Practice C16 Test 2 - Listening
Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. 

Copying photos to digital format 

Name of company: Picturerep 

Requirements 

  • Maximum size of photos is 30 cm, minimum size 4 cm.
  • Photos must not be in a 1………. or an album.

Cost 

  • The cost for 360 photos is £2 ……….  (including one disk).
  • Before the complete order is sent, 3……….  is required.

Services included in the price 

  • Photos can be placed in a folder, e.g. with the name 4……….  .
  • The 5……….  and contrast can be improved if necessary.
  • Photos which are very fragile will be scanned by 6……….  .

Special restore service (costs extra) 

  • It may be possible to remove an object from a photo, or change the 7………. 
  • A photo which is not correctly in 8……….  cannot be fixed.

Other information 

  • Orders are completed within 9……….  .
  • Send the photos in a box (not 10………. ).
1
frame
1
2
195
2
3
paymet - payment
3
4
Grandparents
4
5
clour//color
5
6
hand
6
7
background
7
8
focus
8
9
10days - ten days// 10 days
9
10
plastic
10

Đáp án và giải thích

Q1: frame 

Woman: That should be fine. And some of them are in a frame - should I take them  out before I send them? 

Man: Yes, please, we can’t copy them otherwise. And also the photos must all be  separate, they mustn’t be stuck into an album. 

Q2: 195 

Woman: ...So can you give me an idea of how much this will cost? I've got about  360 photos I think. 

Man: We charge £195 for 300 to 400 photos for the basic service.

Q3: payment 

Man: No, we won’t need anything until we’ve actually copied the pictures. Then  we’ll let you know how much it is, and once we’ve received the payment, we'll  send the parcel off to you. (parcel ở đây chính là bưu kiện chứa đơn hàng đã hoàn  thành – chính là từ khóa completed order trong đề bài) 

Q4: Grandparents 

Man: We’ll save each group in a different folder on the disk and If you like, you can  suggest a name for each folder. 

Woman: So I could have one called 'Grandparents’ for instance?

Q5: colour 

Woman: And do you do anything besides scan the photos? Like, can you make any  improvements?

Man: Yes, in the standard service each photo is checked, and we can sometimes  touch up the colour a bit, or improve the contrast. 

Q6: hand 

Woman: And some of the photos are actually quite fragile — they won’t get  damaged in the process, will they? 

Man: No, if any look particularly fragile, we'd do them bv hand. We do realise how Q6 

precious these old photos can be. 

Q7: background (phông nền của tấm ảnh) 

Man: if you want to remove an object from a photo, or maybe alter (v – thay đổi)  the background, we can do that. 

Q8: focus 

Woman: I’ve got a few that aren't properly in focus. Can you do anything to  make that better? 

Man: No, I’m afraid that’s one thing we can't do. 

Be in focus: dc lấy nét; 1 bức ảnh khi chụp lại được lấy nét rõ rang, nếu ko lấy  nét chính xác thì hình ảnh chính cần chụp sẽ bị mờ 

Q9: 10 days 

Woman: how long will it all take? 

Man: We aim to get the copying done in ten days.

Q10: plastic 

Man: If you’ve got a strong cardboard box, that’s best. We’ve found that plastic ones sometimes break in the post.Không dùng hộp nhựa vì sẽ bị vỡ trong quá trình vận chuyển bằng đường bưu  điện

Questions 11 – 15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. 

Minster Park 

11
Dartfield House school used to be

Đáp án và giải thích

Q11: C 

It was commissioned by a businessman, Neville Richards, and intended as his family  home, but he died before it was completed (loại trừ đáp án B vì ngôi nhà chưa xây  xong thì ông chủ đã qua đời). His heir chose to sell it to the local council, who  turned it into offices. (chốt dc đáp án C). A later plan to convert it into a tourist  information centre didn’t come about, through lack of money (loại bỏ đáp án A) 

12
What is planned with regard to the lower school?

Đáp án và giải thích

Q12: B 

The lower school will move to new buildings that will be constructed on the main  site. Developers will construct houses on the existing lower school site. Hiểu đơn giản: Lower school và Main site là 2 khu vực riêng biệt. Sắp tới nhiều  tòa nhà mới sẽ được xây ở Main site và toàn bộ khu lower school sẽ chuyển sang  đó, còn chỗ lower school hiện tại sẽ để xây houses.  

