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This document contains a summary of 3 passages in 3 sentences or less: Passage 1 discusses the discovery of early humans making sharp pointed tools. Historians discovered this due to remains containing sharp points, as the skill was closely guarded by the groups that knew how to make them. Passage 2 talks about collecting things as a hobby, with some people spending their whole lives collecting items. It can be a particularly popular hobby among boys and men. Collecting something unexpected allows one to show their individualism. Passage 3 explores the idea of an arson course title having two meanings. It could attract the wrong students, like prospective arsonists. There is also an argument that studying both the principles and lack

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C12 Weekly Test

This document contains a summary of 3 passages in 3 sentences or less: Passage 1 discusses the discovery of early humans making sharp pointed tools. Historians discovered this due to remains containing sharp points, as the skill was closely guarded by the groups that knew how to make them. Passage 2 talks about collecting things as a hobby, with some people spending their whole lives collecting items. It can be a particularly popular hobby among boys and men. Collecting something unexpected allows one to show their individualism. Passage 3 explores the idea of an arson course title having two meanings. It could attract the wrong students, like prospective arsonists. There is also an argument that studying both the principles and lack

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题 题目 文章


Test 1 Passage 1

2 Synthetic Technology

3 Decade 10 years

4 Damp(反) dry

5 No mechanical means has been invented Only way, by hand

6 Product contained in the bottle Bottle contents

7 Produce Manufacture

9 In keeping with suit

1 Without difficulty Easily


1
1 Aid Support
2
1 Stop prevent
3
Passage 2

1 Look for Collect


4
Say For example

Sell at a profit Make money

1 Sense Feeling
5
1 Share information Exchange knowledge
6
1 Like-minded people People with similar interests
7
1 Spend their whole life Life-long
8
2 Particularly among boys and men Male hobby
1
2 Collect something unexpected to show Someone who collect unusual objects want others
5 individualism to think he is also unusual
2 More than most other hobbies Other hobbies are unlikely to inspire
6
Sense of personal fulfilment feeling

Passage 3

2 Surprising Kid you not


7
2 Attract wrong students Prospective arsonists sign up the course
8
2 A course title with two meanings A subject can have principle in the sense of, and
9 without being principled in the sense of
3 Unexpected Downright crazy
0
Theory Someone argues that

3 Equal importance of 2 key issues Need to study both


1
3 Different outcomes Divergent ends
2
3 Expectation Intend for
4
3 Discover who did the arson Detect the case
5
3 Effective successful
6
3 Prospective arsonist People intend to set fire on buildings
8
3 Increase professionalization in fire science Be good at the job of firefighting
9
4 Generalize 反 Detailed definition
0
Test 6 Passage 1

1 Distinguish from all other productive activities Only apply to food production

2 Farmers in developing countries must deal with Challenges faced only by farmers in certain parts of
the world
3 Collective action does not come as a free good, Difficulties about co-operative
it takes time, effort, and money
4 60% of beneficiaries of subsidies are not poor Finical assistant not always go to farmers who most
need
5 Collective action helps farmer to strengthen their Farmers benefit from collaborating as group
bargaining power
6 Hold up social safety nets and address poverty Improve the standard of living for farmers
among farming families
7 Consumers invest in local farmers, that’s a risk- Farmers may be helped if there is financial input by
sharing model the same individuals who buy from them
8 Mitigate wild swings in food prices Reduce variation in prices

9 Significantly reduce risks by providing basic Improve infrastructure can have major impact on
services like roads helping farmers
1 Worsen by intermediary purchaser, taking Intermediary buyers cause problems
1 advantage of farmers
1 Encourage collective between groups, co- Organise co-operation between a wide rage of
2 operatives or produces parties
1 Invest Take financial stake
3
Passage 2

1 Aim Goal
4
1 Almost all previous travelers never pass through A new route
5 Machu Picchu
1 Without having the least expectation Lack of enthusiasm
6
1 Vivid style, deadly snakes make considerable Dramatic description
7 springs in pursuit of prey
1 Write the magazine article, produce a big idea Publish theory
9
2 Idea which has gained wide acceptance Common belief
0
2 Arrive in America to explore Cusco, the old Went to the US to search for Inca city
1 capital of Inca
2 Have an advantage over travellers who had Most common route used by travellers
2 preceded them 反
2 Didn’t realize the importance Understood the significance
3
2 A track has been blasted down to enable… to be The track was created for the transportation of…
5 brought up
2 Local farmer told him Found out from local farmer
6
Test 4

