COMPLETE IELTS 6-7.5 U1 LISTENING AND READING

IELTS COMPLETE 6-7.5
UNIT 1: LISTENING AND READING

1. ALEXANDROVNA 2. RUSSIAN 3. DOM54 4. A FULL TIME 5. 21st JULY 6. COMPETITIO 7. COOKING, SWIMMING 8. A CHILDREN'S TUTOR 9. A PROJECT MANAGER 10. A FRIEND.
   

ANSWERS

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VOCAB

Multiple Choice

Question 1: The activities going on at the MIT campus are like those at any other university

• True

• False

• Not given

There’s precious little going on that you would normally see on a university campus.

Multiple Choice

Harvard and MIT shared a similar approach to education when they were founded.

• True

• False

• Not given

While Harvard stuck to the English model of a classical education, with its emphasis on Latin and Greek, MIT looked to the German system of learning based on research and handson experimentation

Multiple Choice

The school motto was suggested by a former MIT student.

• True

• False

• Not given

Multiple Choice

MIT’s logo reflects the belief that intellect and craftsmanship go together

• True

• False

• Not given

its logo, which shows a gowned scholar standing beside an ironmonger bearing a hammer and anvil. That symbiosis of intellect and craftsmanship

Multiple Choice

Silicon Valley companies pay higher salaries to graduates from MIT.

• True

• False

• Not given

Open Ended

Question 6-9

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What proportion of workers at Silicon Valley are employed in companies set up by MIT graduates?

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What problem does MIT’s Energy Initiative aim to solve?

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Which ‘green’ innovation might MIT’s work with viruses help improve?

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In which part of the university does Tim Berners-Lee enjoy stimulating conversations

with other MIT staff?

Open Ended

Practice speaking:

1. 1. What personal qualities do you think inventor require?

2 Which areas of technology do you think governments should spend money on at the moment? Why?

3 What sort of things do you think will be invented in the future?

4 If you could invent something, what would it be?