NEC MOCK TEST - FANPAGE TÀI LIỆU TIẾNG ANH NÂNG CAO (19 pages) Mã A676800

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PRACTICE TEST I. LISTENING (50 POINTS)

Part 1. For questions 1-9, listen to the curator of a communications museum talking about the telegraph and its inventor, and decide whether these statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

1. Morse’s talent in painting facilitated his invention of the single-wire telegraph system. 2. While studying at Phillips Academy, Morse attended lectures of Benjamin Silliman. 3. Morse and his brothers were given several patents for pumps in 1832. 4. William Cooke and Charles Wheatstones’ commercial telegraph was soon overshadowed

by Morse’s invention. 5. During Morse’s historic demonstration, a message was sent from the city of Washington

DC to the city of Baltimore. 6. Morse’s invention was the first official telegraphy system in Europe. 7. Messages were transmitted between two telegraph operators via an electrical circuit. 8. Dots were used to indicate long taps, while dashes represented short ones. 9. The new Morse system developed in the US was capable of transmitting up to fifty words

a minute.

Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Part 2. For questions 10-15, listen to part of a discussion with two scientists about global population, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

10. How does Hugo feel about being asked to talk about overpopulation?

A. resigned to the fact that his arguments will attract criticism B. frustrated that people refuse to try to understand his ideas C. annoyed that he cannot resist getting into an argument about it D. regretful that he doesn’t always manage to get his point across

11. When Hugo is asked about overpopulation being a problem, he says that humans

A. can modify their needs to suit their environment. B. are quickly able to adapt to changing environments. C. have always been innovative within their environment. D. could rely more heavily on the natural environment.

12. When talking about the extinction of species,

A. Hugo chooses not to counter Bethany’s argument. B. Bethany and Hugo are unable to find any common ground. C. Bethany is prepared to back down on one particular point. D. Bethany and Hugo express annoyance at each other’s viewpoint.

13. How does Bethany feel about overcrowding?

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A. alarmed at the rapid rate of development in cities B. appalled by the conditions in which many people live C. upset by the thought that little can be done about it D. guilty about the impact she has personally had on things

14. When asked about food and hunger, Hugo says he

A. is in disagreement with the ideas put forward by some people. B. feels upset that we have not yet worked out how to feed everyone. C. is exasperated by the current slow rate of technological progress. D. has concerns that there may not enough space for agriculture in future.

15. When discussing the subject of becoming vegan, Bethany and Hugo agree that

A. eating a plant-based diet is the best way forward. B. having a wider variety of food would be healthier for us. C. developing new sources of food would be beneficial. D. nature is affected negatively by our present actions.

Your answers

10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 3. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about spitting cobras and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided.

Cobras’ practice of spitting venoms has been developed as a (16) _____________ against human beings. Only three among the 600 poisonous breeds of snakes worldwide have the ability to shoot (17) _____________ in the face of danger. It may seem odd for snakes to be capable of spewing venom, as venom’s initial function is to (18) ____________. The fact that …