IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 1

IELTS General Training
Volume 4
Reading Practice Test 1
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Reading Passage 1
Read the information below and answer Questions 1-7
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ONLINE TUTORS
ONLINE Tutors are excellent EFL/ESL teachers from around the world! They can be your
private English tutor right on your computer! To send an email message to an ONLINE
Tutor, just click on the name and write a short message to introduce yourself!
A I Astrid Manyana (F 46) Chile

Special offer for Spanish speakers: bilingual teaching of English grammar and
explanations in Spanish. 25 years’ experience teaching all levels from age 15 to 55. Basics,
oral, written, specific interests [eg: tourism] and preparation for Cambridge and IE0S
exams. I can make speaking English easy for you!
B John Bennett-Smfth (M 27) Canada

I have been teaching English conversation as a volunteer in a language centre in my city
for about one year. I have also been using e-mail. ICQ and NetMeeting to teach grammar,
composition and conversation over the Internet to about 20 or so students for about the
same length of time. I am willing to teach (free of charge), privately or to groups, and to
teach those language skills which are of interest to a paticular student.
C Pamela Arrowsmltfi (F 56) Australia

I have taught English for over 30 years, and have developed a range of classroom
materials. I offer tutoring assistance in all areas of English, with an emphasis on Business
Writing for EFL adults. I can arrange trips to Australia for business and professional
adults, either individuals or groups [maximum of four adults] and these can include
English classes. If desired.
D Jean-Ptorre JoyaJ (M 22) France

I really like to create new kinds of teaching materials and I usually create my own activities
instead of using the same Kind of exercises and texts we all are used to. Let’s try that in
our classes – it will be fun! I have a BA and a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second
Language and I have been teaching all levels of ESL student for more than 3 years. I offer
a complimentary assessment of your skill level.
E Naoe Nagayo (F 36) Japan

I have taught English as a Foreign Language for 6 years. I have a TEFL certificate from the
USA and a MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham, UK. My students
range from pre-schoolers to adults. With my experience and knowledge, I can help you to
target your learning difficulties and Improve your English ability!
Read the information about recycling and answer Questions 8-14.
NO-WASTE RECYCLING GUIDE
No-Waste is a goal and a process that involves individuals, communities, businesses and
all levels of government. It leads to a future where trash is a thing of the past. Solid waste
isn’t hidden or buried in landfills but fully utilised as the valuable resource that it is.
Through redesign, reduction, reuse, repair, recycling, composting and changes in attitude,
we aim to create opportunity and wealth instead of garbage.
Every second week. * Put garbage and recyclables out before 8 AM on collection day.
Household Plastic containers
Includes milk jugs, yoghurt containers, detergent bottles. Excludes containers made of
foam, plastic containers which held ammonia-based products, or metal bottle lids.
Rinse to remove food or residue. Leave labels on, flatten or stack plastic containers to
reduce space required.
RECYCLING Glass containers
Inside your Leave labels on. Rinse. Discard caps.
blue box No other types of glass such as kitchenware, drinking glasses, window glass, light
bulbs, mirrors or any broken glass.
Metals
Food and beverage containers.
Cans — rinse and remove labels, flatten and fold together.
Foil trays — rinse, flatten and fold together.
No metal pots, take out container lids, cigarette wrappings.

YELLOW BAG
Hoasehold paper — junk mail, envelopes, brochures, paper bags, egg cartons (fibre
only); box packaging such as cereal, shoe boxes, paper towel cores, white and
coloured office paper, telephone books.
Remove liners, flatten packaging and place inside bag.
Mo drinking boxes, paper towels or waxed paper.
BLUE BAG
Beside your
Newspapers, inserts, sales flyers, magazines and catalogues. Remove magazine
blue box
covers, perfumed inserts. Ho books or soiled newspapers.
TEXTILES, CLOTHING AND LINENS
Race clean textiles in a separate plastic shopping bag tied with string.
CARDBOARD
Packing boxes, liquor boxes.
Flatten bundles and tie — no larger than 30 x 30 x 8. Place beside blue box. No
waxed or coated boxes, soiled pizza boxes.
Question 1-7
Look at the description of Online Tutors (A-E). Write the appropriate letter A-E for
each space.
Which tutor would you choose…?
….If your first language was Spanish? A
…to teach young children? 1
…to improve English for your business? 2
…if you didn’t have much money? 3
…if you were bored with the usual language learning exercises? 4
…to do exam preparation 5
Which description mention
…language teaching qualifications from USA ? 6
…more than 26 years’ teaching experience? 7
Questions 8-10
Choose ONE item only from the list below to go in each recycling container.
In the Blue Box 8

