Booking a Wessex Cottages Holiday
Question No. | Answer | Keywords | Location | Explanation |
1 | TRUE | office, open, on Saturdays, February, closes, slightly earlier, on weekdays | Paragraph 3, lines 3-6 | “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and Thursday 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Saturday 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Sunday Closed.” This confirms that the office is open on Saturdays in February and closes earlier than on weekdays. |
2 | FALSE | receipt, deposit, Wessex Cottages, will confirm, booking, by telephone | Paragraph 7, lines 1-4 | “When we receive your booking form and deposit, your reservation will be confirmed – we will send you a Booking Confirmation, together with advice on how to reach your holiday cottage and the telephone number of a local contact should you require further details on the cottage before leaving home.” This indicates confirmation is sent via email, not by telephone. |
3 | TRUE | UK bookings, any outstanding balance, must be paid, within ten weeks, sending the deposit | Paragraph 6, last lines | “Outstanding balances on bookings made in the UK must be settled within 10 weeks of sending the deposit.” This directly confirms that any outstanding balance must be paid within ten weeks. |
4 | TRUE | between, departure of one visitor, arrival, next, properties, visited and made ready | 'Departure' section, lines 1-3 | “On the morning of departure, please leave your holiday property by 10 a.m. to allow caretakers sufficient time to prepare the property for the next visitors.” This confirms that properties are prepared between departures and arrivals. |
5 | FALSE | cost, lower, if, make, last-minute booking | 'LAST-MINUTE BOOKINGS' section | “If your reservation is made within 10 weeks of the holiday start date, full payment is due on booking.” This means the cost remains the same, not lower for last-minute bookings. |
6 | FALSE | electricity, included, rental, majority, Wessex Cottages properties | 'Electricity' section | “In most Wessex Cottages properties electricity must be paid for in addition to the holiday price.” This confirms that electricity is not included in the rental. |
7 | FALSE | beach towels, available, for hire | 'Linen' section, lines 7-8 | “. . . but will not include towels for swimming or beach use.” This confirms that beach towels are not available for hire. |
Classifying situations with advertisements
Question No. | Answer | Keywords | Advertisement | Explanation |
8 | B | had an accident, one of the rear lights, broken, have it replaced | Body repair service/ Restorations/ Breakdown service | The service offers body repairs, including replacing broken lights. |
9 | D | helping to organise, wedding, party, looking for someone, provide the food | Catering/ We will supply the menu | The advertisement offers catering services, meaning they provide food. |
10 | K | found a house, want to buy, need a lawyer, to help me, with paperwork | Solicitors/ Legal services | The service provides solicitors who assist with legal paperwork for buying a house. |
11 | L | just returned, from a holiday, Thailand, bought, Thai recipe book, need someone, help, understand them | TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING | The service helps with understanding Thai, which is needed for using the recipe book. |
12 | G | just got a new job, find somewhere, to live locally | Independent property service, expert knowledge | The service specializes in helping people find local properties to live in. |
13 | J | some friends, coming to visit, house, too small, find somewhere for them, to stay | Facilities with good-sized family rooms, with TV, tea/coffee-making facilities | The service offers accommodations for visitors, which is needed in this case. |
14 | A | work in a local firm, of solicitors, end of the tax year, someone to help, organise finances | Auditing, Accountancy and Taxation services | The service provides financial organization and taxation help. |
Courses Available at North Coast College Campuses
Question No. | Answer | Keywords | Location | Explanation |
15 | B | Wollongbar, Tropical Fruit Growing program, banana cultivation | Agriculture section, lines 2-4 | "The Wollongbar Campus is renowned for its Tropical Fruit Growing program and has introduced modules on macadamias, bushfoods and coffee production." Tropical Fruit Growing program = banana cultivation. |
16 | H | Grafton, Beef and Dairy, cattle farming | Agriculture section, last lines | "Grafton, meanwhile, offers traineeships in agriculture including Beef and Dairy." Beef and Dairy = cattle farming. |
17 | K | Tweed Heads, Fitness Instruction courses, recreation programs | Health programs section, lines 2-4 | "Fitness Instruction courses are offered at Tweed Heads and teach students how to put together and lead a safe fitness program." Fitness Instruction courses = recreation programs. |
18 | E | Lismore, Aged Support Program, elderly care | Health programs section, line 1 of second paragraph | "Lismore offers the Aged Support Program." Aged Support Program = elderly care. |
19 | D | Port Macquarie, Early Childhood Nursing program, infant illness | Health programs section, lines 1-2 of second paragraph | "Port Macquarie offers the Early Childhood Nursing program." Early Childhood Nursing program = infant illness. |
20 | I | Ballina, Environmental Practice course, beach protection | Environmental Studies section, final lines of first paragraph | "The Environmental Practice course, which includes Coastal Management, is offered through Ballina campus." Coastal Management = beach protection. |
21 | F | Coffs Harbour, Marine Industry Management programs, fish farming | Environmental Studies section, final paragraph | "Marine Industry Management programs are offered at Coffs Harbour." Marine Industry Management programs = fish farming. |
