Cambridge IELTS 21 · General Training · Test 4 · Section 2
Job: Sunset Orchard, Cromwell, New Zealand – Cherry Picking & Service Division – Daylight Trading Company — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for Job: Sunset Orchard, Cromwell, New Zealand – Cherry Picking & Service Division – Daylight Trading Company, Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 4 Section 2, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 15–27. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Short Answers (Q15–20), Sentence Completion (Q21–27). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 15–20: Short Answers
Strategy: Use the question word to predict the answer type, locate the relevant sentence, and copy no more words than the limit allows.
What is the minimum daily amount of fruit a picker must pick?
“However, you are required to pick at least 16 buckets”
The minimum is stated as 'you are required to pick at least 16 buckets', the daily quantity the question asks for.
What mental quality does a packer need?
“This part of the job involves standing at a sorting table and the employee must be fit and have good concentration”
The packer 'must be fit and have good concentration', the mental quality required.
What form of accommodation is offered to cherry pickers?
“We have accommodation available on site in bunkrooms, which were built two years ago”
Accommodation is 'available on site in bunkrooms', the form of lodging offered to pickers.
Who organises the accommodation for workers?
“Our residential manager will allocate beds and look after everyone’s needs”
The 'residential manager will allocate beds and look after everyone's needs', so this person organises accommodation.
How often are workers’ bank accounts credited?
“Pay is fortnightly and is paid by credit so you require a bank account”
Pay is 'fortnightly and is paid by credit', so bank accounts are credited every two weeks.
What type of personal transport is recommended?
“On-site parking for cars and vans is extremely limited so we suggest using a bicycle”
Because parking is 'extremely limited', the text says 'we suggest using a bicycle', the recommended personal transport.
Questions 21–27: Sentence Completion
Strategy: Find the stem's keyword in the passage, then complete the sentence with the exact words the grammar requires, within the word limit.
“Any suggestions for additional items to be included should be sent to the Directorate Mailbox by the end of May each year”
Suggestions for additional items go to the Directorate Mailbox 'by the end of May each year', the deadline month.
“As this is a service unit, it is important that offices are staffed throughout the day. Please observe this when taking lunch breaks”
Offices must stay staffed all day, so employees should 'observe this when taking lunch breaks', the gap's subject.
“It also means that we may need to help another team in times of staff shortage so that our service to the organisation is maintained”
Staff may need to 'help another team in times of staff shortage', the singular noun needed.
“There will be occasions when an urgent job arises which will require extra time to be worked. Wherever possible this should be approved in advance by your line manager but, if this is not possible, you must advise him/her as soon as possible after the event”
Extra time is worked when 'an urgent job arises', the adjective describing the job.
“three weeks’ notice for one week or more”
The notice requirement is 'three weeks' notice for one week or more', so three weeks is the minimum.
“Wherever possible, holiday requests will be approved but operational needs will be the overriding criterion, and there may be occasions when requests cannot be approved”
Holiday requests are subject to 'operational needs' being 'the overriding criterion', the phrase the sentence needs.
“In accordance with organisational policy staff are not allowed to carry more than ten days forward to the new holiday year for personal reasons, and any carry over is expected to be taken by the end of the calendar year”
Staff may not 'carry more than ten days forward to the new holiday year', the maximum carry-over.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Job: Sunset Orchard, Cromwell, New Zealand – Cherry Picking & Service Division – Daylight Trading Company passage come from?
It is Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 4, and it covers Questions 15–27.
What question types appear in Job: Sunset Orchard, Cromwell, New Zealand – Cherry Picking & Service Division – Daylight Trading Company?
The section is tested with Short Answers, Sentence Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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