In the Yellow Bag 9
In the Blue Bag 10
LIST OF ITEMS FOR RECYCLING
telephone book packing box
old clothing magazines
wed pizza delivery box old textbook
ceramic cup aluminium drink can
heavy cardboard light bulb
Questions 11-14
Look at the following statements.
YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
11
Do I put out items for recycling every other week?
12
Should I remove labels from food cans?
13
Can I recycle a broken window?
14
Is there a separate collection for large household items?

Reading Passage 2
Read the text below and answer Questions 15-18
A CAREER IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT

Introduction
Hotel management provides exciting career opportunities in the dynamic hospitality and
tourism industry. Indeed, tourism is the world’s fastest growing industry. Recent figures
show tourism enjoying a growth rate 23% higher than that of the global economy,
employing some 212 million and earning in the region of $ US 3.4 trillion per annum.
In a year from now, employment figures are predicted to exceed 338 million, with revenue
above SUS7.2 trillion. The vast majority of new jobs will be in the Asia-Pacific region,
which by the year 2010 will attract 1 in every 5 of the world’s holidaymakers. The
employment prospects for the International College of Hospitality Management’s
graduates are exciting.
The International College of Hospitality Management
The International College of Hospitality Management provides diploma and degree level
hotel management training for the international hospitality and tourism industry.
Established in 1993, the International College of Hospitality Management is the Asia-
Pacific Basin campus cf the renowned European Hotel Association. It also incorporates
the classical French cooking training of Le Gourmet, Paris.
International Hotel Management Diploma
The International College of Hospitality Management course is industry-oriented,

balancing operative, supervisory and management level training. The Diploma course is 3
years full time. Semesters 1, 3 and 5 are spent studying on campus, and Semesters 2, 4
and 6 are spent in industry on undergraduate placements, called ‘stages’. One stage may
be taken up with language studies.
Bachelor of Business (Hotel Management) Degree
Students who graduate with the International Hotel Management Diploma are assured of
a further year of Degree Study at the University of the Antipodes. Studies will focus on
such areas as: Global Marketing, Strategic Management, Total Quality Management,
Cross-Cultural Communications, Developing Organisations and Management of Change,
Global Development in Hospitality and Tourism, Intercultural Relations. Under certain
circumstances the final year of study can be conducted on a part-time basis and by
distance education mode, enabling students to study while maintaining a full-time career
in the hospitality industry, either here or in their home country.
Read the passage below and answer Questions 19-23.
Training Facilities
The International College of Hospitality Management has more than 120
professional lecturers and international-standard, training facilities. These
;; include three public restaurants, ten commercial training kitchens,
simulated front office training facilities, four computer suites, a fully
operational winery, and a food science laboratory. The Learning Resource
Centre collection is extensive. The student support services provide
professional counselling in the areas of health, learning support,
language skills, accommodation and welfare. Childcare facilities are also
available on campus.

International Home
The International College of Hospitality Management has students
enrolled from more than 20 countries, some of whom stay on campus in
International House. Built in 1999, International House is accommodation
comprising villa-style units. Each student has their own bedroom, sharing
en suite facilities with another student. An adjoining kitchenette and
lounge area is shared by the four students in the villa. All meals are
served in the College dining room which is next to the student common
room. Student privacy and security are priorities. A computer outlet in
each bedroom enables student to connect into the College network,
providing 24 hour-a-day access. The residence is a two-minute walk to
the College’s sporting and training facilities, and is on a regular bus
service to the city centre 10 km away.
International House is also being used to enhance on-campus training,
from Monday to Friday, Year 1 students, supervised by 2nd Years, are
assigned kitchen, waiting, housekeeping and receptionist duties.
Simulated check-in/check-out exercises, receptionist duties and breakfast
service to a limited number of rooms are also part of the program.
Look at the passage below and answer Questions 24-27 on the previous page.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA
Short Courses
This certificate is designed for participants wishing to acquire the skills to perform
duties relevant to a front office receptionist working within a range of hospitality
establishments. Course includes: front office and organisational structure, role and
duties of front office personnel, guests’ reservations and registrations, check-in and
check-out procedures, guest accounting and management reports.
This certifícate is designed for participants wishing to develop a solid understanding

of, and the ability to perform duties and skills required in advanced front office
operations and night auditing. Course includes: night auditing procedures, daily
records and reports, early and late arrivals, security duties, bell desk/concierge,
guest service and information, advanced cashiering, supervision of payments,
banking operations, debtor control and financial reports.

