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IELTS Listening Practice Test

Noise In Cities

Question 1 - 10

Complete each sentences with correct ending

Noise in Cities
Past research focused on noise level (measured in decibels) and people’s responses.
Noise ‘maps’

  • Show that the highest noise levels are usually found on roads

  • Do not show other sources of noise e.g. when windows are open or people’s neighbours are in their 

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    garden/gardens
    

  • Ignore variations in people’s perceptions of noise

  • Have made people realize that the noise is a 

    2
    political
     issue that must be dealt with

Problems caused by noise

  • Sleep disturbance

  • Increase in amount of stress

  • Effect on the 

    3
    work/study
     of school children

Different types of noise
Some noises can be considered pleasant e.g. the sound of a 
4
fountain
 in a town
To investigate this, researchers may use methods from
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social
 sciences
What people want
Plenty of activity in urban environments which are
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lively
 but also allow people to relax
But architects and town planners

  • Do not get much 

    7
    training
     in acoustics

  • Regards sound as the responsibility of engineers

Understanding sound as an art form
We need to know

  • How sound relates to 

    8
    culture
    

  • What can be learnt from psychology about the effects of sound

  • Whether physics can help us understand the

    9
    nature
     of sound

Virtual reality programs

  • Advantage: predict the effect of buildings

  • Current disadvantage: they are

    10
    silent
    

ĐÁP ÁN & GIẢI THÍCH CÂU 1

Giải thích chi tiết

smiley5 Loại từ cần điền: noun, là một nơi nào đó, có thể ở trong nhà hoặc ở ngoài

smiley5 Nghe tới highest noise levels are generally on roads

>> Paraphrase ý đầu của đoạn này trong đề

>> Đáp án sắp tới

check Nghe tiếp thấy quite a lot going on that these maps don't show >> trùng từ don't show trong đề

>> Nghe tiếp thấy such as the noise someone might hear from the open windows or gardens of their neighbours

>> Paraphrase câu ví dụ trong đề >> đáp án là garden(s) smiley18

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