Thi thử cuối khóa – Listening & Reading. Quy tắc: nghe một lần, không mở lời thoại; Reading 40 phút cho hai bài. Chấm bài sau khi làm xong cả hai phần.
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🎧 Phần 1 – Listening (khoảng 25 phút)
Part 1 – Câu 1–5: ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER
🎧 Bài nghe
A woman calls to book a place on a weekend photography course (giả định)
Nghe tối đa 2 lần trước khi xem lời thoại.
📄 Xem lời thoại (sau khi làm bài)
- Organiser
- Hello, Lakeside Arts Centre.
- Caller
- Hi, I'd like to book the weekend photography course for beginners.
- Organiser
- Certainly. Can I take your surname?
- Caller
- It's Okonkwo – O-K-O-N-K-W-O.
- Organiser
- Thank you. The beginners' course is on the 14th and 15th. It costs 180 dollars – or 150 if you're a member.
- Caller
- I'm not a member, so the full price.
- Organiser
- Fine. You'll need your own camera – a phone is fine for this level. And lunch isn't included, but there's a café on site.
- Caller
- OK. What time does it start?
- Organiser
- At 9.30 – sorry, it's been changed to 10 this month – and finishes at 4.
Giọng đọc là giọng máy của trình duyệt; giọng và tốc độ khác nhau tùy thiết bị. Bài thi thật dùng giọng người với nhiều giọng địa phương.
Course booking
- 1. Surname:
- 2. Dates: 14th and
- 3. Price paid: $
- 4. Bring: own camera (a is acceptable)
- 5. Start time:
Part 2 – Câu 6–10: chọn A, B hoặc C
🎧 Bài nghe
A manager welcomes new staff to a city hospital's volunteer programme (giả định)
Nghe tối đa 2 lần trước khi xem lời thoại.
📄 Xem lời thoại (sau khi làm bài)
- Manager
- Welcome, everyone. I'll start with a few practical things. Your volunteer badge must be worn at all times – not just on the wards. If you lose it, report it to reception straight away.
- Manager
- Most of you will be helping in the main entrance, guiding visitors. A smaller group will work in the children's ward, reading and playing games. Those places were the most popular, so we've allocated them by experience.
- Manager
- Training takes place over two sessions. The first is online and covers confidentiality. The second is in person and covers fire safety – and that one is compulsory before your first shift.
- Manager
- Parking for volunteers is free, but only in the multi-storey car park, not the one by the main entrance, which is for patients.
- Manager
- Finally, if you can't attend a shift, please tell your team leader at least twenty-four hours in advance, rather than emailing me.
Giọng đọc là giọng máy của trình duyệt; giọng và tốc độ khác nhau tùy thiết bị. Bài thi thật dùng giọng người với nhiều giọng địa phương.
✅ Câu 6–10
6. When must volunteers wear their badge?
7. How were places in the children's ward allocated?
8. What must volunteers complete before their first shift?
9. Where can volunteers park for free?
10. Who should volunteers contact if they cannot attend a shift?
Part 3 – Câu 11–15
🎧 Bài nghe
Two students, Hana and Leo, discuss their research project on urban cycling (giả định)
Nghe tối đa 2 lần trước khi xem lời thoại.
📄 Xem lời thoại (sau khi làm bài)
- Hana
- So we've got the survey data. Should we focus on why people cycle, or why they don't?
- Leo
- Why they don't, I think. That's where the policy recommendations come from.
- Hana
- Agreed. The main barrier people mentioned was safety, not distance – which surprised me.
- Leo
- Me too. I'd assumed it would be the weather. That came third, after lack of secure parking.
- Hana
- For the methodology section, should we mention the low response rate from older residents?
- Leo
- We have to – it's a limitation. Much as I'd like to ignore it, the tutor will notice.
- Hana
- OK. And for the recommendations, I'd suggest protected lanes and more bike racks.
- Leo
- I'd add employer incentives too, although we don't have much data on that, so let's present it as a suggestion for further research.
Giọng đọc là giọng máy của trình duyệt; giọng và tốc độ khác nhau tùy thiết bị. Bài thi thật dùng giọng người với nhiều giọng địa phương.
✅ Câu 11–15
11. What will the project focus on?
12. What was the main barrier mentioned in the survey?
13. Which barrier came second?
14. Why will they mention the response rate of older residents?
15. How will they present employer incentives?
Part 4 – Câu 16–20: ONE WORD ONLY
🎧 Bài nghe
A lecturer talks about the history of public clocks (giả định)
Nghe tối đa 2 lần trước khi xem lời thoại.
📄 Xem lời thoại (sau khi làm bài)
- Lecturer
- Before personal watches were common, public clocks played a central role in towns. They were usually placed on churches or town halls, where they could be seen from the main square.
- Lecturer
- At first, many clocks had no faces at all. Instead, they marked the hours with bells, which meant people could know the time even if they could not see the clock.
- Lecturer
- As railways spread, accuracy became far more important. Trains needed precise timetables, and towns that had previously set their clocks by the sun began to adopt a standard time.
- Lecturer
- Today, public clocks are rarely needed for practical reasons. However, many towns maintain them because they are seen as part of local heritage, and some have become popular meeting points.
Giọng đọc là giọng máy của trình duyệt; giọng và tốc độ khác nhau tùy thiết bị. Bài thi thật dùng giọng người với nhiều giọng địa phương.
Public clocks
- 16. Public clocks were placed on churches or town .