This certificate is designed for participants wishing to acquire the skills relevant to
table attendant duties within an a la carte restaurant. Course includes: table setting
for a variety of menus, plate and silver service, tray and wine service, ordering and
docket systems, wine styles and label identification, food and wine combinations.
This certificate is designed for participants wishing to acquire the skills to

perform a bar attendant’s duties within range of industry settings. Course includes:
bar preparation, cash handling, beer service, patron care, basic cocktail mixing,
product knowledge.
Questions 15-18
Choose ONE phrase from the list below (A-J) to complete each of the following
sentences, There are more phrases than questions so you will not use all of them.
A …indudes work experience placements overseas.
B …can be done by distance mode.
C …requires foreign language studies.
D …has links with overseas institutions.
E …must be completed in Australia.
F …combines study with industry placements.
G …offers expanding opportunities for employment.
H …must be completed in one year.
I …takes 3 years to complete, part-time.
J …consists of several campuses.
15
The hospitality industry
16
The College
17
The Diploma course
18
The Degree course
Questions 19-23
Look at the following statements.

YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
19
The training facility has 10 kitchens
20
All students in the program live at International House
21
Four students share a unit in the residence
22
The residence is used as part of the training program
23
All meals in the residence are prepared by the students
Questions 24-27
Four short courses (A-D) from the ‘International Hotel Management Diploma’ are
outlined on the opposite page. Choose the correct title (i-viii) for each course from
the list below.
There are more titles than descriptions so you will not use all of them.
i Food and Wine Service
ii Housekeeping Procedures
iii Cocktails and Mixed Drinks
iv Hotel Front Office Management
v Bars and Service of Drinks
vi Resort Operation and Management
vii Catering Control
viii Hotel Front Office Reception
24
Course A
25
Course B
26
Course C
27
Course D

Reading Passage 3
Read the text below and answer Questions 28-40
As More Tech Start-Ups Stay Private, So Does

the Money
Not long ago, if you were a young, brash technologist with a world-conquering start-up
idea, there was a good chance you spent much of your waking life working toward a
single business milestone: taking your company public.
Though luminaries of the tech industry have always expressed skepticism and even
hostility toward the finance industry, tech’s dirty secret was that it looked to Wall Street
and the ritual of a public offering for affirmation — not to mention wealth.
But something strange has happened in the last couple of years: The initial public
offering of stock has become déclassé. For start-up entrepreneurs and their employees
across Silicon Valley, an initial public offering is no longer a main goal. Instead, many
founders talk about going public as a necessary evil to be postponed as long as possible
because it comes with more problems than benefits.
“If you can get $200 million from private sources, then yeah, I don’t want my company
under the scrutiny of the unwashed masses who don’t understand my business,” said
Danielle Morrill, the chief executive of Mattermark, a start-up that organizes and sells
information about the start-up market. “That’s actually terrifying to me.
Silicon Valley’s sudden distaste for the I.P.O. — rooted in part in Wall Street’s
skepticism of new tech stocks — may be the single most important psychological shift
underlying the current tech boom. Staying private affords start-up executives the luxury of
not worrying what outsiders think and helps them avoid the quarterly earnings treadmill.
It also means Wall Street is doing what it failed to do in the last tech boom: using
traditional metrics like growth and profitability to price companies. Investors have been
tough on Twitter, for example, because its user growth has slowed. They have been tough
on Box, the cloud-storage company that went public last year, because it remains
unprofitable. And the e-commerce company Zulily, which went public last year, was
likewise punished when it cut its guidance for future sales.
Scott Kupor, the managing partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz,
and his colleagues said in a recent report that despite all the attention start-ups have
received in recent years, tech stocks are not seeing unusually high valuations. In fact, their
share of the overall market has remained stable for 14 years, and far off the peak of the
late 1990s.
That unwillingness to cut much slack to young tech companies limits risk for regular
investors. If the bubble pops, the unwashed masses, if that’s what we are, aren’t as likely
to get washed out.
Private investors, on the other hand, are making big bets on so-called unicorns — the
Silicon Valley jargon for start-up companies valued at more than a billion dollars. If many
of those unicorns flop, most Americans will escape unharmed, because losses will be
confined to venture capitalists and hedge funds that have begun to buy into tech start-
ups, as well as tech founders and their employees.
The reluctance — and sometimes inability — to go public is spurring the unicorns. By