13
The catering has been changed because of

Đáp án và giải thích

Q13: A 

The canteen is always very busy throughout the lunch period - in fact it's often full  to capacity, because a lot of our pupils like the food that’s on offer there => (loại trừ đáp án C). But there’s only one serving point, so most pupils have to wait a  considerable time to be served => (chốt dc đáp án A). This is obviously  unsatisfactory, as they may have hardly finished their lunch before afternoon lessons  start. => (loại trừ đáp án B, chưa hề nhắc đến thay đổi timetable) 

14
Parents are asked to

Đáp án và giải thích

Q14: A 

one thing we ask you to do, to help in the smooth running of the Food Hall, is to  discuss with your children each morning which type of food they want to eat that day so they can go straight  to the 

relevant serving point. => (chốt dc đáp án A, chọn trước loại đồ ăn để chủ động đi  đến nơi serving point tương ứng) There won’t be any junk food - everything on offer  will be healthy => (loại trừ đáp án C, bố mẹ không cần khuyên, ở đó đều là đồ ăn  healthy hết) - and there’s no change to the current system of paying for lunches by topping up your  child’s electronic payment card online. => (loại trừ đáp án B, hệ thống trả tiền vẫn như cũ,  ko có gì thay đổi)

15
What does the speaker say about the existing canteen?

Đáp án và giải thích

Q15: C 

You may be wondering what will happen to the old canteen. We’ll still have tables  and chairs in there, and pupils can eat food from the Food Hall or lunch they’ve  brought from home.  

Question 16-18

What comment does the speaker make about each of the following serving points in the Food Hall? Choose THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-D, next to Questions 16-18. 

Comments 

A   pupils help to plan menus 

B   only vegetarian food 

C   different food every week 

D   daily change in menu 

Food available at serving points in Food Hall 

World Adventures 16…………… 

Street Life 17…………… 

Speedy Italian 18…………… 

16
D
16
17
c - A
17
18
B
18

Đáp án và giải thích

Q16: D 

One serving point we call World Adventures. This will serve a different country’s  cuisine each dav. maybe Chinese one day and Lebanese the next.

Q17: A 

Street Life is also international, with food from three particular cultures. We'll ask  pupils to make suggestions 

Q18: B 

The Speedy Italian serving point will cater particularly for the many pupils who  don't eat meat or fish

Question 19- 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

19
Which TWO optional after-school lessons are new?

Q19 and 20: C and B 

OK, that’s all on the new Food Hall. Now after-school lessons. These are very  popular with pupils, particularly swimming - in fact there’s a waiting list for lessons.

Cycling Is another favourite, => (loại trừ 2 đáp án A và D, vì 2 môn này vốn đã được  học sinh ưa chuộng, ko phải môn mới) … 

As you know, we have a well-equipped performance centre, and we’re going to  start drama classes => (chốt đáp án C acting = diễn xuất, drama = kịch) in there,  too. Pupils will be able to join in just for fun or work up to taking part in a play - we  hope to put on at least one a year. We already teach a number of pupils to use the  sound and lighting systems in the centre => (loại trừ đáp án E, đã dạy môn này rồi).  And a former pupil has given a magnificent grand piano to the school, so a few  pupils will be able to learn at the school instead of going to the local college, as  many of them do at the moment. => (chốt đáp án B)

Questions 21-24

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. 

Assignment on sleep and dreams 

21
Luke read that one reason why we often forget dreams is that

Đáp án và giải thích

Q21: B 

Luke: … if we remembered everything, we might get mixed up about what  actually happened and what we dreamed. So it’s a sort of protection

22
What do Luke and Susie agree about dreams predicting the future?

Đáp án và giải thích

Q22: A 

Susie: … I've read is that for each dream that comes true, we have thousands  that don’t, but we don’t notice those, we don’t even remember them. We just  remember the ones where something in the real world, like a view or an action,  happens to trigger a dream memory.

Luke:Right. So it’s just a coincidence really.

23
Susie says that a study on pre-school children having a short nap in the day

Đáp án và giải thích

Q23: C 

Susie: There was an experiment some students did here last term to see at what age  kids should stop having naps. But they didn't really find an answer => (nghi ngờ đáp án C) They spent a lot of time working out the most appropriate methodology => (loại trừ đáp án B), but the results didn’t seem to show any obvious patterns.  (thêm 1 thông tin khẳng định đáp án C)

24
In their last assignment, both students had problems with

Đáp án và giải thích

Q24: C 

Luke: Last time I had problems with the final stage, where we had to describe  and justify how successful we thought we’d been. I struggled a bit with the action  plan too. (Luke thấy khó với C và B)  

Susie:I was OK with the planning, but I got marked down for the self-assessment  as well. And I had big problems with the statistical stuff, that’s where I really lost  marks. (Sussie thấy khó với A và C) => chốt C 

Question 25-30

Decide on research question: 

Is there a relationship between hours of sleep and number of dreams? 

