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Claire: Hi, Grant. What sort of competition do you think we should organize?

Grant: 1Well, Claire, the open day committee was pretty clear on that. It must be something with youth appeal.

Claire: 1That makes sense. After all, most of the visitors will have just left high school.

Grant: Yeah. So I was thinking technology.

Claire: Do you mean something which uses the latest technology, like an iPod?

Grant: Something like that, but a bit more expensive maybe.

Claire: What about the latest iPhone? I'm saving up for one right now.

Grant: 2Let's make it an iPad. I wish I'd had a tablet computer when I started university.

Claire: Yeah. That's a great idea. That should get a lot of our younger visitors interested.

Grant: Right. Let's go with that then.

Claire: Fine. We could go into town now and buy it. I saw great deals advertised at the Rick Smith store.

Grant: Oh, I don't think we'll have to worry about that. 3A university purchase order will probably be arranged through the resources and supplies section.

Claire: Well, that's settled then. What about the competition? Is it going to be a game of skill or a guessing game or something else?

Grant: What do you think would work best?

Claire: Good question. I don't think it should be anything too hard or anything that will make the visitors look silly. Some of them have such fragile egos.

Grant: True. So something that anyone can do. Nothing competitive, no skill or intelligence involved.

Claire: That's right. 4But the main thing is that the contestants have a lot of fun.

Grant: How do we do that?

Claire: Well, I was thinking of a popular TV series, Science fiction or science fantasy. I don't actually know the difference.

Grant: Go on.

Claire: 5It's a series where in every episode, the main characters step through a portal into another world or another era.

Grant: What's a portal?

Claire: It's like a gateway or entrance to something.

Grant: Okay. I get it. They'll be stepping into the new world of tertiary learning. So somehow, we encourage people to step through this portal. Then what?

Claire: They get their photo taken.

Grant: Is that all?

Claire: Not exactly. Let me think.

Grant: I can't see how that's a competition unless we pick the best photograph. But there's not much excitement or involvement in that for the participants.

Claire: Wait. 6We don't decide on the winner. I mean, no one person does. We get them, the public, to do it. How? Put all the photos on Facebook and the one with the most votes wins.

Grant: I agree. Good idea. But there's just one more thing I'm not clear about. How do we get hold of a portal?

Claire: 7I was thinking graduates of the engineering department could construct it as part of their contribution to open day.

Grant: How do visitors enter the competition on open day?

Claire: 8Well, firstly, they have to make their way to the portal photo booth on campus.

Grant: Okay. A bit like a treasure hunt to start with.

Claire: Yes. And then they get their photo taken stepping through the portal.

Grant: And they'll have to write down their 9details. You know, name, phone number, email. No. Hang on. Let's keep it simple. Just name and email address should do.

Claire: 10Then after say the July 30, people can visit the university Facebook page and vote for their favorite photo.

Grant: So the photo with the most votes wins.

Claire: Yes. I think that should generate quite a bit of interest.

Grant: What about a cutoff date?

Claire: Of course. Maybe, the most popular photo as of 5PM on the August 10 will collect the iPad.

Grant: And the winner will be notified by email.

Claire: And the winning photo will be enlarged and published in full color on the university Facebook page.

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Questions 1-7

1Clare and Grant must arrange a competition which will especially interest

2What will the prize be?

3Who will be responsible for buying the prize?

4What is the important aspect for entrants in the competition?

5In the science fiction series on television, what is on the other side of the gateway?

6Who will judge the competition?

7Who will build the portal?

Questions 8-10

The flow chart below has three gaps. Complete the chart of the Open Day Competition. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

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