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KHOA NGOẠI NGỮ Môn: Nghe 1 (Effective Listening - Elementary)

Ngành: Ngôn ngữ Anh Mã đề
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút thi
Ngày thi:
Số
Họ và tên thí sinh:__________________________________ MSSV:___________ Lớp:_______ phách
Học phần: ______________________ Học kỳ:___________ Năm học:_____________________

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Điểm tổng Họ tên và chữ ký giám thị Họ tên và chữ ký giám khảo
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KEY AND RESOURCES

SECTION 1
RESOURCE: Skillful Listening and Speaking 1 – Unit test of Unit 8
KEY:
1. danger
2. 25
3. energy
4. fly
5. wire
6. Land
7. frozen
8. 80
9. roads
10. river
AUDIO SCRIPT: Extreme sports
In today’s session we will take a look at a new area of sports known as “extreme sports.” Some of you may be
familiar with these sports, and might even have taken part in them yourselves.
After looking at what really is an extreme sport, we’ll take a look at who is doing them, and consider the
reasons people choose to take part in such extreme activities. Then we’ll look at how these sports are
classified, and examine some specific examples. Ok, everyone? So, let’s start with our first point—the
definition of an extreme sport.
Extreme sports, also sometimes known as “adventure sports,” are sports which have a high level of danger.
These sports typically involve doing something very fast, in difficult situations and with special equipment.
The majority of people doing extreme sports are below the age of 25, and are usually from educated and
financially secure backgrounds. This is perhaps because of the cost of traveling to places to do the sports, and
also the cost of the equipment needed for the sports. Reasons for doing these dangerous sports have been the
subject of a lot of research. Why would people want to risk serious injury, or even death? One of the best
explanations so far has to do with adrenaline. When a person is in a dangerous situation, the body releases a
chemical called adrenaline. This gives people a feeling of power and energy, which helps the person to deal
with the situation. Some people enjoy this feeling and look for opportunities to experience it, and so they take
part in extreme sports.

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So, how do we classify the different types of extreme sports? Well, there are three basic categories that have
to do with where the sport takes place. The three kinds of extreme sports are
air, land, and water. Let’s look at some examples of each type, starting with air.
An example of this is ski jumping. Skiing itself is a sport we usually classify as a land sport. However, with
ski jumping,
the idea is to jump and fly through the air as far as possible off the ground. The world record is about 250
meters.
Also in this group is the wire, where people walk along a rope or a wire from one point to another. The wire
must be more than six meters high to be classified as an extreme sport.
Two examples of extreme land sport are ice boating and street luge. The first is when sailboats are raced
across frozen lakes. Speeds of over 80 mph can be reached doing this. Street luge
is our other example of an extreme land sport. Street luge is similar to the winter sport with a sled on an iced
track, except in street luge there is no snow, and people do it down hill on roads.
Our last category is extreme water sports, and an example of this is cliff diving, in which people jump or dive
from tall rocks or cliffs into the sea or a river, often more than 20 meters below. Now, let’s return to the first
issue of …..

SECTION 2
RESOURCE: Skillful Listening and Speaking 1 – Unit 7 – Listening 1 Our world, our sense – Track 09 –
CD2
KEY:
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. B
AUDIO SCRIPT: Our world, our senses
Host: Hello everyone, and welcome to Our world, our senses. This week we focus on our sense of sight, and
my guest is Dr. Henry Chung, an eye specialist at Eastern Hospital. Dr.Chung, let’s start with the basics. What
should we know about our eyes?
Dr. Chung: Well, first of all, except for your brain, your eyes are the most complex organs you have. Each eye
has more than two million parts! That means our eyes can focus on 50 things per second—even though only
17% of our eye is exposed to the outside world.
Host: Wow, that’s pretty amazing. Dr. Chung: Yes it is, and the muscles that move our eyes are the most
active muscles in the human body. They allow us to blink, on average, 12 times every minute that we’re
awake—that’s 10,000 blinks a day! Check it out for yourself when you’re near a friend or someone in your
family. You may also notice that women blink twice as much as men!
Host: Really? Why is that?
Dr. Chung: Researchers say it’s because women react to loud sounds around them by blinking a lot.
Host: OK, I have a question... what’s the maximum distance a human can see?
Dr. Chung: Good question—and there are two answers. First, when you look up above you into the night sky,
you can see stars that are millions of kilometers away. That’s because they give off so much light.
Host: So how about when I look straight ahead on flat land?
Dr. Chung: Ah, that’s answer number two. If you’re average adult height, on a clear day you can see straight
ahead up to 4.6 kilometers.
Host: But there are animals that have even better vision than humans, right?
Dr. Chung: Yes, you know the expression “eagle-eyed”? It means having excellent eyesight. That’s because
some birds, such as eagles and hawks, can see up to eight times more clearly than the sharpest human eye. An
eagle, for example, can see a small rabbit 1.5 kilometers away.

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Host: One and a half kilometers!? Incredible! And what about seeing at night? Is it true owls and cats have
amazing night vision?
Dr. Chung: Well, yes. In fact, an owl can see a mouse about 100 meters away, even when it’s dark! Owls can
also move their head around 270 degrees—almost a complete circle!
Host: Wow! OK, one more question. We all know the expression “blind as a bat”. Are bats really blind?
Dr. Chung: Well, no, actually, that’s not true. In fact, bats can see pretty well. But at night, many bats use only
sound to find their way. In other words, they see with their ears!
Host: Fascinating. Well, I’m afraid that’s all the time we have. Thank you very much for joining us today, Dr.
Chung.
Dr. Chung: My pleasure.
Host: Everyone, please tune in next week when we focus on the sense of taste. We’ll learn how it can give us
some of our most wonderful experiences, enjoying the many complex flavors and textures of food. See you
next week.

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