Tài liệu ôn thi IELTS Reading test 2 2

Tài liệu ôn thi IELTS Reading test 2 2

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READING TEST 2.1

Patrick Malone

Born in Switzerland in 1968

Moved to 1 ………

when he was twelve

Attended the 2 ………

secondary School

Studied 3 ……… at

university

Got a job as a 4………

Once travelled more than

5……….on foot on

Patrick Malone

Patrick Malone is a traveler, writer and broadcaster He was born in 1968 in Basel, 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 next six years, Malone attended the local secondary school He then went to Leeds University to do 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

During his holidays and free time, he went 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 enjoyed the experience and the challenges so much that he started walking in different parts

of the world, usually in fairly remote areas away from major population centres The 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 Perkins was putting together a team of geographers and biologists for a research trip

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Objectiv

es: Flow-chart completi

on and

True / False / Not Given READI

NG 1 Complet

e the flow chart with the informat ion from the text

READING 2 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 full-time explorer He earned money by writing travel articles for magazines and newspaper, which he illustrated with his own photographs

Often went walking in places that

were quite 6………

Met his old 7………

Gave up his job, sold his

8………

Joined an 9 ……….to

Amazon

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

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13……… someone he met on a trip

Had the first child in 14………

Had the 15………in 1999

Spent 2 years walking around

16………

Spent 17……… months exploring the

Indonesian Islands

Wrote a popular article about traveling with

18………

Participated in a 19……… TV series

about travelling that won some awards

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

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Still likes to 20……… Whenever

possible

READING 3 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 True/False/

Not Given

The Scenes of Crime Officers

(SOCOs) that seal off (=stop

people from entering), record

and collect evidence from

employed by police forces but

not police officers themselves

21 SOCO means Scenes of Crime

Officers

22 Recording and collecting

evidence is important police work

23 SOCOs analyze evidence from

crime scenes

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

do

25 SOCOs work regular hours

26 After a crime, the SOCO’s

work continues until the crime is solved

photographic and surveying

techniques to produce virtual

scenes that help with their

recording and investigation of

the scene

27 SOCOs need to be able to take

photographs

28 After a crime, the crime is

actors

29 SOCOs have to record and

investigate crime scenes

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