BÀI NGHE TỔNG HỢP TỪ SÁCH COMPLETE IELTS 6.5 – 7.

Unit 1: Getting higher qualification (Track 1)

Questions 1 – 10: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer.

Graduate Fair Registration

TGS Global

Graduate details

Area of work: Marketing

Name: Dominika (1) Alexandrovna

Nationality: (2) Russian

Email address: (3) dom54@qmail.com

University: London

Type of course: (4) full-time BA

Date available: (5) July 21th

Personal information:

Other activities: organized a (6) competition for charity

Interests: (7) cooking and swimming

Previous job(s): (8) children’s tutor

Career plans: want to be (9) a project manager

Heard about fair through: (10) (a) friend

Unit 2: Colour my world

Questions 1-6: Complete the form below. Write ONE word for each answer. (Track 8)

Eye for Colour Exhibition

Section Aim Examples of activities

‘Seeing colour’
‘Colour in culture’
‘Colour in nature’
to connect colour and (2)
lifestyle
to look at the natural world
view the gallery through a
huge (1) eyeball
* go to the colour café
* learn how a (3) disability
affects sight
* put on a camouflage suit and
pick a suitable (4) background
* see through the eyes of a
dog or fish
 ‘The (5) mood room’ to show how colours make us Listen to music as the colours
feel and (6) lighting/ atmosphere
change

(1): Because basically, you look at the museum gallery through a giant eyeball that’s standing on a
circular foot.

(2): … designed to illustrate the powerful links that exist between colour and certain aspects of our
lifestyle.

(3): …. give visitors some ideas of what it’s like to view the world with a visual disability, which is
something that many people have to do.

(4): … So you can try camouflaging yourself. This really is one for the kids – dressing up in a suit and
then selecting a background where, to all intents and purposes, you disappear.

(5): I’d recommend ending the trip with a visit to the “mood room

(6): ….., a projector subtly alters the lighting in the room and with it, atmosphere…

Questions 7-8: Choose TWO letters, A-E (Track 9)

Which TWO colours were most popular among visitors?

A blue D purple

B deep pink E red

C lime green

Signal:

… ,the organisers have carried out a study of the favourite colours of their younger visitors. Over
2600 children have responded to this…..

unlike deep pink, which came next to top

… red was the only colour she knew, which is perhaps why that was more popular with children
than anything else.

Questions 9-10: Choose TWO letters, A-E

Which TWO reasons did the children give for selecting their favourite colour?

A They like wearing it

B They notice it more than other colours

C It makes them feel relaxed

D It has a connection with a sport

E Someone they admire wears it.

Signal:

… and they go for colours that hit them….

And of course, there are associations with football that led a lot of both boys and girls to go for
particular colour….

UNIT 3: A HEALTHY LIFE

(Track 13) Questions 1 – 5: What comments do the speakers make about each treatment or service?
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-F, next to Questions 1 – 5.

Treatments and Services Comments

1. Manual therapy D A. It strengthens the whole body.

2. Stability training A B. It is the most popular.

3. Electrotherapy F C. It requires special sportswear.

4. Video analysis B D. It is the most effective.

5. Workstation E E. It is best done in the evening.

analysis F. It is rarely used.

Signal:

1. This treatment can hurt sometimes, but it gets results more quickly than anything else.

2. This is something that’s designed to improve overall posture and body shape.

3. We do sometimes use electrotherapy…… We tend to avoid it most of the time.

4. It’s what everyone asks for….

5. That’s why we tend to suggest that people come at the end of the day for this.

Questions 6 – 10: Complete the flow chart below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each
answer. (Track 14)

Example of patient route

Arrives at clinic with an 6 (existing) injury

Physiotherapist evaluates 7 (the) damage to ankle

Treatment is given, and an 8 exercise plan is prepared

Return trips are made to check your 9 movement

A 10 personal trainer supervises activity in the gym.