relying on private investors for a longer period of time, start-ups get more runway to
figure out sustainable business models. To delay their entrance into the public markets,
firms like Airbnb, Dropbox, Palantir, Pinterest, Uber and several other large start-ups are
raising hundreds of millions, and in some cases billions, that they would otherwise have
gained through an initial public offering.
“These companies are going public, just in the private market,” Dan Levitan, the
managing partner of the venture capital firm Maveron, told me recently. He means that in
many cases, hedge funds and other global investors that would have bought shares in
these firms after an I.P.O. are deciding to go into late-stage private rounds. There is even
an oxymoronic term for the act of obtaining private money in place of a public offering: It’s
called a “private I.P.O.”
The delay in I.P.O.s has altered how some venture capital firms do business. Rather
than waiting for an initial offering, Maveron, for instance, says it now sells its stake in a
start-up to other, larger private investors once it has made about 100 times its initial
investment. It is the sort of return that once was only possible after an I.P.O.
But there is also a downside to the new aversion to initial offerings. When the unicorns
do eventually go public and begin to soar — or whatever it is that fantastical horned

beasts tend to do when they’re healthy — the biggest winners will be the private
investors that are now bearing most of the risk.
It used to be that public investors who got in on the ground floor of an initial offering
could earn historic gains. If you invested $1,000 in Amazon at its I.P.O. in 1997, you
would now have nearly $250,000. If you had invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 1986, you
would have close to half a million. Public investors today are unlikely to get anywhere near
such gains from tech I.P.O.s. By the time tech companies come to the market, the biggest
gains have already been extracted by private backers.
Just 53 technology companies went public in 2014, which is around the median since
1980, but far fewer than during the boom of the late 1990s and 2000, when hundreds of
tech companies went public annually, according to statistics maintained by Jay Ritter, a
professor of finance at the University of Florida. Today’s companies are also waiting
longer. In 2014, the typical tech company hitting the markets was 11 years old, compared
with a median age of seven years for tech I.P.O.s since 1980.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve asked several founders and investors why they’re
waiting; few were willing to speak on the record about their own companies, but their
answers all amounted to “What’s the point?”
Initial public offerings were also ways to compensate employees and founders who
owned lots of stock, but there are now novel mechanisms — such as selling shares on a
secondary market — for insiders to cash in on some of their shares in private companies.
Still, some observers cautioned that the new trend may be a bad deal for employees who
aren’t given much information about the company’s performance.
“One thing employees may be confused about is when companies tell them, ‘We’re
basically doing a private I.P.O.,’ it might make them feel like there’s less risk than there
really is,” said Ms. Morrill of Mattermark. But she said it was hard to persuade people that
their paper gains may never materialize. “The Kool-Aid is really strong,” she said.
If the delay in I.P.O.s becomes a normal condition for Silicon Valley, some observers say
tech companies may need to consider new forms of compensation for workers. “We
probably need to fundamentally rethink how do private companies compensate
employees, because that’s going to be an issue,” said Mr. Kupor, of Andreessen Horowitz.
During a recent presentation for Andreessen Horowitz’s limited partners — the

institutions that give money to the venture firm — Marc Andreessen, the firm’s co-
founder, told the journalist Dan Primack that he had never seen a sharper divergence in
how investors treat public- and private-company chief executives. “They tell the public
C.E.O., ‘Give us the money back this quarter,’ and they tell the private C.E.O., ‘No problem,
go for 10 years,’ ” Mr. Andreessen said.
At some point this tension will be resolved. “Private valuations will not forever be
higher than public valuations,” said Mr. Levitan, of Maveron. “So the question is, Will
private markets capitulate and go down or will public markets go up?”
If the private investors are wrong, employees, founders and a lot of hedge funds could
be in for a reckoning. But if they’re right, it will be you and me wearing the frown — the
public investors who missed out on the next big thing.
Questions 28-31
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in boxes 28–31 on your answer sheet.
28 How much funds would you gain by now, if you had invested 1000$ in the
Amazon in 1997?
A nearly 250,000$
B close to 500,000$
C It is not stated in the text
D No funds
29 Nowadays founders talk about going public as a:
A necessity.
B benefit.
C troublesome thing
D profit.
30 In which time period was the biggest number of companies going public?
A early 1990s
B late 1990s and 2000s
C 1980s
D late 1990s
31 According to the text, which of the following is true?
A Private valuations may be forever higher than public ones.

