Ielts

Rented Properties Customer’s Requirements

Name: Steven Godfrey

Example - No. of bedrooms : 4

Preferred location: in the 01 area of town

Maximum monthly rent: 02

Length of let required: 03

Starting: September 1st

Which TWO facilities in the district of Devon Close are open to the public at the moment?

A museum

B concert hall

C cinema

D sports centre

E swimming pool

THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTER

Well known for: 11

Complex consists of: concert rooms, theatres, cinemas, art galleries, public library, restaurants and a     12

Historical background: 1940-area destroyed by bombs 1960s-1970s – centre was 13 and built in 14

opened to public Managed by: the 15

Open: 16 days per year

Latin American Studies

21 Paul decided to get work experience in South America because he wanted

A to teach English there

B to improve his Spanish

C to learn about Latin American life

22 What project work did Paul originally intend to get involved in?

A construction

B agriculture

C tourism

23 Why did Paul change from one project to another?

A His first job was not well organized

B He found doing the routine work very boring

C The work was too physically demanding

24 In the village community, he learnt how important it was to

A respect family life

B develop trust

C use money wisely

25 What does Paul say about his project manager?

A He let Paul do most of the work

B His plans were too ambitious

C He was very supportive of Paul

26 Paul was surprised to be given

A a computer to use

B so little money to live on

C an extension to his contract

Module

27 Gender studies in Latin America A B C

28 Second language acquisition A B C

29 Indigenous women’s lives A B C

30Portuguese language studies A B C

A He will do this.

B He might do this.

C He won’t do this.

Trying to repeat success

31 Compared to introducing new business processes, attempts to copy existing processes are

A more attractive

B more frequent

C more straightforward

32 Most research into the repetition of success in business has

A been done outside the United States

B produced consistent findings

C related to only a few contexts

33 What does the speaker say about consulting experts?

A Too few managers ever do it

B It can be useful in certain circumstances

C Experts are sometimes unwilling to give advice

34 An expert’s knowledge about a business system may be incomplete because

A some details are difficult for workers to explain

B workers choose not to mention certain details

C details are sometimes altered by workers

Setting up systems based on an existing process

Two mistakes:

Manager tries to:

Improve on the original process

Create an ideal 35 from the best parts of several processes

Cause of problems

Information was inaccurate

Comparison between the business settings was invalid

Disadvantages were overlooked e.g. effect of changes on 36

Solution

Change 37

Impose rigorous 38

Copy original very closely:

Physical features of the 39

The 40 of original employees