Beat IELTS Reading Practice Test 5-GT

1) In an emergency, a teacher will either phone the office or Fill in the blank 1 of 8 .
2) The signal for evacuation will normally be severalFill in the blank 2 of 8 .
3) If possible, students should leave the building by the Fill in the blank 3 of 8 .
4) They then walk quickly to the Fill in the blank 4 of 8 .
5) Fill in the blank 5 of 8 will join the teachers and students in the quad.
6) Each class teacher will count up his or her students and mark Fill in the blank 6 of 8 .
7) After the Fill in the blank 7 of 8 , everyone may return to class.
8) If there is an emergency at lunchtime, students gather in the quad in Fill in the blank 8 of 8 and wait for their teacher.

15) Section A Fill in the blank 1 of 7
16) Section B Fill in the blank 2 of 7
17) Section C Fill in the blank 3 of 7
18) Section D Fill in the blank 4 of 7
19) Section E Fill in the blank 5 of 7
20) Section F Fill in the blank 6 of 7
21) Section G Fill in the blank 7 of 7

22 If an employee receives a Fill in the blank 1 of 2 , this means he will lose his job if his work does not get better.
23 If an employee does not accept the reasons for his dismissal, a Fill in the blank 2 of 2 can be arranged.

24) An employee is asked to leave work straight away because he has done something really bad. Fill in the blank 1 of 5
25) An employee is pressured to leave his job unless he accepts conditions that are very different from those agreed to in the beginning. Fill in the blank 2 of 5
26) An employer gets rid of an employee without keeping to conditions in the contract. Fill in the blank 3 of 5
27) The reason for an employee’s dismissal is not considered good enough. Fill in the blank 4 of 5
28) The reasons for an employee’s dismissal are acceptable by law and the terms of the employment contract. Fill in the blank 5 of 5

29) the origin of the word ‘calisthenics’ Fill in the blank 1 of 7
30) the last popular supporter of calisthenics Fill in the blank 2 of 7
31) the first use of calisthenics as a training method Fill in the blank 3 of 7
32) a multidisciplinary approach to all-round health and strength Fill in the blank 4 of 7
33) reasons for the survival of calisthenics throughout the ages Fill in the blank 5 of 7
34) medical substance to increase muscle mass and strength Fill in the blank 6 of 7
35) a reference to travelling showmen who displayed their strength for audiences Fill in the blank 7 of 7

During the sixties and seventies, attaining huge muscles became more important than (36) Fill in the blank 1 of 5 or having an attractive-looking body. The first people to take up this new sport of body building had a background in calisthenics but the most famous practitioners became known as (37)Fill in the blank 2 of 5 on account of the impressive size of their muscles. Drugs and mechanical devices were used to develop individual muscles to a monstrous size.

Calisthenics then became the domain of ‘weaker’ people: females, children and those recovering from (38)Fill in the blank 3 of 5 . Much of the advanced knowledge about calisthenics was lost and the method was subsequently downgraded to the status of a simple, user-friendly activity. Once a person became skilled at this, he would progress to (39)Fill in the blank 4 of 5 .

Currently a revival of calisthenics is under way as extreme muscle building can harm the body leaving it sore, out of balance, and in poor (40)Fill in the blank 5 of 5 .