Professional Documents
Culture Documents
New-Authentic 2021
New-Authentic 2021
Write NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank.
- Woodland, which houses thousands of (1) __________ chickens and millions of black soldier fly larvae, is a family-run
farm in Cambridgeshire.
- At Woodland, the chickens’ diet now consists of home-grown insects, which are produced by an AI system that can directly
(2) __________ by-products, rather than (3) __________ wheat as previously.
- Made of trays containing 20.000 larvae each, the (4) __________ system is operated by a panel and an app in
development.
- To (5) __________ the process of insect production for farmers is the aim of Better Origin, the University of Cambridge
(6) ___________ running the trial.
- The founder of Better Origins stated that implementing the system can lead to a significant decrease in (7) __________.
- The performance of each insect tray can be tracked using a (8) __________ which processes data analyzed by (9)
__________.
- The farmer cited excellent feather coverage and (10) __________ as reasons why he was happy with the trial.
For questions 1-10, listen to a report about flood and complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS taken from the recording in each blank
- Millions of Sindh inhabitants have been severely affected by floods resulting from monsoon rains pouring down on (1)
__________.
- One Sindh resident reported having to live with no shelter and no provision of (2) __________.
- Rural Sindh residents, whose (3) __________ was damaged and whose (4) __________ was lost, are under the
impression that the government has ignored them.
- The Sindh government, having declared a state of emergency in August, condemned the federal government for their (5)
__________.
- The World Food Programme said the risk of (6) __________ was what they were especially worried about, among other
concerns like the lack of (7) __________ as well as food and water shortages on (8) __________ where thousands are
taking refuge.
- Support in the form of (9) __________ will continue as people continue to struggle, particularly in the area considered to
be the (10) __________ of Sindh.
For questions 1-10, listen to a report about animal cruelty in a German laboratory and complete the summary
below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank.
- In Hamburg, animal rights activists have been targeting a building which is in fact a secretive lab that, based on contracts
signed with (1) __________, conducts (2) ___________ on animals, despite its (3) __________ appearance.
- According to Friedrich Mülln, accessing the lab was challenging as the personnel is (4) __________ and are always on
the lookout for hidden cameras.
- Realizing from the footage obtained that there was no discernible (5) __________ or change in the last 16 years, Friedrich
was shocked.
-Detention in (6) __________, pipe insertion, poisoning, and (7) __________ are examples of behaviours that Friedrich
called (8) __________ in experimenting with animals.
-Friedrich states that the footage (which also included scenes of a monkey being roughly handled by a (9) __________ and
dogs bleeding to death during testing) reveals how the pharmaceutical industry exemplified by (10) __________ such as
the LPT, is addicted to the terrible practice of treating animals cruelly in lab tests for profit.
For questions 1-10, listen to a talk about Facebook collecting users’ data and complete the summary below. Write
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank.
1. The general public assume that Facebook can only collect data they choose to ______ online such as their names,
ages, or interests.
2. In actual fact, Facebook combine them with other sources of data in order to ____________ of its users.
3. Signals such as ______________ enable FB to figure out your relationship status.
4. Location tracking features being turned on means FB have access to _____________ of location data, which is
utilized to ______________ at the user.
5. Facebook is not only capable of tracking your online shopping activities, but also your ___________. This is made
possible thanks to their partnerships with ________________.
6. For instance, a Facebook user could get online advertisements for ______________ if they use their Facebook-
linked credit card to pay for a __________ in real life.
7. “People You May Know” feature feeds on your location data, or your _________.
8. Geofeedia, claiming to have helped the Baltimore Police Department ___________________ protests, is a service
that _________________ from social networks.
9. In a way, Facebook is able to speculate about its users’ ____________.
For questions 1-10, listen to a news report about a type of mushroom-based leather and complete the summary
below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank.
- In the Indonesian city of Bandung, mushrooms are not only a source of (1) __________ and nourishment but also serve
as the raw material for a new textile.
