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Hello, and thank you for asking me to your teachers’ meeting to talk about the Dinosaur Museum and to tell you about what your students there.
Well, let me give you some of the basic him formation first. In regard to opening hours, we’re open every day of the week from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm except on Mondays when we close at 1.30 pm [Q11] . And, in fact the only day in the year when we’re closed is on the 25th of December [Q12]. You can book a guided tour for your school group any time that we’re open.
If you bring a school group to the museum, when you arrive we ask you to remain with your group in the car park. One or more of the tour guides will welcome you there [Q13] and brief you about what The tour will be about. We do this there because our entrance is quite small and we really haven’t got much room for briefing groups in the exhibition area.
As far as the amount of time you’ll need goes, if you bring a school group you should plan on allowing a minimum of 90 minutes for the visit. This allows 15 minutes to get on and off the coach, 45 minutes [Q14] for the guided tour and 30 minutes for after-tour activities.
If you’re going to have lunch at the museum you will, of course, have to allow more time. There are two café in the museum, with setting for 80 people. If you want to eat there you’ll need to reserve some seating, as they can get quite crowed at lunch time. Then outside the museum at the back there are tables [Q15], and students can bring their own lunch and eat it there in the open air.
When the students come into the museum foyer we ask them to check in their backpacks with their books, lunch boxes, etc, at the cloakroom before they enter the museum proper. I’m afraid in the past we h have had a few things gone missing after school visits so this is a strict rule. Also, some of the exhibits are fragile and we don’t want them to be accidentally knocked. But we do provide school students with handouts with question and quizzes on them [Q16] . There’s so much that students can learn in the museum and it’s fun for them to have something to do. Of course they’ll need to bring something to write with for these [Q17]. We do allow students to take studentsto take photographs[Q18] . For students who are doing projects it’s useful to make some kind of visual record of what they see that they can add to their reports. And finally, they should not bring anything to eat into the museum, or drinks of any kind.
There are also a few things the students can do after the tour. In the threatrette on the ground floor there are continuous screenings of short documentaries about dinosaurs which they can see [Q19] at any time. We used to have an activity room with more interactive things like making models of dinosaurs and drawing and painting pictures, even hunting for dinosaurs eggs, but unfortunately the room was damaged in a bad storm recently when water came in the roof, so that’s closed at the moment. But we do have an IT centre where students have access to CD ROMs with a range of dinosaur games [Q20]. These games are a lot of fun , but they also teach the students about the lives of dinosaurs, how they found food, protected their habitat, survived threats, that kind of things.
And …..I think that’s all I have to tell you. Please feel free to ask any questions if you would like to know anything else…
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Answer:
11: 1.30
12: 25 December
13: car park / parking lot
14: 45
15: tables
16: C 17: F 18: G
19: B 20: E
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Questions 1-2
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
Advice on plumbers and decorators |
Make sure the company is: local |
Don’t call a plumber during the 1__________ |
Look at trade website: 2 www.__________.com |
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
John Damerol Plumbing Services | • 5__________ than other companies | • Tends to be 6__________ |
• Able to do lots of different 7__________ | •More 8__________than other companies | |
• Also able to do 9__________ | • Prefers not to use long 10__________ |
Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
11 On Monday, what will be the students’ working day?
12 While working in the museum, students are encouraged to wear
A formal clothing such as a suit.
B a cap with the museum logo.
C their own casual clothes.
13 If students are ill or going to be late, they must inform
A the museum receptionist.
B their museum supervisor.
C their school placement tutor.
14 The most popular task whilst on work placement is usually
A making presentations in local primary schools.
B talking to elderly people in care homes.
C conducting workshops in the museum.
15 The best form of preparation before starting their work placement is to read
A the history of the museum on the website.
B the museum regulations and safety guidance.
C notes made by previous work placement students.
Write the correct letter, A-l, next to questions 16-20
Where in the museum are the following places?
Questions 21-26What is the tutor’s opinion of the following company projects?
Choose FIVE answers from the box, and write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 21-26.
A It would be very rewarding for the student.
C It would be difficult to evaluate.
D It wouldn’t be sufficiently challenging.
E It would involve extra costs.
F It is beyond the student’s current ability.
G It is already being done by another student.
H It would probably have the greatest impact on the company.
22 Online sales catalogue
Which TWO problems do Sam and the tutor identify concerning group assignments?
A Personal relationships.
Which TWO problems does Sam identify concerning the lecturers?
Questions 31-40Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Most 31__________ owl species in UK
Mainly lives in 32__________, but can also be seen in urban areas, e.g. parks.
· Short wings and 33__________, for navigation
· Brown and 34__________ feathers, for camouflage
· Large eyes [more effective than those of 35__________], for good night vision
· Very good spatial 36__________for predicting where prey might be found
· Excellent 37__________, for locating prey from a perch
Main food is small mammals.
Owls in urban areas eat more 38__________
Two thirds of young owls die within a 39__________Owls don’t disperse over long distances.Owls seem to dislike flying over large areas of 40 __________
27. B OR E IN EITHER ORDER:
28. B OR E IN EITHER ORDER:
29. A OR C IN EITHER ORDER:
30. A OR C IN EITHER ORDER:
32. woodland/woods/forest[s]: