Monday 20 May 2019

OXFORD PRACTICE TEST FOR TOEIC PRACTICE TEST ONE PART VII B READING


OXFORD PRACTICE TEST FOR TOEIC
PRACTICE TEST ONE
READING

PART VII B
Directions: In questions 161-200 are based on selection of reading materials, such as notices, letters, forms, newspaper and magazine articles, and advertisements. You are to choose the one best answer (A), (B), (C), or (D) to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answer. Answer all questions following each reading selection on the basis of what of what is stated or implied in that selection.

Read the following example.

The Museum of Technology is a ‘hands-on’ museum, designed for people to experience science at work. Visitors are encouraged to use, test, and handle the objects on display. Special demonstrations are scheduled for the first and second Wednesdays of each month at 13:30. Open Tuesday-Friday, 12:00-16:30, Saturday 10:00-17.30, and Sunday 11:00-16:30.

When during the month can visitors see special demonstrations?
(A)
Every weekend
(B)
The first two Wednesdays
(C)
One afternoon a week
(D)
Every other Wednesday

The reading selection says that the demonstrations are scheduled for the first and second Wednesdays of the month. Therefore, you should choose answer (B).

Now begin work on the questions.

Airtime Technologies, Inc., of Southampton, England,, has supplied more than four hundred paging systems to fourteen Chinese provinces since 1989. For instance, it won a 4.5 million dollar contract from the Broadcasting Administrative Committee of the Biendong Province in May. The company’s foreign sales are not confined to Asia. It is making healthy inroads in Latin America. In Trinidad and Guyana, an 8 million dollar deal was struck with Allpage, the largest private paging provider in the area. Airtime services its South American customers through its branch offices in Brazil, Mexico and Texas. While the company is blossoming in developing countries, it is also still doing a lot of work in developed countries such as Canada, where there is a joint venture underway. Distributors and marketing personnel are being sought to develop the above-mentioned areas as well as the entire Indonesian region.

168
Where is Airtime Technologies based?
170
Who is Airtime Technologies looking for?
(A)
Trinidad
(A)
Technicians who can repair pagers
(B)
Southampton
(B)
Chinese broadcasters
(C)
Guyana
(C)
Canadian clerical personnel
(D)
Texas
(D)
Sales representatives
169
What does Airtime do in its Mexican office?

(A)
Established joint ventures with Latin America
(B)
Produces pagers in its factories
(C)
Provides service to customers in South America
(D)
Trains marketing personnel

To succeed in Saudi Arabia, you need space and a convenient location. Access to transportation, electric power and man power are also needed. A dynamic and cooperative landlord wouldn’t hurt.

The Dammam Industrial Zone has all of this and more, and it’s available now. Our location is hard to beat: just ten minutes from King Fahd International Airport. The existing airport highway takes you to the center of the Eastern Province. Plans are underway for improved access to the port of Gizan. Adequate water and power are assured and both you and your management and staff will appreciate the peace and quiet of a rural setting. The Saudi Basic Development Corporation will also provide expert assistance with approvals, licenses and permits. Our situation is perfect for light or heavy manufacturing, as well as for research and development.

171
Which type of business is the advertiser hoping to attract?
173
What could the new tenants be assured of?
(A)
Manufacturing companies
(A)
A skilled work force
(B)
Airline companies
(B)
Extensive market research
(C)
Water purification facilities
(C)
Docking permits at the port of Gizan
(D)
Management consultants
(D)
Adequate electricity
172
What help is being offered?
174
What is particularly favourable about the location?
(A)
Transportation to and from the airport
(A)
Warehousing is available in the Eastern Province.
(B)
Securing building permits
(B)
Shipping and docking facilities are available.
(C)
Obtaining drivers licenses
(C)
It is near the airport.
(D)
Helping the staff to relocate to the area
(D)
It is easy to beat the traffic

The bus service between the City Center Subway Station and the Fairfield County Government Center is being expanded to give residents from Huntsville and Lawton easier access to public hearings and other evening events at the government complex. By June 10th, Fairfield connector buses will make six additional round trips between the two stops – four in the middle of the day and two at night. The buses now can run only during morning and evening rush hours.

175
Where are the people being bused to?
177
When do the connector buses normally run?
(A)
The government center
(A)
In the late morning
(B)
Huntsville
(B)
In the afternoon
(C)
The City Center Station
(C)
Late at night
(D)
Lawton
(D)
During peak hours
176
How many extra trips will Fairfield connector buses make during the day?

(A)
Two
(B)
Four
(C)
Six
(D)
Eight



ANSWER KEY
168
B
169
C
170
D
171
A
172
B
173
D
174
C
175
A
176
B
177
D

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