Giải thích đáp án bài Listening Discuss potential topics for the human geography assignment - IELTS Cambridge 20 - Test 2 part 3
21. Population — D (It will be easy to find facts about this.)
Trong đoạn: “One aspect is population. That would be all about population density and migration and so on. Lots of facts and statistics. Maybe a bit boring?” và “Yeah, but quite straightforward to find on the internet.”
→ Họ nói rõ population có “lots of facts and statistics” và dễ tìm trên Internet → chọn D.
22. Health — G (The information provided about this was interesting.)
Trong đoạn: Rosie nhắc lecture về cholera: “I’d never thought about the links between that and geography until Professor Lee gave us that lecture on cholera… a physician used street plans… to find the source… ”; Colin: “Yes, fascinating, wasn’t it?”
→ Họ thấy ví dụ về bệnh tật và địa lý rất hấp dẫn / interesting → G.
23. Economies — B (This may not be relevant to their course.)
Trong đoạn: “So how financial and commercial factors are linked to the physical environment” … “I thought that had been taken off the syllabus for this year” … “I’m not sure but it might be best to avoid it.”
→ Họ lo là economies có thể bị gạch khỏi chương trình (not relevant) → B.
24. Culture — A (The information given about this was too vague.)
Trong đoạn: “We had that lecture about culture and geography last week. I didn’t get much out of that. It was all so general and the lecturer didn’t give any useful examples. Yeah, I hardly took any notes.”
→ Họ thấy nội dung quá chung chung / vague và không có ví dụ cụ thể → A.
25. Poverty — E (The facts about this may not be reliable.)
Trong đoạn: “Dr Lee was saying, that you have to be careful with some of the figures relating to poverty. They’re sometimes deliberately manipulated.” → trực tiếp nói rằng số liệu có thể bị thao túng / không đáng tin → E.
26. C — unemployment.
Rosie: “Yes, but where I come from, that's linked to another more serious issue, which is that a lot of people don't have jobs. That's getting worse and worse.” → rõ ràng vấn đề chính cô nói là thất nghiệp.
27. A — conference centres.
Họ nói: “They've opened some massive new shopping centres outside my city.” (Rosie) nhưng tiếp đó: “But the outskirts are ideal for buildings that need a lot of space, like for conferences. They've opened a couple of big ones.” / “Yes, we've got some too.” → cả hai đều đồng ý có một vài conference centres mở ngoài rìa thành phố.
28. A — have unexpected costs.
Khi nói về phát triển khu công nghiệp bỏ hoang: “they often used quite dangerous materials, chemicals and things, which haven't been properly cleared away, so the whole site has to be made safe.” “Hmm, that can't be cheap. And I bet it's often not budgeted for.” → ý là chi phí dọn sạch/khắc phục bất ngờ/tốn kém.
29. B — sustainable energy use.
Về Masdar City: “It was designed to be a green city… set out to depend entirely on renewable energy.” → đây là ví dụ về sử dụng năng lượng bền vững / renewable energy.
30. C — how much of it has actually been built.
Khi nói về Greenhill Abbotts: “A lot of people were against it at first. They said the plans were unrealistic. I'm not sure how far they've got with it. I'll check.” → Colin không chắc tiến độ/đã thực hiện đến đâu → chọn C.