雅思全真强化试题2 GENERAL TRAINING.doc

TEST 1 NUMBER OF QUESTIONS:40 TIME ALLOWED:1 HOUR Instructions WRITE ALL ANSWERS ON THE ANSWER SHEET The test is organized as follows: Reading Passage 1 Questions 1-13 Reading Passage 2 Questions 14-27 Reading Passage 3 Questions 28-40 Start at the beginning of the test and read the passages in order. Answer all the questions. If you are not sure of an answer, you can leave it and try to answer it later. Section 1 Questions 1-13 Read the following two passages and answer questions 1-13. Flat 4B Mandela Cape Town 41628 12 May My Dear Margaret, Mary and I are really looking forward to coming over and visiting you. I keep forgetting that it has been so long since we last met. What a pity you couldn’t come to the wedding—it was great fun! I’ll bring the photographs and the video so you can see what you missed. You’ll get to hear my speech and you’ll see me dancing, too. So much has happened since I last saw you—apart from getting married, which is the good bit. Aunt Sarah died. But then, as you know, she had been very ill for some time. Uncle Joe is unwell now too. I’ve changed my job. When I moved to Cape Town with Mary after the wedding, a job came up in Armitage Electricals. I’m not a technician any more, I’m more of a training manager. I have to train the new recruits when they enter the company so they can build the best washing machines in South Africa. It’s partly because of this that I am being sent to the UK to attend some training myself. First, I have to take an English course to make sure it’s a good level and then I’ll go on some courses at Armitage Electricals Training Centre. I’ve put some of the course descriptions in with this letter so you can see what I’m doing. But first, that English course and meeting you. We will be arriving in Heaton on the 20th July and I have booked