IELTS Beat Reading Test 6-GT

Read the advertisements below and answer Questions 1-4.

A
Restaurant Supervisor
Waiting Staff
Telephonist

The ideal candidates must have relevant experience gained in a high quality hotel. Please call Personnel on 020-7723-7723, or send your CV to: The Aylesbury, Hodge Road,London SE1 8RS

The Aylesbury
LONDON

B
USE YOUR
LANGUAGES AND EARN
£ 450 – £ 1200 P.W.

We are one of the largest business publishers in Europe and have limited vacancies for intelligent young people in our London advertisement sales office. Enquiries from German, Spanish and Eastern European speakers especially welcome. Phone Steve Warburton on 020 7114 9610

C
SECRETARY
Busy Chartered Accountants require experienced/efficient secretary. Accounts experience, proficient typing, and an excellent telephone manner essential; shorthand useful.

Please send CV to:
Box No. 9246
c/o Weekly Standard
Classified
9 Berry Street,
Kensington W8 9LP

D
TRAVEL COMPANY
Vacancy for self–confident person to look after bookings for our Caribbean Hotels. Salary based on applicant’s experience & suitability.
Please send CV to
Greg Taplin, KRI Ltd,
12 Galena Road, London,
W6 3XZ

E
NANNY WANTED
for 9 month old handful.
Artistie/Prof household Notting Hill. 3 days per week. Some hours flexibility req’d. Knowledge German/Hungarian advantage not essential
020 7221 6119

F
Hollywood World
LONDON
Join the Stars!

Food Servers
The biggest and busiest restaurant in London is seeking additional stars for its team of dedicated professionals. If you have experience in high volume restaurants and are looking a challenge, then come on down for an audition.
Interview day is on Friday 6th May from 12 noon to 7pm.

Hollywood World is located at 29 Foster Street, London, W1 6JZ

Read the text below and answer Questions 5-10.

SERVICE and NUMBER TO DIAL

Operator Services 101
The operator is there to help you if you have difficulty making a call or if you want to use any of our special call services. These include: ALARM CALLS * ADVICE OF DURATION CHARGE * CREDIT CARD CALLS * FIXED TIME CALLS * FREEFONE CALLS * PERSONAL CALLS * TRANSFERRED CHARGE CALLS * SUBSCRIBER CONTROLLED TRANSFER. For details of charges see our free leaflet. Dial 101 and ask for financial services.

International Operator 123

See Section 3(international)for details.

Directory Enquiries 142

Tell the operator the town you require. Have paper and pencil ready.

International Directory Enquiries 130

Emergency 010

Tell the operator what service you want.

Faults 166

Any fault should be reported to the local fault repair service.

Sales 170

For enquiries regarding other purchases.

Telemessage 190

If you have something special to say and prefer to say it in writing.

International Telemessage 191

International Telegrams 192

You can send a telegram to most other countries.

Maritime Service 200 SHIP’ S TELEGRAM SERVICE * SHIP’ S TELEPHONE SERVICE * INMARSAT SATELLITE SERVICE. You can call or send a message to someone aboard ship by using our Maritime Services. For telephone calls to ships quote the name of the Coast Radio Station if known. For INMARSAT (Maritime Satellite) service dial 178. Give the ship’s name, its identification number and ocean region, if known. International Directory Enquiries, code 130, can say if a ship is equipped for satellite service and provide the number.

Any Other Call Enquiries 111

Read the text below and answer Questions 11-14.

FIRE NOTICE

In the event of fire, the ALARM will ring. On hearing the fire alarm, all those in the West Wing should evacuate the building by staircase J. Rooms 1 to 199 are in the West Wing. All others should use staircase A. The assembly area for occupants of the West Wing is the staff car park at the rear of the building. All others assemble in the front courtyard.

Evacuate the building even if the alarm stops.

If you discover a fire, shout “FIRE” and operate the nearest fire alarm. Attack the fire with an extinguisher but to not take any risks. Inform Reception by dialling 3333.

Part 1 Questions (1-14)

Questions 1-4

Look at the six job advertisements, A-F.

For which advertisement are the following statements true?

Write correct letter, A-F, in boxes 1-4.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

Questions 5-10

Answer the questions below.

Write the correct telephone numbers in boxes 5-10.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

Questions 11-14

Answer the questions below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS form the text for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 11-14.

11. You are in room 101. Which staircase should you use to evacuate the building?

12. You are in room 201. Where should you wait outside after evacuating the building?

13. What should you do if the alarm stops?

14. Who should you contact if you discover a fire?

Read the text below and answer Questions 15-21.

LGN Energy – Code of Conduct

The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to advise employees of LGN’s expectations in respect of conduct, breach of which may lead to investigation and disciplinary action.

A The companies that provide goods and services to LGN Energy are an important resource and should be treated with fairness at all times. Employees should maintain the highest ethical standards in all dealings with them, and managers must act with integrity at all times and lead by example.

B LGN Energy aims to promote its products vigorously in the market place. None of its employees are allowed to collude with rival companies. It is LGN Energy policy to sell products and services on their merits. Therefore the products or services of rival companies should not be criticised.

C Employees should keep accurate, timely and reliable accounts, as these are critical to meeting the financial, legal and management obligations of the company. All reports, invoices and other essential data should be prepared promptly and honestly, and treated with discretion.

