GT Reading Mock Test 1:
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GT Reading Sample: Clubs for Students & International Students House
You are advised to spend 20 minutes on Questions 15-29.
Questions 15-21:
Look at the article 'Clubs for Students'. Which club would you contact for each of the requirements below? Write the appropriate letter A-G, in boxes 15-21 on your answer sheet. You may use each letter more than once. The first one has been done for you as an example.
Example:
You wish to go swimming at 7:00 am every morning. Answer: G.
15. You would like to take Spanish classes.
16. You want to join a club that has international branches.
17. You would like an opportunity to speak in public.
18. You would like to take part in amateur theatrical productions.
19. You want to visit some famous sites with a group of other students.
20. You are interested in finding out about part-time work.
21. You want to meet some English people who have started their careers.
CLUBS FOR STUDENTS
There are a variety of Clubs which provide social and cultural activities for those wishing to meet others with similar interests from the same or from different national backgrounds.
A. Commonwealth Trust
Organised discussion meetings, learned talks, cultural events, excursions to places of interest and invitations to major British diary events. Open to overseas visitors and students.
B. Charles Peguy Centre
French youth centre providing advice, support and information to young Europeans aged between 18-30. Facilities include an information and advice service regarding education, work placement and general welfare rights. Moreover, the centre holds a database of jobs, accommodation and au pair placements specifically in London. Members may use a fax machine, a copier and computers for CVs.
Hours – Monday: 14.00-17.00
Tuesday – Friday: 10.00-17.00
Membership: £35 per year, plus £5 per month.
C. Kensington Committee of Friendship for Overseas Students
KCOF is the society for young people from all countries. Each month there are some 40 parties, discos, visits to theatres, concerts, walks and other gatherings where you will be able to meet lots of people. A new programme is sent each month directly to members (£5 to join in October, less later in the year). Events are free or at low often reduced prices. Office open 10.30-17.30 weekdays only.
D. Royal Overseas League
Open 365 days per year, this is a club with facilities in London and Edinburgh with restaurants, bars and accommodation. There are branches around the world and 57 reciprocal clubs worldwide. Quarterly magazine, literary lectures, annual music and art competitions, and summer and winter programme of events for members. Membership fees: overseas students, aged 17- 24, £47 per year + initial joining fee £23.50; for others £70 per year + initial joining fee £35 (half price after July). Further information from the Membership Secretary.
E. YMCA London Central
Facilities include photography, art, drama, pottery, language courses, badminton, squash, exercise to music, circuit training, sports clinic, fitness testing and other activities. Hours weekdays 07.00-22.30, weekends 10.00-21.00. Membership fees: aged 16-17, £25 per year plus attendance charge of £1.30 per visit; aged 18-19, £213 per year; aged 20- 25, £366 per year.
F. London Inter-Varsity Club (IVC)
IVC is an activity and social club with a varied range of events, from cycling and drama to windsurfing and yoga. Most members are young English professionals, but overseas visitors are welcome. The club arranges restaurant meals, dancing and parties, weekends away around Britain, plus a weekly club night in a Covent Garden bar. There are usually over 25 different events every week run by IVG members for IVC members. To find out more, telephone the club or write (Freepost) to the office.
G. Central Club
Provides accommodation and club facilities. No membership fee. Coffee shop open for all meals swimming pool (open 06.00), multigym, hairdressing salon.
Questions 22-29:
Read the article on International Students House and look at the statements below. In boxes 22-29 on your answer sheet write:
TRUE if the statement is true
FALSE if the statement is false
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage
The first one has been done for you as an example.
Example:
The club is for overseas students only. Answer: FALSE
22. The club has long-term dormitory accommodation.
23. Membership must be renewed monthly.
24. The club provides subsidised restaurant meals.
25. The club is open to non-members on Tuesday evenings.
26. STA Travel helps finance the Students Adviser.
27. The services of the Students Adviser are free to all club members.
28. You must make an appointment to see the Students Adviser.
29. There will be a surcharge for accommodation over the Christmas period.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE
International Students House is a unique club and accommodation centre for British and overseas students in London. It is located in the heart of London's West End and is close to all public transport facilities
ACCOMMODATION
» comfortable accommodation for up to 450 people in single, twin, 3/4 bedded and multi-bedded rooms.
» 44 self-contained flats for married students and families.
» long and short stays welcomed.
MEMBERSHIP
Club membership is open to all full-time students, professional trainees, student nurses and au pairs. Membership costs are kept to an absolute minimum to enable the widest possible access. You can join for as little as one month and for up to one year at a time. Membership entitles you to use the various facilities of the House. It has:
• restaurants
• student bars and coffee shop
• study rooms
• clubs and societies
• aerobics and fitness training
• discos, dance, jazz and cinema
• travel and excursions and much more!
