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Practice activity 2.3

Read the following three texts for Section 1, and answer the related questions. Timing is very important. Time yourself as you practise. Before you read, remember to use the reading skills and steps to reading that you have learnt in this unit.

Step 1: Survey each text.

  • What text type is it?
  • What types of question are used?
  • Skim to see what the text is about. Skim to see how each text is organised.

Step 2: Skim the instructions and the questions.

Step 3: Read the text again, or scan (if appropriate) to answer the questions

Practice activity 2.3: text 1

TEXT 1

EUROPEAN RIVER CRUISING

A. Prague to London

21-Day Tour and River Cruise

15-day exclusive luxury charter with over 85% French balcony staterooms
  • Buckingham Palace
  • Westminster Abbey
  • Hradcany Castle
  • Big Ben
  • 49 meals

Peak season departures across ALL cabins

FROM $8645 pp twin share

Fly free return airfare to Europe

B. Britain, Ireland and Cruise

30-Day Tour and River Cruise

  • 15-day exclusive luxury charter with over 85% all-weather French balcony staterooms
  • Stonehenge
  • Blarney Castle
  • Edinburgh Military Tattoo
  • Guinness tasting
  • 63 meals

FROM $11 195 pp twin share

C. Paris Escape

18-Day Tour and River Cruise

  • 15-day exclusive luxury charter with over 85% all-weather French balcony staterooms
  • Explore 18 cities
  • Canal boat cruise
  • Eiffel Tower
  • Notre Dame Cathedral
  • Opera House
  • 45 meals

FROM $7645 pp twin share

Plus buy one airfare and get one free

D. Grand Alpine Tour and Cruise

28-Day Tour & River Cruise

  • 15-day exclusive luxury charter with over 85% all-weather French balcony staterooms
  • Guided tours of Munich and Salzburg
  • Horse-and-carriage ride to Neuschwanstein Castle
  • 58 meals

FROM $10 495 pp twin share

Fly free return airfare to Europe

Evergreen Tours
Premium touring worldwide
Call 1300 364 414 or contact your travel agent

www.evergreentours.com.au


Practice Activity 2.3: Questions for Text 1

Questions 1-4

Look at the advertisements A-D above. For which advertisement are the following statements true? Write the correct letter, A-D, in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet. Note: you may use any letter more than once.

  1. This tour is the shortest and the least expensive.
  2. This tour might be popular with beer drinkers.
  3. This tour does not include a tour to a castle.
  4. This tour includes a horse-and-carriage ride.

Questions 5-9

Do the following statements agree with the information in the advertisements? In boxes 5-9 on your answer sheet, write:

  • TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
  • FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
  • NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
  1. All cruises include a 15-day bus tour and a river cruise.
  2. The cost of the 'Prague to London Tour' is $8645 for a twin room.
  3. All tours offer a free return airfare to Europe.
  4. All cruises take place on Evergreen Tours ferries.
  5. Entrance fees to castles and historic buildings are not included in the price.

Extra Practice Question

1. Tours, including cruises, are best taken in summer.

Practice activity 2.3: text 2

TEXT 2

Hit the Shops in Canberra, Australia

When it's time for some retail therapy, pick from Canberra's luxury boutiques and shopping centres, or find that special something in the many markets offering products made by local designers.

Canberra Centre

Bunda Street, Civic

Find the most contemporary and innovative retail and leisure experience at Canberra's city shopping hub at the Canberra Centre. Discover more than 300 retail outlets, plus cinemas and an alfresco, streetscape dining and cafe precinct. There are department and speciality stores and popular designer fashion labels.

Other Shopping Centres

  • Westfield Shoppingtown, Benjamin Way, Belconnen
  • Westfield Woden, Keltie Street, Phillip
  • Tuggeranong Hyperdome, Anketell Street, Tuggeranong
  • Riverside Plaza, Monaro Street, Queanbeyan

Speciality Shopping

City

Find interesting boutiques, street fashion, alternative music stores, designer shoes and books hidden away in the arcades in City Walk and Garema Place and in the Canberra Centre. Be sure to visit Shop Handmade in City Walk—this concept store showcases the talents of local and interstate designers with jewellery, skin products, toys, and clothing.

