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General Training Module
1-14 QUESTIONS
SECTION
You are
1
advised to
spend20
below and Read the text
minutes on
answer
1-14.
Questions
Questions 1-7.
Barchester Office Towers Visitor Information
beyond tha without a pass. Please Welcome to to visitors are off-limits ground-floor lobby back of the lobby to obtain near the desk approach the security ID. The security oficer on must present a photo You your pass. are visiting. In addition, a to the office you direct will you duty located near the security desk. and map are directory building to the fourth area, take the elevator parking the reach rooftop To floor is the Barchester
Office
Towers.
All
areas
Also located on that floor and then follow the signs. meals daily. City View Bistro, serving three
Barchester Office Towers offers a number of business services The Copy Center is for the convenience of tenants and visitors. services are avalillocated on the second floor. Photocopy and fax able here, and you can also purchase basic office and computer from supplies. A small branch post office is located down the hall the Copy Center. Mail pickup is twice a day, at 7:30 A.M. and above, you will find a branch of the Natonal 5:00 P.M. On
thefloor
Bank, where all banking services are offered.
The Barchester Café is located next to the National Bank. Here
you can enjoy coffee, tea, and home-baked snacks. Most of tne major daily papers, as well as business journals and magazine are on sale at the café.
TInthe United States., the ground floor is British: lift
British: Centre
considered the first floor;
the
next
floor
secondfloor, ana up is the secona
General Training Module-Practice
Questions 1-7
hich floor of the office complex can do each of the you O lines 1-7 on your answer sheet, write:
A
if you can do this
on
the
B
if you can do this
on
the second floor
C
if you can do this
on
the third floor
D
if you can do this
on
the fourth floor
ground floor
have lunch 2 cash a check 3 buy stamps 4 get permission to enter the building
5buy a newspaper
6buy pens for your office 7
following activiries
find the location of any office in the building
Test
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General Training Module
Questions 8-14 Read the t e x t
below and
Spring
answer
Questions
Willow Farm
Farm
Spring Willow the public about
is
a
8-14.
Museum
and
fully operating
farm operation,
Education
Center
farm designed to educate
and issues farm nistory,
facing
farmers today. of the year, excluding holidays. day every the pubic to We are open from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. year-round are open The grounds between 10:00 A.M. on most days Visitors can a c c e s s the buildings the winter months. reduced schedule during and 5:00 P.M., with a for a current schedule of the farm or visit our website
Schedule
Please
call
events, classes, and opening times. Visiting the Farm
their own. Maps are available at the information desk in the Main Building. Guided tours are included Visitors
are
free to tour the farm
on
in the cost of admission. Tours leave from the Main Building ront entrance at 10:30 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. daily.
The ground floor of the Main Building contains exhibits explaining daily farm life in different periods of history, with displays showing farm implements, kitchen and other household utensils, photo graphs, and more. Also in the Main Building is the Farm Gift Shop. Available for sale are a variety of books on farming and farm lne well as reproductions of old photographs and
historical farm imple
ments.
In the cow
barn, visitors
can
watch
milking The horse and goat Please note: Our animals are barns are also used to attention enjoy being petted, but use caution.
afternoon. and
demonstrations ev open to visn and from people people Please don't tease the mals,
please don't feed them.
Classes
Spring Willow Farm offers classes and farm history two evenings a
on
various
pects of of farming
week throughout aspects
rae food policy and history of farming in our yo class schedule on rethe at the look issues, take aa look our website.agricultural In additsues, d to farminosite. jects related sub addition, classes specialeb farming can interested about current learning in
about the
the year.
Please contact the Please Education be arranged ranged Office
for
on for your club your
further
IT
or
information.
grou
General Training Module-Practice Test Do the
following statements agree with the information given in the text about the
Spring Willow Farm Museum and Education Center? On lines 8-14
answer sheet, write:
TRUE FALSE
if the statement agrees with the information ifthe statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN
if there is no information on this
8 Spring Willow Farm is a training center for future farmers.
9 The farm buildings are closed to the public during the winter. 10 Visitors must pay to visit the farm.
11 The guided tours last two hours. 12 Visitors
can
13 Visitors
are
14 Farmers
are
purchase copies of old tools at the farm. allowed offered
to a
touch the farm animals.
special discount on classes.
on
your
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General Training Module 15-27
SECTION 2
You
are
QUESTIONS
minutes advised to spend20
on
Questions
Questions15-20
15-27
headine . for correct number, i i Thefollowing readingpassage the Write , on below. list of headings sections A-F from the than so. sections, more beadings you sheet. There are has six sections
A - E Choose
answer ines 15-20 on your will not use them all,
15 Section A 16 Section B 17 Section C 18 Section D 19 Section E
20 SectionF
LIST OF HEADINGS Feeling Confident ii ii iv V
Solving Problems Room Arrangement Equipment
Defining Your Purpose
vi
Using Visuals
vii
Your Audience
viii Speaking Well
the
correct
eneral Training Module-Practice Test 1
How When
planning
an
to
effe ffective
Give
an
Effective Presentation
presentation, there are
i n mind.
