Tài liệu ôn thi IELTS Reading test 2 2

Tài liệu ôn thi IELTS Reading test 2 2

Moon.vn LUYỆN THI IELTS CÙNG CÔ MAI PHƯƠNG & THẦY LÊ TRUNG READING TEST 2.1 Patrick Malone Patrick Malone Patrick Malone is a traveler, writer and broadcaster He was born in 1968 in Basel, Born in Switzerland in 1968 Switzerland, where his British parents were working for a pharmaceutical company His family left Switzerland when he was twelve, and returned to their home in Britain For the Moved to ………………… next six years, Malone attended the local secondary school He then went to Leeds when he was twelve University to a course in Human Geography He wanted to become a town planner However, the only work he could find was a teacher at a local school Attended the ……………… During his holidays and free time, he went secondary School walking, often covering very long distance very quickly On the occasion he walked the entire length of Britain, a distance of over 1,400 kilometres, in less than a month He Studied …………………… at enjoyed the experience and the challenges so university much that he started walking in different parts of the world, usually in fairly remote areas away from major population centres The Got a job as a 4………………… people he met and the experiences he had on these trips provided him with some excellent material for his classes It was during one trip that he met his old university tutor, Don Perkins At the time Once travelled more than Perkins was putting together a team of 5……………………….on foot on geographers and Hotline: biologists for a research trip Moon.vn 04.32.99.98.98 a single trip to the Amazon, and asked Malone if he would like to go with them The expedition was for a whole year, and so he had to give up his job at Moon.vn LUYỆN THI IELTS CÙNG CÔ MAI PHƯƠNG & THẦY LÊ TRUNG Often went walking in places that were quite 6…………………… the school, but Malone did not hesitate to accept Perkins’ offer He sold his car to make some money, bought an airline ticket for Brazil and set off Met his old 7………………… Gave up his job, sold his 8………………… Objectiv es: Flowchart completi on and True / False / Not Given READI NG Complet e the flow chart with the informat Joined an ………………….to Amazon ion from the text READING Complete the flow chart with the information from the text Traveled 10………………… kilometres through the Amazon Discovered new plant, 11……… species and a forest tribe Became a 12…………… …… explorer The Amazon expedition, which took six months and covered a distance of almost 2,500 kilometres, was a great success The group discovered some new plant and insect species, as well as a forest tribe which people had never heard of Malone enjoyed the trip so much that he decided to become a fulltime explorer He earned money by writing travel articles for magazines and newspaper, which he illustrated with his own photographs In 1996, he married Margaret Logan, an Moon.vn Hotline: 04.32.99.98.98 Moon.vn LUYỆN THI IELTS CÙNG CÔ MAI PHƯƠNG & THẦY LÊ TRUNG 13……………… someone he met on a trip Had the first child in 14……… Had the 15……………in 1999 Spent years walking around 16………………… Spent 17…………… months exploring the Indonesian Islands American doctor he had met while travelling around Africa In 1998, they had Adam, the first of three children (twins Amelia and Jenifer were born a year later) Many families at this stage would settle down, but Margaret and Patrick decided to keep travelling, spending two years walking around India and another twelve months exploring the islands of Indonesia When they returned home, they wrote a magazine article about travelling with small children It was so popular that they were asked to write several more articles on the same subject This was followed by an offer from a television company to present a TV series about traveling with children The series ran for 12 years, and won several television awards Today they still make the most of every opportunity to travel, and have recently returned from the South Pacific Wrote a popular article about traveling with 18……………… Participated in a 19…………… TV series about travelling that won some awards Moon.vn Hotline: 04.32.99.98.98 Moon.vn LUYỆN THI IELTS CÙNG CÔ MAI PHƯƠNG & THẦY LÊ TRUNG Still likes to 20……………… Whenever possible READING Read the statements below and decide whether they are TRUE / FALSE /NOT GIVEN Use the information in the text next to the statements Text Statement The Scenes of Crime Officers (SOCOs) that seal off (=stop people from entering), record and collect evidence from crime scenes are people employed by police forces but not police officers themselves 21 SOCO means Scenes of Crime Officers SOCOs are called to crime scenes at any time of the day or night, and may have to remain there for days or even weeks so that every piece of evidence is collected 24 SOCOs have a difficult job to Many SOCOs now use photographic and surveying techniques to produce virtual reconstructions of crime scenes that help with their recording and investigation of the scene 27 SOCOs need to be able to take photographs True/False/ Not Given 22 Recording and collecting evidence is important police work 23 SOCOs analyze evidence from crime scenes 25 SOCOs work regular hours 26 After a crime, the SOCO’s work continues until the crime is solved 28 After a crime, the crime is sometimes reconstructed by actors 29 SOCOs have to record and investigate crime scenes Moon.vn Hotline: 04.32.99.98.98 Moon.vn LUYỆN THI IELTS CÙNG CÔ MAI PHƯƠNG & THẦY LÊ TRUNG Moon.vn Hotline: 04.32.99.98.98