Test 7
Test 7
Test 7
SECTION 1 Question 1 - 10
Complete the table below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer
Facilities:
3 bedroom and 2 bathrooms
A remodelled 4……
No 5…..
A 6…… with a work area
Utilities
The landlord will provide landscaping service, but the tenants must 7… the
grass
The tenants should pay $15 for trasing and 8…. Service.
The tenants should pay for electricity water and gas bills.
Other information
There is no central air conditions, but there is a 9…. Conditioning unit.
Name of landlord: Sam 10…………
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SECTION 2 Questions 11-20
Questions 11-16
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C
11 when does the riding in the park open?
A 9.00 am
B 9.30 am
C 10.00 am
12 How much does a Family- fast- line Track ticket cost if you book online?
A £78
B £95
C £113
13 what is suggested when you plan to go the lake in the park?
A take a camera
B go there in summer
C take waterproof clothes
14 what is special about the rollercroaster bike?
A it uses special materials
B it is the most exciting activity
C It is designed for families
15 what should they bring to the resort?
A food for the picnic
B cameras
C bottled water
16 what activity is recommended toward the end of a day trip?
A watching fireworks
B going fishing
C joining the circus
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Questions 17-20
What comment is made about each of the following activities?
Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Question
17- 20
Comments
A doesn’t have a long wait
B is suitable for all families
C is suitable for children
D is suitable for young adults
E is based on a real story
F is the most frightening one
G has a surprising ending
Activities
17 Cowboy Show ………….
18 Driving School Ride …….......
19 Rollercoaster Jumping ………
20 Magic Show …………
Questions 21-22
Choose TWO letters, A- E
Which TWO aspects should people just graduating from secondary schools emphasise?
A degree of motivation
B practical experience
C eagerness to learn
D educational qualifications
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E other areas of interests outside work
Question 23 and 24
Choose TWO letters, A- E
Which TWO of the following are mentioned about women returned to work after raising
children?
A they have limited working time
B they are more expensive to retrain.
C they are very mature
D they lack confidence
E they have difficulty in re- adjusting to work
Questions 25 and 26
Which TWO types of people do employers always avoid hiring?
A people who have worked for a rival company
B people who have worked for their previous company for a long time
C people who were sacked by a previous company
D people who have been unemployed for a long time
E people who quit their job because it was unsuitable
Question 27-29
Choose THREE letters, A-G
Which THREE factors are mentioned as reasons why people avoid hiring retrenched
workers?
A lack or experience relevant to new industries
B higher costs of employment
C comparatively old age
D lack of work experience
E the difficulty of retraining
F the reputation of the previous company
G previous skills which are useless
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Question 30
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for the answer.
Reasons for rejection during the application process
Unsuitable experience and skills
Applicants’inappropriate 30….. and appearance
Poor social skills
SECTION 4
Questions 31-40
Organic Farming
Advantages
Organic farming is 31……….
It can boost the 32……. Of organic food products
It can save necessary 33…….. for producing pesticides and fertilisers
Comparison with traditional Farming
34…. Which double in number may attack organic vegetables.
Production of organic vegetables such as tomatoes and 35………. Is 40%
lower.
Winter weed production is 36…….. lower than it used to be.
Production of organic products for animals including organic 37…… keeps the
same.
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38 what happened to organic farming in India?
A Yields increased
A it depends on consumers.
TEST 7
READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Question 1-13 which are based on Reading
A. Leatherback turtles follow the general sea turtle body plan of having a large,
flattened, round body with two pairs of very large flippers and a short tail. Like other sea
turtles, the leatherback’s flattened forelimbs are adapted for swimming in the open
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ocean. Claws are absent from both pairs of flippers. The Leatherback’s flippers arc the
largest in proportion to its body among extant sea turtles. Leatherback’s front flippers
can grow up to 2.7 meters (9 ft) in large specimens, the largest flippers (even in
comparison to its body) of any sea turtle. As the last surviving member of its family, the
leatherback turtle has several distinguishing characteristics that differentiate it from
other sea turtles. Its most notable feature is that it lacks the bony carapace of the other
extant sea turtles.
B. During the past month, four turtles have washed up along Irish coasts from Wexford
to Kerry. These turtles arc more typical of warmer waters and only occur in Irish waters
when they stray off course. It is likely that they may have originated from Florida,
America. Two specimens have been taken to Coastal and Marine Resources Centre
(stored at the National Maritime College), University College Cork, where a necropsy
(post mortem for animals) will be conducted to establish their age, sex and their exact
origin. During this same period, two leatherback turtles were found in Scotland, and a
rare Kemp’s Ridley turtle was found in Wales, thus making it an exceptional month for
stranded turtles in Ireland and the UK.
