You’ll no doubt recognise this tall grass growing along roadsides and in public areas (or the wild), as it’s an easy, cheap and fast growing grass that can quickly spruce up a vacant spot. It grows up to one metre in height, with long bushy tendrils sprouting upwards from its thick grassy base, which stays green even in summer. Plant several next to each other along an empty fence or wall to add a degree of wabi-sabi wildness to your garden. Native to Africa and the Gulf, it’s a hardy grass with a high drought tolerance and requires little watering and maintenance.

Question: Tall grass is fast growing?

• True

• False

• Not given

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True, False, or Not given

You’ll no doubt recognise this tall grass growing along roadsides and in public areas (or the wild), as it’s an easy, cheap and fast growing grass that can quickly spruce up a vacant spot. It grows up to one metre in height, with long bushy tendrils sprouting upwards from its thick grassy base, which stays green even in summer. Plant several next to each other along an empty fence or wall to add a degree of wabi-sabi wildness to your garden. Native to Africa and the Gulf, it’s a hardy grass with a high drought tolerance and requires little watering and maintenance.

Question: Tall grass grows up to three metres in height

• True

• False

• Not given

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Scan the TV program to find out who presents “Great Movie Mistakes”.

“20.00 Great Movie Mistakes

Robert Webb uncovers the clangers and gaffes in Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters.”

• Robert Webb

• John Stansfield

• Kate Humble

• John Legend

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Soaring over the city at an impressive 2,716 feet (828 meters) and boasting 200 stories (160 habitable), the $1.5 billion Burj Khalifa project was unveiled by Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in January 2010. At the peak of construction, more than 12,000 international workers were on site per day logging a collective 22 million man-hours during the six years it took to complete. The Burj Khalifa is twice the height of New York's Empire State Building and three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It even surpassed Taiwan's Taipei 101, which at 1,667 feet (508m) had held the world title since it opened in 2004.

Question: How long did it take to complete the Burj Khalifa? (Skill: Scanning)

• 8 years

• 9 years

• 6 years

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Soaring over the city at an impressive 2,716 feet (828 meters) and boasting 200 stories (160 habitable), the $1.5 billion Burj Khalifa project was unveiled by Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in January 2010. At the peak of construction, more than 12,000 international workers were on site per day logging a collective 22 million man-hours during the six years it took to complete. The Burj Khalifa is twice the height of New York's Empire State Building and three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It even surpassed Taiwan's Taipei 101, which at 1,667 feet (508m) had held the world title since it opened in 2004.

Question: How many international workers were on site per day during the Burj Khalifa's construction? (Skill: scanning)

• 12000

• 2000

• 22000

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What type of work is on offer?

• counting and sorting parcels

• packing and delivering parcels

• counting and packing parcels

• sorting and delivering parcels

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The work will last for about a month. True or false?

• True

• False

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When do these jobs start?

• early November

• late November

• end December

• late December

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When you read the opening and closing of the paragraph or text, you are...

• skimming

• scanning

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Looking through a magazine to check what articles to read is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

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