Read the texts (letter A and letter B) and choose the correct answers to questions (1-5) below the texts
| Letter A (1) (2) | 28 High Avenue Harlow Essex CM 16 7AY 01279 5743461 |
| (3) Admission Secretary Stevenage Technical College West Road Stevenage Herts ST6 8PI (4) 30 April 2003 (5) Dear Sir/Madame, Please send me details of your foundation course in computer engineering. Yours faithfully, (6) Katy Evans |
| Letter B (1) (2) | Stevenage Technical College West Road Stevenage Herts ST6 8PI 01438 7546392 |
| (3) Ms K Evans 28 High Avenue Harlow Essex CM 16 7AY (4) 17 May 2003 (5) Dear Ms Evans, Thank you for your enquiry. I enclose the details that you requested and some additional information about the college’s facilities. Please contact me if you require any further information. Yours sincerely, (6) Mrs LH Lee Admission Secretary |
| 1. | Letter A is to/from Katy Evans. |
| 2. | Mrs Lee/Katy Evans works at the college. |
| 3. | Katy Evans is/wants to be a student at the college. |
| 4. | Katy Evans wants information about a basic/an advanced course. |
| 5. | Mrs Evans sends exactly what/more than Katy asked for. |
Match the features (1-6) on each letter with the features (A-F) below.
| A | The receiver’s address | |
| B | The receiver’s name | |
| C | The sender’s address | |
| D | The sender’s phone number | |
| E | The sender’s name | |
| F | The date |
Read the messages (a-l). Are they formal (f) or informal (i)?
| a | Please contact me to arrange another appointment. | |
| b | I’ll show you round … | |
| c | Call me and we’ll fix a time to meet | |
| d | I regret to inform you that your application has not been successful. | |
| e | Please supply additional information about your experience | |
| f | cu@10 | |
| g | Tell me more about what you did. | |
| h | I’d like to introduce you to … | |
| i | There will be an opportunity to visit … | |
| j | Bad luck about the job. | |
| k | Your interview has been arranged for ten o’clock | |
| l | This is … |
Match the formal and informal messages with the same general meaning (from ex.3).
Rewrite the following formal phrases in informal English.
Example: We’d be delighted if you could join us for drinks.
Let’s go and drink together
| 1. | In response to your recent enquiry … |
| 2. | The receptionist will direct you to the correct room. |
| 3. | I look forward to hearing from you. |
| 4. | I hope that will be acceptable. |
SECTION B
Read the curriculum vitae (CV) quickly and choose the correct answers to the questions below it.
| NAME | Gavin H Alvarez |
| ADDRESS | 26 Dryfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 2DC |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER | 01223 3268452 |
| E-MAIL ADDRESS | [email protected] |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14 June 1984 |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1995-2000 | Graves High School for Boys Graves Avenue, Cambridge CB 4RG |
| 2000-2002 | Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road, Cambridge CB6 7YT |
| QUALIFICATIONS | |
| GCSEs: English, Maths, General Science, Design and Technology, French, Spain, Art, and History | |
| Level 1 Engineering and Technology foundation course | |
| Level 2 Computing course specializing in software development | |
| WORK EXPERIENCE | |
| AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2000 | Temporary job as IT assistant at Norris’s Aeronautics, Cambridge. |
| OCTOBER 2000 - JUNE 2007 | Saturday and holiday job testing computer games at Silicompany, Cambridge. |
| OTHER INFORMATION | Bi-lingual in Spanish and English; Clean driving licence |
| INTERESTS | Developing computer games, member of college football team, photography, and playing the guitar |
| REFEREE | Ms Daisy Valentine (course tutor) Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road, Cambridge CB6 7YT |
| 1. | What is a CV? | |
| a | A description of someone’s family, education, likes and dislikes. | |
| b | A description of someone’s education, work experience, and skills. | |
| 2. | How is a CV arranged? | |
| a | under headings | |
| b | like a letter |
Read the CV again and decide if the sentences (1-7) below are true (T) or false (F).
| Gavin Alvarez lives in Cambridge. | T | F | |
| He is a student at Cam College. | T | F | |
| He passed his GCSEs in 2001. | T | F | |
| He has had Saturday and holiday jobs since 2000. | T | F | |
| He left Cam College in 2000. | T | F | |
| He is quite good at languages. | T | F | |
| He isn’t interested in technology. | T | F |
Read the following advertisements. Which job is the best for Gavin?
