Mid-course Listening Exam (Level 4) — Practice Test 1
Thời gian: 60 phút (gồm 8 phút chép đáp án)
Số câu hỏi: 30 câu (3 phần, mỗi phần 10 câu)
Phát âm thanh: Mỗi đoạn được nghe 2 lần (tự động lặp lại trong audio)
Không tạm dừng: Khi bắt đầu, âm thanh sẽ phát liên tục
Bạn sẽ nghe một bài giảng về cách nơi chúng ta lớn lên âm thầm định hình con người chúng ta.
Bạn sẽ nghe một cuộc phỏng vấn với một nhà ngôn ngữ học về cách từ ngữ và văn hoá "di chuyển" giữa các nền văn hoá.
Bạn sẽ nghe một cuộc thảo luận nhóm giữa một nhà nghiên cứu thiết kế và một kỹ sư AI về biểu tượng và robot.
Mid-course Listening Exam (Level 4) — Practice Test 1
Time: 60 minutes | 30 questions | Write ONE WORD for each gap-fill answer
Part 1: Why Where We Live Shapes Who We Are — Lecture
Bạn sẽ nghe một bài giảng về cách nơi chúng ta lớn lên âm thầm định hình con người chúng ta.
1. In many nineteenth-century towns, entire communities ________________________ their daily rhythms around a single factory.
2. People's attachment to place often outlasted the ________________________ itself.
3. A landmark study followed families who moved from rural villages into new ________________________ after the Second World War.
4. Even though incomes rose, many participants missed their familiar ________________________.
5. In coastal communities, an entire way of life could depend on the sea's ________________________ each season.
6. When fish stocks declined, people described a kind of ________________________, as if part of their identity had been taken away.
7. Recent studies ________________________ new methods such as tracking phone data.
8. Most of us are far more attached to a small, ________________________ radius around our home than we realise.
9. This shows that a place is never just a backdrop — it becomes part of a person's sense of ________________________.
10. When planners redesign a neighbourhood, they change the invisible web of routines and ________________________ that make a place feel like home.
Part 2: Words That Travel — Interview on Cultural Borrowing
Bạn sẽ nghe một cuộc phỏng vấn với một nhà ngôn ngữ học về cách từ ngữ và văn hoá "di chuyển" giữa các nền văn hoá.
11. Dr. Osei says borrowing isn't really borrowing, because nothing is ________________________ back.
12. A more accurate way to think about it is ________________________.
13. In Japan, "kimono" refers to a specific and formal ________________________ with centuries of meaning.
14. Some people find the generic use of "kimono" ________________________, because it flattens a rich tradition.
15. Borrowing tends to cause offence when a symbol tied to ________________________ or history gets used purely for its surface appeal.
16. Food is a common area of ________________________, since dishes can be renamed and marketed by another culture.
17. Learning to ________________________ a borrowed word correctly is often seen as a sign of respect.
18. A careless version of a word can feel like it has simply ________________________ the original.
19. Some linguists argue that translation always loses ________________________.
20. Others say meaning is recreated in a new and equally ________________________ version.
Part 3: Reading the Future — Panel on Symbols and Robots
Bạn sẽ nghe một cuộc thảo luận nhóm giữa một nhà nghiên cứu thiết kế và một kỹ sư AI về biểu tượng và robot.
21. What example does Priya give of a nearly universal symbol?
A. A red octagon meaning 'stop'
B. A green leaf meaning 'danger'
C. A blue circle meaning 'go'
22. According to Priya, what can an owl symbolise depending on the culture?
A. Wisdom or bad luck
B. Wealth or poverty
C. Danger or safety
23. How often did the delivery robot misread a hand-drawn arrow in early tests?
A. About one time in twenty
B. About one time in five
C. About one time in a hundred
24. What accuracy range did the system show across the three different cities?
A. 91 to 98 percent
B. 60 to 75 percent
C. 99 to 100 percent
25. When the moderator asks "Isn't that a huge risk for something operating around people every day?", what is she mainly doing?
A. Genuinely asking Marcus for a new number
B. Emphasising concern about the risk, not literally requesting new data
C. Changing the topic of discussion entirely
26. According to Priya, what does the diagram's arrow represent in her example?
A. Growth
B. Direction
C. Danger
27. What would Priya envision as designers' ideal contribution to the process?
A. Drawing conclusions from real user testing earlier, not after the system already works
B. Waiting until the technology is fully finished before testing it
C. Avoiding user testing altogether to save time
28. When the moderator asks "Why train machines to read symbols at all, if they can never understand the meaning behind them?", what is the function of this question?
A. To request a technical definition from Marcus
B. To challenge the panel to justify the value of the technology
C. To end the discussion politely
29. What is Marcus's overall opinion about using the technology now?
A. It should wait until machines fully understand meaning
B. It is useful even without full cultural understanding, if used carefully
C. It should be abandoned entirely
30. What is the overall tone of the panel's conclusion?
A. Balanced, acknowledging both usefulness and limits
B. Entirely optimistic that robots will replace designers
C. Dismissive of computer-vision technology altogether
— Answer Key (trang riêng) —
Part 1: 1. adapted | 2. industry | 3. suburbs | 4. surroundings | 5. harvest | 6. grief | 7. utilize | 8. distinctive | 9. self | 10. memories
Part 2: 11. given | 12. influence | 13. garment | 14. offensive | 15. identity | 16. debate | 17. pronounce | 18. replaced | 19. meaning | 20. valuable
Part 3: 21. A red octagon meaning 'stop' | 22. Wisdom or bad luck | 23. About one time in twenty | 24. 91 to 98 percent | 25. Emphasising concern about the risk, not literally requesting new data | 26. Growth | 27. Drawing conclusions from real user testing earlier, not after the system already works | 28. To challenge the panel to justify the value of the technology | 29. It is useful even without full cultural understanding, if used carefully | 30. Balanced, acknowledging both usefulness and limits