The best way to check out all we have on offer is to drop in any Tuesday evening between 7.15 pm and 8.30 pm for Open House in the Club Room. This is an opportunity for you to meet the staff and other club members, enjoy a free cup of coffee and find out all about what's going on. You can take advantage of special membership offers. (Useful tip: bring along 3 passport-size photographs if you wish to take out membership.)
ADVICE SERVICE
Thanks to the support of STA Travel and in association with LCOS (the London Conference on Overseas Students) International Students House now provides the service of an International Students Adviser. This new welfare service is open to all students at London's bona-fide academic institutions. It aims to provide welfare support to help students overcome any personal or practical difficulties they may be experiencing whilst studying in Britain. One of the key features of the Advice Service is that the Adviser can be seen during the evenings until about 8 pm, Monday to Thursday.
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR
Unable to get home for Christmas? How about joining in the fun at International Students House? Check out our special programme of activity taking place over the Christmas period. Even come and stay – the House will be offering reduced accommodation rates for students wishing to spend a few days in London over Christmas. We'll also have an exciting New Year's Eve party so come and join us and ring in the new year in the spirit of internationalism.
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Because they are not charging extra, they are reducing rates.
I agree with you. It is kinda brain challenging instead.
The question states that “There will be a surcharge”, meaning the prices are hiked, while in the passage they state the opposite i.e. reduced accommodation rates.
It is nowhere mentioned that it is finances. Maybe do it as a free service. If it not explicitly mentioned how can we assume, that is what NG is all about!
A Bunch of cheap tricks. That’s all; No standards followed in framing questions. Not worthy of an International organization that claims to “assess” ENGLISH language.
Why in reading samples, questions are not starting from the question number 1?
The house will be offering reduced accommodation rates for students wishing to spend a few days in London over Christmas. Why is 29th answer false?
Can you tell me why the answer to question 29 is false? The House will be offering reduced accommodation rates for students wishing to spend a few days in London over Christmas.
Why the answer to question 23 is ‘false’ and not ‘Not given’?
Can someone help me to understand how the answer to question 23 is ‘NOT GIVEN’ and 26 is ‘TRUE’? Thank you in advance.
I agree.
Well, in that case I believe they should make it clear that the rates will be reduced for existing members and only for Christmas time, or the monthly charge will be reduced only for that period, or members will be refunded a specific amount if they wish to stay for Christmas, or a member should book a place in advance so he/she could benefit from the reduced rate. This is a trick and an unclear question and has nothing to do with the language skill level and any native English speaking person could get it wrong, and also one of the reasons I’m getting really frustrated with the IELTS.
Got all correct except 26. If I read the question, I see it talks about financing the Students Adviser and not to Students. Could someone please clarify how the question is meant for Students and not for students adviser.
I also think that the answer to question 28 should be ‘False’. The visiting time was mentioned, and no appointment is needed. Student need to adjust their time to the time already given by the school, and not the adviser adjusting his/her own time (as in the case of an appointment).
[quote name=”Yasha”]Number 28 – The answer should be ‘False’ not ‘Not Given’. The text indicated that “the Adviser can be seen during the evening until about 8 pm, Monday to Thursday”. Logically this means around 8 pm every evening you can see the adviser at the place so this means; no need to make an appointment and you just need to go there and probably stay in a line and visit her. Am I right?[/quote]Your question is the answer. You said ‘May be”. We can not assume. He will be available but if you need to make an appointment or not is not mentioned.
May be long term means a year.
Yes, I too think it’s self-explanatory that there is no need to make an appointment.
The answer to question 24 is ‘NG’. It’s given rightly in the answer key. About monthly renewal “for up to one year AT A TIME “
From the writer’s perspective, Providing service itself means that they sponsor/finance the Adviser.
Why is the answer to question 26 ‘T’? Can you explain it for me? I think the answer should be ‘F’ because “now provides the service of an International Students Adviser.” NOT FINANCE.
How is the answer to the question 24 ‘False’? I guess it is ‘Not Given’. Where is the information about monthly renewal of membership?
Long and short stays are welcomed.
One of the key features of the Advice Service is that the Adviser can be seen during the evenings until about 8 pm, Monday to Thursday.They mentioned they can be seen, yet they didn’t mention how they can be seen? As in an advisor even though might be available till 8.00 pm. You might still need to book an appointment with him/her to meet at 8.Also lots of places, including my college, they provide you on the spot appointment, which means you can not see them right away as there is a waiting period so you go to the desk, get an appointment, and wait for your turn.
