Section 1 text types
Section 1 of the GeneralTraining ReadingTest assesses your ability to obtain factual information from everyday short texts.
Section 1 contains 2-3 short texts from everyday sources such as advertisements, notices, leaflets, timetables, brochures, and menus. Each text contains general information.
Look at the short extracts below. They are all extracts of texts from Section 1. Can you guess what type of text each reading is, or where each one might come from?
TEXT EXAMPLE 1
ON THE CITY DOORSTEP
Looking for somewhere to go this long weekend? Try these national parks.
They are closer to home than you think.
A Nambung National Park (the Pinnacles)
245 km north of the city
What to do: the spectacular feature of this park is undoubtedly the
Pinnacles, one of Australia's best-known landscapes ...
B Yanchep National Park
51 km north of the city
What to do: the park has an array of attractions, including a 240 m
koala boardwalk, an abundance of Western Grey Kangaroos, walk trails
(from 500 m to 55 km), activity programs for schools, daily tours ...
There's even a golf course ...
C Walyunga National Park
40 km north-east of the city, along the Great Northern Highway
What to do: there are many different walking trails to choose from in
the park ...
TEXT EXAMPLE 2
Bees Neez Apiaries
Gift shop open every Sunday 10am-4pm.
Other times by appointment.
Group bookings welcome.
Sample different types of honey; tour the extraction plant
Creamed honey - Jarrah honey
Pollen - Royal Jelly Propolis ...
TEXT EXAMPLE 3
Donate life: discover the facts about organ donation
Register your decision on the Organ Donor Register.
WHAT IS ORGAN AND/OR TISSUE DONATION?
Organ and tissue donation is a life-saving and life-transforming medical process.
Organs and/or tissue are removed from a donor and transplanted into someone who is
very ill or dying from organ failure.
The three extracts above are different text types taken from different sources.
- Example 1 is an advertisement describing national parks, possibly from a local newspaper or
community magazine.
- Example 2 is a general advertisement for a gift shop located on a bee farm. It might be found
in a tourism publication.
- Example 3 is about organ donation taken from a government public health pamphlet.
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