Manuka and Kingston

The small 1920s shopping centres of Manuka and Kingston are just a 10-minute walk from each other. Splurge on Australian and international designer labels, beautiful antiques, gourmet food, high-quality homewares, and exquisite jewellery among the cafe-lined streets.

Markets

Old Bus Depot Markets

Address: Wentworth Avenue, Kingston

The multi-award-winning Old Bus Depot Markets, on most Sundays of the year and Saturdays in December in the lead-up to Christmas, are held inside the old bus depot and are renowned for a mix of handcrafted jewellery, art, clothing, furniture, toys, and regional food and wine.

Handmade Market

Location: Kamberra Wine Company

Visit Canberra's quarterly Handmade Market, which brings together talented artists, designers, stylists, craftspeople, and gourmets under one roof.

Capital Region Farmers Market Exhibition Park in Canberra, Mitchell

Be tantalised by the array of fruit, vegetables, plants, flowers, seafood, cakes, condiments, meats, cheese, and more. Visit the largest regional market in the Southern Tablelands, where the fresh seasonal produce reflects the regional diversity.

Operating Hours: Saturday morning 8:00-11:00 AM

Source: Australian Capital Tourism


Practice Activity 2.3: Questions for Text 2

Do the following statements agree with the information in the advertisement? In boxes 10-14 on your answer sheet, write:

  • TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
  • FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
  • NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
  1. The main shopping hub in Canberra is in the city centre and has more than 300 outlets.
  2. Shop Handmade in City Walk is one of the specialty shops of Canberra, selling local but not interstate products.
  3. There are four shopping centres to choose from outside the Canberra city centre, one of which is named the Tuggeranong Hyperdome.
  4. The 1920s shopping centres are well known for the glamorous architecture of their buildings.
  5. The Old Bus Depot Markets are open on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year.

Extra Question:

At the Farmers Market, the array of different cheeses on sale is one of the most talked-about highlights.

Practice activity 2.3: text 3

TEXT 3

The Complete Gardening Handbook

HOW TO GROW STRAWBERRIES

Strawberries are very easy to grow, but always buy certified disease-free plants. If disease attacks your plants, buy fresh plants. The method described is simple and reliable. Some varieties crop just once, while others produce several crops between early summer and mid-autumn.

Planting

Strawberries need fertile soil so work plenty of compost or manure into the ground, removing all weeds before planting. Rake in fertiliser, then plant 45 cm (18 in) apart in rows 75 cm (30 in) apart.
The plants often arrive with bare roots. Spread the roots out on a mound, making sure that the crown is level with the surrounding surface, then return the soil.
Most plants are sold in pots. Water them an hour prior to planting out, and plant at their original depth.
Remove flowers that appear during the first year. This allows the plants to get well established before bearing a crop of fruit.

Routine care

  1. The plants benefit from regular feeding. Sulphate of potash should be applied in early spring. If plants need a boost, apply sulphate of ammonia in mid-spring.
  2. Hoeing or hand weeding will keep down weeds.
  3. Use special mats to keep the fruit clean. These must be in place as the fruits develop.
  4. It may be cheaper to lay a thick bed of straw around the plants.

New plants from runners

Spread out the runners in early to mid-summer, and peg where there is a strong tuft of leaves into pots of compost plunged into the soil.
Pinch or cut off runner just beyond the pegged-down point, but do not sever the link with the parent plant. Remove surplus runners not required.
Check after six weeks, and if the plant has rooted well, sever it from its parent.

Source: The Complete Gardening Handbook, Abbeydale Press, 2008


Practice activity 2.3: questions for text 3

Answer the questions below. Choose no more than three words from the text for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 11-14 on your answer sheet.
  1. It is important that you choose strawberry plants to grow that are
  2. Before you plant strawberry plants ensure that your soil is fertile, and from the ground.
  3. As the strawberry plants grow you should place a small mat or a bed of straw around each plant to keep
  4. During the first year, remove all from the plants, so that they can grow strong to bear fruit.

Here are some extra questions to practise:

  1. Some varieties of strawberry between summer and autumn.
  2. Feed the strawberries with fertilisers such as sulphate or potash

Now you have finished, check your answers in the Answer Key in Appendix 1. Score your results and consider these questions:

  1. How many questions did I get right per text?
  2. How long did I need this time per text?
  3. Which type of text or question did I make most errors on? Why?
  4. What could I do differently next time?
- Practice activity 2.2

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