CELPIP Reading Practice Test 56

Dear Property Office,

The laundry-room problem at 118 Cedar Lane now appears to involve more than my single failed load. On Tuesday evening, washer two accepted $3.25 from my laundry card, displayed its normal start message, and then sat without filling. I waited, checked the door, and tried cancelling the cycle before leaving a handwritten note for the next person. Since only one other washer was free and two residents were already waiting, restarting my load would have tied up the only working machine.

On Wednesday, two neighbours separately told me that dryer three has been shutting off after about ten minutes while still keeping the full charge. The warning note on the dryer was gone when I checked, so another resident could pay before noticing that both machines are out of order. I also looked through the tenant portal, but I found only a maintenance request form and no clear way to request credit for a failed cycle. The machine list on the portal still shows both units as available, which may add to the confusion. Could your office arrange an inspection, post temporary notices, and explain whether the card balance review uses a separate form?

My immediate concern is practical. I need clean uniforms before my weekend clinic shift, and the closest laundromat closes before I usually get home. If a laundry room in another building can be used while repairs are pending, I can pick up a short-term key after work. If that is not possible, I need to know by Thursday noon so I can make another plan instead of risking another card charge.

I realize you may need machine logs or a service report before approving any credit. I can upload a photo of the card charge, provide the start time, and identify the machines involved. Please copy the site manager if he controls the signs or temporary keys.

Please send an email reply by Thursday noon with the repair plan, the credit process, and any short-term laundry option. That will help me give accurate details if I need to follow up through the tenant portal or maintenance line.

Sincerely,

Natalie Green

Dear Natalie,

Your message gives us enough information to 7. Choose…open one repair filestart the credit reviewclose the laundry roompost temporary notices covering washer two and dryer three. The site manager will receive the same ticket so both machines and the access request stay together.

Because the taped warning disappeared, the manager will 8. Choose…post temporary noticesunlock another laundry roomrefund the card chargeremove the card reader today while technicians inspect the machines. The portal status will also be changed so residents do not rely on an inaccurate availability list. For the balance review, please upload the charge photograph and 9. Choose…your upcoming clinic-shift schedulethe machine's service numberthe neighbours' written commentsthe cycle start time. We will compare those details with the machine logs before deciding the credit.

If repairs cannot be completed today, I will check whether 10. Choose…backup access is availablethe credit is approvedyour backup plan worksthe delay is unacceptable and send pickup instructions for a short-term key. That should prevent another failed charge before your clinic shift.

By Thursday noon, you will receive 11. Choose…a weekend repair appointmenta written status updateno response yetonly a payment receipt covering repairs, the credit process, and any temporary access. It will also explain how the $3.25 charge will be reviewed.

Sincerely,

Evan Brooks

Hi Karim!

The green flyer turned up in our mailbox and I've been circling things ever since. Our weekends are gone until September, which knocks out half that sheet. I'd sooner go every week than once a month, and it has to be after dinner, which lands us on 12. Choose…Water ConservationEnergy SavingsYouth Green LeadersCommunity Gardening.

My neighbour keeps talking herself out of it, and I've told her to ring 13. Choose…604 439 9900604 445 3377604 447 2210604 442 1128 about the birdwatching walks. We're away until the end of June, and the one event still ahead of us meets at 14. Choose…the Bonsor CC Gardenvarious locationsBonsor CCEdmonds CC. That said, I change my mind every time I read it.

I'm counting on 15. Choose…the community partners listthe online resource hubthe donation pagethe newsletter sign-up for the heat-pump info, and if the page won't load and nobody picks up, we can always 16. Choose…visit either community centercall the main contact numbersign up for the newsletteremail the volunteer address. Could you try the sign-up page from your end tonight?

Thanks,

Maya

Paragraph A

Riding Mountain National Park constitutes a wooded plateau that thrusts abruptly upward from the wheat-growing plains west of Lake Manitoba, an escarpment ascending several hundred metres above the surrounding farmland. Encompassing roughly 3,000 square kilometres of forest, lake and grassland, the reserve stands in stark contrast to the districts beyond its perimeter, which are devoted almost exclusively to grain cultivation. A motorist might leave wheat country behind and, within the span of a single hour, find themselves beneath a canopy of aspen. A solitary highway traverses the park from south to north.