| a) GAMES4U WANTS YOUNG, DYNAMIC PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE. FOREIGN LANGUAGES AN ADVANTAGE. SEND CV AND COVERING LETTER TO … | b) BOOKS FOR STUDENTS NEED TWO PEOPLE AGED 18 – 20 TO WORK IN THEIR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. TO APPLY, SEND CV AND COVERING LETTER TO … |
4. Read these phrases from the CV and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.
| 1. | … a covering letter … | |
| a) | a letter to give more information | |
| b) | a letter to hide a CV | |
| 2. | foreign languages an advantage … | |
| a) | it will help if you can speak a foreign language | |
| b) | It is essential that you can speak a foreign language | |
| 3. | a clean driving license | |
| a) | Your license isn’t dirty | |
| b) | You haven’t done anything illegal in a car |
Write your own CV in English. Use Garvin’s CV as a model for your writing.
Check the knowledge of active vocabulary from this module with the help of
“ACTIVE VOCABULARY” section.
TEST 1
(modules 1 – 5)
I. Change the words in italics so that the sentence has a similar meaning; write the answer on the right:
| Engineers solve problems in a “step-by-step” way. | ||||
| If you want to make your project better you should work harder. | ||||
| You can finish your work in the office. | ||||
| Engineering can be classified into 3 main areas. | ||||
| People can give and get information to each other in different ways. | ||||
| You can talk to each other out of the office. | ||||
| At the beginning all students take a beginner course where they study general subjects. | ||||
| After finishing the beginner course students focus on one type of engineering. | ||||
| ‘What sort of knowledge and skills do you need for the job?’ | ||||
| First of all you should get basic skills. | ||||
| How is your knowledge evaluated at the University? | ||||
| Do you work all the day long? | ||||
| I’m a new trainee. Who is my instructor? | ||||
| Have you got good mark on your exam? | ||||
| Please, Jane, ask a new trainee some questions to evaluate his knowledge. | ||||
| Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc. | ||||
| Usually implants are pressed and put into the patient’s body. | ||||
| Glass is a clear light material. | ||||
| Copper conducts electricity well. | ||||
| What was your first plan? | ||||
| ____ / 20 | ||||
II. Guess the words from their explanations and write them on the right:
| A person who designs, builds, maintains engines, machines, etc… . | ||||
| Characteristic of a person; ‘a sort of a person’. You must think of this before choosing your profession. | ||||
| A document that you get after you pass all exams and graduate from the University. | ||||
| A period of time (usually half a year) when students study before they take exams. | ||||
| A lesson of discussion and practical work, when people communicate and show their knowledge. | ||||
| A person who works for low pay as an assistant of an experienced person in order to learn the skills for a particular job. | ||||
| A person who trains (teaches) people for some particular job. | ||||
| A degree, a diploma, a certificate; theoretical and practical knowledge; you need this to get a job. | ||||
| A type of job when you work for 8 hours a day and 5 days in a week. It is opposite to a ‘part-time’ job. | ||||
| The process of getting marks for each project you do during the term. | ||||
| A room or a building (especially in the Scientific Institutions) that is used for scientific experiments or testing. | ||||
| The most important things to learn; basic knowledge of any subject that you need for your future study. | ||||
| To focus on one small part of a subject and to study it in details. | ||||
| To take an exam and to get a good mark. | ||||
| Process of asking-answering questions in order to get information about a person and his/her qualification. | ||||
| Ability of our brain to remember different things. | ||||
| Something medical that is put inside the patient’s body. | ||||
| Mixture of two metals that is also known as ‘smart material’. | ||||
| Ability of a person to create different pictures in mind. | ||||
| To make something smaller; to become smaller (ex. - about an implant) | ||||
| ____ / 20 | ||||
III. Give your own explanations to the following words:
| manufacturer | ||||
| to design | ||||
| building site | ||||
| engineering | ||||
| part-time job/course | ||||
| to specialize | ||||
| applicant | ||||
| environment | ||||
| plastic | ||||
| brass | ||||
| ____ / 20 | ||||
IV Match the words:
| electricity, exam, way, into, a problem, for, shape, a technique, alloys, at, in, job (activity), body, form, solution, course, imagination, fibre, price, system | ||||||||
| solve | original | |||||||
| practical | patient’s | |||||||
| use | carry | |||||||
| reasonable | optical | |||||||
| methodical | metal | |||||||
| indoor | foundation | |||||||
| computer | divide | |||||||
| application | be interested | |||||||
| take | apply | |||||||
| human | be good | |||||||
| ____ / 20 | ||||||||
V. Fill in the gaps with suitable words (from modules 1-5) and write the answer on the right: