IELTS simulation listening test 1

Country of origin

What country do you live in?

Vacant

(adj) empty, blank.

Ex: We’ll have lots of good places vacantafter the holiday.

A duplex

two houses semi-detached on the same property (căn hộ thông tầng).

off-street.

Ex: I think as long as it’s not parked on the street and it’s secure.

Motorway

M1

The mod cons

modern conveniences

Ex: The kitchen is fully equipped with all mod cons including a dishwasher.

Top limit

up to

Refreshment

(U or C n): small amounts of food and drink = tea and coffee

Ex: Light refreshments will be available at the back of the hall.

The lobby

As you enter the lobby, you’ll see the elevators on your right.

Pamplet

Brochure

You’ll also be able to pick up pamplets from the table at the back of the hall.

The original number of founding members

the club soon grew from

A dozen

12

All levels of maturity and both genders

males and females of any age

cater for

provide, supply, furnish, serve

The club tries to cater for all levels of maturity and both gender.

The club provides activities primarily for reasonably fit males and females of any age

Tramping

(cn): a long walk (đi bộ đường dài)

organiser (cn)

ban tổ chức

variable

adj): likely to change often

Ex: The length of these activities is variable but we’re always home before dark.

The opportunity

Chance

Research

Explore

Document

(v): record information

The opportunity not just to explore but also to document the advancement of new educational developments

Chance to research and document progress of educational change.

socio-economic structures

(n): cấu trúc kinh tế - xã hội

Ex: You’ve examined how education has been affected by cultural values and socio-economic structures.

The impact

ảnh hưởng

The written review

bản tổng hợp

Seminar

hội thảo chuyên đề

Ex: Police officers attended a seminar on reliewving rush-hour traffic jam.

On a daily

Every day

Fight off = Ward off = repel

successfully prevent sth from

On a daily basis the human body has to ward off attacks by various harmful bacteria and viruses

Every day the human body is fighting off attacks by destructive pathogens.

First suffered and then recovered from an illness

previous illness

Artificially acquired immunity can help the body to fight disease

so we can use active immunization as a preventative measure.

sufficient for

Just enough for

Vaccine is sufficient for the body’s defense system

to recognize and respond to the threat by forming antibodies.

conduct an experiment

carry out a successful experiment.

agglutination

(n): ngưng kết

Ex: Agglutination is able to be seen by the naked eye

inoculation

immunizatioin = vaccination

Ex: Inoculation, or active vaccination, can protect people from serious diseases.