READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-12, which are based on Reading Passage 1 on the following pages.
The Fun Way to Save
Join the Woolwich for Kids Club and you can save money and earn interest.
And you will have a lot of fun besides! As a club member, you will have your own passbook with a wallet to keep it in and your own special money box. Until you are thirteen we will send you the club magazine, edited by Henry’s Cat, every six months. [Crack IELTS with Rob] It is full of fun and games, news, quizzes, things to do and see, and great competitions to enter. When it is your birthday, Henry’s Cat will send you a special birthday card.
If you are sixteen or under, Woolwich for Kids Club is specially for you. It’s a fun way to save!
Medicare - Your Health Insurer
What does Medicare cover?
Medicare helps pay for the doctor to treat you at the doctor’s surgery or wherever you need treatment. Medicare helps pay for treatment by a specialist. If you need to see a specialist, you must be referred by your doctor.
• X-rays
• pathology tests
• medical tests, examinations and procedures Optometrists
Medicare helps pay for eye tests, but not for the cost of glasses or contact lenses.
Routine dental services are not covered. [Crack IELTS with Rob] However, some medical-type operations performed by approved dentists are covered.
If you choose to be treated under Medicare as a public patient in a public hospital. Medicare will cover all hospital costs. You pay nothing.
If you choose to be treated as a private patient in any hospital. Medicare will help to pay for services by your doctor. However, Medicare will not pay for expenses such as theatre fees or your accommodation. These charges can be covered by arranging private health insurance.
Questions 7 - 12
International Postal Services
Getting The Price Right
It pays to get the postage right when you’re sending mail abroad. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Anything intended for airmail but underpaid stands the risk of being sent by surface mail instead. So make sure that you check the postage when mailing abroad.
Stamp Books
For extra convenience, remember international stamp books. There are two available: 4 x 41p stamps with airmail labels, for sending 10 g letters anywhere outside of Europe. 4 x 35p stamps with airmail labels, for sending postcards to anywhere in the world.
Priority Treatment
Priority Services For Your International Mail
These three new services incorporate the latest barcode technology to track and trace your mail up to dispatch from the United Kingdom:
1. International Recorded
Peace of mind when posting abroad
Like using recorded delivery in Britain, this service gives you a signature on delivery and is recommended for items of little or no monetary value sent worldwide. Valuable items should be sent by the international registered service.
Priced at £2.50 per item plus airmail postage, it provides compensation to a maximum of £25.
Advice of delivery (documentary confirmation of delivery) is available for an extra 40p.
2. International Registered
Greater security for your valuables
Gives you extra security in the UK and abroad, and a signature on delivery.
Available to 140 destinations, it costs £3.00 plus airmail postage for compensation up to £500; £4.00 plus airmail postage for compensation up to £1000.
Lower limits apply to some destinations; to others, registered is not available. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Please check at your local post office. Advice of delivery (documentary confirmation of delivery) is available for an extra 40p.
3. Swiftair
The express airmail service
Although it is not a courier service, and therefore cannot guarantee delivery the following day, swiftair is faster than ordinary airmail, international recorded and international registered. It is the economical alternative to courier services when next- day delivery is not essential.
Price £2.70 plus airmail postage.
Questions 1 - 2
Read the advertisement in The Fun Way to Save and answer the questions.
Choose the appropriate answers and write them in boxes 1-2 on your answer sheet.
1. What is the Woolwich for Kids Club?
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2. How many magazines do children receive each year?
Questions 3 - 6
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the advertisement about Medicare - Your Health Insurer?
In boxes 3-6 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 notice
3. Medicare does not pay for any work done by dentists.
FALSE4. Medicare pays for ambulance fees.
NOT GIVEN5. If you have not seen a doctor first, Medicare will not pay for you to see a specialist.
TRUE6. Medicare will pay at least some hospital doctor’s costs for both private and public patients.
TRUEQuestions 7 - 12
Read the text International Postal Services on the passage of Questions 7 - 12 and answer questions 7 -12
Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 7-12 on your answer sheet.
7. If you do not pay enough postage for airmail, how may your letter or package be sent?
BY SURFACE MAIL8. How much does it cost to send a postcard by airmail?
35P9. What docs the post office use to follow the movement of priority mail?
BARCODE TECHNOLOGY10. Which is the best priority service if you want to send expensive jewellery abroad?
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED11. If you send something by either international recorded or international registered, what does the person receiving it have to do?
SIGN ON DELIVERY12. What kind of service is faster than swiftair?
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