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    (ĐTG) Summary Practice 1

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    The passage discusses the ability of certain animals to predict weather changes. It notes that while animals are highly sensitive to variations in air pressure and low frequency sounds that precede storms, their ability to forecast long-term weather is limited. Specifically, the passage explains that birds will roost and some animals will become more vocal or active as air pressure drops before storms. However, proverbs attributing long-range predictions to squirrel behavior are likely incorrect, as these actions are responses to prior conditions rather than indicators of future weather. In under 120 words, the summary captures the key points that some animals can predict short-term weather through pressure and sound sensitivity, but not long-term patterns as believed in certain proverbs.

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    The passage discusses the ability of certain animals to predict weather changes. It notes that while animals are highly sensitive to variations in air pressure and low frequency sounds that precede storms, their ability to forecast long-term weather is limited. Specifically, the passage explains that birds will roost and some animals will become more vocal or active as air pressure drops before storms. However, proverbs attributing long-range predictions to squirrel behavior are likely incorrect, as these actions are responses to prior conditions rather than indicators of future weather. In under 120 words, the summary captures the key points that some animals can predict short-term weather through pressure and sound sensitivity, but not long-term patterns as believed in certain proverbs.

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    The passage discusses the ability of certain animals to predict weather changes. It notes that while animals are highly sensitive to variations in air pressure and low frequency sounds that precede storms, their ability to forecast long-term weather is limited. Specifically, the passage explains that birds will roost and some animals will become more vocal or active as air pressure drops before storms. However, proverbs attributing long-range predictions to squirrel behavior are likely incorrect, as these actions are responses to prior conditions rather than indicators of future weather. In under 120 words, the summary captures the key points that some animals can predict short-term weather through pressure and sound sensitivity, but not long-term patterns as believed in certain proverbs.

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    (ĐTG) Summary Practice 1

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    The passage discusses the ability of certain animals to predict weather changes. It notes that while animals are highly sensitive to variations in air pressure and low frequency sounds that precede storms, their ability to forecast long-term weather is limited. Specifically, the passage explains that birds will roost and some animals will become more vocal or active as air pressure drops before storms. However, proverbs attributing long-range predictions to squirrel behavior are likely incorrect, as these actions are responses to prior conditions rather than indicators of future weather. In under 120 words, the summary captures the key points that some animals can predict short-term weather through pressure and sound sensitivity, but not long-term patterns as believed in certain proverbs.

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    SUMMARY PRACTICE 1

    1. Read the extract and do as required. (Cambridge IELTS 17, Test 1, Reading Passage 1)

    a. Complete the following table:


    Topic ________________________________________________________________

    Main point 1: ________________________________________________________________

     The ____________________ of London _________________ between 1800

    and 1850.
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    Main point 2: ________________________________________________________________

     Charles Pearson, a _____________, suggested ____________________

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     Building the railway would make it possible to move people to better

    housing in the ______________________________________________

     A number of _______________________ agreed with Pearson’s idea

     The company initially had problems getting the ____________________

    needed for the project

     _____________________________________ appeared in the newspaper.

    Main point 3: ________________________________________________________________

     __________________________________________________________

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     With the completion of a brick arch, _____________________________

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    b. Write a summary of the passage within 100-120 words.


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    2. Write a summary of the passage within 100-120 words. (HSG 12 22-23)


    Throughout history, various people have demonstrated a high degree of confidence in the ability of
    certain animals to predict the weather. It may seem surprising today in view of the complex equipment
    now involved in weather forecasting to understand that in certain cases, the behavior of animals does
    indeed provide an indication of inclement weather. Sensitivity of certain animals to falling air pressure or
    to low-frequency sound waves that humans cannot hear, which are indicators of approaching storms,
    causes behaviors in animals that certain societies have come to recognize as predictors of storms.
    A number of animals are remarkably sensitive to variations in air pressure, and some of these animals
    show consistent, noticeable, and predictable behaviors as air pressure drops before a storm hits. Where the
    air pressure drops before a storm, some animals move closer to the ground to equalize the pressure in
    their ears: some birds such as swallows tend to stay on the ground or roost in trees instead of soaring in
    the skies when a storm is imminent because of the decreasing air pressure. Other animals make more
    noise than usual as air pressure drops: an unusual amount of quacking by ducks and a high volume of
    croaking by frogs are both indicators that are believed to occur because of the high degree of sensitivity of
    ducks and frogs to the change in pressure. Finally, still other animals become more active before storms
    as a reaction to the falling air pressure: dolphins and porpoises seem to be taking part in a frenzied sort of
    play, and bees and ants become more active prior to storms, most likely because of their sensitivity to
    lower pressure.
    There is good reason to believe that the fact that these animal behaviors seem to occur regularly prior
    to storms may have a scientific basis and that the animals demonstrating these behaviors may actually be
    good short-range weather forecasters. However, their ability to predict long-range weather patterns is
    rather suspect. Certain proverbs, for example, are based on what is most likely the idea that squirrels are
    good indicators of long-range weather patterns. One proverb indicates that, if a squirrel seems busier than
    usual in gathering nuts, then a long and cold winter is on its way; however, this behavior in squirrels is
    more likely due to a large supply of nuts available for gathering, which occurs because of earlier good
    weather, and is not an indicator of cold weather to come. Another proverb about squirrels indicates that if
    a squirrel grows a long and bushy tail in the fall, then a particularly harsh winter is on its way; in this case
    too, the squirrel develops a long and bushy tail because of earlier good weather and not as a warning of
    bad weather to come.

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    Combined by Ms. Phuong Lien

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