2 Study Observe
7
Pick up Select

2 In case like this Findings


8
Map onto words in either language Engage both languages simultaneously

3 Better Superior
1
3 In the past: disadvantage, over the past few Attitude change
2 decades, however, identify benefits
3 Knowing more languages Bilingual
4
3 Simple speech sound without any intervening Single sounds
5 background noise
3 No-verbal auditory input Background noise
7
3 Seven-month-old infants Before we learn to speak
8
4 Knowing more than one language cause Negative consequence of bilingual
0 speakers name pictures slowly
Test 7 Passage 1

1 This environment is home to tortoises Tortoises populate the island

2 Disadvantage of tortoise population The hunted the tortoise and destroyed their habitat

3 Start of the conservat

4 Captive-bred tortoise cant be reintroduced into The importance of timing


the wild until
5 Work out more ambitious reintroduction Planning a bigger idea

6 Unprecedented effort Carefully prepared

7 Young meets old Tiny tortoise came across a fully grown giant

8 Take a few on board Small numbers bring onto ships

9 Grow exponentially Large number

1 Processed into produce


0
1 Range from Various
2
1 Feed on prey
3
Passage 2

1 Not all diseases can be totally eliminated People will always be prone to illness
4
1 Physical conditions caused by human behaviour Smog and pollution cause lung problems, eyesight
5 issues and more
1 Categorise illness into local and global scales Classify diseases geographically
6
1 Reason why access to healthcare can vary It’s difficult for people to get medical attention
7 because there is a mountain
1 Combination, on the one hand, on the other A mixture of different filed
8 hand
1 Much less of a problem in high-altitude deserts Area where a particular illness is rare
9
2 Eradicate illness due to improved … Disease disappeared thanks to better …
0
2 The world is far more globalized, virus resistant There is more contact between people, … are losing
1 to … their usefulness
2 Run on coal power Burn a particular fuel
3
2 Expansion Growth
4
2 Re-emerging Growing after being eradicated
5
Passage 3

2 Trigger the production Stimulate and release a substance


7
2 2 parts are associated with feeling 2 regions are linked with the experience of
8
3 Period phase
0
3 Anticipate Expectation
1
3 Eyes, blood pressure rise Physical responses
2
Strangely active Intense

3 Impressively exact Remarkably precise data


3
3 Interesting significant
4
3 Unfolding events of the music itself Internal structure of the musical composition
6
3 Most active around 15 seconds before the Activity increase prior to key points in a musical
7 participant’s favorite moments in music piece
3 Adapt to predictable reward Decrease if outcomes become predictable
8
3 Delay giving listeners what they expect to hear Preserve an element of uncertainty, save that chord
9 for the end
4 Real world image and experience Actual pictures and events
0
Test 8: Passage 1

1 Historians have discovered Early human

2 Sharp points Tips

4 Because of Due to

5 Guard the skill closely Only they know how to make


6 Attempt to counter the effect Avoid the occurrence

7 Use Introduce

8 Repeal Changes to laws

9 More than 3 times quicker than any previous Fastest production machine
production method
1 Founder 反 Hired by
0
1 Green issue Environmental concern
2
1 Raw material Manufacture new glass
3
Passage 2

1 Survive longer than previous Bring forward the estimated extinction data
4
1 Dynamic processes that resonate through the Increase biodiversity
5 whole food chain
1 Misguided approach Seek to prevent from changing, but they are
6 dynamic and ever-shifting.
1 Practical benefits This policy also greatly boost …
7
1 Appealing positive message Create a more inspiring vision
8
1 threat In danger
9
2 Population increases enormously Species explode
0
Specialist predator Reduce the number

Deer Wild animals

2 Little risk Minimal threat


1
Sheep and other livestock Farm animals

2 Link efficiently with Marries well with


2
forests Trees

2 Lynx be able to spread Extend habitat


5
Agricultural practices Farming has left the hills

2 Lucrative, tourists will pay Commercial advantages


6
Passage 3

2 Blame for the financial meltdown has been External bodies hold responsible for problems
7 spread to governments, regulators and banks
2 Knock on effect Impact
8
scrutiny close examination

2 Board as a whole All directors


9
Involve Take part in
Address the major issues Solve major problems

3 Radical solution Proposal to change the way it operates


0
3 Did not focus sufficiently on long-term matters Not looking far enough ahead
1 of strategy
3 Compensation Financial management
2
Chief executives and investors Senior managers

Disputes Combat and battles

3 Fundamental change Realignment of corporate goals


3
3 Board Bank directors and management
4
Pick over and examine Scrutiny

Increase extensive

3 Meeting process take the place of discussion Debate matters in full for as long as necessary
6
3 Significant Most important
7
3 Emphasis on Concentrate too much on
9
4 Use their muscle to pressure The board have to accept…
0

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