B Public valuations eventually will become even less valuable.
C The main question is whether the public market increase or the private
market decrease.
D The pressure might last for a long time.
Questions 32-36
Complete the sentences below.
Write ONLY ONE WORD from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 32–36 on your answer sheet.
Skepticism was always expected by the 32 of tech industry.
The new aversion to initial offerings has its 33 .
Selling shares on a secondary market is considered a 34 mechanism.
Workers' compensation might be an 35 .
The public investors who failed to participate in the next big thing might be the ones
wearing the 36
Questions 37-40
Do the following statements agree with the information in the IELTS reading text?
In boxes 37–40 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
37
Private investors are bearing most of the risk.
38
Not many investors were willing to speak on the record.
39
The typical tech company hitting the markets in 1990s was 5
years old.
40
Marc Andreessen, the firm's co-founder, expressed
amazement with divergency in how investors treat public.

Solution:
1 E 2 C
3 B 4 D
5 A 6 E
7 C 8 aluminium drink can
9 telephone book 10 magazines
11 YES 12 YES
13 NO 14 NOT GIVEN
15 G 16 D
17 F 18 B
19 YES 20 NO

21 YES 22 YES
23 NOT GIVEN 24 viii
25 iv 26 i
27 v 28 A
29 C 30 B
31 C 32 luminaries
33 downside 34 novel
35 issue 36 frown
37 TRUE 38 TRUE
39 NOT GIVEN 40 TRUE

Review and Explanations
1 Answer: E
Keywords in Questions Similar words in Passage
Q1 E Naoe Nagayo (F 36) Japan
Which tutor would you choose…? My students range from pre-schoolers to
…to teach young children? adults.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isE. Naoe
Nagayo (F 36) Japan
2 Answer: C
Q2 C Pamela Arrowsmltfi (F 56) Australia
Which tutor would you choose…? I offer tutoring assistance in all areas of
…to improve English for your business? English, with an emphasis on Business
Writing for EFL adults.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isC. Pamela
Arrowsmltfi (F 56) Australia
3 Answer: B
Q3 B John Bennett-Smfth (M 27) Canada
Which tutor would you choose…? I am willing to teach (free of charge), privately or
…if you didn’t have much money? to groups, and to teach those language skills
which are of interest to a particular student.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isB. John
Bennett-Smfth (M 27) Canada
4 Answer: D
Q4 D Jean-Ptorre JoyaJ (M 22) France
Which tutor would you choose…? I really like to create new kinds of teaching
…if you were bored with the usual materials and I usually create my own activities
language learning exercises? instead of using the same Kind of exercises and
texts we all are used to.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isD. Jean-Ptorre
JoyaJ (M 22) France
5 Answer: A

Q5 A I Astrid Manyana (F 46) Chile
Which tutor would you choose…? Basics, oral, written, specific interests [eg:
…to do exam preparation tourism] and preparation for Cambridge and IELTS
exams.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isA. I Astrid
Manyana (F 46) Chile
6 Answer: E
Q6 E Naoe Nagayo (F 36) Japan
Which description mention I have a TEFL certificate from the USA and a MA in
…language teaching qualifications Applied Linguistics from the University of
from USA ? Birmingham, UK.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isE. Naoe
Nagayo (F 36) Japan.
7 Answer: C
Q7 C Pamela Arrowsmltfi (F 56) Australia
Which description mention I have taught English for over 30 years,
…more than 26 years’ teaching
experience?
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isC. Pamela
Arrowsmltfi (F 56) Australia
8 Answer: aluminium drink can

Q8 RECYCLING - INSIDE YOUR BLUE BOX
In the Blue Box: aluminium drink Metals
can Food and beverage containers.
Cans — rinse and remove labels, flatten and fold
together.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isaluminium
drink can.
9 Answer: telephone book


