Using the Internet and CD-ROM databases in the Library
Reading Forms 9-11
Task 1
Read the text about self-study tips. The text has eight sections, 0 - 7. For sections 1-7, choose the correct heading A-L from the list of headings below. Section 0 is used as an example.
List of headings
AConsult your teacher
BTake a break
CMake a timetable
DCreate a working place
ESit comfortably
FStudy at home
GTalk about your work
HPhotocopy important material
IMake catalogue references
JUse the library
KPrioritise your work
LExercise regularly
| Example | Answer |
| Section 0 | C |
SELF-STUDY TIPS
However difficult you find it to arrange your time, it will pay off in the long run if you set aside a certain part of the day for studying - and stick to it. It is best to make a weekly allocation of your time, making sure that you have enough left for recreational activities or simply to be 'with' yourself: reading a novel or watching a television programme.
As part of your weekly schedule, it is also advisable to consider exactly what you have to do in that week, and make sure that you tackle the most significant tasks first, leaving the easier or less urgent areas of your work until later.
On a physical level, make sure that you have an area or space for studying. Don't do it just anywhere. If you always study in the same place, preferably a room of your own, you will find it easier to adjust mentally to the activity when you enter that area. You should have everything that you might need at hand.
Make sure that all the physical equipment that you use, such as a desk, chair etc. is at a good height for you. If you use a personal computer, there are plenty of guidelines available from the government on posture, angles, lighting and the like. Consult these and avoid the typical student aches and pains.
If you are doing a long essay or research paper which involves the use of library books or other articles, it helps to keep details of the titles and authors on small cards in a card box. It is also a good idea to log these alphabetically so that you can find them easily - rather like keeping telephone numbers. It's all too easy to read something and then forget where it came from.
Make use of equipment that is available to you. If you find a useful article in the library, it is best to make a copy of the relevant pages before you leave. Then, when you get back to your study, you can mark the article and make any comments that you have in the margin.
If you are working on a topic your teacher has set, but finding it hard to concentrate, it may be that you actually need to take your mind right off it for a period of time. 'Airing the mind' can work wonders sometimes. After a period away from the task, having not thought about it at all, you may return to it refreshed and full of ideas.
Similarly, it may help to discuss a topic with other people, especially if you feel that you have insufficient ideas, or too many disorganised ideas. Bring your topic up in conversations at meal times or with other students and see what they have to say. You don't want to copy their ideas but listening to what they think about something may well help you develop or refine your own thoughts.
Task 2
For questions 8-13 read the text below and answer the questions choosing the correct letter A, B, C or D.
Using the Internet and CD-ROM databases in the Library
Northways College now has full electronic information resources in the College Library to help you in your studies. On CD-ROM in the library we have about fifty databases, including many statistical sources. Want to know the average rainfall in Tokyo or the biggest export earner of Vanuatu? It's easy to find out. Whether you are in the School of Business or the School of Art & Design, it's all here for you.
You can conduct your own CD-ROM search for no charge, and you can print out your results on the library printers using your library photocopying card. Alternatively, you can download your results, again for no charge, but bring your own memory stick or CD-ROM. If you are not sure how to conduct a search for yourself, library staff can do it for you, but we charge $20 for this service, no matter how long or how short a time it takes.
All library workstations have broadband access to the Internet, so you can find the web-based information you need quickly and easily. If you are unfamiliar with using the Internet, help is available in several ways. You can start with the online tutorial Netstart; just click on the Netstart icon on the Main Menu. The tutorial will take you through the basic steps to using the Internet, at any time convenient to you. If you prefer, ask one of the librarians for internet advice (best at quiet times between 9.00 am and 11.30 am weekdays) or attend one of the introductory group sessions that are held in the first two weeks of each term. Sign your name on the list on the Library Bulletin Board to guarantee a place, as they are very popular.
A word of warning: demand for access to library workstations is very high, so you are strongly advised to book a workstation, and we have to limit your use to a maximum of one hour at any one time. Make your booking (for which you will receive a receipt) at the Information Desk or at the enquiry desks in the Media Services Area (Level I). Also, use of the computers is limited to Northways students only, so you may be asked to produce your Student Identification Card to make a booking, or while using the workstations.
8To use the library printers, students must have
Aa memory stick.
Bcorrect change in coins.
Ca photocopying card.
Dtheir own paper.
9To copy search results to a floppy disk, students pay
A$20.
Bno fee.
Ca fee based on actual costs.
Da fee dependent on the time taken.
10If library staff search for information on CD-ROM, students pay
A$20.
Bno fee.
Ca fee based on actual costs.
Da fee dependent on the time taken.
11Students can learn to use the Internet
Aat all time.
Bin the first two weeks of term only.
CMonday to Friday only.
Dbetween 9.00 am and 11.30 am only.
12To ensure efficient access to the library workstations, students should
Aqueue to use a workstation in the Media Services Area.
Breserve a time to use a workstation.Cwork in groups on one workstation.
Dconduct as many searches as possible at one time.
13At any one time, students may use a library workstation for
Ahalf an hour.
Bone hour.
Ctwo hours.
Dan unlimited time.
Use of English
Task 1
For questions 1-15, read the text and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word that shouldn’t be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√)in the appropriate box on your answer sheet. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word down in the appropriate box on your answer sheet.
Happy Quoting!
1. Quotations and sayings are part of our language and our way of
2. life. As the poet Emerson said, we use of them by necessity; to
3. remind ourselves to look before we leap or to avoid crossing
4. our bridges before we come over to them. We use them by habit,
5. often not realizing we are doing so much, and we all love to
6. use an apt quotation to enliven conversation or score a point
7. in an argument. The booklet contains over above a thousand
8. quotations, proverbs and sayings. Together they offer a great
9. deal of the information, advice, amusement and comfort.
10. Emerson wrote: ‘I hate quotations’, so it is doubtful that he
11. would have been used this booklet – but we hope that you will.
12. Whether you use it to improve your knowledge more, as an aid to
13. solving crossword puzzles, to enrich your own speech or simply
14. for idle reading in your spare time, it will put you in to
15. touch with some of the cleverest minds of the past and at present. Happy reading and happy quoting!
Task 2
For questions 16 - 23, put each phrasal verb from the box in the appropriate place in the text.
| drop in | living up to | turned up | paid for | ||
| ended up | take out | | got on | pointing out | |
Kate’s Travel Diary
We decided to (0) push on and try to reach Venice by Friday afternoon – before the weekend hordes (16) ____________ . Susan was eager to see the city of waterways, as she had never been before, while I wanted to look up an old friend called Davina, who was now studying Italian at university in Venice. Davina had given me an open invitation to more or less (17) ____________ at any time, and she was as good as her word, for she not only put us up, but also spent the whole weekend (18)____________ the sights to us. She had never met Susan before, but they
(19)____________immediately, which was a relief. My intention hadbeen to pay her a flying visit, and then head off to Trieste, but we had such a wonderful time that we (20) ____________ staying for four days. Venice did not disappoint us, (21) ____________ its reputation as the most beautiful of cities.
On a less triumphant note, poor Susan lost her handbag, including a large amount of cash and her bank cards. She ran up a huge bill phoning home and contacting her bank in London. At least she’d had enough sense to (22) ____________ travel insurance, so this (23) ____________
the costs of most of the loss.
Writing
Write an essay about good and bad points of using mobile phones.