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BEST IELTS General Reading Test 478
IELTS GENERAL READING TEST 478 – PASSAGE – 1
IELTS GENERAL READING TEST – 478
READING PASSAGE – 1
Hospital Casualty
Welcome to Seabridge Hospital Accident and Emergency Department
Before you register
Is this an urgent visit? Please note the there is an average waiting time of 5 hours before you will be attended to. For your convenience, consider whether you can visit your doctor or pharmacist instead.
Registration
On arrival, please go directly to the registration desk on the far wall opposite the main doors to present yourself. You will be given forms to complete and asked to take a seat. When staff are ready to assist you, a member of the nursing staff will approach you in the seating area.
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Treatment number
When you register you will receive a colour-coded treatment number. The colour will show the priority your case has been given. Red – immediate treatment, Orange – high priority, Yellow – medium priority, Blue – low priority. Please keep your number with you at all times. There is a screen indicating which numbers will have the next turn. By watching this screen you can see how many numbers are before yours. We suggest you do not leave the room to go to the toilet or smoke when your number is close to being called.
Seating area
The seating area is on the western side of the department, to your left when you enter the department. Please take your seat there after registration and wait for assistance.
Refreshments
There are machines to the right of the entrance doors to purchase water, tea and coffee, other drinks and snack food. They are coin and bank card operated. Please do not approach the registration desk to request change.
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Telephones
Telephones are permitted in this area of the hospital but we ask that you restrict their use to limit noise. To the left of the food and drinks machines is a recharging point. We ask that you remain with your electronic equipment at all times while it is recharging.
No Smoking
This is a non-smoking facility. You are requested to go outside the main doors to the smoking area near the car park, should you wish to smoke.
Questions 1-4
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Accident and emergency rules
– go to your 1…………… or the chemist’s rather than waiting here
– you have to fill out forms at the registration desk
– if your case is urgent you will be given a 2………….. code
– wait in the seating area
– there are drink and snack machines available
– don’t ask the registration desk for 3……………..
– infrequent phone use is allowed
– if 4…………… your phone, keep an eye on it
– no smoking
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Questions 5-7
Choose TWO WORDS ONLY for each answer.
Read the text below and answer Questions 8-14.
Local Gyms and Fitness Centres
A. Right Now Fitness
Part of the Right Now chain of gyms across the country. Rates differ depending on the package you sign up to, but if you are willing to lock yourself in to monthly payments over a three- year period, it is less expensive but not cheap. There is a massive choice in courses you can do from aerobics, spinning and pilates to weightlifting, boxing and step. There’s even a 25 metre swimming pool!
B. Cross Fit Capital
This is the centre for the super fit only. Cross fit entails short intensive sessions with weights, floor exercises and aerobic exercise. You can stay in shape by doing these 30-minute training sessions a few times a week. It’s not for the faint-hearted, it will be the toughest thirty minutes you have ever spent, but it really is an effective way to train if you are a busy person.
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C. Barton’s Gym and Club
This elite club has restricted membership and very high fees. The facilities are second-to-none.
It has most of the usual fitness courses, plus an on-site physiotherapist and doctor. You can come here after work for a work out, and then relax in the club members’ lounge, which is a bar and dining room.
D. Lockwood Health and Fitness Centre
This gym is an initiative of Lockwood City Council. It has low fees and an unrestricted entry policy. The equipment is a little out-of- date and does not always work, but if you just want to work out on your own or do the odd aerobics class, this might be the gym for you.
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E. Blade’s Runners
This is not technically a gym, but we thought it was worth mentioning. Jack Blade, Olympic silver medallist sprinter, charges a daily fee for joining his running group at City Park every Saturday morning. It’s fun to do and hundreds of people sign up every week. It’s a great place to meet other runners, and Jack is always there to give out advice and tell stories of his old running days.
Questions 8-14
Look at the five descriptions of gyms A-E in the text.
For which gyms are the following statements true?
Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 8-14 on your answer sheet.
You can use any letter more than once.
8. You can eat here.
9. All the exercise is outside.
10. You can go swimming here.
11. For people with limited time.
12. Good for people on a budget.
13. This isn’t for beginners.
14. A great variety of options.
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ANSWERS
1. DOCTOR
2. RED
3. CHANGE
4. RECHARGING
5. RECHARGING POINT
6. SEATING AREA
7. REGISTRATION DESK
8. C
9. E
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. A
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