Instructions

In Part 4 of the test you will read a series of passages (for example letters, advertisements, information, etc). Each passage is followed by 2 to 5 comprehension question, each with 4 answer choices (A,B,C or D).

For each question choose the correct answer and mark your choice.

Questions 43 to45 refer to the following invoice:

Mr George T Soemo

Account No:412-909-9898-6

Invoice period: 08/02/2002 – 07/02/2002

Balance due: $37.75

Date due: 29/03/2002

Payments:

19/02 Payment – Thank you 37.75cr

Monthly services:

08/02-07/03 Basic Service 15.16

08/02-07/03 Movie channel 9.95

08/02-07/03 History channel 2.95

08/02-07/03 Equipment charge 4.07

Taxes and Fees:

Value Added Tax @ 17.5% 5.62

Balance Due 37.75

Cableland For billing information and questions call (0412) 997-9009

43. By when does Mr Soemo have to pay the invoice?

(A) 8 February

(B) 19 February

(C) 7 March

(D)29 March

44.What is NOT classified as part of Mr Soemo’s monthly service

(A)Value Added Tax

(B) The Movie Channel

(C) The History Channel

(D)The equipment charge

45. How much has Mr Soemo been billed for use of equipment?

(A) $2.95

(B) $4.07

(C) $5.62

(D)$37.75

Questions 46 to 48 refer to the following email:

Email

From: “Dante Piers”

Subject: Administration job interviews

Date sent: Tues, 10 sept, 2002 2.19 pm

Dave -- can we meet up some time this week to draw up a structure and a list of questions for the interviews we’ll be doing together next Monday? I’ll ask Eva to join ask too as she will be doing the interviews with you in the afternoon (I’ll have to leave around lunch time as I’ve got meeting up in Milan at 2.00).

I’m free tomorrow in the morning until 11, Thursday after 3.30, or any time Friday afternoon.

When would suit you best?

Regards

Dante Piers, Personal Manager

46. What does Dante wish to discuss with Dave?

(A) When to have the interviews

(B) Where to hold the interviews

(C) Who to invite to the interviews

(D)What to include in the interviews

47. Which of these times would NOT be a suitable time for a meeting?

(A) Tuesday at 9.00 am

(B) Wednesday at 10.00 am

(C) Thursday at 4.00 pm

(D)Friday at 2.30 pm

48. Who will conduct the interviews in the morning?

(A)Dante and Dave

(B) Dave and Eva

(C) Dante and Eva

(D)Dave by himself

Questions 49 to 51 refer to the following article

Central Library Home Page – General Reference Information

Brief Guide to Internet Search Engines

This is a list of search engines that Central Library has found particularly useful.

Zappower www.zappower.com

This site indexes about 140 million web pages. It provides a rough translation from English into about twenty languages. It cam also translate into approximate English.

Whatswhat

This is a consumer information website. It searches about 40,000 current discussion forums for information on specific products. Archives go back to March 1995.

Whizbang

Marketed as “the world’s biggest search engine”, whizbang.com scans 200 million web pages. The entire index is updated every fifteen days. Search results appear extremely quickly.

Tunein

This site has a fee-based collection of about 5,400 journals and magazines. Students may wish to check if Central Library already has an article before purchasing it over the internet.

49. Which search engine provides particularly current information ?

(A)Zappower

(B) Whatswhat

(C) Whizbang

(D)Tunein

50. Which search engine is useful for people who do not speak English?

(A)Zappower

(B) Whatswhat

(C) Whizbang

(D)Tunein