Khóa IELTS FOUNDATION GV: Hồng Hạnh Facebook: HongHanhIELTSMoon.vn IELTS FOUNDATION PROGRESS TEST VIDEO LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT có website MOON.VN [Truy cập tab Tiếng Anh cho Tân sinh viên – Khóa: IELTS FOUNDATION SECTION PABLO PICASSO Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century He experimented in many different styles and changed the world of art during his time Early Life Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881 His father was a drawing teacher At 10 Pablo became his father’s pupil and at the age of 13 he held his first exhibition His family moved to Barcelona in 1895 where Pablo joined an art academy In his early period the young artist painted life as he observed it around him – in cafes and on the streets As a young man he took interest in masterpieces of famous artists like El Greco and de Goya At the turn of the century, Picasso went to Paris, which was, at that time, the centre of art and literature Blue and Rose period In 1901 a close friend of Picasso shot himself This had a great impact on Pablo He was very sad and began painting his pictures in grey and blue tones instead of bright, vivid colours This part of his career is called his Blue Period (1901 – 1904) Later on, he changed his painting style and started using more earth colours – rose, pink or brown He liked to paint pictures of circus life with dancers and acrobats This Rose Period lasted until 1907 Civil War In 1936 Civil War broke out in Spain During this period he painted his masterpiece Guernica It shows the terrified people of the ancient Spanish town which was bombed during the Civil War Picasso was shocked by this inhuman act and in his painting he shows people running in the streets and screaming with their mouths wide open To display his sadness and anger he used only black and white as well as shades of grey During World War II Picasso lived in Paris which, at that time, was under Nazi occupation The Nazis didn’t like his modern paintings and Picasso had to hide them in a secret vault in the Bank of France Later life After the war Picasso moved to a big house in the southern part of France There, he continued experimenting with paintings and sculptures He continued his work up to his death in 1973 Picasso was known as a very moody person and he also displayed this in his paintings Sometimes he was thoughtful, even sad, and at other times he could be very humorous Picasso was never satisfied with his own work and he never stopped experimenting For his great imagination and skill he is called “El Maestro” of modern art Moon.vn - Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 Khóa IELTS FOUNDATION GV: Hồng Hạnh Facebook: HongHanhIELTSMoon.vn Questions 1-10: Gap fill Fill in the table below with NO MORE THAN ONE WORD 1881 1891 1895 Late 1890s 1901 – 1904 1907 Pablo Picasso was born in (1) He became his father’s (2) _ and held his first (3) _ years later Picasso’s family moved to (4) There he joined an (5) _ academy, painting his life as he (6) _ it around him He went to (7) _ - the center of art and literature Picasso’s (8) _ Period He was influenced by the death of his (9) friend Picasso ended his (10) _ Period Question 11-13: Short answers Find the information in the passage and answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS 11 What colors did Picasso use in his masterpiece Guernica? 12 Where did he hide his paintings during World War II? 13 What is he called for his imagination and skill? SECTION YOUR LOCKED MEMORIES A person’s memory can be like a mansion with many, many rooms Some of the rooms you visit frequently, while others you may not enter for many years As you age, some of these rooms may change, and you may remember things slightly differently than how they actually happened In other cases, the rooms may stay the same, but the doors may become locked Sometimes these rooms can only be unlocked if you find a special key Some of these rooms you may enjoy visiting; some of them, you may just wish the door stayed shut One of the keys that can often unlock a person’s memory is a specific sensory input—something you can see, smell, touch, taste, or hear There is the famous case of the novelist Marcel Proust, who tasted a madeleine—a kind of cookie—and it caused him to suddenly remember an enormous amount of his childhood, memories that had previously been locked away He went on to write a seven‐volume novel called In Search of Lost Time, in which he explored these memories and what they meant to him Proust might not have written these volumes exactly as they are had he not eaten that fateful madeleine As Proust demonstrates, while we can consciously summon certain memories—for example, if you try to think of your mother’s face, you can almost certainly it—there are others that visit us involuntarily This has to with how the human brain is wired While much of the brain is still mysterious to scientists, it has been determined that the memory center of the brain, where memories are made and stored, is closely linked to the sensory center, where the brain controls and processes the body’s senses A certain sensory input, such as Proust’s cookie, may fire up not just the sensory center, but the memory center, too Questions 14 - 20 Decide whether these statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) 14 To unlock a person’s memory, there needs to be a specific sensory input 15 Memories are made and stored in the memory center of the brain 16 Marcel Proust ate a madeleine and it made no difference for him to remember his locked memories 17 While we try to remember something, there will be some memories that involuntarily come to our minds 18 A certain sensory input only activates the sensory center Moon.vn - Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 Khóa IELTS FOUNDATION GV: Hồng Hạnh Facebook: HongHanhIELTSMoon.vn 19 Marcel Proust is a scientist 20 The brain controls and processes the body’s senses in the sensory center SECTION Questions 21-23 Quickly scan the reading to answer the questions below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER Then read again to check your answers 21 Who is Becca Levy? 22 On average, how long over-65-year-olds watch TV for each day? 23 What would be better redirected into reading books? PEOPLE WHO READ LIVE LONGER New research shows that people who read a lot live longer The study was carried out by researchers from Yale University in the USA The researchers said reading keeps the mind active, helps reduce stress and makes us take better care of our health The researchers said that books help the brain more than newspapers and magazines, but any kind of reading will help us to live longer Even reading for half an hour a day could help us to live longer In the study, researchers looked at the lifestyles of 3,500 men and women over a 12-year period They looked at their reading habits, health, lifestyle and their education All of the people were at least 50 years old at the start of the research The study is in the journal 'Social Science and Medicine' It found that people who read for up to 3.5 hours a week were 17 per cent less likely to die during the study’s 12-year research period than those who read no books Those who read for more than 3.5 hours a week were 23 per cent less likely to die Researcher Becca Levy said: "Older individuals, regardless of gender, health, wealth or education, showed the survival advantage of reading books." She suggested people swap watching TV for reading to live longer She said: "Individuals over the age of 65 spend an average of 4.4 hours per day watching television Efforts to redirect leisure time into reading books could prove to be beneficial." Questions 24 -30: Multiple Choice Choose the best answer for each question 24 Which university carried out the research? a) Sorbonne b) Harvard c) Oxford d) Yale 25 What does the research say reading reduces? a) health b) free time c) intelligence d) stress 26 What does the article say is better than magazines and newspapers? a) books b) journals c) manga d) biographies 27 How many men and women did researchers look at? a) 35,000 b) 13,500 c) 3,500 d) 350 28 How old were the men and women at the start of the research? a) 36 b) 50 or older c) over 65 d) between 12 and 50 29 What is 'Social Science and Medicine'? a) a journal b) a website c) a university department d) a book 30 How long was the research for? a) 23 years b) 17 years c) 12 years d) 3.5 years Giáo viên Hồng Hạnh Nguồn Moon.vn - Học để khẳng định Moon.vn Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 ...Khóa IELTS FOUNDATION GV: Hồng Hạnh Facebook: HongHanhIELTSMoon.vn Questions 1-10: Gap fill Fill in the table below with NO MORE... sensory center Moon.vn - Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 Khóa IELTS FOUNDATION GV: Hồng Hạnh Facebook: HongHanhIELTSMoon.vn 19 Marcel Proust is a scientist 20 The brain controls and... that books help the brain more than newspapers and magazines, but any kind of reading will help us to live longer Even reading for half an hour a day could help us to live longer In the study, researchers