- 17. Early clocks marked the hours with instead of faces.
- 18. The spread of made accuracy more important.
- 19. Towns had previously set clocks by the .
- 20. Today clocks are kept as part of local .
📖 Phần 2 – Reading (40 phút)
Passage 1 – Câu 21–30 (khoảng 18 phút)
The rise of the repair café
(Bài đọc tự viết; tổ chức, nhân vật và số liệu là giả định.)
A In community halls on Saturday mornings, volunteers sit at long tables fixing toasters, lamps, bicycles and torn clothes. These “repair cafés” are free events at which people bring broken items and learn to mend them with the help of skilled volunteers. Supporters see them as a practical response to a culture in which many products are thrown away at the first sign of damage.
B The idea is simple, but its organisers claim that its effects are wide-ranging. By extending the life of household items, repair cafés reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. They also save people money, since repairs are free and spare parts are often donated. Perhaps most importantly, organisers say, they help people regain skills that were once common but have been largely forgotten.
C Not every item can be saved. Volunteer coordinator Pete Lomax estimates that around six in ten items brought to his café are repaired successfully. The most common failures involve modern electronics, which are often glued together rather than screwed, making them difficult to open without causing further damage. “Some products seem to be designed so that they can’t be fixed,” Lomax says.
D This has led some campaigners to call for a “right to repair” – rules requiring manufacturers to make spare parts and repair information available. Manufacturers have raised concerns about safety and about protecting their designs, but some have begun to offer repair guides. Lomax welcomes this, although he believes progress has been slow.
E For many participants, the social side is as important as the repairs themselves. Retired engineers and tailors share their knowledge with younger visitors, and people who arrive as customers sometimes return as volunteers. “It’s not really about the toaster,” says one regular. “It’s about having a reason to talk to your neighbours.”
✅ Câu 21–25: Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A–E.
21. Paragraph A
22. Paragraph B
23. Paragraph C
24. Paragraph D
25. Paragraph E
✅ Câu 26–30: TRUE, FALSE hoặc NOT GIVEN?
26. People pay a small fee to attend a repair café.
27. About sixty per cent of items at Lomax's café are successfully repaired.
28. Modern electronics are usually screwed together.
29. All manufacturers now provide repair guides.
30. Repair cafés are more common in rural areas than in cities.
Passage 2 – Câu 31–40 (khoảng 22 phút)
Why we remember stories
(Bài đọc tự viết; nhà nghiên cứu và trường đại học là giả định. Không dựa trên nghiên cứu cụ thể.)
A Teachers, advertisers and politicians have long known that people remember stories better than lists of facts. A statistic may be forgotten within minutes, but a story about a single person can stay with listeners for years. Researchers have offered several explanations for this.
B One explanation concerns structure. Stories usually follow a sequence of events connected by cause and effect: something happens, which leads to something else. According to Dr Leila Haddad of Northfield University, this structure gives the brain a framework on which to hang information. “Each event acts as a cue for the next,” she says, “so remembering one part helps you recall the rest.”
C A second explanation is emotional. Stories often make us feel curiosity, sympathy or tension, and emotional experiences tend to be remembered more strongly than neutral ones. Haddad warns, however, that this can be a disadvantage: a vivid story may be remembered even when it is misleading, while more accurate but less dramatic information is forgotten.
D A third explanation involves imagination. When people listen to a story, they often picture the scene and the characters, creating mental images that make the information more concrete. Educational researcher Paul Brandt suggests that this is why explaining an abstract idea through an example – such as describing a single family affected by a policy – can help learners understand it.
E These findings have practical implications. Brandt recommends that teachers introduce new topics through short narratives before moving on to general principles. Haddad, by contrast, is more cautious. She agrees that stories can help, but she argues that learners should also be taught to question them, checking whether a memorable example is actually typical.
✅ Câu 31–35: Match each statement with the correct person. A = Leila Haddad, B = Paul Brandt, C = both
31. A story's sequence of events helps people recall information.
32. Using an example can make an abstract idea easier to understand.
33. A memorable story may lead people to remember misleading information.
34. Teachers should begin new topics with short narratives.
35. Stories can be useful in learning.
Câu 36–40: Complete the summary. ONE WORD ONLY from the passage.
- 36. Stories are connected by cause and .
- 37. This structure gives the brain a for information.
- 38. Emotional experiences are remembered more strongly than ones.
- 39. Listeners create mental images that make information more .
- 40. Haddad says learners should check whether an example is .
📋 Chấm điểm & so sánh với buổi 55 – 15 phút
| Dạng | Câu | Đúng | Buổi 55 (cùng dạng) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Form completion | 1–5 | … / 5 | … / 6 |
| MC – độc thoại | 6–10 | … / 5 | – |
| MC – thảo luận | 11–15 | … / 5 | … / 6 |
| Notes – bài giảng | 16–20 | … / 5 | … / 8 |
| Matching headings | 21–25 | … / 5 | … / 5 |
| T/F/NG | 26–30 | … / 5 | … / 4 |
| Matching features | 31–35 | … / 5 | – |
| Summary | 36–40 | … / 5 | … / 5 |
| Tổng | … / 40 | … / 34 |
👉 So sánh theo tỉ lệ đúng từng dạng (ví dụ 4/5 = 80% so với 4/6 ≈ 67%). Ghi 2 dạng tiến bộ nhất và 1 dạng cần ôn tiếp vào sổ. Mở lời thoại/bài đọc, ghi lý do sai từng câu.
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