D Except as authorised by their manager or required by their duties under their employment contract, employees must not use for their own benefit or gain, or divulge to any person or organisation, any data belonging to the company, or relating to its affairs or dealings, which come to their knowledge during employment.

E Employees should not download or reproduce any material (e.g. music or text) without complying with licensing conditions. Such actions could result in criminal proceedings not only against the company but also against the individual concerned.

F LGN Energy wants to encourage employees to disclose information on any conduct within the company that is causing them concern. If an employee suspects fraud or other behaviour that contravenes this Code of Conduct, they should promptly inform their manager.

G If any employee makes any discoveries or developments capable of being patented during the course of, or in connection with, their employment at LGN, they must tell their manager. All works and intellectual property rights related to their employment will belong to LGN Energy.

Read the text below and answer Questions 22-27.

Maternity Leave
The purpose of this policy is to inform female employees of their entitlement to statutory and company-enhanced maternity rights.

Antenatal Care
All company employees are entitled to reasonable paid time off during working hours to enable them to receive antenatal care. To qualify, employees are required to produce a certificate from a registered medical practitioner stating that the employee is pregnant, together with an appointment card or other written confirmation of the appointment. However, these requirements do not apply to the first antenatal visit.

Employees are requested to give their immediate manager as much notice as possible and arrange appointments, insofar as is possible, so as not to disrupt the business of the company. Employees will be paid their basic salary in respect of attendance at these appointments.

Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML)
All employees, irrespective of their length of service, qualify for 26 weeks’ OML. An employee must notify the company no later than 15 weeks prior to her Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC) of the date on which she intends to begin her OML.

An employee is not required to give notification if she is absent due to a pregnancy-related illness, or if the baby is bom before the planned date for starting maternity leave. Please note that the employee must notify the company that she has given birth as soon as is reasonably practicable.

Returning from Maternity Leave
No employee is entitled to return from maternity leave until 2 weeks after the birth of the child. Within 28 days of receiving notification from the employee of the date she intends to start her OML, the company will advise her of the date her leave will end. An employee who intends to return to work at the end of her OML period does not have to notify the company in advance of her return.

If the employee wishes to use any annual leave she has accrued to delay her return, she is obliged to request authorisation from the company at least 28 days before she wishes to take it.

Part 2 Questions (15- 27)

Questions 15 — 21

The text has seven sections, A-G.

Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 15-21.

Questions 22 — 27

Complete the notes below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer.

WINTER GAMES
Ice, danger and exhilaration

The 17th Winter Games, held in Norway in 1994, are part of an Olympic tradition which goes back almost 3,000 years. For more than 1,000 years the ancient Games were held, every four years, on hallowed ground near Mount Olympus, where the Greek gods were said to live.

The ‘ Olympics’ brought together men from war-torn tribes and states in Greece and its colonies, A sacred truce was declared to allow men to travel to the games in safety. Women could not take part and were forbidden, on pain of death, even to attend the Games.

The ancient Olympics were abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in 393 AD, after Greece had lost its independence. But the idea never died and the Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and educator and scholar, founded the modern Olympics. His aim was to bring together, once every four years, athletes from all countries on the friendly fields of amateur sport. No account was to be taken of national rivalries, nor politics, race, religion, wealth or social status.

The first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896, and four years later, in Paris, women began to take part. Although the winter Olympics did not begin until 1924, figure skating was part of the 1908 London summer Olympics, both skating and ice hockey were included in the Antwerp Games in 1920. But generally winter sports were felt to be too specialized. Only cold-weather countries had much experience of activities such as skiing-a means of transport overland across ice and snow during long winters .

The Scandinavians, for whom skiing is a part of everyday life, had objected to a winter games. They feared it would threaten their own Nordic games, which had been held every four years since 1901. But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to stage an International Sports Week in Chamonix, France ,in 1924. It was a success and the Scandinavians won 28 of the 43 medals, including nine golds. They dropped their objections and the event was retrospectively named the First Olympic Winter Games.

Apart from the Second World War period the Winter Olympics were held every four years, a few months before the summer Olympics. But in 1986 the IOC changed the schedule so that the summer and winter games would be held in different years. Thus, for the only time in history, the Lillehammer (Norway) Games took place just two years after the previous Winter Olympics which were held in Albertville, France.

Since the Winter Games began, 55 out of 56 gold medals in the men’s nordic skiing events have been won by competitors from Scandinavia or the former Soviet Union. For teams from warm weather countries, cross-country skiing can pose problems, At the Calgary Games in 1988, one competitor in the 50-kilometre even was so slow that race officials feared he was lost and sent out a search party. Roberto Alvarez of Mexico had never skied more than 20 kilometres before and finished 61st and last 52 minutes behind the 60th place.

Part 3 Questions (28-40)

Questions 28-32

Complete the table below.

Choose ONE NUMBER ONLY from the text for each answer.

Questions 33-40

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text? Choose
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

33. The spectators of the ancient Olympics, as well as the participants, were all male.

34. Only amateur athletes are allowed to compete in the modern Olympics.

35. The modern Olympics have always demonstrated the political neutrality intended by their founder

36. The Antwerp Games proved that winter sports were too specialized.

37. One Winter Olympics has succeeded another every four years since 1924 with a break only for the Second World War.

38. The Albertville Winter Olympics took place in 1992.

39. Only Scandinavians have won gold medals in men’s winter Olympics Nordic skiing events.

40. Cross-country skiing events are a specialty of cold-weather countries.