Q9 YELLOW BAG
In the Yellow Bag: telephone book Household paper — junk mail, envelopes,
brochures, paper bags, egg cartons (fiber only);
box packaging such as cereal, shoe boxes, paper
towel cores, white and coloured office paper,
telephone books.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer istelephone
book.
10 Answer: magazines
Q10 BLUE BAG
In the Blue Bag: magazines Newspapers, inserts, sales flyers, magazines and
catalogues
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer ismagazines.
11 Answer: YES
Q11 Every second week "Put garbage and recyclables
Do I put out items for recycling out before 8 AM on collection day."
every other week?
Key
The question matches all the key information in the passage so the answer isYES.
12 Answer: YES
Q12 Food and beverage containers.
Should I remove labels from food Cans — rinse and remove labels, flatten and fold
cans? together.
Key
13 Answer: NO
Q13 No other types of glass such as kitchenware,
Can I recycle a broken window? drinking glasses, window glass, light bulbs, mirrors
or any broken glass.
Key
Broken window glass is not recycled, which contradicts with the information in Q13. For
that reason, the answer is NO.
14 Answer: NOT GIVEN

Keywords in Questions
Q14
Is there a separate collection for large household items?
Key
There is no information about separate collection for large household items. There are
some misleading statements such as household plastic containers or household paper.
but the writer didn't mention anything about separate collection for large household
items. For that reason, the answer is NOT GIVEN.
15 Answer: G
Q15 Under certain circumstances the final year of study
The hospitality industry can be conducted on a part-time basis and by
G. offers expanding distance education mode, enabling students to study
opportunities for employment. while maintaining a full-time career in the hospitality
industry, either here or in their home country.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isG. can be done
by distance mode.
16 Answer: D
Q16 The International College of Hospitality Management
The College Established in 1993, the International College of
D. has links with overseas Hospitality Management is the Asia-Pacific Basin
institutions. campus cf the renowned European Hotel Association.
It also incorporates the classical French cooking
training of Le Gourmet, Paris.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isD. has links
with overseas institutions
17 Answer: F
Q17 The Diploma course is 3 years full time. Semesters 1,
The Diploma course 3 and 5 are spent studying on campus, and
F. combines study with industry Semesters 2, 4 and 6 are spent in industry on
placements. undergraduate placements, called ‘stages’.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isF. combines
study with industry placements.
18 Answer: B

Q18 Bachelor of Business (Hotel Management) Degree
The Degree course Students who graduate with the International Hotel
B. can be done by distance Management Diploma are assured of a further year of
mode. Degree Study at the University of the Antipodes.
Studies will focus on such areas as: Global Marketing,
Strategic Management, Total Quality Management,
Cross-Cultural Communications, Developing
Organisations and Management of Change, Global
Development in Hospitality and Tourism, Intercultural
Relations. Under certain circumstances the final year
of study can be conducted on a part-time basis and
by distance education mode,
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answerB. can be done
by distance mode.
19 Answer: YES
Q19 Training Facilities
T h e training facility has 10 The International College of Hospitality Management
kitchens has more than 120 professional lecturers and
international-standard, training facilities. These include
three public restaurants, ten commercial training
kitchens,
simulated front office training facilities, four computer
suites, a fully operational winery, and a food science
laboratory.
Key
20 Answer: NO
Q20 International Home
All students in the program The International College of Hospitality Management
live at International House has students enrolled from more than 20 countries,
some of whom stay on campus in International House.
Key
The fact that some students in the program, not all of them, live at International House
contradicts with the question. For that reason, the answer of Q20 is NO.
21 Answer: YES
Q21 An adjoining kitchenette and lounge area is shared by
Four students share a unit in the four students in the villa.
the residence

Key
22 Answer: YES
Q22 International House is also being used to enhance on-
The residence is used as part campus training, from Monday to Friday, Year 1
of the training program students, supervised by 2nd Years, are assigned
kitchen, waiting, housekeeping and receptionist duties.
Key

Q23 All meals are served in the College dining room which is
All meals in the residence are next to the student common room.
prepared by the students
Key
There is no information relating to whom prepares all meals in the residence area.
Besides, there is a misleading statement, which is all meals are served in the College
dining room.
For that reason, the answer of Q23 isNOT GIVEN.
24 Answer: viii
Q24 This certificate is designed for participants wishing to
Course A acquire the skills to perform duties relevant to a front
viii. Hotel Front Office Reception office receptionist working within a range of
hospitality establishments.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isviii. Hotel
Front Office Reception.
25 Answer: iv
Course B develop a solid understanding of, and the ability to
i v . Hotel Front Office perform duties and skills required in advanced front
Management office operations and night auditing.

Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isiv. Hotel Front
Office Management.
26 Answer: i
Course C acquire the skills relevant to table attendant duties
i. Food and Wine Service within an a la carte restaurant. Course includes: table
setting for a variety of menus, plate and silver
service, tray and wine service, ordering and docket
systems, wine styles and label identification, food
and wine combinations.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isi. Food and
Wine Service.
27 Answer: v
Course D acquire the skills to perform a bar attendant’s duties
v. Bars and Service of Drinks within range of industry settings. Course includes:
bar preparation, cash handling, beer service, patron
care, basic cocktail mixing, product knowledge.
Key
From the connection stated above, we can conclude that the answer isv. Bars and
Service of Drinks.
28 Answer: A
Q28 If you invested $1,000 in Amazon at its
How much funds would you gain by now, if I.P.O. in 1997 , you would now have nearly
you had invested 1000$ in the Amazon in $250,000.
1997?
A. 250,000$
B. close to 500,000$
C. It is not stated in the text
D. No funds
Key
C could be the answer as it is stated in the passage that if you invested $1000 in the
Amazon in 1997, you would now have nearly $250,000.
B is the wrong option as the investor could only receive $250,000, a half of $500,000.
C is also incorrect because the information is stated in the text. Last but not least, D is
wrong as the investor do gain back an amount of money.
All things considered, the answer is A. nearly $250,000.

29 Answer: C
Q29 Instead, many founders talk about going
Nowadays founders talk about going public public as a necessary evil to be postponed
as a: as long as possible because it comes with
A. necessity. more problems than benefits.
B. benefit.
C. troublesome thing
D. profit.
Key
Option B. benefit and D. profit are not the correct choice, as it is stated in the text that
going public is considered to be postponed as long as possible, meaning that it could
bring back negative effects, not positive like benefit and profit.
Option A. necessity can mislead people, however, going public is a necessary evil to be
postponed, not a necessity. The most potential choice is C. troublesome thing.
"troublesome" means causing a lot of problems, worry or anxiety for someone. This is
exactly what many founders think about going public. For that reason, the answer of
Q29 is C.
30 Answer: B
Q30 Just 53 technology companies went public
In which time period was the biggest in 2014, which is around the median since
number of companies going public? 1980, but far fewer than during the boom
A. early 1990s o f the late 1990s and 2000, when
B. late 1900s and 2000s hundreds of tech companies went public
C. 1980s annually, according to statistics
D. late 1990s maintained by Jay Ritter, a professor of
finance at the University of Florida.
Key
Option C. 1980s is not correct as the number of companies going public in this period is
not high enough to be the biggest one.
Option A. early 1990s is not mentioned in the paragraph about companies going public,
therefore A is also incorrect.
It is stated in the text that there was a boom in number of companies going public in
the late 1990s and 2000. Therefore, B is correct and D is incorrect (D is lack of 2000s).
All things considered, the answer of Q30 isB. late 1990s and 2000s.
31 Answer: C

Q31 At some point this tension will be resolved.
According to the text, which of the “Private valuations will not forever be
following is true? higher than public valuations,” said Mr.
A. Private valuations may be forever Levitan, of Maveron. “So the question is,
higher than public ones. Will private markets capitulate and go
B. Public valuations eventually will become down or will public markets go up?”
even less valuable.
C. The main question is whether the public
market increase or the private market
decrease.
D. The pressure might last for a long time.
Key
Option A is incorrect as it is stated in the text that price valuations will not be forever
higher than public ones. The writer didn't mention anything about the eventual
decrease of public valuations, therefore B is also incorrect.
It is stated in the passage that at some point this tension will be resolved, which
contradicts with information in option D. For that reason, D is incorrect.
The information in C matches with that in the text, so C is correct choice.
All things considered, the answer of Q31 isC.
32 Answer: luminaries
Q32 Though luminaries of the tech industry have always
Skepticism was always expressed skepticism and even hostility toward the
expected by the __________ of finance industry, tech’s dirty secret was that it looked
tech industry. to Wall Street and the ritual of a public offering for
affirmation — not to mention wealth.
Key
From the connection stated above, the answer of Q32 isluminaries.
33 Answer: downside
Q33 But there is also a downside to the new aversion to
T h e new aversion to initial initial offerings.
offerings has its __________.
Key
From the connection stated above, the answer of Q33 isdownside.
34 Answer: novel
Q34 but there are now novel mechanisms — such as
Selling shares on a secondary selling shares on a secondary market — for insiders
market is considered a to cash in on some of their shares in private
__________mechanism. companies

