Reading comprehension - Part 7
PRESENTATION PART 7
You will read a selection of texts, such as magazine and newspaper articles, letters, and advertisements. Each text is followed by several questions, you have 47 questions
You must select the best answer for each question and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet.
ADVICES
Preparation: * Learn the business vocabulary * Know preposition and “mots de liaison”
Be careful of the undercurrents in these questions, homonymous, negation, people identification and questions with “what”, “how”, concerning days, hours… * Part 7: You need to read all the questions before reading the text or document * Read all and particularly the first lines who give the context (letter, ad, article, mail,e tc.)

Work on your knowledges: * Identify the principal idea * Understand the facts * Predict conclusions * Understand aims
EXEMPLES
* Ad # 098artists – Freelance Food Photographer needed. * The Affordable Paper People […] Billing for Alistair Learning Lab * Sources report that the Dasco Oil Refinery will be closed down by the end of the year. The refinery, located in Davenford, has experience safety problems. Two explosions occurred last month, causing one injury and an estimated $10 million in damages. In January, a leak was detected by a worker. Production was stopped for 24 hours, causing e temporary oil shortage in the northwest.
There has been no official word from the company headquarters in Dallas. The State Safety Board is leading an investigation and a scheduled to issue a report on Friday.

1. Where does the information come from?
A – workers. → Is mentioned in the article, and s/he detected a leak. However, s/he was not the source of the information for the article.
B – the Safety Board. → Is repeated in both the article and the option. They are leading an investigation, but they did not provide the information for the article.
C – the company