Number 28 – The answer should be ‘False’ not ‘Not Given’. The text indicated that “the Adviser can be seen during the evening until about 8 pm, Monday to Thursday”. Logically this means around 8 pm every evening you can see the adviser at the place so this means; no need to make an appointment and you just need to go there and probably stay in a line and visit her. Am I right?
Long and short stays are welcomed.
[quote name=”Thomas”]Can someone help explain more why #22 is ‘T’? I didn’t see any content mentioning about long-term in the text. Thanks.[/quote]ACCOMMODATION» comfortable accommodation for up to 450 people in single, twin, 3/4 bedded and multi-bedded rooms» 44 self-contained flats for married students and families.» long and short stays welcomed.the last line in the accommodation paragraph has mention of long stay accommodation.
Long and short stays are welcomed. This means both long and short period accommodation are possible. Thus, 22. The club has long-term dormitory accommodation is TRUE. Hope it clarifies your doubt.
Hi Ekta, I still don’t quite clearly understand the relation between the long-term dormitory and multi-bed facility. Would you help explain more? Thanks.
Can someone help explain more why #22 is ‘T’? I didn’t see any content mentioning about long-term in the text. Thanks.
But as per my knowledge, welfare service should be free.
According to the logic of Question 23, which you mentioned, why the answer to Question 28 is ‘Not given’.(You “must” make an appointment to see the Students Adviser).
It was not directly mentioned. The idea was implied in the following sentences.”You can take advantage of special membership offers. (Useful tip: bring along 3 passport size photographs if you wish to take out membership.)”
The best way to check out all we have on offer is to drop in any Tuesday evening between 7.15 pm and 8.30 pm.
They are talking about reducing the rate which they are paying every month/ year, not for +surchage.
Question no. 25? Where has it mentioned that it is open for non-members?
Because it contradicts.
I have a big doubt about Q. 29- surcharge means extra charge. So even if the house provides accommodation for reduced rates, I thought it was extra charges to be paid over their normal accommodation charges.
[quote name=”Vivien”]Anyone knows why Q. 22 is “true”??? Also, I need to have band 7 for each module and my IELTS test is on 25th March. Could anyone help me in either speaking or writing? Please contact me on WhatsApp +61468864097 or via email vwengweng132007@hotmail.com. Cheers! : )[/quote]Hello Vivien, can we connect on WhatsApp for speaking practice.
But he is not talking about renewal at any instance.
It is true because dormitory accommodation means multi-bed facility. This is available in long and short terms basis.
I got 4 right answers but confused with the false/ not given.
Hi, I am a new person. I want some material for IELTS GT exam.
Membership “must” be renewed monthly. False – Would be the one which clearly opposite to what has been written.
23 is ‘false’ because it was mentioned that it can be taken from month to year. Words were important to decide in this sentence. So it was not, hence, ‘false’.
24 – is ‘Not given’ because there is nothing mentioned about subsidise food at all – hence, ‘NG’.
Anyone knows why Q. 22 is “true”??? Also, I need to have band 7 for each module and my IELTS test is on 25th March. Could anyone help me in either speaking or writing? Please contact me on WhatsApp +61468864097 or via email vwengweng132007@hotmail.com. Cheers! : )
Dear Haitham,It is hard to identify the difference, but if you keep practising, you’ll find it.Let’s take the example of the statement “23. Membership must be renewed monthly”. According to the passage “You can join for as little as one month and for up to one year at a time” which means there is also an option of yearly membership. So the statement is ‘False’.Now for ‘Not Given’, let’s consider the statement “24. The club provides subsidised restaurant meals” – when you go through the passage, there is absolutely no information supporting this statement and so the answer is ‘Not Given’. I hope this clears your doubt.
Club members can be “all full-time students, professional trainees, student nurses and au pairs”. The service is free to students (as welfare), but it is not given if any other club members could use it.
I agree with you on the “not making assumption” part. But my evidence for the “True” answer is lying on the list part of the membership. The first facility which the membership can use is the restaurant. So it must include the meals. What else does the restaurant can offer? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks for the explanation, but maybe I thought too much where there could be a possibility that the club requires monthly renew to keep the annual membership active. That’s why I chose ‘NG’ originally. I think this reading article is not a good example for practising since it has too many ambiguities.
Dear all friends, please help me. I can’t distinguish between the two options (‘False’ and ‘Not Given’). Both seems similar to me! How can I choose one of them? If ‘false’ means was not given in the paragraph, or according to the writer’s opinion because what I think that ‘false’ should indicate clearly that what is exactly contrary to the writer’s opinion while ‘not given’ means he didn’t mention that at all. Please help…
I got only 4 correct…. Thanks for the kind help.