Tài liệu ôn thi IELTS Reading test 2 2

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READING TEST 2.1

Patrick Malone

Patrick Malone

Patrick Malone is a traveler, writer and
broadcaster. He was born in 1968 in Basel,
Born in Switzerland in 1968
Switzerland, where his British parents were
working for a pharmaceutical company. His
family left Switzerland when he was twelve,
and returned to their home in Britain. For the
Moved to 1. ………………… next six years, Malone attended the local
secondary school. He then went to Leeds
when he was twelve.
University to do a course in Human
Geography. He wanted to become a town
planner. However, the only work he could
find was a teacher at a local school.
Attended the 2. ………………..
During his holidays and free time, he went
secondary School.
walking, often covering very long distance
very quickly. On the occasion he walked the
entire length of Britain, a distance of over
1,400 kilometres, in less than a month. He

Studied 3. ……………………..at enjoyed the experience and the challenges so
university
much that he started walking in different parts
of the world, usually in fairly remote areas
away from major population centres. The
Got a job as a 4…………………
people he met and the experiences he had on
these trips provided him with some excellent
material for his classes.
It was during one trip that he met his old
university tutor, Don Perkins. At the time
Once travelled more than
Perkins was putting together a team of
5……………………….on foot on
geographers and Hotline:
biologists
for a research trip
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to the Amazon,
and asked Malone if he would
like to go with them. The expedition was for a
whole year, and so he had to give up his job at


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Often went walking in places that
were quite 6…………………….

the school, but Malone did not hesitate to
accept Perkins’ offer. He sold his car to make
some money, bought an airline ticket for
Brazil and set off.

Met his old 7…………………...

Gave up his job, sold his
8…………………....

Objectiv
es:
Flowchart
completi
on and
True
/
False /
Not
Given
READI
NG
1.
Complet
e
the

flow
chart
with the
informat

Joined an 9. ………………….to
Amazon.
ion from the text.
READING 2. Complete the flow chart with the information from the text.
Traveled 10………………… kilometres
through the Amazon

Discovered new plant, 11……….. species and
a forest tribe.

Became a 12……………..…… explorer

The Amazon expedition, which took six
months and covered a distance of
almost 2,500 kilometres, was a great
success. The group discovered some
new plant and insect species, as well as
a forest tribe which people had never
heard of. Malone enjoyed the trip so
much that he decided to become a fulltime explorer. He earned money by
writing travel articles for magazines and
newspaper, which he illustrated with his
own photographs.
In 1996, he married Margaret Logan, an

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13………………..someone he met on a trip

Had the first child in 14……….

Had the 15……………in 1999

Spent 2 years walking around
16…………………..

Spent 17……………...months exploring the
Indonesian Islands

American doctor he had met while
travelling around Africa. In 1998, they
had Adam, the first of three children
(twins Amelia and Jenifer were born a
year later). Many families at this stage
would settle down, but Margaret and
Patrick decided to keep travelling,
spending two years walking around

India and another twelve months
exploring the islands of Indonesia.
When they returned home, they wrote a
magazine article about travelling with
small children. It was so popular that
they were asked to write several more
articles on the same subject. This was
followed by an offer from a television
company to present a TV series about
traveling with children. The series ran
for 12 years, and won several television
awards. Today they still make the most
of every opportunity to travel, and have
recently returned from the South
Pacific.

Wrote a popular article about traveling with
18………………..

Participated in a 19…………… TV series
about travelling that won some awards
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Still likes to 20………………. Whenever
possible.
READING 3. Read the statements below and decide whether they are TRUE / FALSE
/NOT GIVEN. Use the information in the text next to the statements.
Text

Statement

The Scenes of Crime Officers
(SOCOs) that seal off (=stop
people from entering), record
and collect evidence from
crime scenes are people
employed by police forces but
not police officers themselves.

21. SOCO means Scenes of Crime
Officers.

SOCOs are called to crime
scenes at any time of the day
or night, and may have to
remain there for days or even
weeks so that every piece of
evidence is collected.

24. SOCOs have a difficult job to
do.

Many SOCOs now use
photographic and surveying
techniques to produce virtual
reconstructions
of
crime
scenes that help with their
recording and investigation of
the scene.

27. SOCOs need to be able to take
photographs.

True/False/
Not Given

22. Recording and collecting
evidence is important police work.
23. SOCOs analyze evidence from
crime scenes.

25. SOCOs work regular hours.
26. After a crime, the SOCO’s
work continues until the crime is
solved.

28. After a crime, the crime is
sometimes
reconstructed
by

actors.
29. SOCOs have to record and
investigate crime scenes.

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