26
Rosie says that in her own city the main problem is
Đáp án và giải thích
26. C
- Thông tin cần nghe:
Rosie says that in her own city the main problem is ________
- Thông tin trong bài:
Rosie: Let do that I love living in a big city but of course there are problems
Colin: Things like theft and robbery?
Rosie: Yes, but where I come from, that’s linked to another more serious issue, which is that a lot of people don’t have jobs. That’s getting worse and worse.
- Phân tích:
A. Crime
(Được nhắc đến nhưng không phải là vấn đề chính trong thành phố Rosie sinh sống
“Colin: Things like theft and robbery?
Rosie: Yes, but where I come from, that’s linked to another more serious issue”)
B. Housing (được nhắc đến nhưng tình trạng này không trầm trọng
Rosie: “And we also still have quite a lot of people who are homeless, though that’s not quite so bad as it was.”
C. unemployment
(Ở thành phố của Rosie, vấn đề nghiêm trọng nhất là nhiều người không có việc làm.
“that’s linked to another more serious issue, which is that a lot of people don’t have jobs”)
27
What recent additions to the outskirts of their cities are both students happy about
Đáp án và giải thích
27. A
- Thông tin cần nghe:
What recent additions to the outskirts of their cities are both students happy about?
- Thông tin trong bài:
Colin: But the outskirts are ideal for buildings that need a lot of space, like for conferences. They’ve opened a couple of big ones.
Rosie: Yes, we’ve got some too.
- Phân tích:
A. conference centres
(2 người đều đồng tình rằng nơi ngoại ô thích hợp để xây những công trình cần nhiều không gian như conferences
“conferences” = conference centres)
B. sports centres
(Khu vực ngoại ô ở nơi 2 bạn này sống đều chưa có thêm sports center nào cả)
Rosie: It’d be nicer to have more facilities for things like football too, but that’s not happening where I live.
Colin: Same in my area.
C. retail center
(Colin không vui vì điều này
Rosie: Yeah, they’ve opened some massive new shopping centres outside my city.
Colin: Yeah, the same with mine, but it means a lot of the shops in the city centre are closing down.)
28
The students agree that developing disused industrial sites may
Đáp án và giải thích
28. A
- Thông tin cần nghe:
The students agree that developing disused industrial sites may
- Thông tin trong bài:
Rosie: We could include something about developing disused industrial sites. It seems like a good idea because you’re not doing any harm to the natural environment.
…
Rosie: Not really. And what people forget is that the often used quite dangerous materials, chemicals and things, which haven’t been properly cleared away, so the whole site has to be made safe.
Colin: Hmm, that can’t be cheap. And I bet it’s often not budgeted for.
Rosie: You’re right.
- Phân tích:
A. have unexpected costs.
(2 người đều đồng tình rằng chi phí phát sinh cho hóa chất thường chưa được dự trù trước
“not budgeted for” = unexpected)
B. damage the urban environment
(Rosie có nhắc đến nhưng Colin không bàn luận về điều này
Rosie: “And what people forget is that the often used quite dangerous materials, chemicals and things,..”)
C.destroy valuable historical buildings.
(Không được nhắc đến trong bài)
29
The students will mention Masdar City as an example of an attempt to achieve
Đáp án và giải thích
29. B
- Thông tin cần nghe:
The students will mention Masdar City as an example of an attempt to achieve
- Thông tin trong bài:
Colin: Have you read about Masdar City? In Abu Dhabi?
Rosie: It was designed to be a green city, wasn’t it? That might be a good example of a city which set out to depend entirely on renewable energy.
Colin: Yes we should say something about that.
- Phân tích:
A. daily collections for waste recycling.
(2 người có nhắc tới kế hoạch cho tái chế nhưng đây không phải là cái mà cả 2 muốn tập trung vào)
Rosie: “Yes and they had big plans for recycling to reduce waste to the lowest possible level. But let’s stick to talking about power sources”
B. sustainable energy use.
(Cả hai đều đồng tình rằng nên tập trung vào việc thành phố này dựa hoàn toàn vào năng lượng tái tạo
“depend entirely on renewable energy” = sustainable energy use)
C. free transport for everyone
(Không được nhắc đến trong bài)
30
When discussing the ecotown of Greenhill Abbots, Colin is uncertain about
Đáp án và giải thích
30. A
- Thông tin cần nghe:
When discussing the ecotown of Greenhill Abbots, Colin is uncertain about
- Thông tin trong bài:
Colin: Then there’s that ecotown in England, Greenhill Abbotts. It set out to conform to the usual principles, sustainability and so on. A lot of people were against it at first. They said the plans were unrealistic. I’m not sure how far they’ve got with it. I’ll check.
- Phân tích:
A. what its objectives were.
(Trái với thông tin trong bài, Colin hiểu rõ về mục đích của ecotown này
“... It set out to conform to the usual principles, sustainability and so on.”)
B. why there was opposition to it.
(Có nhắc đến sự phản đối nhưng Colin không thể hiện chắc chắc hay không
“A lot of people were against it at first. They said the plans were unrealistic.”)
C. how much of it has actually been built
(Colin không rõ tiến độ đang đến đâu
“not sure how far they’ve got with it” = uncertain about how much of it has actually been built.)