was arrested for trying to open schools that taught his native language, Uighur. He has not been heard from since. F For these reasons and others, languages are dying all over the world. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger lists 576 as critically endangered, with thousands more categorised as endangered or threatened. The highest numbers occur in the Americas. "I would say that virtually all the [minority] languages in the US and Canada are endangered,” says Peter Austin, a professor of field linguistics at the University of London. "Even a language like Navajo, with thousands of speakers, falls into that category because very few children are learning it.” If measured in proportion to population, however, then Australia holds the world record for endangered languages. When Europeans first arrived there, 300 aboriginal languages were spoken around the country. Since then, 100 or so have gone extinct, and linguists regard 95% of the remaining ones as being on their last legs. Just a dozen of the original 300 are still being taught to children. G But does it matter whether a seemingly obscure language spoken by a few people in one isolated corner of the world goes out of existence? Some people argue that language loss, like species loss, is simply a fact of life on an ever-evolving planet. But counter arguments are abundant. "A lot of people invoke social Darwinism to say ‘who cares,” says Mark Turin, an anthropologist and linguist at Yale University. "But we spend huge amounts of money protecting species and biodiversity, so why should it be that the one thing that makes us singularly human shouldn't be similarly nourished and protected?” 15IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set] venline General Training What's more, languages are conduits of human heritage. Writing is a relatively recent development in our history (written systems currently exist for only about one-third of the world's languages), so language itself is often the only way to convey a community's songs, stories and poems. The Iliad was an oral story before it was written, as was The Odyssey. "How many other traditions are out there in the world that we'll never know about because no-one recorded them before the language disappeared?” Austin says. Languages also convey unique cultures. Cherokee, for example, has no word for goodbye, only "I will see you again”. Likewise, no phrase exists for "i'm sorry”. On the other hand, it has special expressions all its own. One word - 00-kah-huh-sdee represents the mouth-watering, cheek- pinching delight experienced when seeing an adorable baby or a kitten. "All of these things convey a culture, a way of interpreting human behaviour and emotion that’s not conveyed the same way as in the English language,” Belt says. Without the language, the culture itself might teeter, or even disappear. "If we are to survive, to continue on and to exist as a people with a distinct and unique culture,” he continues, "then we have to have a language.” "It's very hard as an English speaker to understand that,” adds Lenore Grenoble, a linguist at the University of Chicago. "But you just hear that time and time again: that people feel the loss of their language ina very personal way.” Question 28 Choose the appropriate option from A - D given below and write it in box 28. A Allabout speaking B Languages - Why we must save dying tongues © Howshouldwe learn a language of the minority? D Languages of the world yp 16IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set1 venline General Training Questions 29 - 31: Choose appropriate Answer for Questions 29 - 31. Do the following statements reflect the opinions of the writer in the Reading Passage? YES if the statement reflects the opinion of the writer NO. if the statement contradicts the writer NOT GIVEN if itis impossible to say what the writer thinks about (29) If efforts are not undertaken to preserve minority languages, we are at risk of losing that culture and having a knowledge of how they lived. YES NO NOT GIVEN (30) Some languages do not conform with the English way of speaking which is what makes them special. YES NO NOT GIVEN (31) The writer talks about several ways in which we could preserve languages that are almost nearing extinction. Yes NO NOT GIVEN Questions 32 - 35: Choose appropriate Answer for Questions 32 - 35. (32) The following country encounters the largest number of dying languages with respect to its Population ) A.Oklahorna 2 B. Democratic Republic of Congo C. Australia D. Europe 7IELTSTUTORIALS Test Set1 venline General Training (33) Over the last hundred years, languages have become extinct at an average rate of one language A.perannum OB per quarter O C.biannually O D.bimonthly (34) In order for language to survive, the following is definitely required O A.The speakers must constantly practice speaking it B. The speakers simply need to comprehend what is being said C.Itis sufficient for speakers to imagine it D. Writing small paragraphs occasionally is needed (85) Which of the following statements is not true. A. Alarge number of people view that languages spoken by the minority should be saved B. Many dying languages are on the brink of being classified as endangered C. One the causes for languages dying may be attributed to the choice of acquiring a more commonly spoken language that could lead to more successful lives D. Of the remaining aboriginal languages left, half of them are currently being taught to children Questions 36 - 40 The passage has 9 paragraphs A Which paragraphs discuss the following points? Write the appropriate letters in boxes 36 - 40. (36) how language conveys human habits and practices (37) language being likened to the evolution theory (88) statistics of dying languages across the world (39) perception of some people that adying languageisnaturall (40) reasons why people opt to speak the language that a majority of the population speaks in (cmenen peor 18