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Câu hỏi và đáp án bài Reading Test 2 passage 1 - IELTS Cambridge 6 - Advantages of public transport

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 on the following pages.

Questions 1-5

Reading Passage 1 has five marked paragraphs, A-E.

Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.

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List of headings

i. Avoiding an overcrowded centre
ii. A successful exercise in people power
iii. The benefits of working together in cities
iv. Higher incomes need not mean more cars
v. Economic arguments fail to persuade
vi. The impact of telecommunications on population distribution
viii. Responding to arguments against public transport

  1. Paragraph A
  2. Paragraph B
  3. Paragraph C
  4. Paragraph D
  5. Paragraph E

Questions 6-10

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 6-10 on your answer sheet, write:

  • TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
  • FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
  • NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
  1. The ISTP study examined public and private systems in every city of the world.
  2. Efficient cities can improve the quality of life for their inhabitants.
  3. An inner-city tram network is dangerous for car drivers.
  4. In Melbourne, people prefer to live in the outer suburbs.
  5. Cities with high levels of bicycle usage can be efficient even when public transport is only averagely good.

Questions 11-13

Look at the following cities (Questions 11-13) and the list of descriptions below.

Match each city with the correct description, A-F.

Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet.

  1. Perth
  2. Auckland
  3. Portland
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List of Descriptions

  • A successfully uses a light rail transport system in hilly environment
  • B successful public transport system despite cold winters
  • C profitably moved from road to light rail transport system
  • D hilly and inappropriate for rail transport system
  • E heavily dependent on cars despite widespread poverty
  • F inefficient due to a limited public transport system

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  1. ii
  2. vii
  3. iv
  4. i
  5. iii
  6. false
  7. true
  8. not given
  9. false
  10. true
  11. F
  12. D
  13. C