 

Decide on sample: 

Twelve students from the 25………….. department 

 

Decide on methodology: 

Self-reporting 

Decide on procedure: 

Answers on 26……………….. 

 

Check ethical guidelines for working with 27………………..  

Ensure that risk is assessed and 28……………….. is kept to a minimum 

 

Analyse the results 

Calculate the correlation and make a 29……………….. 

 

30……………….. the research 

 

25
history
25
26
paper
26
27
human - humans//people
27
28
stress
28
29
- graph
29
30
avaluate - evaluate
30

Đáp án và giải thích

Q25: history  

Luke: Let’s use people from a different department. What about history? Susie:Yes, they might have interesting dreams! Or literature students? Luke:I don’t really know any. 

Susie:OK, forget that idea. 

Q26: paper 

Susie: But in this case, paper might be better as they’ll be doing it straight after  they wake up. 

Q27: humans 

Luke: And we’ll have to check the ethical guidelines for this sort of research. Susie:Mm, because our experiment involves humans, so there are special  regulations

Q28: stress 

Luke: Yes, I had a look at those for another assignment l did. There’s a whole section on risk assessment, and another section on making sure they aren’t put under any  unnecessary stress.

Q29: graph 

Susie: Then when we’ve collected all our data we have to analyse it and calculate  the 

correlation between our two variables, that’s time sleeping and number of dreams  and then present our results visually in a graph 

Q30:  

Luke:Right. And the final thing is to think about our research and evaluate it.

Question 31-40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. 

Health benefits of dance 

Recent findings: 

  • All forms of dance produce various hormones associated with feelings of happiness.
  • Dancing with others has a more positive impact than dancing alone.
  • An experiment on university students suggested that dance increases 31……………..
  • For those with mental illness, dance could be used as a form of 32……………..

Benefits of dance for older people: 

  • accessible for people with low levels of 33……………..
  • reduces the risk of heart disease
  • better 34…………….. reduces the risk of accidents
  • improves 35…………….. function by making it work faster
  • improves participants’ general well-being
  • gives people more 36…………….. to take exercise
  • can lessen the feeling of 37…………….., very common in older people

Benefits of Zumba: 

  • A study at The University of Wisconsin showed that doing Zumba for 40 minutes uses up as many 38…………….. as other quite intense forms of exercise.
  • The American Journal of Health Behavior study showed that:

     –  women suffering from 39…………….. benefited from doing Zumba. 

     –  Zumba became a 40…………….. for the participants. 

 

31
creativity
31
32
teraphy - therapy
32
33
fitness
33
34
balance
34
35
brain
35
36
motivation
36
37
isolat - isolation
37
38
caloies - calories
38
39
1-2kg - obesity
39
40
habit
40

Đáp án và giải thích

Q31: creativity 

In another experiment, university researchers at York and Sheffield took a group of  students and sent each of them into a lab where music was played for five minutes.  Each had to choose from three options: to sit and listen quietly to the music, to cycle  on an exercise bike while they listened, or to get up and dance. All were given  cognitive tasks to perform before and after. The result showed that those who chose  to dance showed much more creativity when doing problem-solving tasks. 

Q32: therapy  

Doctor Lovatt at the University of Hertfordshire believes dance could be a very  useful way to help people suffering from mental health problems. He thinks  dance should be prescribed as therapy to help people overcome issues such as  depression. 

Q33: fitness 

It’s well established that dance is a good way of encouraging adolescent girls to take  exercise but what about older people? Studies have shown that there are enormous  benefits for people in their sixties and beyond. One of the great things about dance  is that there are no barriers to participation. Anyone can have a go, even those whose standard of fitness is quite low

Q34: balance 

And there’s plenty of evidence which suggests that dancing lowers the risk of falls,  which could result in a broken hip, for example, by helping people to improve their  balance

Q35: brain 

For older people, this kind of activity is especially important because it forces their  brain to process things more quickly and to retain more information.

Q36: motivation 

Participants report feeling less tired and having greater motivation to be more  active and do daily activities such as gardening or walking to the shops or a park

Q37: isolation 

This helps to develop new relationships and can reduce older people’s sense of  isolation, which is a huge problem in many countries. 

Q38: calories 

John Porcari, a professor of exercise and sport science at the University of  Wisconsin, analysed a group of women who were Zumba regulars and found that  a class lasting 40 minutes burns about 370 calories. This Is similar to  moderately intense exercises like step aerobics or kickboxing. 

Q39: obesity 

A study in the American Journal of Health Behavior showed that when women  with obesity did Zumba three times a week for 16 weeks, they lost an average of  1.2 kilos and lowered their percentage of body fat by 1%. 

Q40: habit

More importantly, the women enjoyed the class so much that they made it a habit and continued to attend classes at least once a week.

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