A
First ask
a
number of things
to
keep
urself, Why am I giving this presentation?" The point of your
presentatio
may be to outline a project plan, report on work that has been
solve a problem, provide training, or generate support for an idea. Once you are clear on the reason for your presentation, it will be easier to organize vour information.
B
Tfvou are not used to giving presentations, you may feel nervous. There are a few
things you can do to counteract this. The most important thing is to rehearse vour presentation several times until you feel comfortable with it. Before you begin speaking, take a tew deep breaths. This will help you relax. Stand up straight and look your audience in the eye. Most of all, don't try to be perfect.
This is an impossible goal. C Even
to
attention using a microphone, you still need to pay time to and clearly. Pause often to give your audience your voice. Talk slowly one or talk so quickly that no absorb the information. Do not garble your words
though you may
be
can follow you. D
stand at the front of the lose your audience than to Plan to use presenthem nothing to look at. room and talk on and on but give or other graphics and graphs, photographs, maps, tation software to show charts for numbers, but This is particularly important that will make your ideas clearer. information. It 15 also useful for other kinds of Ihere is
no
better way
to
E
begin
presentation,
remember to check the
microphone,
com-
your is in be using. Make sure everything tools you may due other special puter, and any there will be no interruptions so that talking start WOrking order before you to breakdowns.
Dcfore you
F
for an effective but that is very important overlooked so that it the omething that is often seating is placed Make sure that location setup. should be c o m voice. The chairs Cntation is the slides and hear your
allows wS everyone to see your
fortable, too.
British: organise
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General
Training
Module
Questions 21-27 Read the text below and
answer
Questions 21-27
The Marcy Corporation Information for New Employees All
an orientaare required to attend employees at the Marcy Corporation next orientation ses. of employment. The session during their first month conference room. Employee
new
tion sion
will be held
on
March 21
in the company
and other
personnel
mat-
responsibilities, benefits, payment policies, employee read the employee manual and are requested to ters will be discussed. Employees the orientation. submit the signed statement prior to attending
inform our Manual has been provided to Employee Marcy Corporation and policies. We ask each employee employees about the company's procedures The
After a thorough review of the take the time to read the manual carefully. and returned to the employeees manual, the statement below should be signed effort has been made to present the supervisor by the date noted below. Every concise manner. If there are any quesinformation in the manual in a clear and should be submitted in writing the content of the manual, they tions to
regarding to Human Resources.
Statement have read a copy of the Marcy
I,
Corporation Employee Manual and am tamiliar with its contents. By signing
that I understand and accept the information contained in the Marcy Corporation Employee Manual and agree to abide by the Marc
below, I
certify
Corporation's policies.
(Employee signature)
Please submit by: March 15
General
Training Module-Practice
Questions 21-27
Complete the sentences below. Chaoe NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer. Write your answers on lines 21-27 on your ansuer sheet.
must
21 All. .
participate
in
an
orientation session.
will take place in the company conference room.
22 The...
23 The manual should be read before.. 24 The employee
manual contains information about
the company's
*****
***
25 The
signed statement should be submitted to. will
26 27 The
signed
statement
answer
is due by
questions about the ******e**
.
content
of the manual.
Test 1
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272
General Training Module SECTION 3
QUESTIONS
You should spend
20
minutes on
28-40
Questions
a e based on 28-40, which
he read.
ing passage below.
Canoes Around
the World
s o m e torm of canoe-a world have developed the each case, the techMany cultures throughout handheld paddles. In by boat powered resources available long, slender, open the canoe reflect the to construct used materials nologies and basic types of canoe: the frame-and. are three There culture. to that
bark
particular and the plank canoe, the dugout,
continent prehistoric times, vival and for recreation.
since
canoes
canoe.
Developed
by
continue to be used
cultures
on
every
today both for sur-
frame-and-bark type of construction, The birch-bark canoe, an example of the and eastthat is now the northeastern United States was developed in the region birch-bark canoes by building a frame ern Canada. Native Americans constructed birch bark over the from spruce wood and then using roots to stitch pieces of trees was frame. In areas where birch was not available, bark from elm or spruce used instead. After the bark was sewn to the frame, the canoes were then sealed with a mixture ofspruce gum and bear grease. These substances worked very well
make the boat watertight. Birch-bark canoes were lightweight and thus easuly transported around waterfalls or from lake to lake. Most were designed to hold no more than two or three people and were used for lake and river travel. When Europeans opened up the fur trade in North America in the seventeenth century used French to 40 feet in to transport fus in large quantities across the Great Lakes for back to
the
The
traders
dugout-a
larger versions (30
canoe
created from
shipment
length)
Europe. trunk-has been usea
single tree throughout Simple versions of hollowed-out logs werc used by native peoples throughout much of North America. Coastal groups su as the Haida and Tlinglit in the Pacific Northwest developed large dugout cr 60 feet or longer that could carry large numbers of tor warfare, fishing, whaling, and travel to ceremonialpeople on the ocean tra gatherings. First, the a and inner bark around the entire circumference of a tall, straight tree, O cedar or redwood, was
many
areas
a
the world.
uter
removed. This process, called
cuts off no of sap, thus killing the tree and making it easier to chopgirdling, tree the down. Then felled and cut to the The opening of the appropriate length. dugout was c by repeatedly burning the then carving it out wood, with tools. In early stone tools were used, but later metal tools came into use. Once the canoe wa carved out, the boat builders filled it with and brought the water a boil using stones heated on a fire. This softenedwater to the wood and the caused the walls of the canoe to bow weight of the wa outward, it
the
was
eated
ater
inal girth of the tree.
giving
more
width than the orig
General Training Module-Practice The ocean-going Chumash people of what is now southern or tomo, canoe. ned the plank oped They created their canoes
California develby cutting planks from
cdwood trees, carving and shaping them into a canoe without any frame. They ashed the planks together by drilling holes and tying them with cords. Pitch
from pine trees and tar, also tound locally, were used between the planks and
over the entire hull for waterproofing.
The canoe played a major role in the spread of all the Pacific lsland cultures
These cultures developed outrigger and double-hulled dugout canoes. Outriggers have one or more parallel floats attached to a dugout canoe with poles
for increased stability in ocean waves. Double-hulled canoes have a platform between two parallel dugouts. These highly stable designs, combined with sails, enabled the Polynesians to go on epic ocean journeys and to inhabit far-flung islands. Several families (or as many as 200 people in the largest vessels), could sail in each of these double-hulled
canoes
with
food,
water,
and domesticated
Polynesian communities on previ-
and in this way the
plants and animals across huge expanses of ocean, new people spread throughout the Pacific, establishing ously uninhabited islands.
the Amazon
the world, including In areas of dense rain forest throughout with dugouts was, and in many Africa and Asia, river travel of and parts basin, In West Africa, large war cases
m e a n s of transportation. is, the primary trees. were carved from single fighters many capable of transporting Traditional still widely used today. ancient canoes are
still
canoes
of the world still cultures around the Descendants
and transportation. constructed with aluwhile n o w often recreational canoes, and other synthetic materials, Today's modern canvas, plastic, and wood, in the the birch-bark canoes developed minum, fiberglass, basic design of and descenused in racing, is a direct still retain the shape widely c a t a m a r a n sailboat, the thousands of years ago by distant past. The c a n o e used
dant of the
double-hulled
Polynesian cultures.
use
dugout canoes for fishing
sailing
Test 1
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General
Training Module Questions 28-34
the difirent types ofeana Questions 28-34, of descriptions, Look at thefollowing B, or C. the correct canoe, A, with Match each description 28-34 on your answer sheet or C, on lines A, letter, B, corect Write the
TYPES OF CANOES A
birch-bark
B
dugout
C
plank
28 held together with rope
29 made from a hollowed-out log 30 made waterproof with gum and grease 31 constructed with the
use
of both fire and
water
32 easy to carry over land 33 sealed with pitch and tar 34 made
to
carry just
a
few
people
Questions 35-40 Complete the summary below
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from
Write your answers
on
lines 35-40 on your
answer
the text for each
sheet.
Polynesians turned dugout canoes into outrigger canoes by
35
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to
them.
answer.
attaching
Double-hulled canoes were made
connecting two outrigger canoes with 36.
.
they could travel over 37 ..
by
Because
of ocean in
these canoes, Polynesians inhabit islands all across the Pacific Ocen In West Africa, large war canoes were used to carry 38,.se4*4a ******************°*******.**** an.. T oday, were
39
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able
to
ssen*ean
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canoes are
made of
modern
materials such aluminum, fiberglass, and plastic. These modern canc canoes are similar 40
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canoes.
as to