Signals:

6. … so you turn up with what we call an “existing injury”

7. … so what we would do first is to assess the damage to the joint area.

8. …. we select a treatment – perhaps one that we talked about earlier – plus we design an exercise
plan for you.

9. so we ask them to come back regularly - …… - and we monitor the movement in the joint each
time.

10. We have a fully equipped gym and we devise a training plan – well, a personal trainer does that,
and they oversee the programme for at least a couple of months and make sure the patient carries it
out.

UNIT 4: ART AND ARTIST (Track 19)

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each
answer.

Australian Aboriginal Art

ANCIENT ART

* Rock and bark painting

* Sand drawings

* (1) Body/ Body art (Then there’s the whole area of body art)

* Decorations on weapons and tools

Cave art

* protected from (2) (the) weather (…. hasn’t been destroyed by the weather)

* styles include dot paintings (e.g. arrows, water holes and (3) animal tracks) and naturalistic
art (here’s a water hole, and these are animal tracks)

* main function: (4) story(-)telling (3rd time) (the key purpose of much of this rock was
storytelling)

Use of ochre

Reason

* readily available

* soil or rock contains (5) iron oxide (it’s coloured by iron oxide, which is the mineral….)

* produces many colours and shades of red

* artist’s palette found that is (6) 18000 years old (2nd time) (…, dating back 18000 years)

Preparation

* ochre collected

* turned into a (7) powder (Then the rock had to be broken up and ground into a powder)

* fluid binder, e.g. tree sap or (8) bush honey added (Aboriginal people used thing likes tree
sap, or sth similar like bush honey)
MODERN ART

* Artists use acrylic colours and (9) canvas (took up acrylic painting and began to paint on canva)

* Paint and decorate pottery and a range of (10) (musical) instrument (2nd time) (… can be also
found on pottery and various musical instrument…)

UNIT 5: STEPPING BACK IN TIME

Questions 1 – 5: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C

(Track 26)

1. Why dis Milton miss the talk on fossil?

A. He attended a different lecture.

B. He had to catch up on some work. (…., I realized I hadn’t done any reading for tomorrow’s history
seminar)

C. He was not interested in the subject.

2. What started Mr. Brand’s interest in fossils?

A. a trip to America

B. a chance discovery (… he got interested in fossil well before then…. he found the most amazing
fossil on a school visit to a national park)

C. a film he saw as a child

3. What do schoolchildren say they most enjoy about the fossil hunts?

A. looking for fossils in the rocks (…tapping the stones to see if anything’s there)

B. having their photo taken with a fossil

C. being able to take the fossil home

4. During a fossil hunt, the main thing children learn is that

A. history is all around them.

B. it is important to be careful.

C. patience leads to rewards. (the key thing they learn is that if they keep looking, they will find sth.)

5. What do Juni and Milton agree to do?

A. persuade Mr. Brand to run a fossil hunt for them (… if we have enough people, we might be able
to get him to do an extra one for us)

B. use the Internet to book a place on a fossil hunt

C. talk to some people who have been on a fossil hunt

Questions 6 – 10: Complete the diagrams. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. (Track 27)

Formation of marine fossils

6 muddy (… the ocean bed’s soft, … plus it’s muddy as well…)

7 oxygen (… where the light is minimal and there’s very little oxygen.)

8 rock (…, where it gets heavier and heavier until it becomes hard rock)

9 minerals (the bone in the skeleton is replaced by minerals)

10 erosion (another natural process called erosion wears away the rock until one day, you can see
the tip of the fossil)

UNIT 6: IT SOCIETY

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN

TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (Track 1, CD2)