Information on Photocopying
Question No. | Answer | Keywords | Location | Explanation |
22 | TRUE | Prepaid Services Cards, in use, three locations | Paragraph 1, lines 1-3 | "Information Services provide a Prepaid Services Card system for student and staff use of photocopiers and associated equipment in the Library, and use of laser printers in B Block. The same system has recently been installed in the Student Representative Council (SRC) for use with photocopiers there." Here, the Library, B Block & the Student Representative Council (SRC) = three locations. |
23 | FALSE | can only buy, Prepaid Services Cards, Library | Paragraph 2, lines 3-5 | "Initially, students and other users will have to purchase a Prepaid Services Card from a teller machine located in the Library or B Block Computer Labs." This means there are two places from where users can buy a Prepaid Services Card; teller machine and B Block Computer labs. |
24 | NOT GIVEN | smallest amount, can be added to, Prepaid Services Card, Library teller machine, $5 | Paragraph 3 | "The maximum amount of prepaid services or value that can be added to a card is $50.00." However, there is no mention of the smallest amount. |
25 | NOT GIVEN | Prepaid Services Card, pay, library fines | No specific location | No information is provided about paying library fines. |
26 | FALSE | notes and coins, can be used, all teller machines | Paragraph 4, last lines | "These teller machines accept any denomination of coins or notes up to $50.00. The SRC has a smaller, coin only, teller machine." Here, coin only = only coins can be used here; no notes. |
27 | FALSE | PIN, allocated, when, purchase, Prepaid Services Card | Final paragraph, lines 1-2 | "For added security, a card user may choose to allocate a PIN or Personal Identification Number to their Prepaid Services Card." Here, a PIN is optional; it depends on the choice of the user. |
Understanding Bee Behaviour
Question No. | Answer | Keywords | Location | Explanation |
28 | vi (The special position of bee language) | bee language, only animals, own language | Middle of Paragraph | "For bees are arguably the only animals apart from humans which have their own language." Here, the special position of bee language is highlighted as the only animals apart from humans that have their own language. |
29 | iv (Von Frisch discovers that bees communicate) | Von Frisch, discovers, bees, communicate | Paragraph B, final lines | "Von Frisch realised that, in some way, messages were being passed on back at the hive, messages which said, 'Out there, at this spot, you’re going to find food.'" |
30 | x (Von Frisch discovers three types of dance) | Von Frisch, discovers, three types, dance | Paragraph C, first few lines | "But how was it happening? To watch the bees, von Frisch constructed a glass-sided hive. He found that, once the scout bees arrived back at the hive, they would perform one of three dance types." |
31 | viii (The purpose of the two simple dances) | purpose, two simple dances | Section D, first few lines | "Experimenting further, von Frisch unraveled the mystery of the first two related types, the round and the sickle dances. These dances, he concluded, told the bees simply that, within quite short distances of the hive there was a food source worth chasing." |
32 | vii (Expressing distance by means of dance) | expressing, distance, dance | Section E, end of first paragraph | "If he placed the feeding dish over nine metres away, the second type of dance, the sickle version, came into play. But once he moved it past 36 metres, the scouts would then start dancing the third, quite different, waggle version." |
33 | ii (Communicating direction when outside a hive) | direction, outside, hive | Section F, lines 5-7 | "The outside dance was fairly easy to decode: the straight portion of the dance pointed directly to the food source, so the bees would merely have to decode the distance message and fly off in that direction to find their food." |
34 | v (How bees communicate direction when inside a hive) | direction, inside, hive | Section G, first few lines | "But by studying the dance on the inner wall of the hive, von Frisch discovered a remarkable method which the dancer used to tell her sisters the direction the direction of the food in relation to the sun." |
35 | round | three, kinds, bee dance, Von Frisch | Section D | "Experimenting further, von Frisch unraveled the mystery of the first two related types, the round and the sickle dances." |
36 | sickle | three, kinds, bee dance, Von Frisch | Section D | "Experimenting further, von Frisch unraveled the mystery of the first two related types, the round and the sickle dances." |
37 | waggle | three, kinds, bee dance, Von Frisch | Section E, final line of the first paragraph | "But once he moved it past 36 metres, the scouts would then start dancing the third, quite different, waggle dance." |
38 | the feeding dish | Von Frisch, discovered, difference, dance types, changing, position | Section E, lines 4-6 | "On a hunch, he started gradually moving the feeding dish further and further away and noticed as he did so, that the dances of the returning scout bees also started changing." |
39 | the food (source) | dance, outside, hive, points, direction | Section F, lines 4-6 | "The outside dance was fairly easy to decode: the straight portion of the dance pointed directly to the food source." |
40 | the sun | angle, dance, vertical, shows, angle, food | Section G, first few lines | "But by studying the dance on the inner wall of the hive, von Frisch discovered a remarkable method which the dancer used to tell her sisters the direction of the food in relation to the sun." |
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