- Mycelium, a (2) __________ of mushrooms that strongly resembles leather without any PU or PVC, makes them the
perfect ingredient of a sustainable future leather.
- Adi Reza Nugroho (3) _________ and turned his startup into one that focuses on mycelium instead of (4) __________
with a view to developing a new fashion industry.
- To produce (5) __________ mycelium, mushroom spores are mixed with cleaned and locally sourced (6) __________,
which is considered to be a “treasure” at Adi’s company.
- Although he initially (7) __________ the idea, shoe seller Yukka Harlanda was interested in mycelium fabric, which is
flexible, robust, durable, eco-friendly, sustainable and (8) __________.
- Yukka expressed his confidence about the future of the mycelium shoe project, despite the (9) __________ to be
overcome and the large amount of work to do.
- Given rising demands, Adi’s company will (10) __________ on production capacity to complete their orders.
For questions 1-10, listen to a news report about healthcare and complete the summary below. Write NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank.
- Dr Larry Smarr is quickly being recognized as the father of personalized medicine, a title that reflects his (1) __________
and innovative way of thinking, as evidenced by how he directed his own surgery after examining his anatomy in (2)
__________.
- Dr. Larry, who likened his approach to bringing video games into (3) __________, realized the potential of combining
breakthroughs in (4) __________ and computer graphics to produce transparent versions of people.
- Dr. Larry found out that he had a type of (5) ___________ with health data from “Transparent Larry” - his own (6)
__________ created using (7) __________ along with three-dimensional visualizations gathered over nearly 10 years.
- With (8) __________, both Larry and the team operating on him gained more confidence.
- Dr. Larry is optimistic about a future in which (9) __________ will replace the current (10) __________ and turn it into a
true “healthcare” one.
For questions 1-10, listen to a news report about wildfires in California and complete the summary below. Write
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank.
- With lightning causing forest and brush that is (1) __________ to burn, California has been (2) __________ by wildfires
since August.
- Many homes and a notable proportion of the state’s land area has been burned by monstrous fires, which were created
as (3) __________ were intensified by (4) __________, hot weather and high winds.
- In a tweet, Cal Fire reported a (5) __________: although the most (6) __________ in California has only just started, the
(7) __________ in the state is already reaching unprecedented levels.
- Firefighting efforts are now focused on the Glass Fire, which devastated (8) __________ in the state’s well-known
country.
- Meanwhile, it is projected that as global warming influences how dry the (9) __________ is, there will be (10)
__________ of extreme fire weather conditions.
SCIENCE OF LAZINESS
1. The human brain and body have both been evolutionally _________ to respond positively to natural rewards like food
or exercise.
2. Exercise can release the addictive chemical _________, which helps in guaranteeing _____________ of the human
species.
3. Despite its being a fundamental part of ___________, many people tend to shun physical activity.
4. In the experiment which involves mice running on _____________, by the end of the study, one group of mice ran
___________ more than the other group.
5. The former had brains with bigger __________________ and regions responsible for motivation and reward.
6. Without activity, their brains would behave in the same way that drug addicted rodents do when
__________________.
7. Many of our traits are determined by our genes, such as ______________, ____________, work ethics, or laziness.
8. A _____________ in a normal gene regulating activity levels would result in laziness, and those having this gene
prefer doing little compared to those with the _______________.
You are going to listen to an interview with Professor Sarah Gilbert from Oxford University about the potential side
effects of a new Covid-19 vaccine. For question 1 to 8, listen and fill in the gaps with NO MORE THAN three words
and/or a number taking from the recording.
• In the clinical studies by Prof Gilbert’s team, three different doses of the vaccine were used and (1) ___________ to
each of those observed.
• The immediate dose of the vaccine was found to be less (2) _________ than the highest dose.
• (3) __________ was recorded among some of those injected with the highest dose.
• In addition to that, there were reported cases of participants with (4) ________________, mild pain at (5)
________________, and (6) ________________ post-vaccination.
• The researchers administered (7) ___________________ to participants, which seemed to have resulted in a slight
decline in (8) ___________________.