Animation Technology

History

Thomas Edison: first camera – 1889

J. Stuart Blackton: first animated film technique – used many (1) drawings of faces

Émile Cohi: first animated scene – used cut-outs made of (2) paper

Walt Disney: * first talking colour film

- 1928

- used (3) hand(-)painted slides

* first full-length colour film – Snow White and Seven Dwarfs – 1937

Pixar Animation Studios

Origins: graphic group

Earnings: Over (4) $ 6.3 billion worldwide

Famous films: 1995 – Toy Story – first computer-animated film

 2001 – Monsters, Inc. – included (5) (animal) fur as a new animation
feature

Finding Nemo – new techniques in (6) digital lighting

The Incredibles – believable simulations of people and (7) crowds

Future developments

a. Digital humans: focusing particularly on skin and (8) facial movement

b. Speed: companies producing (9) video games will help (2nd time)

c. Colour: aim to preserve vibrancy

d. Styles of animation: a move from (10) reality to new concepts (2nd time)

Signal:

1. It consisted of a series of drawings and….

2. … by using scenes and figures cut out of paper instead.

3. In 1928, the first taking animated film came out that had been made using hand-painted slides….

4. … with earnings of over 6.3 billion dollars…

5. …, added a new animation feature, which was the on-screen representation of animal fur.

6. … - pioneered new techniques in digital lighting,…

7. ... brought with it credible human characters and advances in the stimulation of crowds.

8. … so the focus for producers now is on stimulating more realistic human skin and more detailed
facial movement.

9. …. companies involved in the production of video games is also hoped to improve things.

10. It seems reality has been the goal for many years, but now they are also trying to break the new
ground and come up with other concepts.

UNIT 7: OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE

Question 1 – 3: Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A-F, next to questions 1-3 (Track 9,
CD2)

Loch Affric in Scotland

1. Oldest Scots pine trees C

2. Red beer F

3. Red squirrels E

Questions 4 and 5: Answer the questions. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. (Track 9, CD2)

4. What can cause someone to miss a good photograph? hesitation/hesitating/waiting

5. What personal quality do wildlife photographers particularly need? patience

Signals:

1.

Tutor (T): Yes, they’re ok, but ì you look at where the two lochs meet…

Brett (B): Um, where it narrows in the centre of the map?

T: That’s right. You’ll find some of the oldest pines there – up to 200 years old.

2.

Mica (M): What about red deer? Can we hope to see any?

T: Well, they like an area near the edge of woodland.

3.

T: … What you should also look for are red squirrels.

T: Mmm. Not right on the edge, though – that’s where you’d look for birds - … but in this slightly
bigger patch of woodland behind it.

B: Just away from the water a bit, then.

T: Yup…

4.

B: …. My problem’s hesitation – I wait too long!

T: Well, a lot of inexperienced photographers have that particular problem.

B: So, you shouldn’t wait too long…

5.

B: …. – some tines you’ve got to have patience.

T: That’s one of the most important qualities…

Questions 6 – 10: Complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
(Track 10, CD2)

6. In bad weather, think more carefully about the landscape.

7. Take advantage of (a/the) reflection(s) when photographing near water.

8. Use a piece of equipment called an “angle finder” to avoid (neck) pain.

9. Use the work of both artists and designers to generate ideas.

10. Think about conservation issues when deciding on what to photograph.

Signals:

6. …, but it does mean that you need to take the landscape into account.

7. … and you might capture an amazing reflection – you really should profit from this with the water
around you.

8. … and what’s great about it is that it prevents neck pain.

9. … Some designers can be helpful, too.

10. … we should consider matters related to conservation when we choose a scene to photograph.

Unit 8: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Space observation

Early days

First telescopes: started the (1) “scientific revolution”

Galileo’s telescope: move the focus from (2) (the) (E)earth to the sky.

First (3) moon photograph by John William Draper (1839)

Present day:

Professional astronomers: aim to get (4) research data

Amateur astronomers: aim to photograph beautiful images, e.g. (5) solar eclipse

Contribution of amateur astronomers:

Specialised knowledge:

e.g. * recognize changes in the (6) brightness of a space object

* are able to produce (7) accurate measurement(s) of space

Two main types of observation

a. new discoveries, e.g. an (8) exploding star or a comet

b. monitor the (9) evaluation of objects in space

Main advantages

* great patience and passion

* can conduct (10) long-term observations

Signal:
1. ... – that kicked off what was known as the “scientific revolution”

2. Until this time, scientists had been looking at objects on the Earth, but suddenly the skies held a
much greater fascination for people. He said it best when he declared….

3. … until 1839, for John William Draper, a chemistry professor, to produce the first recorded Moon
photograph.

4. …what they really want is research data – that’s their main objective

5. They aim to photograph things never seen before, um, like, this beautiful solar eclipse that was
captured in Greece…

6. …when the brightness of an object alters – increases or decreases….

7. …they know how to make accurate measurements.

8. …they keep a constant eye on the skies for any new discovery, such as an exploding star…

9. they constantly observe the evolution of stars, planets and other celestial features…

10. It’s not possible for professional astronomers to undertake these long-term studies or to spend
huge amounts of time observing a single object. But amateurs can….

PRACTICE TEST

Section 1: (Track 22, CD2)

Questions 1 – 5: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER
for each answer.

Lake Pane Campground, US

Bookings

Length of stay: 5 nights

Date of arrival: (1) 23rd July/ 23/7 / 7/23

Family name: (2) Hepworth

Contact number: (3) 07568355630

Camp facilities: (4) electricity, water and (5) drain/sewer

Question 6 – 10: Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer.

Site code: (6) SEW47

Location: Drive past the offices and (7) pool. Keep going until you reach the (8)
laundry. Then turn left.

Remember: Do not leave (9) litter

Return the (10) shower/washroom key

Signal:
 1. Well, we’ll be travelling around the area from mid-July…/ Ok – the 23rd’s fine.
2. … that’s H-E-P-W-O-R-T-H
3. it’s 07968 355630
4.

Man: … so would you like to hook up to our electricity?

Woman: Oh, yes, please

5.

W: OK – and what about waste water?

M: Sure, you can have a site with sewer – or I think you guys call it a drain.

6. So yours is one of the SEW and it’s number 47.

7. Drive past the front door… there’s another office next to ours, that’s the business office.
Yeah, and there’s a pool behind that…. Keep going past all those… to the end of the track.
8. At the top, you’ll come to a… at the very end, there’s a laundry. Turn left at the laundry and
you’ll see your own site…
9. …., but we do ask our visitors to take away litter.
10.

M: …you’ll be get a key for the shower… but could you return it when you leave?

W: Sure

Section 2: (Track 23, CD2)

Questions 11 – 14: What does the speaker say about the following natural food colourings? Write
the correct letter, A – F, next to the question.

A. It is made using another food product 11. green E

B. The ingredients are difficult to find. 12. brown A
C. It is also used to dye cosmetics 13. red D
D. Sales fell then increased 14. blue F
E. It can be used to give processed food a uniform
colour.

F. It is less popular other dyes.

*Signal:

11. Peas are naturally green….But they may nit be green all over or they may not be the most
pleasing shade of green. So a natural additive or two can quickly sort that out…

12. …various shades of briwn are often altered using caramel, a natural brown food colouring
derived from carameliised sugar.
13. Producing cochineal is very costly, so it was unpopular with customers for some years. But health
scares linking artificial red dyes to cancer have meant that nire shoppers are buying cochineal again.

14. …very few naturally occurring foods are blue, and there is little demand for the colouring.

Questions 15 – 17: Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.

