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Final ESP 1 Listening Exam 2

The document outlines instructions for a listening comprehension exam, including details on the number of listens, reading time, and answer submission times. It consists of two tasks: answering questions based on a news report about young unemployed people and filling in blanks related to hurricanes and climate change. Additionally, it notes that candidates may use a monolingual dictionary and that examiners will not provide further explanations.

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Final ESP 1 Listening Exam 2

The document outlines instructions for a listening comprehension exam, including details on the number of listens, reading time, and answer submission times. It consists of two tasks: answering questions based on a news report about young unemployed people and filling in blanks related to hurricanes and climate change. Additionally, it notes that candidates may use a monolingual dictionary and that examiners will not provide further explanations.

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Họ tên:…………………………………………………Lớp và MSV:…………………………….

Lưu ý:
- Số lần nghe: 3 lần cho mỗi phần nghe
- Thời gian đọc trước câu hỏi từng phần nghe: 1 phút
- Thời gian dừng giữa các lần nghe: 30 giây
- Thời gian làm bài 1: 10 phút sau khi nghe xong
- Thời gian làm bài 2: 3 phút sau khi nghe xong
Task 1: Listen to the first news report and answer the following comprehension questions: (5 points)
1. What does the new survey from Britain, conducted by the Prince’s Trust, reveal about young,
unemployed people?
2. How many people took part in the survey and what were some of its key findings?
3. How did Britain's Employment Minister Esther McVey describe the skills and abilities of young
people in the country?
4. What argument did Researcher David Fass emphasize regarding the importance of investing in
young people?
5. How did Jack, a 25-year-old man in the news report, describe his experience of unemployment?
Task 2: Listen to the second news report and fill in each blank with 2 or 3 suitable words: (5 points)
Weather experts are calling for a new, stronger category for hurricanes. They say this is because climate
change is causing (1) ………………………………………. . Scientists in the USA want to extend the
current scale used to measure hurricanes. This scale (2) ………………………………………. storms
from 1 to 5. A category five is currently the strongest. This is when winds reach 252 kph. The
meteorologists say a new category of 6 is needed for winds of (3) ………………………………………. .
Their studies show that in the past decade, there have been five hurricanes and typhoons that would have
been a category 6. Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather (4) ……………………………………..
The former start in the Atlantic Ocean, while the latter occur in the (5)
………………………………………. Pacific Ocean.
Meteorologist Dr James Kossin said it would take a long time for a (6) …………………………………….
to be accepted. It would need the USA's National Hurricane Center to start researching more intense
storms. Dr Kossin hopes to, "inform broader discussions about how (7) ………………………………….
risk in a warming world". He said "significantly increasing" temperatures are caused by (8)
……………..…………………. . This increase in emissions (9) …………………………………. oceans,
which gives the water extra energy. This makes hurricanes more powerful, with much higher (10)
………………………………. . He believes there will be a greater number of "super-storms" in the future.
He said: "These storms keep getting stronger as the climate changes."
Ghi chú: - Đề thi gồm có 02 bài, 01 trang;
- Thí sinh được sử dụng từ điển đơn ngữ;
- Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm.

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