General Reading 8.2

READING PASSAGE 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 below.

Section 1 (Questions 14 - 20)

Ridgeway College
Students Residence Orientation Program

WHO: This orientation is for all new students ( transfer, mature, international, exchange etc) who will be living in residence this coming semester.

WHEN: Move-in Tuesday of orientation week, between 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM. [Crack IELTS with Rob] We strongly suggest that you plan to move in early in the day so that you can get settled and be ready to meet our Orientation leader at 5:00 PM. Programs begin Tuesday evening and run day and night until Saturday.

WHERE: When you arrive on campus, follow the directional signs to the visitor’s parking area. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Proceed to the residence check-in area (large white tent). The area is visible from the parking lot and the bus stop – You won’t miss us!

WHAT: We have designed a program packed with many exciting events and orientation sessions to help you get acquainted with your fellow students, the campus and the college area.

- Receive assistance with move-in

- Attend the 2-day campus orientation

- Get to know your new neighbours and the local community

- Take trips into downtown and to special areas of interest

What Is Your Team?

When you come to residence orientation, you will meet your team – a group of 15 to 20 students sharing a floor in a residence with an orientation leader. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Your OL is a returning student who will take your team to all residence orientation activities and will also keep in touch with you and your team members throughout your first semester.

WHY? Studies show that people who attend orientation have higher grades and a lower drop-out rate. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Ridgeway college has 12000 students; at orientation, you start building your community and making connections.

- You will finish orientation with at least 20 friends

- You will save yourself hours of time by getting a gym membership, ID card and transit pass, books and more before the first week of class lineups start.

- You will mingle with your 2000 new neighbours in the residences.

HOW MUCH? The fee is $110. The Residence Orientation fee includes Residence and Campus Orientation events and kits, an extra week in Residence to get settled in before classes start, two special dinners, a T-shirt, and a fabulous Residence welcome pack.

NOW WHAT? Register for Residence Orientation on the form below. You do not need to register separately for campus orientation.

***For students who are placed in a building with a required meal plan (i.e., no kitchens) your meal plan starts on the first day of orientation (no additional charge). [Crack IELTS with Rob] If you are living in one of the new residence towers, you will be on a meal plan. If you are in another building, you will be responsible for providing your own meals, either by cooking them yourself or buying food from a cafeteria.

Section 2 (Questions 21 - 26)

Ridgeway College
Residence Student Telephone Services

Voice mail: How to use the ‘mailbox’ service

Welcome to voicemail! This guide includes instructions for setting up your voice mailbox and for using its many convenient features.

If you’re just getting started, read the features below, then follow the step-by-step procedure to register online. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Once this process is complete callers can leave messages for you and your roommates and you can get any messages left for you.

Features of mailbox service

FORWARDING: Your mailbox allows two types of greetings

- You can record a personal greeting up to 45 seconds in length which callers hear when forwarded to your mailbox.

- You can override this personal greeting (without erasing it) by using a temporary “extended absence greeting” and later you can return to your original meeting.

MESSAGE STORAGE: Your mailbox has these message storage capabilities.

- You may have up to 15 messages in your mailbox at one time

- Each message can be up to two [2] minutes in length.

- Unless you delete them, messages are stored for 24 days from the day they were received.

OTHER FEATURES: Your mailbox also has other capabilities.

- Distribution lists: You can create up to 5 distribution lists with up to 25 voice mail users. [Crack IELTS with Rob] This can be used to send messages to an entire group of users at one time.

- Guest mailboxes – You can create up to three guest mailboxes that allow you to leave messages in a special location of your own mailbox. Your messages can be retrieved by someone who is not a voice mail subscriber.

Questions 14 - 16

Matching the following sentences based on the information in Section 1.

Choose one phrase from the list below (A-H) to complete each of the following sentences.

Write the correct letter in boxes 14-16 on your answer sheet.

List of phrases

A enjoying the first semester of college with less stress.

B provide a free week for new students to settle into residence.

C are less likely to do well in their courses.

D new students get support from the leaders during the first semester.

E helping new students to get to know each other.

F the leaders help new students with enrollment procedures as a team.

G ease the transition to college life for new students.

H tend to be more successful in their studies.

14. The orientation program is intended to
G
15. Studies have shown that students who attend the orientation program
H
16. As part of the orientation program
D

Questions 17 - 20

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Section 1?

In boxes 17-20 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the view of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the view of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

17. I won’t be able to arrive until Thursday. It is too late to sign up for the Orientation Program at that time.
NOT GIVEN
18. I want to sign up for the Residence Orientation Program. I have to register separately for the Campus Orientation.
NO
19. My residence doesn’t have a meal plan. Meals are provided during Orientation Week.
YES
20. I will be living in the new Residence Tower. These rooms have kitchens.
NO

Questions 21 - 26

Complete the sentences below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from Section 2 for each answer.

Write your correct answers in boxes 21-26 on your answer sheet.

Before you can receive phone messages you must follow the steps to (21) .
REGISTER ONLINE
After four rings, calls will be (22) to your mailbox.
FORWARDED
The (23) message which you record can be up to 45 seconds long.
PERSONAL GREETING
Messages are kept for 24 days or until you (24) .
DELETE THEM
You can make up a number of (25) to notify groups of voice mail users about club meetings or parties.
DISTRIBUTION LISTS
There is also a special location in your mailbox where you can leave a message to be (26) by a friend from outside the residence.
RETRIEVED