15. When we buy new clothes, our

A. friends may not like the colours we choose.

B. choice may be based on the colours we see.

C. ideas about fashion may not be up to date.

16. Colourists are people who

A. decide which colours suit us best.

B. create the dyes that are used to make clothes.

C. predict which colours will be fashionable in the future.

17. What does the speaker say about the colours we wear?

A. The colour we like change as we get older.

B. Most people prefer light colours to dark ones.

C. We worry too much about the colour of clothes.

Questions 18 – 20: Complete the sentences below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

18. Both a product and its packaging must appeal to consumers.

19. Green indicates that businesses care about the environment.

20. Blue helps people to think in a more creative way.

Signals:

15. You think you’ve suddenly developed a desire to wear orange, whereas, in fact, the shops are full
of it, and you’ve ended up buying an orange shirt – that may or may not suit you – simply because
it’s “this season’s colour”

16. “colourists” … have to look ahead and say what colour models will be wearing in fashion shows
several years in advance. To get this right,…

17. …, and nothing alters the fact that there are certain colours that we never feel comfortable
wearing.

18. Even the packaging has to be carefully designed in order to maximize sales.

19. …, green has become very popular because it promotes the view that the company cares about
the environment.

20. …, but in turns out – according to a recent study – that blue is a much better stimulus for creative
thought…
Section 3:

Questions 21 – 26: Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

International student mobility

Questions
What is the total number?
What is the global 22 breakdown?
Where do students come from?
Are students 25 destination changing?
Questions 27 and 28
Findings
- about 3 million
- not every country uses the same 21 definition
for an international student.
- figure may be much higher.
- Figures may be inaccurate.
- 23 Private organisations may be ignored.
Big increases in figures for North America and
24 Europe.
- more 26 competition.
- a spirit of exchange

Choose TWO letters, A – E: When choosing a course, which TWO factors did students consider
important?

A. how expensive the course is D. the qualifications of the tutors

B. the reputation of the course situation E. how useful the qualification will be

C. the distance from home

Questions 29 and 30

Choose TWO letters, A – E: Which TWO incentives would encourage graduates to return home?

A. scholarships for higher degrees

B. research grants

C. special housing

D. lower tax rates

E. special work

Signals:

21. Yeah, but the problem is that the definition of the term “international student” varies across
countries.

22. ...well, we wanted to know that the breakdown of numbers is around the world…

23. …, some ministries don’t include the students at private institutions in their court.

24. …, and a lit more students from Europe are also now studying abroad.

25. Yeah, our question really was about the destinations of international students and whether
they’re changing.

26. … there are high levels of competition.

27. …, but they did want to know that their university was a good one.

28. But they were interested in the degrees they were taking and whether when they finished their
course they’d get a good job.

29. Post-graduation, that was much more popular, especially if the system let them compete
individually for these.

30. For example, they felt that the government should perhaps offer tax exemptions …

Section 4:

Questions 31 – 40: Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each
answer.

LIONS

Lion history

- Found today in Africa and a 31 forest in Indian

- Have lived on every continent apart form Antarctica and 32 Australia.

- Killed by early humans:

a. in competition for food

b. for 33 clothing.

Cave paintings

- 34 Fossil evidence confirms European lions much bigger than African lions

- Date of first appearance of mane 35 unknown

Purpose of mane

- Mane is comparable to 36 human hair in some ways

- Researchers first believed mane used for 37 protection during fights

The lion expert’s study

- Made some 38 toys/toy lions/models/model lions with different manes

- 39 Long dark/ Dark long manes attracted female lions

- Conclusion: mane is a 40 status symbol.

Signal:

31. …, apart from some small groups in the Indian forest of Gir.

32. ...; in fact, the only continents that were and have always been lion-free were the fronzen plains
of Antarctica - … - and Australia, ….

33. … with many lions also being killed to make clothing.

34. You may think the size has been exaggerated because of the man’s fear, but there’s plenty of
fossil evidence that supports the larger proportions these animals once had.
35. …, the date when lion’s mane first appeared is unknown.

36. …, not unlike human hair, …

37. … the mane acts as a form of protection during battles with neighbouring prides.

38. What he did was to make five toy lions and put them in the lion’s territory.

39. …the female lions were attracted to the ones that had long, dark manes.

40. …the team concluded that a lion’s mane is effectively a status symbol; …