C. Actually, There has been extensive research conducted regarding the sea turtles’
abilities to return to their nesting regions and sometimes exact locations from hundreds
of miles away. In the water, their path is greatly affected by powerful currents. Despite
their limited vision, and lack of landmarks in the open water, turtles are able to retrace
their migratory paths. Some explanations of this phenomenon have found that sea
turtles can detect the angle and intensity of the earth’s magnetic fields.
D. However, Loggerhead turtles are not normally found in Irish waters, because water
temperatures here are far too cold for their survival. Instead, adult loggerheads prefer
the warmers waters of the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and North America’s east
coast. The four turtles that were found have probably originated from the North
American population of loggerheads. However it will require genetic analysis to confirm
this assumption. It is thought that after leaving their nesting beach as hatchlings (when
they measure 4.5 cm in length), these tiny turtles enter the North Atlantic Gyre (a giant
circular ocean current) that takes them from America, across to Europe (Azores area),
down towards North Africa, before being transported back again to America via a
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different current. This remarkable round trip may take many years during which these
tiny turtles grow by several centimetres a year. Loggerheads may circulate around the
North Atlantic several times before they settle in the coastal waters of Florida or the
Caribbean.
E. These four turtles were probably on their way around the Atlantic when they strayed
a bit too far north from the Gulf Stream. Once they did, their fate was sealed, as the
cooler waters of the North East Atlantic are too cold for loggerheads (unlike leatherback
turtles which have many anatomical and physiological adaptations to enable them to
swim in our seas). Once in cool waters, the body of a loggerhead begins to shut down
as they get ‘cold stunned’, then get hypothermia and die.
F. Leatherbacks are in immanent danger of extinction. A critical factor (among others) is
the harvesting of eggs from nests. Valued as a food delicacy, Leatherback eggs are
falsely touted to have aphrodisiacal properties in some cultures. The leatherback, unlike
the Green Sea turtle, is not often killed for its meat; however, the increase in human
populations coupled with the growing black market trade has escalated their egg
depletion. Other critical factors causing the leatherbacks’ decline are pollution such as
plastics (leatherbacks eat this debris thinking it is jellyfish; fishing practices such as
longline fishing and gill nets, and development on habitat areas. Scientists have
estimated that there are only about 35,000 Leatherback turtles in the world.
G. We are often unable to understand the critical impact a species has on the
environment—that is, until that species becomes extinct. Even if we do not know the
role a creature plays in the health of the environment, past lessons have taught US
enough to know that every animal and plant is one important link in the integral chain of
nature. Some scientists now speculate that the Leatherback may play an important role
in the recovery of diminishing fish populations. Since the Leatherback consumes its
weight in jellyfish per day, it helps to keep Jellyfish populations in check. Jellyfish
consume large quantities of fish larvae. The rapid decline in Leatherback populations
over the last 50 years has been accompanied by a significant increase in jellyfish and a
marked decrease in fish in our oceans. Saving sea turtles is an International endeavor.
Question 1-6
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Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below.
NB There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.
List of Headings
1. Paragraph B
2. Paragraph C
3. Paragraph D
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph F
6. Paragraph G
Question 7 -13
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Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
8. What is the most noticeable difference between other sea turtles and leatherbacks?
11. By which means can sea turtles retrace their migratory paths?
12. For what purpose are Green Sea turtles killed by people?
13. What kind of species will benefits from a decline in Leatherback populations?
READING PASSAGE 2
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on
Reading Passage 2 below.
Thoughtful Computing system
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we could simply turn off the phones, close the e-mail program, and shut the office door
when it is time for a meeting or a stretch of concentrated work, we usually don’t. We just
endure the consequences.
C. Numerous studies have shown that when people are unexpectedly interrupted, they
not only work less efficiently but also make more mistakes. “It seems to add
cumulatively to a feeling of frustration,” Picard reports, and that stress response makes
it hard to regain focus. It isn’t merely a matter of productivity and the pace of life. For
pilots, drivers, soldiers and doctors, errors of inattention can be downright dangerous. “If
we could just give our computers and phones some understanding of the limits of
human attention and memory, it would make them seem a lot more thoughtful and
courteous,” says Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research. Horvitz, Vertegaal, Selker and
Picard are among a small but growing number of researches trying to teach computers,
phones, care and other gadgets to behave less like egocentric oafs and more
likeconsiderate colleagues.