Paragraph B

Long before any formal protection existed, this upland served as a rendezvous point where Hudson's Bay Company traders conducted business with Anishinaabe communities. By the close of the nineteenth century, deforestation had accelerated to such a degree that the government designated the entire highland a timber reserve in 1895. Subsequent legislation narrowed the terms considerably further, restricting cutting permits to settlers who actually resided in the vicinity. Even so, local sentiment favoured stronger safeguards still, and when residents campaigned for national-park status throughout the 1920s, their representatives formally ratified the proposal at a public gathering in Neepawa. The timber reserve was eventually converted into a park, with officials convening three years later to mark its dedication.

Paragraph C

The park's inaugural conservation project was also its most peculiar. It was overseen by a figure known as Grey Owl, who presented himself as an Indigenous trapper and was widely accepted as such; that Archibald Belaney had, in fact, been born in England did not become public knowledge until after his death. Summoned west by the parks commissioner, he arrived with a pair of tame beavers and a scheme to establish a colony, prompting staff to construct a beaver-proof log enclosure beside a small lake. That particular summer proved unusually arid, however, and as the lake dwindled to a stagnant pool, the animals could no longer survive within it. By autumn, both the beavers and their keeper had relocated to a park in Saskatchewan, where his subsequent writings would bring him considerable renown.

Paragraph D

The park today functions simultaneously as a holiday destination and an active research station. A fenced herd of plains bison, descended from animals reintroduced generations earlier, grazes the grassland at Lake Audy, while the surrounding forest sustains one of the densest black bear populations found anywhere on the continent. Elk are monitored alongside the wolves that hunt them. Each summer, the townsite beside Clear Lake fills with swimmers and cyclists, and in 1986 UNESCO conferred upon the park the status of a world biosphere reserve.

Paragraph E

Not given in any of the above paragraphs.

Mayor Daniel Roy focuses on effects outside banking. Local businesses need change and a place to resolve deposit problems; customers visiting the branch also use surrounding shops; and closure can signal that further withdrawal of services is expected. Roy proposes a shared hub used on different days by banks, credit advisers, and government services. The hub would not reproduce every branch function, but it could preserve foot traffic and face-to-face escalation while distributing building costs.

The North Ridge branch handles fewer counter transactions each year, and the bank cites that decline as evidence that the building is no longer needed. Yet the count treats a cash withdrawal and help after suspected fraud as two transactions of equal weight. It also records activity inside the branch but not the branch's effect on nearby shops, local confidence, or customers who abandon a task online. The closure question turns on which functions disappear, not simply how often the door opens.

Bank executive Victor Tan says mobile deposits, video appointments, and a travelling adviser provide most services at lower cost. Tan concedes that broadband is uneven and that bereavement, business lending, and disputed transfers often require sustained conversation. He therefore offers scheduled in-person visits, though he sees a permanent full-service branch as an unnecessarily expensive way to deliver them.

Seniors' advocate Helen Brooks argues that assistance is not interchangeable with instruction. A person who understands online banking may still avoid it after a convincing scam, impaired vision, or the death of a spouse who managed the accounts. Repeating a digital-skills class does not restore trust or provide private help with a consequential decision. Brooks accepts assisted digital terminals for routine tasks but insists that a named person with authority must remain reachable locally.

Before closure, the bank should publish a service-impact assessment distinguishing routine transactions from high-consequence cases. Where travel, broadband, or customer vulnerability makes remote replacement inadequate, a staffed shared hub, reliable cash access, and private assisted-digital facilities should be funded for a trial period. Evaluation should include task completion, fraud recovery, travel time, business deposits, surrounding foot traffic, and cost. A quieter counter may justify a smaller physical presence; it does not by itself justify the absence of one.

As a rural planner, I'd accept North Ridge needs less space, while rejecting the bank's unit of analysis. A withdrawal and fraud recovery count as one, yet differ in 34. Choose…counting timedistance from the branchconsequence and substitutabilitythe bank's accounting rules. Tan's travelling adviser partly recognizes this. Brooks explains why another class may fail: nonuse can reflect lost trust or a need for authority rather than 35. Choose…preferring full-service buildingslack of instructionopposition to mobile depositsstaff travel costs. A credible substitute must be judged by outcomes, especially in bereavement and fraud cases, not a list of channels. Roy adds benefits the bank's ledger omits, including 36. Choose…trade and confidence nearbya lower transaction totalbetter national fraud softwarehistorical branch-service range. Those spillovers justify testing a shared hub that distributes cost while keeping key functions. The question is not “branch or digital,” but 37. Choose…who owns the buildingcount accuracycustomers' video-call avoidancewhich physical-remote mix performs functions. The trial should compare task completion, fraud recovery, travel, deposits, and foot traffic. Only then can low volume justify 38. Choose…a conventional full-service branchremoval of local authoritya narrower physical footprintdigital service alone rather than disappearance by assumption.