Key
From the connection stated above, the answer of Q34 isnovel.
35 Answer: issue
Q35 some observers say tech companies may need to
Workers' compensation might consider new forms of compensation for workers.
be an __________. “We probably need to fundamentally rethink how do
private companies compensate employees, because
that’s going to be an issue,”
Key
From the connection stated above, the answer of A35 isissue.
36 Answer: frown
Q36 But if they’re right, it will be you and mewearing the
The public investors who failed frown — the public investors who missed out on the
to participate in the next big next big thing.
thing might be the ones
wearing the __________
Key
From the connection stated above, the answer of Q36 isfrown.
37 Answer: TRUE
Q37 When the unicorns do eventually go public and begin
Private investors are bearing to soar — or whatever it is that fantastical horned
most of the risk. beasts tend to do when they’re healthy — the biggest
winners will be the private investors that are now
bearing most of the risk.
Key
The question matches all the key information in the passage so the answer isTRUE.
38 Answer: TRUE
Q38 Over the last few weeks, I’ve asked several founders
Not many investors were willing and investors why they’re waiting; few were willing to
to speak on the record. speak on the record about their own companies, but
their answers all amounted to “What’s the point?”
Key
The question matches all the key information in the passage so the answer isTRUE.


Q39 In 2014, the typical tech company hitting the markets
T h e typical tech company was 11 years old, compared with a median age of
hitting the markets in 1990s seven years for tech I.P.O.s since 1980.
was 5 years old.
Key
There is no information about the typical tech company hitting the markets in 1990s.
However, there are misleading statements about that in 2014 and since 1980.
All things considered, the answer of Q39 isNOT GIVEN.
40 Answer: TRUE
Q40 During a recent presentation for Andreessen
Marc Andreessen, the firm's co- Horowitz’s limited partners — the institutions that
f o u n d e r , expressed give money to the venture firm — Marc Andreessen,
amazement with divergency in the firm’s co-founder, told the journalist Dan Primack
how investors treat public. that he had never seen a sharper divergence in how
investors treat public- and private-company chief
executives.
Key
"Marc Andreessen had never seen a sharper divergence in how investors treat public"
means he had not seen anything better, so he expressed his amazenment by saying
that. For that reason, the answer of Q40 is TRUE.

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A I Astrid Manyana (F 46) Chile

B John Bennett-Smfth (M 27) Canada

C Pamela Arrowsmltfi (F 56) Australia

D Jean-Ptorre JoyaJ (M 22) France

E Naoe Nagayo (F 36) Japan

Read the information about recycling and answer Questions 8-14.

NO-WASTE RECYCLING GUIDE

Household Plastic containers

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Which tutor would you choose…?

….If your first language was Spanish? A

…to teach young children? 1

…to improve English for your business? 2

…if you didn’t have much money? 3

…to do exam preparation 5

Which description mention

…language teaching qualifications from USA ? 6

…more than 26 years’ teaching experience? 7

In the Blue Box 8

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LIST OF ITEMS FOR RECYCLING

telephone book packing box

old clothing magazines

wed pizza delivery box old textbook

ceramic cup aluminium drink can

heavy cardboard light bulb

YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer

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A CAREER IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT

The International College of Hospitality Management

International Hotel Management Diploma

The International College of Hospitality Management course is industry-oriented,

Bachelor of Business (Hotel Management) Degree

Read the passage below and answer Questions 19-23.

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This certifícate is designed for participants wishing to develop a solid understanding

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This certificate is designed for participants wishing to acquire the skills to

A …indudes work experience placements overseas.

B …can be done by distance mode.

C …requires foreign language studies.

D …has links with overseas institutions.

E …must be completed in Australia.

F …combines study with industry placements.

G …offers expanding opportunities for employment.

H …must be completed in one year.

I …takes 3 years to complete, part-time.

J …consists of several campuses.

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NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer

i Food and Wine Service

iii Cocktails and Mixed Drinks

iv Hotel Front Office Management

v Bars and Service of Drinks

vi Resort Operation and Management

vii Catering Control

viii Hotel Front Office Reception

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