D. “Attentive” computing systems have begun appearing in newer Volvos and IBM has
introduced Websphere communications software with a basic busyness sense.
Microsoft has beat running extensive in-house tests of a much more sophisticated
system since 2003. Within a few years, companies may be able to offer every office
worker a software version of the personal receptionist that only comer-suite executives
enjoy today. But if such an offer should land in your inbox, be sure to read the print
before you sign. An attentive system, by definition, is one that Ỉ B always watching. That
considerate computer may come to know more about your work habits than you do.
E. Most people aren’t as busy as they think they are, which is why we can usually
tolerate interruptions from our inconsiderate electronic paraphernalia. James Fogarty
and Scott E. Hudson of Carnegie Mellon University recently teamed up with Jennifer Lai
of IBM Research to study 10 managers, researchers and interns at work. They
videotaped the subjects and periodically had them rate then “interruptibility.” The
amount of time the workers spent in leave-me-alone mode varied from person to person
and day to day, ranging from 10 to 51 percent. On average, the subjects wanted to work
without interruption about one third of the time. In studies of Microsoft employees,
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Horvitz has similarly found that they typically spend more than 65 percent of theft day in
a state of low attention.
F. Today’s phones and computers, winch naively assume that die user is never too
busy to take a call, read an email, or click “OK” on an alert box, thus are probably
correct about two thirds of time. To be useful, then, considerate systems will have to be
more than 65 percent accurate in sensing when their users are near theft cognitive
limits.
G. Bestcom/Enhanced Telephony, a Microsoft prototype based on Horvitz’s weak, digs
a little deeper into each user’s computer to find clues about what they are up to.
Microsoft launched an internal beta test of the system in mid-2003. By last October,
Horvitz says, about 3,800 people were using the system to field their incoming phone
calls.
H. Horvitz himself is one of those testers, and while we talk in his office in Redmond,
Wash, Bestcom silently handles one call after another. First it checks whether the caller
is listed in his address book, the company directory, or its log of people he has called
recently. Triangulating these sources, it tries to deduce their relationship. Family
members, supervisors and people he called earlier today ring through Others see a
message on their computer that he is in a meeting and won’t be available until 3 RM.
The system scans Horvitz’s and the caller’s calendar and offers to reschedule the call at
a time that is open for both Some callers choose that option; others leave voice mail. E-
mail messages get a similar screening. When Horvitz is out of the office, Bestcom
automatically offers to forward selected callers to his cellphone—unless his calendar
and other evidence suggest that he is in a meeting.
I. Most large companies already use computerized phone systems and standard
calendar and contact management software, so tapping into those “sensors” should be
straightforward. Not all employees will like the idea of having a microphone on all the
time in them office, however, nor will everyone want to expose them datebook to some
program they do not ultimately control. Moreover, some managers might be tempted to
equate a “state of low attention” with “goofing off” and punish those who seem
insufficiently busy.
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Questions 14-19
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2? In
14. According to Ted Selker, human productivity has been disturbed by office
competitors frequently.
15. If people are interrupted by calls or E-mails, they usually put up with it instead of
16. Microsoft is now investigating a software which is compatible with ordinary office
units
17. People usually have misperception about whether they are busy or not.
19. Advanced phone and computer system will install a shortcut key for people receive
information immediately.
Question 20-26
Answer the questions in the diagram below.
Choose ONLY ONE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from like passage for each answer.
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READING PASSAGE 3
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on Reading
Passage 3 on pages 10 and 11.
Recording History
Not too long ago, America's culture was recorded mainly on paper, vinyl and film, and
deposited at the Library of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office. Nowadays, the
seeds of future history may be flowing in huge volume from Web designers and content
providers directly into peoples' homes, and the Library of Congress and other archivists
are trying to create new systems to ensure the information is saved. It's a big job, they
say, but also a big opportunity."We are given an opportunity through the digital medium
to create libraries and disseminate knowledge in ways never possible before, and if we
make the wrong steps, we can lose not only this opportunity, but also our cultural
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heritage that's in digital form," says Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive.
Records, the Internet, Could Be Future Keys to Our Times. Kahle's Archive is working
with the Library of Congress and private industry to preserve a record of the Internet for
future generations, and has been saving parts of the Web for five years. Kahle says he
knows of "no good [archived Internet] collection pre-1996" and he feels that's a shame.
But, he adds, it is not unprecedented in history. "The early version of whatever media is
usually lost," he says. "Early films were recycled for their silver content. Any books from
the first 50 years of printing demand a very high price, because they rarely exist. And
the library of Alexandria [an attempt to archive collected knowledge of the ancient world]
is best known for being burned by three successive governments — first the Romans,
then the Christians, then the Muslims."
Planning a Preservation System. Still, archivists don't want to fall behind this time, if
they can help it. In December, Congress appropriated $100 million to the Library of
Congress to develop a national program to preserve digital information. The effort is
about more than just money, say archiving professionals. "The first stage of the plan is
to make sure we understand the issues related to long-term preservation," says Laura
Campbell of the Library of Congress' Digital Infrastructure Program. "What are the
considerations to making sure this content isn't lost to future generations?"
To that end, the Library is consulting with prominent publishers of Internet and digital
content, attempting to reach agreement on preservation standards and work out deals
for archiving information, says Winston Tabb, the associate librarian for library services.
In some cases, the Library is discussing with publishers of copyrighted professional
journals, news sites and Webzines, ways that it can assist with archiving their content.
Currently, publishers can assert their copyrights, store all the information themselves
and forbid local duplication and storage by libraries and archives.
Vulnerable Data? At the same time, the Library is conducting what may be the first
independent scientific tests on the stability of digital storage formats, starting with
compact disks, so that it knows how long it can expect information saved in such
formats to last. "We don't see anyone out there doing this kind of study, so it does fill an
important niche," says Marc Roosa, director of preservation for the Library of Congress.
Such information is important to the Library, the U.S. Copyright Office, and other
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libraries with growing and aging collections of music CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs and data
stored on writable CDs, that may need to duplicate their collections to save the data.
Experts say the Internet is an even stronger example of the here-today-gonetomorrow
aspect of the digital age. Preservation efforts must begin now, they say, as archivists
often cite conventional wisdom that the average life of a Web page is about two months.
In recent years, Kahle says, the Internet Archive has taken snapshots of all legally
accessible parts of the Internet every two months, so that people in the future will have
some idea how it looked and what surfing the Web circa 1996 to 2001 was like. Areas of
the Web designated as off limits by site creators, or password protected, are among
areas not saved during the Internet Archive's automated sweeps. (Some parts of
ABCNEWS.com are forbidden to archivists.)
So far, the archive has collected 40 terrabytes of information, about double the amount
of digital space it would take to store the Library of Congress' collection of text-based
material, Kahle says. The archive plans to transfer its data to new hard drives every five
years so that the information it contains is not lost to decaying digital bits. The digital
material accessible through his site's "way-back machine" includes a two-terrabyte
archive of sites related to the 2000 presidential election, frozen as they were and stored
periodically as the election campaign and its post-election aftermath progressed. Some
pages from the 1996 election also are accessible. Most of the pages from both elections
are no longer available elsewhere on the Web in their original form.
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However, reconstructing records for the Web gets even harder the farther back in time
you go, meaning already there is a loss of historical information. "If somebody were to
try to write a dissertation today about the Web in 1994, say, they would be hard-pressed
to find the kind of archival primary materials that they'd want," says Patsy Baudoin, e-
journal archiving project manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology libraries.
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The reading passages 3, A- E, which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A- E , inboxes 27-31 on your answer sheet.
Questions 32-36
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C identify important content.
D teach the importance of preservation.
Questions 37-40
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Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer
The data will be copied regularly so that it remains 40 ............ in the future. But
TEST 7
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WRITING TASK 1 ( rút từ đề thi gốc)
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
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Write about the following topic:
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KEY LISTENING
Section 1: Rented Propert ies Section 3:
Information About a House
KEY READING
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Thoughtful Computing Recording History
Protecting turtles system
1. i 14. NOT GIVEN
2. iv 15. TRUE 27 C
3. ix 16. TRUE 28 A
4. viii 17. TRUE 29 G
5. x 18. FALSE 30 B
6. iii 19. NOT GIVEN 31 F
7. 35,000 20. clues 32 D
8. the bony carapace 21. relationship 33 C
9. cold waters/ 22. message 34 A
temperature 23. reschedule 35 B
10. Florida, America, the 24. voice mail 36 C
North American 25. cellphone 37 H
11. (detecting) magnetic 26. meeting 38 B
fields 39K
12. its meat 40 C
13. jellyfish
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